April 2007: into the second birthdays!

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Just to see if this new thread is better

Morning

No Birthdays today!

Glad K has gotten over the trauma of havingh er big sis back SOL! and about your Cruise SOL, wow!!

Oooooh, what's the job Eddas!!?

Congratulations to the PHD family!

Good Morning all

Looks like it will a lovely day today. Haven't got much planned, but have lots to do - its the boys birthday party tomorrow, so me and mum are going out later to get supplies

Great news about PHD

Sol - what a lovely thing to look forward to (but I hope everyone realises that next April will be here before we know it, and that means our babies will be, gulp, 3)

blimey yes they will be runny - now then sol we don't want you counting down to this cruise it is ages away (because we don't want them to be 3 yet)

Popping by ..... Had a super time today: Saw Bambi at cinema with older ones this am, fish'n'chips on beach this pm followed by meeting up witho ld friends at mini railway. Now off to eat chocolate toast

Congratulations to PHD!

Lovely to have cruise to look forward to SOL

Glad you all seem to have had lovely sunny days too.

Been chilly but sunny here, we had a little bbq for dinner and dh and G have just gone for a little turn round the block with G's trike. We have done some of our to-do list today but not too much.

I feel like crap quite unwell! I've got tonsilitis and conjunctivitis. Have had a temp and yellow stuff oozing down the back of my throat. I have one rabbity pink eye and am achey everywhere. This baby better stay put until I feel better!

Hi everyone
Congratulations to PHD! I have been stalking her for weeks now, and she's had the baby on the one evening I'm away?! I even tried to connect on hotel network but couldn't! Will go and find her announcement.
Had some really sad news that someone DH and I went to school with has died. A friend told me the other day, it was a sudden heart attack they think I wasn't friends with him, DH slightly more so, we're not grieving for him as such but sad and sorry and wondering how on earth you can drop dead of a heart attack at 30?- does anyone know? I texted my friend back to see if she knew any more, and it turns out he married someone we also know and they have 2 DCs - youngest is 10 weeks
Sorry to be such a misery but it has really affected us. I know it's rare, but I just can't believe it. Does anyone know how a fit (well he was 10 years ago) 30 year old can just die like that?

Poor love. Praying you will feeling better asap. I have to admit, I always got a quite poorly whenever I was coming up to giving birth; almost like body was using up all it's energy to grown the baby and couldn't be bothered to do anything else iyswim!!? It'll be over before you know it!! xx

Oh SPB, that is tragic Prayers for his poor wife and their precious little ones. It does happen though. It could have had a weak heart or an under-lying condition that hadn't been picked up on. If he was 30 and relatively fit and healthy there was no reason to investigate. One of my DH's teachers from school died late last year. He was fit PE teacher in his early 40's; died during a football match. They will quite possibly do a post-mortem examination and perhaps the coroner will be able to discover what caused the heart attack; or pehaps they will just put it down to natural causes. So sad.

God, how awful SPB. His poor family. I'd guess it's unlikely to be a "proper" heart attack unless he was a smoker/diabetic/very overweight but more likely to be a propblem with the conduction of the heart - that can cause the heart to beat in the wrong rhythm or even stop. Or a cardiomyopathy (what misdee's DH had). My DH's dad just dropped dead one day when he was a kid (was a normal heart attack, though) and it was so traumatic for the family.

When Dh was a kid, clearly! FIL was in his late 40s I think.

How sad
You're right though, likely to be an underlying condition that hadn't been picked up.
How is everyone today? Leaky, are you feeling any better?:

that was to both of you btw
I've just noticed Lucewheel's DS's birthday tomorrow - she hasn't been on in ages has she?

Nope, not seen Luce in forever, hope she and her lot are doing ok

Going out to cook sausages on the seafront soon ...

SPB - so sorry to hear I think (imvho) that it can affect you worse when it's someone of similar age/homelife etc, because you think, that could be me/dh. Sorry if that sounds morbid

Been a bit mad here today - it was the boys birthday party earlier. Had a great time, but am shattered, and dh has had to go to Essex tonight for a meeting in the morning.

Roll on bedtime, when I can open the wine

Glad you had a good party runny. We've just got back from one, was very good but feel stuffed with cake
Enjoy your barbecue Dippy!

And yes, ikwym about things happening to people your own age...makes you realise it really can and does happen Thankfully it is rare. Can't imagine how his wife and children must be feeling - DH was amazed to learn he had a family, I think in his mind he still imagined him as a 17 year old!

BBQ was good Need to go and make packed lunches and generally organise myself for "back to normality" tomorrow ....

Evening.

SPB, what terribly sad news. It does make you take stock of life doesn't it. x

Runny, glad you had such a great party. Get the wine open!!

Leaky, you poor poor love. Really hope you feel better soon.

Dippy, you seem to be doing something non-stop!

Hope everyone is well and enjoyed the weekend.

We had my cousin, husband and their 2 ds's over for the weekend and had a fab time. Drank way too much wine though and felt rough as hell! K was also awake crying from 3-5 a.m. which didn't help matters.

Hopefully we will have a peaceful night tonight.

I hope so SOL Yep, always on go the go ...... .....

Hi all.

SPB - it is so sad and shocking when someone your age dies suddenly. His family must be devastated.

Dippy and SOL - glad you made the most of the last few day of the hols.

Runny- have a glass for me!

I still feel like poo. Throat and ears so painful. Eye still v pink and weepy. Have felt freezing cold or too hot all day. Have had several naps and am dreading tomorrow when dh is at work and I have to amuse G alone. Hoping to wake tomorrow feeling a lot better.

With that in mind I'm off to bed.

Goodnight.

Happy Birthday Katie and Samuel
hope you are feeling better leaky

Happy Birthday Katie and Smueal!! Hoep you have lovley days, whatevery ou have planned!

Sorry you are still feeling so crappy, come on baby!!

Samuel even

Happy Birthday Katie and Samuel!
Hope you both have lovely days x

SPB, hope you are ok today. So scary when something like that happens, and to someone so young

Leaky, hope you are feeling better this morning and that G is not being too demanding today x

SOL, how fab, a cruise with your mum. What a lovely thing for her to do for you. Hope she is ok, did she get her scan results yet or is that this week? Thinking of you all xx

Runny, glad the party went well, hope the wine was good too

I have had a couple of hours to myself this morning as F has started playgroup today. I put ds into the same one when he was two. She is obviously ok as they haven't phoned me to pick her up! I felt really mean leaving her there, but I am sure she has had a fab time.

Not sure what is going on with dh and me, feel really fed up with life generally just now. Feels like we are constantly nit picking at each other, and I have seriously considered what the long term future holds for the two of us together iykwim. He doesn't know I have been thinking this way, but knows my mood is shocking. Can't really imagine us not being together, but can't go on like this either. Maybe it is just one of those phases and we will come out the other side soon.

Apologies for miserable post but needed to get that off my chest! Do feel a bit better now just for typing it. See you later ladies xx

Afternoon lovely ladies, and thank you for Katie's birthday wishes. I cannot believe she is 2; she is still my angel baby

Leaky, hope you are feeling better today and that G is being a good boy for his mummy.

SPB, how are you today?

Dippy, still running round like a headless chicken

MJ, mum gets her scan results tomorrow afternoon I think, so keep everything crossed.

So sorry you are having a bit of a hard time with dh. Can you get any time away with him to talk? And your post wasn't a miserable one at all. Life is just hard sometimes and MN is the perfect place to vent. xx

I have been at B's school all morning helping out. What an eye-opener! Bloody exhausting. Still haven't wrapped K's presents and need to go and buy a few bits of party food for tea.

Better go. xx

Have a good afternoon SOL
I met up with a few of ds's friends and their mums last week and we went to a local park. It felt like we were on a school trip, but every child had a parent with them. How the teachers cope day to day when they really do have a load of chattering 5 year olds is beyond me!!

I could talk to dh later, but don't know if I really want to tbh! I wonder if it's just me making a mountain out of nothing and I just need to get myself sorted. That said, I am quite simply not happy with my life atm.