May '09 - We've had our first tooth!!

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Here we are, in honour of baby O and the first tooth through.

Oh no Grumpy - hope you get to see your dh soon!

Dandy I am the former daizydoo, that was such a rubbish name and I think this one reflects my state of mind much more accurately!!

Found out that someone I used to work with committed suicide last week - so sad.

Grumpy that's a shame. Was it an Alfa Romeo by any chance? Or a lotus?

Pic of me ironing, well, a freelance journalist came into DH's showroom to ask if he had any good kitchens to go into 25 Beautiful Kitchens and he said, yes, ours! (he is not renowned for his modesty ) Anyway one of the 'interesting features' is a pull-out ironing board (if I didn't have this I would NEVER do any ironing) and so there is a photo of me ironing a tea towel - yes, a tea towel All the engineers at work, bless them, said it should have been DH but he probably would have held the iron the wrong way round or something.

'ironing a tea towel' that's a beauty!

Yes, it was an Alfa (it's a bloody Alfa garage he has).

muddle how utterly sad

Hahahaaa spangle I am imagining an image more like this instead of this hahahaaaaaa

More family shenanigans. Night before my wedding, my parents are having a v informal nosh up at theirs, with me, them, my bridesmaid, my brothers and their other halves, and a cousin and her family who will have travelled a fair way and are staying the night before. Also dp if he's got nothing to do (ie none of his mates are about.) Anyway. His parents have now said that they want to stay in the area the night before to 'be with him' (and no doubt will really piss him off) but dp has asked whether they could / would be invited to my parents as well. (Basically, they've asked dp if they are invited, and dp has pretended and said he's not sure of plans, he'll find out, making me look the awkward one.) I DON'T WANT THEM THERE!!!! None of us would be able to relax - Mum was going to get a couple of those lush cooked chickens you get in deli's at sainsburys or something, loads of jacket spuds and sweetcorn and we all just hang around and pick at it. If dp's parents come, we'd have to sit down at the table and be on best behaviour. FFS. Nothing is EVER easy. ALSO we're having a party at my parents after the reception, instead of a disco thing, and his parents said they weren't coming. They have now changed their mind and want to come. Dp's whole family have been chopping and changing their minds about stuff all along (noo, Brian and Fran CAN'T come.... then they will, but they will have to bring Auntie Winnie, and they MAY stop for a drink at the reception, but WON'T sit and eat.... and Auntie Gerry can only come if cousinmark can come, and he only wants to come to show off his new car...... aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhh........) (breathe, breathe, breathe, pass me a brown paper bag, quick.)

I like ironed teatowels..... Grumpy, shame on you for sniggering at such a thought!

Oh and muddle - sympathies. How awful. Big unMNy hug for you

There is a ridiculously stupid argument about pigeons in AIBU - I can't even be arsed to read it all - some people...

Right, I really must study - dp is looking after M, so I MUST

DH and I were up until 3.45am doing drinking and singing and dancing. Oh god oh god.

I am not well.

I can hardly bear to talk about this but we moved from from the music channels to CDs, and this morning there were very random CDs lying about, from Robbie Williams through to Limp Bizkit, Little Angels, the Beautiful South and

Meatloaf.

...............

We've agreed that we're now officially too old to party. Although DH was relatively sober, it's safe to say that I was not. I am so out of practice. Raspberry sambuca was involved. I am 33 fgs.

Ugh.

Felix slept in his cot through all the noise, was fed when we went to bed when I moved him back to his moses basket for no apparent reason, and has been brilliant today - fortunately because I can't even move. No chance of name-checking, still not even sure who I am.

How is your head?

saus, what an absolute nightmare about the day before your wedding. Can you be partially honest with your DP and say you wanted some time with your family, and suggest he goes out with his mum and dad? Does he have other close family coming the day before who could join them?

The evening before my wedding, I was at my mum and dad's with my brother, his girlfriend, my cousins and their families and a couple of friends who popped in. We had pizza and kebabs (it's true, I am a classy chick) and it was great. DH and his family had a 4 course meal in the hotel where we were to have our reception - apparently it was lovely but we were both pleased we'd spent the evening apart- we both just wanted to have some time with our respective families before officially making a new family the next day, kind of thing. Could you say something along those lines?

And, god, your DP's family sound especially difficult. Organising a wedding is tricky enough without all of that extra hassle.

Ow!

Ssssh... it's still attached to my body but that's about all I can say for it. Off for more paracetamol. Oh god oh god.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA REEBS HOPE YOU'RE FEELING OK. FANCY A PINT OF SAMBUCA?

saus sorry to hear your wedding hassles - it's such a stressful time I remember it well

I agree with reebees idea - spend the evening seperately, my DH's mum loved making a fuss of my DH - nice family meal, etc, I spent the evening at home, watching tv, eating pizza and drinking cava with my bridesmaids and a couple of mates - sounds boring but it was great girlie fun

went to my friends childrens' christening this morning, it was really nice, her daughter (who's a week older than M) looked lovely in the family christening gown and their son who's 3 was really well behaved, altho he did try to climb into the font
Makes me think I'd like a special day for M perhaps not a church do tho cos DH is an athiest, perhaps a civil naming ceremony.
Does anyone have any experience of these?

Am breathing, am breathing!

Good idea re the 'traditional' aspects of it all. And Dandy - we did set a deadline - and rsvps still trickled in after that... even from this bloody cousinmark who didn't even get a bloody invite. I ask you!!!!!!

Looby - haven't come across anyone having a civil naming ceremony... would be interesting to hear more about it. We're having M Christened in the new year.... although that's going to open a can of worms too, as dp is Catholic and I'm CofE. Sigh....

Reebee - runny egg sandwich?! (I always used to find that a coke and McDonalds chips helps a hangover. Either that or a Bloody Mary! )

(why did I cross out the past tense there? Duh)

Quite. Je suis un stickler for good punctuation and stuff. I did shudder at my use of an apostrophe after deli earlier, when I was talking about delis, but that looks weird..... hmmm.... I know what I mean...

Anyway Dandy - have set a deadline now. Not sure if anyone knows about it, but I know, and if anyone crosses me now, they are for it!!! (My brother even called me Friday pm to share my fury!! Apparently my Mum has been moaning about me. Nice.)

Oh and also.... dp spoke to his Mum earlier... the first thing she said was 'oooh, did saus like the teddy clock' and dp said 'eermmmm.... weeeell.....' .... then she said (apparently a bit huffily) 'oh well I suppose she didn't like the coat either' and he said I did..... oh get stuffed, silly woman, not having you over the day before my wedding NOW! Silly oaf.

Evening.

Reebee I got very messy on Friday night. 2 for 1 cocktails. It was a girls night and I loved it. I had a stonker of a headache on Saturday which MacDonalds seemed to sort out.

Saus Nightmare. I'm glad I eloped- no family to drive me mental.

Well R seems to be over his growth spurt he has had 2 lovely long naps today and went down tonight without a fight. I'm seeing to HV tomorrow and I'm going to have to say everything is fine now . Oh well I'll just go for a chat anyway. Seriously he has been on this growth spurt for weeks though. I hope he sleeps well tonight.

DD was also lovely today. All smiles and cuteness. She played nicely and ate all her food with good table manners. A great day all round .

Looby
We had a naming ceremony for DD last year. She wore my Granny's christening gown (hand made in 1924)and my mum's cousin who is a Justice of the Peace performed the ceremony. My sister and Aunty did a reading and we chose guardians for her. It was just like a christening except not in church. It was a lovely family day. We will have one for DS one day probably when he is back in NZ. We may also have them both blessed in church in SA as DH's family are church goers but we will see what they want.

saus - what a nightmare!!! You stick to your new and known only to you deadline

of all the hangovers! Never thought I'd be saying that!!

I'm still feeling quite down. Not totally sure why but could be because I'm tired, DS isn't settling, still having tooth problems when feeding, DH just isn't supporting me...
This afternoon, I could feel my stress levels rising as I couldn't settle O so went out to DH who was in the garden to ask for his help. Was told he couldn't help as he was busy doing important things in the garden. 2hrs later, DH had finished and was sat on the patio so I asked again and was told he was too dirty from his gardening and was going for a shower and a lie down.
Don't know why O is being so grizzly. Surely he can't be getting more teeth...

DH did make me laugh today though. I went out to pick up his dry cleaning and asked him to hang the washing out. When I got back, he'd hung out the washing, including the Oxi sachet I'd put in the drum!!

Right X Factor time!