May 2008 bubbas: Walking, Talking (& climbing!) Little Monkeys

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Thought we deserved a new thread

hm i love michael mcintyres hair, thats a show in its own right!

mm hope u get a an uninterupted sleep
we have also had some snow today, although it has all frozen now but we have been forecasted snow daily for the whole of next week. Cant wait - need to find my wellies!

Dp & I are in a major disagreement just now. We live in a upper-cottage flat, our downstairs neighbour has applied for planning permission to build a conservatory. Dp doesnt think it matters. But I do. I dont want to look out my kitchen window and all I can is their roof and Im abit concerned that it might effect our property value when we sell.
The website is down just now so I cant see the actual plan, I might change my mind when I see what their planning but at the moment I dont like it.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Sho x

Ps, on a sadder note, I know quite a few of you fml's are religious and so can I ask that you all say a pray for the daughter of my friends niece. The baby girl is only 6months old and tomorrow surgeons are going to try to remove a tumour she has on her brain. Her condition atm is that she cannot move her legs due to the pressure on her brain, the tumour has also caused a large amount of fluid to build up around her brain.
It is a worrying situation at anytime never mind this close to christmas. Thank you.

Oh, Sho, so sorry to hear about your friend's niece's daughter. My DH had a son who died on 17th Dec many, many years ago. Way before we got together, but it is still a sombre day, especially as Imogen is almost exactly the same age right now. You have my prayers.

Def. look at the plans. One compromise might be that they get an extention but that you get a roof terrace? I don't think I'd like to look out onto someone's conservatory - but then again, I wouldn't want a conservatory that I knew was totally overlooked, IYSWIM...

MM - Hope you got some sleep.

There is SNOW here!! ... am happy about it because DH actually came home last night so there is no need for us to drive anywhere (we have a 4x4 so could get about, but we live on the top of a big hill!!). DH was supposed to be off for the snip this morning, but we couldn't make it. A bit of a stay of execution, if you will!!

Our Christmas tree is (hopefully) being delivered today and DSDs will be here this afternoon - it's actually feeling like Christmas!!

Hope you all enjoy the snow!!

Hm x

Loads of fun in the snow Chez Lucky. DD2 managed a fairly long walk in it to the post box and back.

DD1 saw 2 dogs (albeit on the other side of the road) and managed not to freak out at all, which she did in the same situation last week, so I think we may be making progress.

Some news on the job front but I won't bore you with it all now, I will wait until it's all official.

Did I mention that DH's family decided to spend Christmas days within their own smaller families and then we would all meet up later on in the day? Well, we are safe (!!) cos we said all along that was what we wanted to do, but his Mum rang yesterday to say they have actually decided to spend it all together again (FFS !!). They are completely incapable of doing anything on their own, it's so suffocating. Thank God we are out of it. Luckily his Mum appreciated that we wanted to do our own thing and meet up with them later....we were invited if we wanted to but we politely declined (would rather scoop my eyeballs out with spoons).

Quiet day here, DH at work all day then going straight to his sister's to babysit so I am home alone all day with the girls, but they are being lovely and we are having a great day. I'm doing a DVD night with DD1 later once DD2 in bed. Happy Feet and Quality Street.....Yummy!!

DD1 is currently playing 'schools' with her Little People nativity set of characters....and I quote...
"No Mary!! I don't answer children who shout out like that.....Joseph, if you behave like that I will tell your Mummy not to bring you to nursery anymore!"

Oh, and baby Jesus has to go for his injections today apparently!

PMSL!!!!

Have a great day!

LM xxx

P.S. I will remember that little girl in my prayers......

Hey girls

LM you made me smile with your nativity character story. I love it when they do that kind of thing. Sooooo cute .

Kind of got my night's sleep. Let's just say dp tried his best .

Been really busy (as always) and running all over the place but had a lovely afternoon today. All our Christmas shopping is done (apart from a few gift boxes and a plastic wheelbarrow I have yet to purchase for dd) and so we got to have a family afternoon enjoying the festive season. DP's been out every night this week and is off to Madrid again tomorrow until Tuesday/Wednesday so it was nice to see him. We met some of my friends for lunch and then went for a wander around Greenwich market which was very Christmassey and nice.

We got a few deliveries today (aside from all my Internet shopping) - a Fortnum and Mason hamper and a case of wine .

How are you all planning to give pressies to our LOs? I've been letting dd undo a few now and then. She has probably nigh on 100 presents (I am bad with numbers - but lots!) ranging from little bath toys to stickers to a toy kitchen [very excited mummy emotiocon] to whatever plastic flashing stuff dp's family have chosen and committed to filling our once minimalist house with th elovely gifts dp's parents have left in 4 large bags for her. I just don't want to overwhelm her or turn her into a little "next present" bubba. She's so pleased when she gets anything atm and I really like that. She says "grazie" and then "ooooohhhhhh" and shakes with excitement. I don't want to ruin that with masses of gifts.

On a far more serious note, Sho I'm really sorry to hear about that little bubba. I'm not religious but will be thinking of her.

Well, I am going to open a bottle of red wine and kick back for fifteen minutes why dp is putting dd to bed.

Hope you're all having a nice weekend.

MM

Ikwym mm about not wanting a 'next present' baby. I was thinking of starting on christmas eve and spreading the unwrapping throughout until by the looks of -the-- amount of pressies she has maybe ny boxing day.

My bil is a photographer and took family protraits (the kids, the grandkids, the family) and we all presented it to dp's parents yday. Sadly One of his sisters had already told them all about it and it was supposed to be a surprise, their fake suprised reactions were award worthy. While we were there his oldest sis produced one of those gift bags that are waist height full to the top for each of the kids. She alone has bought more for dd than we have!

We had our playgroup christmas night out on friday. It was great to get out and relax, dd has been with us on our last few nights out. The hotel we were at was beautiful, if dp ever gets round to proposing then I would consider it as a venue. The mums were all laughing at my drunken 'you know I think I might get married here' outburst.. if only..

Thank you all ladies for your kind thoughts and prayers. Keira, the baby, is stable at present. The biopsy was succesful as was the shunt they fitted. The family are hoping to get results of the Biopsy on Monday, the results of which will determine how/if the tumour is removed. She's teh 1st girl in her family since her mum so its especially heartbreaking for them. Fingers crossed.

Our few centimeters of snow are frozen atm but we're expecting an white afternoon according to reports.
Hope your all feeling festive and enjoying the snow
Sho x

Oh sho, not religious either but will be thinking of the little girl.

We're having our own family drama. Just had to rush back from a weekend away, DS and I stayed home and DH has had to rush to Oxford as his Dad is in Intensive care. He's 80 and has been really unwell this year (stroke, dementia, cancer) and now he has major bleeding on the brain after a fall and was in surgery all night. It's really hard (though put into a bit of perspective by little Keira - a sick 6 month old and a sick 80 year old are very different).
I think it's pretty tough for DH (who's 24) to have to go through this so young as well.

I guess we just all have to appreciate and love everyone in our lives and make sure they know how special they are to us.

Christmassy joy to you all! xxx

Baiyu sorry to hear about your FIL.

Our pressies will be spread over two days just cos having two different families each day IYSWIM....My girls will have roughly 15-20 pressies each (including stockings, main pressie and any from any family).

Last year DD1 was 2.5 yrs old and I was suprised at how quickly she got overwhelmed by it all and actually didn't even want to open anymore after a while (and we don't have loads in our house as it is).

WHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!! Rage against the machine are Christmas no.1!!!!!!!!!!!

Get in!!!!

LM xxx

Thank you Baiyu, So sorry to hear about you fil, I hope he recovers well. It doesnt seem to be a good health time all round. My gran (83) is also in hospital with chest pains. She's been in since last week and their still not sure what the problem is.

Did you hear about the actress Brittany Murphy dying at the weekend from a suspected heart attack? At 32yo she is only a year older than dp. How sad.

Oh Iv got some exciting news!!!!

Santa comes this week!!!!!

Its snowing here again, Im looking forward to making a snow man at work this afternoon!

at only 32 she is younger than a few of us on here.....I feel very sad cos we love Happy Feet in our house and she is the voice of Gloria.....DD1 loves her version of 'somebody to love' from the film and we have it on all the time....very strange to think she has passed away now.....

Found out today that when our department moves premises the PCT will definitely NOT fund hydrotherapy at any pool.....so, that's 50% of my job gone! It means I will do no pool work at all and will just see out-patients 'on land' as we say. Feel very sad as I've run the hydro dept since 1998. Everyone at work is up in arms.....for some patients it's the only thing that helps. I treat lots of women with SPD who can't do anything on land.

LM xxx

Oh dear LM, that's rubbish!

Very sad about Brittany Murphy, zo zo young.

FIL is in a controlled coma at the moment, it's going to be a very strange Christmas whatever happens but we're trying to carry on and just taking each day as it comes.

*so so!

Sorry, me again. I need some facebook advice. As some of you know, my MIL is one of my 'friends'.....I don't like it but I don't feel I can NOT be her friend IYSWIM.
Yesterday I posted about being pleased that RATM were no.1 on my status update, and funnily enough around the same time, she updated her status as 'it's such a shame that such an awful song with such foul language is no.1, Christmas is meant to be peace and goodwill to all men, including Simon Cowell and Joe'......yes I know, it's not much of an argument.
I just feel that it's her dig at me for being pro-RATM. I can imagine them all sitting around talking about how awful it is that I wanted it as no.1.
I also hate the fact she sees all my status updates and photos of my nights out etc.

What can I do???? I can't remove her, it would be obvious, I would have to remove the whole family (all my bloody neices and nephews and SILs are my friends too....).

Does anyone know if I can choose which friends see my updates etc??

Baiyu....so sorry to hear that...sorry for my trivial FB problem which is clearly nothing to actually worry about .

lucky go to Privacy Settings then Profile Information. You can control, to an extent, who see's photo albums, comments and posts. Hope this helps.

baiyu I really feel for you and your family just now. I do agree with you that taking each day as it comes is the only way to cope.

we will find out tomorrow if my gran is getting home for christmas. I hope she does.

I havent been able to speak to my friend to fins out about her niece. I have seen her from afar and she seemed cheery so I am taking that as good news. She lives next to my mum so hopefully one of us will see her over the festive period.

A merry christmas to all, and to all a good night (thats only if dd sleeps right through, which i doubt strongly)
Sho x

Thanks sho, I've just managed to do that...and it feels GREAT!

Have a great Christmas everyone!

LM x

Friends gone home. Letter to Father Christmas waiting outside with a mincepie & beer. Lit a Chinese lantern and watched with an amazed dd as it rode high into the stars to wish merry Christmas to those we've loved & lost. Christmas pyjamas opened and on. Mulled wine drunk. Listening to some Italian Christmas songs. Dd asleep. About to attempt putting the kitchen together.

Merry Christmas girls. X

Merry Christmas to everyone!!!!!! Just Me and DS2 are awake, everyone else still sleeping. Waiting for the fun to start. Hope everyone has a wonderful day and thinking about those who are going through difficult times. Hope all your family and friends who are ill have a good new year!!!! And make quick recoveries. x x x

Merry Christmas to you all.

Wishing you peace, love, health and happiness for Christmas and 2010.

Hm x

A belated Merry Christmas one and all! FIL is doing really well, quite lucid now. He didn't know who DH was on Christmas Eve and he was pretty heartbroken but my BIL saw him yesterday and he was much more aware of everybody so that's really positive. It's FIL's birthday on the 30th so us and BILs family are going out for lunch (excited to see my nephew and niece for the first time in a year!) and then spend the afternoon visiting FIL in hospital.

We had a really nice Christmas in the end, being with all of DH's family not nearly as stressful as we expected and actually we didn't really want to leave! DS was so good, made everyone very cheery!

Hope you're all doing well and enjoying some lovely family days before work starts again! DH back to work Tues but taking Weds off for FILs bday so only a 2 day week, lovely.

Wishing you all a wonderful 2010!
(I wonder how many of us will have 2010 babies...? Place your bets now! )

Def no 2010 babies for Lucky!!! .

Had a lovely Christmas, just the 4 of us, then to SIL's about 4pm, stayed til 9pm (v late for my girls!), but they were good as gold.

My family arrived yesterday and are still here. Poor Mum has a very poorly cousin in Ireland who collapsed on Christmas Eve with ??heart attack and is now in ITU, not expected to last the week . Mum v sad . My parents don't ever go abroad so they don't have passports so they are worried about not being able to go to any funeral .

Other than that, the girls got some great pressies, and so did I .

Apart from the dishwasher breaking down it's been a lovely Christmas!!!

Hope you all had a god one too,

LOL (lots of love!)

LM xxx

haha! No babies here either!!! > But, good luck to those who are trying - and here's my bet: I'm going for 3 babies.

Baiyu - Goon news about your FIL and I hope you manage to celebrate his birthday.

Lucky - You absolutely don't need a passport to get to Ireland. they should explain the situation when (if) they book the tickets, but they will certainly be able to travel with other forms of ID. Remember, though, funerals will be planned and conducted quickly in Ireland, often within 2-3 days of death so getting tickets at short notice might be difficult at this time of year.

Hm x

Haha Im quite the opposite, im hoping that 2010 will be a reproductive year. It took soo long for dd to come, now that I know everything works im desperate for another.

Baiyu thats great news about your fil

We had a good christmas. My gran got out of hospital on christmas eve which was good. Hannah got absolutly spoilt with all the pressies she got. A girl only needs so many dolls, she got 3 and she already has maybe 4 I think. And ofcourse she will try to carry all of them at the same time.

Ohh I think iv ate to much ice cream

Hi girls

The whole of MN has been so quiet over the festive season. How is everyone?

Had a nice Christmas. DD loved it. She's come on leaps and bounds in the past week. On Christmas Day she lined up her tea cups and out of the blue counted to 5 in English. A few hours later she counted to 8 in Italian . I was so stunned it took me a few seconds to respond and she looked like she'd done something wrong. It always stuns me how they learn things and remember things.

We had lots of lovely food and drink and some wonderful pressies. Dp spoilt me totally. Dp's dreaded sister demonstrated her total disregard for anything I say by buying dd a set including real nail varnish and lipstick and high heel sparkly shoes . Am I the only one who thinks 19mo is too young for all that stuff? I love makeup and clothes but have no desire to encourage dd to look like Lolita. Even dp understood that it had been done to irritate me and promptly produced another present and threw the whole set in the bin.

We spotted 3 mice on Christmas Day - in the kitchen too. Rentokil were useless the last few times we used them (it's an old house and we live next to the Thames and back onto a park) so I have taken matters into my own hands and laid traps. 3 down already though I cried this morning (I am premenstrual - TMI) when I found a tiny one in there.

Off on holiday in few days. Not got any NYE plans - has anyone else?

Going to the sales later. Got to get a few presents for Italian friends and family. I need something for my tiny best friend who is 6 months pregnant but not sure what. I am going to make her a labour set like I did for ungrateful sis with straws, face wash, lip salve, arnica etc. - little things to take with her to the hospital she might of think of. Any suggestions?

We'd like another baby but want to wait another year I think. Go on HM - name names - which 3 of us you betting on?

Right, off for nap time seeing as we only had a few hours sleep. Hope everyone is happy and enjoying the holidays.

MM

hahaha thats a good idea mm, fess up hm who do you think will be 'swelling with joy' in 2010?

our plans for hogmanay is to make sure we'r still awake for the bells. Last year we were in bed before 1230!!

We had a lovely time last NYE and went to friend's for dinner and fireworks. This year they're away and everyone else seems busy. I'd like to do something but looks like it it'll be another nice meal and few drinks just us at home.