Dec 08 babies are nearly one - PARTY TIME!

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As I accidentally filled up the old thread I thought I'd better start a new one

Arghhhhh my head!!!! But I did enjoy my cheerfulness, it was an early New Years celebration that went on till 2am (unheard of for me). But our friends are fabulous company and it did me and DH the world of good.

Thank you all for your thoughts on my dilema. DH and I have reached a compromise (I think). MIL is on a ground floor ward near the window. DH is going to go in and I will take the kids to the window for them to wave and DD to blow kisses. He will speak to the nurses and see what they say. He agrees that DS should really steer clear, DD he thinks could probably go in for 10 minutes or so.

Anyway if I don't get on later HAPPY NEW YEAR my lovely ladies. Here's hoping you all have a happy and healthy 2010!!

Hello everyone,

sybil Hope the DCs feel better soon. Sounds frantic in your house.

daisy Glad you reached a comprimise.

ladyT Hurray for paid work, well done you!

Re SF vaccine. As you all know, I wasn't sure if DD should have it but she was fine for the injection - didn't cry or anything and was fine afterwards. It was less troublesome than the usual boosters.

Laptop is running out of power!!! Happy new year all!

hi all,
syb so sorry about all the sickness - hope the pukes have resided and that the out-laws are being helpful
daisy sounds like you've reached a good compromise there. Good on you for letting your hair down last night!
kayz hope you're feeling better today - you really suffer with those headaches and migraines don't you? Hope you're well enough to have a good evening tonight.
I have no plans to stay up and see the new year in !
P has started doing all those things that most 3 months old do...like dribbling loads and learning to blow raspberries! It's so funny And I can't stop laughing every time I see her two top teeth!
I'm finding being a mum of 2 a little tough at the mo so am off to post on a parenting bit and will hopefully get some help! I'l try to link to it in case anyone can help, but if you have only one dc it might be best avoided!
ANyway, Hope you all have a lovely New Years Eve and here's to another amazing year of our LOs getting bigger and cleverer every day xxx See you next year!

Here's the link to my thread
Happy New Year

Happy new year to all of you wonderful ladies. I will
probably be fast asleep before midnight so I thought I has better say it now.

About to watch Frost/Nixon. I hope it is as good as the hype.

Happy New Year to you all. Hope you get what you wish for, whatever that is

Oh do we get a wish? I think I want another baby??? It's Sybs fault she said three was good and now I can't stop thinking about it.

We are an hour ahead of you so only a hour to go. DH and I are sipping mulled wine and watching TOTP on iplayer. Outside sounds like a war zone as everyone is going mental setting off fireworks. We have no local tele yet so have to use our own watches to count down.

I always make wishes for the New Year, rather than on my birthday, perhaps that is just me though !

I think I want another LO too, I dont know how we'd cope though.

I'm wishing for happy times ahead, and to use my time a bit more productively in the New Year.

Happy new year to my dear girls and babies! Much love and prosperity to you all. Oh, and many babies

Happy New Year

Am feeling slightly better thanks to the careful administration of a bowl of frosties. DH and I had a great night trying to choose our song list for the decade [really should be a saddo emoticon] and having a lovely meal. DCs this morning were delighted to discover sitting room floor absolutely covered in CD cases. Actually something we could do more often (meal rather than not tidying up). So that's a resolution at least.

I'm also thinking about a third - although DH would take some convincing so even if we do I doubt it would be this year.

Daisy I think you've made the right decision - and nurses are usually very good at advising on this sort of thing. One of the times I was in hospital with mastitis after DS was born they put me on a ward with MRSA and they weren't happy about DS being anywhere near it.

Wg Liberty have some lovely jewelry at the moment - kind of car seat price .

Hope you liked Frost/Nixon Kayz. I did. One of the plays we went to see before DS was born in a rush of 'never going to go out again so must see everything'. Can't remember much of what we saw but I do remember that.

Syb - hope sickness/outlaws resolved themselves.

Ooh and one of the lovely things we ate last night was a pudding that my brother recommended - you cut out circles of panatone and then sandwich together with some mincemeat and fry in butter. Yummmmmm. Just in case you have left over panatone lying around...

My resolutions are to fix regular suppers with my best girlfriends so I get to see them away from DCs, to dance more, and to try and treat DH more like a boyfriend occasionally and not just DCs Dad/fellow drudge.

Morning.

Feeling dreadful here. I fell asleep at about half 9. The boys woke at half 11 and then after getting them back to sleep I was woken up by the fireworks. Then the boys were up at 5am. I feel so tired.

Urbane, we didn't watch Frost/Nixon. I had Sky+ it and it didn't record properly and the sound kept going. So I've added it to our Love Film list so will have to wait for it to be sent out.

Good news is we are all still alive. Bad news is that I am ready to kill my MIL and have had to leave the room severa times today to count to ten. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Am comfort eating and drinking. Will start Fatties thread now for those who need.

Happy new year my darlings. Is is tomorrow that Turnip and Oli had their babies and completed our little gang?

By the way, where is Oli? Lots of love to you if you are lurking and to all others lurking in the ether.

Now put down the cake / wine and come here

syb I have signed up!

Oh and Happy New Year to you all. I was predictably in bed by 11pm I am so miserable at New Year!

I have signed up too Syb. I am now on 2 weight loss threads so they should really work.

Daisy I was in bed at 10pm, I was exhausted and just couldn't keep my eyes open.

Hello everyone.

Veggie and I are doing this. It is a 5k run but you can do more if you want to. It is raising money for Macmillan Cancer support.

We're just trying to get as many people as possible. As we all know poor Daisy is living with cancer in her family and doing this run can help people like our lovely Daisy.

I do wonder if I have gone mad though!!

kayz you and veggie have really brought a tear to my eye. This is such a wonderful cause and I have been thinking of doing the 'Race for Life' for a while now. Anyway, I have signed up too! You can do it Kayz!!!

I'm not sure if I can do it Daisy. I am beginning to think this snow and ice will be here forever. I think I can find 5k to do past our road. Just will have to walk carefully on the ice and then run.

Just downloaded the couch to 5k podcast. Hope it helps.

kayz the couch to 5K thing worked for me. I have a 3 mile circuit I can do now where I live, still have to walk bits sometimes but on the whole i can run it. bTW get some good trainers they will help protect your knee

Kayz even just to walk it would be great.

Syb are you going to elaborate on what your MIL has been up to...please.

Well it's nearly the end of DS1's school holidays and DH has to go to Amsterdam on Monday for work so our little home bubble is about to pop. We have been in such a cuddly little coccoon lately it has been so nice. Apart from feeling a bit iffy with a cold we have had such a nice time at home. We've popped out a few times to check out to local area, including to the beach (complete with surfers! It was 2degrees) but generally stayed home. The boys have been enjoying all the room we have in this house. DS2's walking has really come on now, he has even attempted running, so far he only gets a few steps in then ends up flat on he face, but is unwavered and gets straight back up and tries again. He spends half his day doing a circuit through the livingroom front corridor kitchen then back to the livingroom and around again. He is quite happy with it all and has been entertaining us with his activities. We have one of those climbing cubes with a slide and he has just discovered the flying down the slide head first is so much more fun than feet first!

We have also had an addition to the family today, we bought a little black hamster and DS1 has named her Emily. She is so cute and quite bold we had been warned they can be a bit shy and hide a lot at first but apart from when she is sleeping (she seems to need a nap every 20 mins) she is out and about and loves DS1 chatting to her. He of course is smitten and keeps wanting to give her his toys to play with in her cage.

DH has decided he wants some sun so we are thinking about going to Egypt for a week. We have been a couple of times before on scubadiving trips but not with the kids. So might have a look and see what we can find there. Is there anywhere else that's warm this time of year that you guys could recommend.

Our rabbit has died we think it has been to cold for her. She has had extra bedding and a insulated cover thing we got. It was devastating to have to explain to DS1 that his first ever pet has passed away.

OMG Kayz that's terrible, we don't have an insulated cover for Emily!!!! Was the rabbit indoors or outside! I've gone into a panic DH has been trying to assure me she will be ok but I'm worried now. Your poor DS1 kayz, goodluck with that.

Belated happy new year to you all - I hope it will be full of fun, with babies turning to toddlers and new ones to come.

Oh Kayz poor rabbit and poor DS1, that's awful.

The cold has really been a bit too much. NYD day was beautiful looking and we were a bit bold with a walk in the woods with some friends. It was lovely, but by the end DD was sooo cold she was really distressed, kept saying her feet hurt. We were rushing back as fast as we could, but I felt so awful for her. She was wrapped up, but obviously not enough. Bad mummy . Otherwise we had a really fun new years eve, plenty of cheerfulness and some neighbours who stayed the night. Their DD and ours are good friends and were beside themselves with excitement at going to bed together then having breakfast together in the morning, but amazingly enough both conked out around 8pm.

In fact its been neighbourly all round lately - went to a little afternoon party at some friends on our street and there were lots of people from up and down our road there, all generations from grandparents to newborns. I spent a lot of the afternoon cuddling a teeny tiny twin who lives two doors down from us. Hmm - will have to keep this broody thing in check as don't see how we'd manage another DC.

She was outside under a shelter thing we have. Emily will be fine. I am assuming she is indoors? My friend at work breeds rabbits and has lost 15 in the last 6 weeks so I suppose it could be worse. Not sure about getting another one now. We have no room anywhere indoors for a hutch.

hello, lovelies, i'm back from devon. it was lovely - a real peter's friends sort of new year, with lots of friends whom we've known for decades and their children and partners. it was a massive stately home sort of place - buckland house - and it was great. madam loved it, although i think one is a tricky age, as you can't leave her alone, nor is she immobile. i did envy the couple of women with little babies and those who had proper toddlers who rampaged around playing princesses (boys and girls together).

i had a word with my dad re: birthday present-gate and asked, even though it was just a matter of semantics, whether he would mind if we bought the car seat and i spent some money on myself to buy a new winter coat (have nothing apart from a waterproof which fits me). he was, of course, delighted and felt silly he hadn't thought of it as an idea.

sl - madam's sleeping has also gone a little to pot, but not like E. the week before christmas she started waking around 7am which is a joy for us as she's been a bit of a 5.45am sort of girl. then we uprooted to dad's for christmas and suddenly it was 5am. then we went to devon and it turned into 4am. i've decided to bring her into the bed, feed her (still bfing) and hope she drops off again. most of the time she doesn't and screams and screams until something clicks and she is suddenly chirpy. tired, but chirpy. i am hoping it will sort itself out with a bit of consistency at home. also, yesterday she slept about 4.5 hours in the day (unheard of - mainly because we were driving back from devon), went to bed an hour later than usual, woke up at 5.30, then slept from 6.10-7.10 and still wanted a nap at 10. from less than 10 hours sleep in a 24 hour period to almost 15-16. who knows???

daisy - glad you have come to a compromise about your dds seeing your mil.

ladyt - have i missed something about your work???

sybil - have joined fatties thread. am feeling really positive about trying to get fit and healthy.

rubes - no, period arrived, but not too worried, as my cycle seems to be evening out - this period came after 36 days which is really good for me - pre madam my cycles were ranging from 36-54 days, so the shorter the cycle, the more chance we have of getting up the duff. even if i am living in denial about knowing how the hell we/i would cope with another one. but would really really love one - am an only child and not a fan of it - don't really want madam to have to go through that.