Send PJ my get well wishes for Lucas, its bad enough when the LO's are ill but I always think it feels a lot worse at this time of year when we should all be together having fun with the family. Hope he is better soon.
I had some bad news on Christmas day, my brother's girlfriend has been told she may only have 18months to live, have only met her a couple of times as they live 5hrs away but my brother finally seems to have found someone to settle down with and now this happens Im not sure exactly what is wrong with her, they didnt go into details but it is something to do with her lungs. Its times like this I wish he lived closer, he has our cousins near by but I feel he should have close family to lean on. He's taken on her daughter as his own but if her mum does die she will go to live with her dad, leaving my brother dealing with the loss of two people close to him, im worried how he will cope with that
Apart from that we had a lovely Christmas, the kids were thoroughly spoilt. J and E decided that 4am was a great time to wake up but luckily after opening their stockings they went back to sleep until 7am. A decided she didnt want to wake up at first but then she saw her stocking and was suddenly wide awake. She was pleased with the 3 little presents in her stocking, especially the Disney Princess Lip Gloss set so when she saw her pile in the lounge her little face lit up. Everything she unwrapped she hugged whether it was a doll or her new Dora plate. E made little sqeaking noises with every present he opened. We had bought him an extra present at the last minute, something he had wanted for months but at £100 we didnt think it was worth it but at the last minute it went down to £50 so we made a rash decision to buy it but the look on his face when he openened was priceless and I was so pleased we had got it, especially as it appears it was a price error as it went back up to £100 the following day. J loves his laptop, he's hardly been off it lol. As for D, well he took it all in his stride and although he loved his toys he wanted to play cars with E more.
I cant believe that in exactly 1 month he will be 1. He is almost as big as Alana both height and width, they wear the same size nappies. Am going to try potty training A again in the New Year, had to give it up last time because A was just holding everything in and not going to the toilet for the whole day which obviously is not good, then she would suddenly have to go and wouldnt have time to get to the potty. She would sit on the potty several times during the day but wouldnt let it go. Hopefully now though we can be more successful. As long as she is dry, at night too, before she is 3 then I will be happy.
Im am looking forward to a few peaceful days now before it all gets hectic again with my mums birthday and New Years Eve. Dh bought me the new Patricia Cornwell book and Im itching to read it but know that once I start I wont want to stop so I need a couple of hours where the kids are playing happily and no one is due round, surely thats not too much to ask