AUG08 - Sunshine, Friends, Food, & Fun

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I was indeed HazieDazie (of Nappy Crazy fame )!

Things are good thanks Dizzy, although the CMing involves much more paperwork than I ever thought possible! Have first inspection due soon so I'm bricking it! DD is doing really well too, a cheeky little madam with more personality than I can handle at times!

How are things with you? I think I saw mention of a cafe too? You've had a busy few months eh?

we actually did it the beginning of november so you can't use the temperature as an excuse! (reason i remember is because there were loads of fireworks going off at one point!)

i agree re going somewhere but at the time we couldn't really afford to go out either and it made such a difference not being surrounded by the same four walls

What lovely news.
I conked out on dh's shoulder after the tidy towns litter pick last night which was a lovely reminder that there are great people hereabouts.

I have done what Dizz has done and laid low /refused to join in gossip about the whole thing and that seems to have been a good move. For the record Dizzy, the way you are being treated is beyond a disgrace.

I was sure DS was a girl and dd1 was a boy. . I gave up guessing the third time.

I had a boy first obviously, and one of the best effects I've found is that dd has been shielded from a lot of 'girling' - she has a superhero suit, but no fairy or princess stuff of any kind. And she plays a lot at pirates, detectives etc. They have a very uncompetitive relationship which is great.

They have suddenly started to worry about fairness -ds has gone to parties dd1 hasn't gone to. I've taken the girls to a play centre and ds hasn't been able to go. I try to keep a balance and to talk about doing that and I hope they realise they are devoutly loved for their own selves and not for any 'boy' or 'girlness.'

I have work to do tonight, but I'm so tired at the moment. We haven't been out together since January 09, not least because dd2 is so clingy.

When I got back from the Tidy Towns thing last night she screeched 'Mommy bot back!!!!' and when dh was cuddling her while i was teaching this afternoon she kept asking for me.

Dh has events to go to - a bit like Mr Dizzy - but if I thought he wasn't at least a little bit about only doing social stuff without me I would be upset. A chat sounds the way forward there QOD as you have totally fair points to make.

For MRLoti, I prescribe my unco-operative husband-waking device

Lovely news Miamla, I mean. And I fell asleep when I had intended to wait it out here with the other impatient people.

Miamla fireworks going off eh? And isn't November the month that you would fall pregnant with an August baby???

You're right QOD, couldn't resist you all for long!

Night night to those heading to bed, think I'm going to head up soon too, tired out from doing blimmin' paperwork all evening long...

Spring, thanks so much for asking after dh's aunt. We had a lovely chat with her which seemed to really help everyone involved. And the children are sending off lovely pictures tomorrow.

Oops, your mil has serious issues with boundaries.

pert ah ha but we ticked the box for 'sleeping well from early days' this time! not a mistake we're going to make twice!! I did hear minipert was adorable (not that i didn't know already!)

hi red, how lovely to see you! and thanks for your wise words re how yours interact. that's what i'm hoping re the lack of princess outfits but you know what, if she wants one, i know someone who would love to sew one for her Its also really useful to read about how you're dealing with fairness...i imagine i'll be screaming at you all in a couple of years that its harder than i imagined it was to be fair but we're going to try

how cool is it that (hopefully) we'll all still know each other for years to come

right, really must follow oops' lead now and waddle off to bed

night all

NT i did wonder who would pick up on my firework comment!! it was actually a year or two before THE november but yes, it does appear to be a rather fertile month for us!

Hello littlenuttree Lovely to have you back.

Dd1 hasn't really encountered the idea that she should be a princess/fairy if you see what I mean as we have never read those kinds of books and she hasn't seen any of the 'girl's' films.
She tried on a princess outfit at her friend's house the other week and was disgusted after 5 minutes because she couldn't run in it.

I am a bit of an old skool feminist, and don't do fairy tales either. They get all of that stuff at some stage of course in some form or another.

She was outraged to discover, in a Shirley Hughes book the other day, that she shares a name with the Queen of the Fairies.

Sazzles, I forgot to add that woman in the docs to my list of people deserving a rebuke. My God, that is outlandish behaviour.
I hope plans work out for your trip this weekend.

GG, much love from all here too. DS was just talking about your ds yesterday.

Red glad to hear you managed to speak to her and sure she will love DCs pictures. The fairness thing is interesting as I really hope to be slightly fairer towards any potential siblings DS than my parents were with DB and me (maybe a little unfair but still wrankles with me - DB definitely pfb but on that subject).

QoD would send you DH's tux as he never wears it but fear it would be a little long in the leg - but if it would help then maybe one of our accomplished seamstresses (sp?) could alter it. Have had some experience of being at tax awards as it is my original career can be good fun if you are on the right table but otherwise frightfully dull! But I would say if he isn't part of the team then would be difficult to claim the glory - no? DH has quite a few work functions to attend but also makes sure he only goes the the ones that he absolutely has to.

We were chatting this morning whilst wating for the bus about the cost of getting to work from the new place. There is an express but that costs $3 (about 1.75) which he was saying we shouldn't get as the other one which takes 10minutes longer is only $1. He was also begrudging me my taxi home at lunch time (the bus stop for return journey is a long way from the office plus I want to hurry home to see DS). Taxi costs around $5. I then asked him how he got home this week he admitted to taking a taxi every night (peak time cost is doubled so $10). His rationale was that he's been early every night this week so didn't mind paying to get home quickly to see DS before he goes to bed but otherwise would take the bus/underground if he was just coming home to see me - lovely!

DS is loving having a garden and will happily potter about at his water table for ages. The cats are loving being able to go outside too - to the extent that I'm feeling a real meanie at having kept them indoors for 3 years whilst we were at the other place .

Friend who has DD same age as our lot who is pg with twins found out that she is in fact having a dd and a ds rather than 2xds which has come as a nice surprise.

Sazz too on your behalf. I often think of witty put-downs or retorts but unfortunately usually too late for the occasion.

Hi LNT hope you are enjoying the CMing - paperwork aside and good luck for the inspection.

Sorry for rather long post back to the gym for me tonight so probably won't be on till tomorrow morning again.

woah, my stomach was just quivering from all the kicks its getting! i love it now that they're visible on the outside too now, shows how big she's getting. I'm sure you've probably picked up on this already but i'm really loving being pregnant. It is nice being left from a medical point of view to just get on with it. With DS we had weekly scans/consultant appts for one thing and another and looking back it was all a bit clinical. i feel alot more 'earth mother' with this one (can someone please remind me to re-read this when i'm hot,sweaty,huge and moaning in a month or so!) I think its also because I'm pretty certain that this will be my final pregnancy so i'm trying to make sure i relish every moment of it.

enough of my babbling, i actually came on here to say good morning to you all but i was distracted by a quivering stomach! Ooh, other interesting point...as my stomach's getting bigger, DS is getting more cuddly and kissy, i love it! And DH is actually getting a few now as well so he's pretty chuffed too!

Oooh and keep meaning to share, we now can't say the words 'jumper' or 'frog' round here because it sets DS off on a jumping frenzy!

red that's exactly the kind of thing i'm aiming for. its quite amazing at toddler group, with the judgey looks i get for 'allowing' DS to play with the pushchairs! Especially because he prefers the pink one FFS, he plays with what he wants!

spring perfect example of male logic!

qod is it worth posting DP's size on here and we can all keep a look out in our local charity shops for him? No pressure but i'll be passing two at 11.35 today so i'll pop in if you get them to me quick!

Hello nutty! Nice to see you.

Excuse me but I did NOT out you Miamla, when asked how I knew you I said Oh we had our babies at the same time . Having said that, all on my high horse, I can't speak for dp he might have said something but I don't know. If so I am sorry.

Queenie think we'd be a bit long in the leg here too.

Spring how nice that ds is enjoying his new garden! Mine just wants to be outside all the time now and it's lovely to see him pottering though still vv nippy and he won't even wait to get dressed, straight out the back door in his pj's and bare feet if he can, while I shriek after him waving hats and things.

Lovely news re. twins! More bitter . Imagine the work BUT imagine the fun!!

LOL at pushchairs they are ds's favourite thing at playgroup.

Miamla it is gorgeous to hear how happily you are enjoying being preg I love all your updates. V satisfying thinking of her growing inside and getting sturdier & ready to arrive. Oooohhhh babies are sooooo nice!

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sorry, that was obviously a wise comment from DS... i would never say anything quite as profound as that!

GG pleased to see i'm not boring you all with my 'ooh, Pea's just kicked me' posts!

hmmmm re outing me, he was pretty certain it was 'the Irish one with the baby' so perhaps it was your DP, i didn't think to check the gender of the revealer! seriously though, not a problem! do i look bothered?

DH is really funny about the pushchair thing. He fully appreciates that DS loves playing with them, that he (DH) obviously pushing one himself but when i suggested actually buying one for him (DS), DH went all funny! Now we know Pea is a little girl i asked if i could buy the pushchair for DS now and pretend that its for Pea...and apparently i can! Men and their funny ways... there should be a book on it!

DS is having a nap upstairs, a poo woke him up before he wanted earlier so he's shattered still. But i just heard 'un, ooooo, eeeeee, eurrrrr' so it sounds like he's busy counting something My child the genius!

Morning all

A very lazy morning this morning. DH has closed the business for our friend's funeral so we have him home and this morning couldn't have started any more differently than yesterday! DD slept until 6 then came in to us and slept until 7.15. Dh chiry and happy. We all lay in bed and chatted until 8 when DD snuggled back in and asked for a 'bitta telly' so he let her and we have not long come downstairs.

Miamla - I too am loving pregnancy now. It was a tough first 5 or so months but this is the bit I remember so lovingly from last time that made me want to do it over again We no longer have kicking as there isn't much space but I have the giant rolling belly with bits that poke and stick out making me look lopsided and lumpy. I want to be able to bottle this feeling and keep it forever so I don't have to do the first few months again just to get to it.

Morning GG

Oh perhaps it was then sorry bout that I'd be 99.99 pc sure I didn't say anything, I even remember discussing tactics with oops afterwards. But I didn't put any gagging orders on dp... sorry Miamla.

GG, honestly, its not a problem. if i was worried about people finding out, i'd have coached you all first! you're all my hairy truckers and always will be

oops hmm, i've been thinking about wanting to bottle the feeling too. i was considering writing a diary but then realised i've got all my posts on here which serve the same purpose!

Oh I am so of you pregnant ladies, in a very way!

GG I love the outside pottering, DS is just the same. Even our crappy back yard is an okay space for him to run around in now that he's steady on his feet. I do like Miamla's idea for a romantic evening too, might have to steal that when the weather gets warmer. DP and I could definitely do with it - life seems all work work work at the moment with not much time for us.

Am chuckling at the pushchair talk. DS loves his pink pushchair.

On a less amusing note, his poor eye has come up in a horrible shiner Am sure the nursery manager gave me a bit of a look when I dropped him off this morning. Cue anxious visions of being reported and having to put them in touch with my 'independent witness' (toddler group friend who was there with her DD). FFS. I hate that we live in these kind of times, and hate that people make it necessary for child protection services to exist.

Shouldn't be on here as am v busy at work but have to confess that I definitely outed miamla as a hairy trucker at he wedding . I was sitting next to your cousin's wife (I think) miamla, we were chatting a bit and she asked where I had come from/how I knew you . She did think it was amazing that we had all come from all over to see you get wed!

oh no! my cousin's wife knows too??!!! I'll have to have a nosey through the photos to see if i can double check who you were sitting next to

but i have to agree....i think it is/was absolutely amazing that so many hairy truckers made it there

hmm, i'm now thinking maybe i should have a disguise on here in case friends,family come looking....

allo, allo, i shall zay zis only once

only me , do you think this will fox my stalkers sufficiently?

hi cyteen, sorry, missed you there! poor J, but quite agree re times we live in.

Morning all. Hungover somewhat after a little party at burlesque friend's house. She has a new log cabin and it has this magical intoxicating effect on people LOL. That and the 2 bottles of cava and 1 bottle of wine between 5 of us. I wore my steampunk outfit and am borrowing her underbust corset which of course I had to try on - holy crap I always forget how tight those things go!

Trying to get things done for my NCT event I'm doing Sat am - my colleague has bailed out completely due to gall bladder surgery tomorrow and emergency housemoving today due to flooding. Bitch. DH also taking big2 to swimming lesson at 8.30 then joining us at NCT event. That event finishes at 12 and then I have to catch train to london at 4pm for burlesque hen night. Why do I feel guilty for putting all this on DH? He is fine with it and often does similar weekends away, doesn't see why I shouldn't. Still I feel slightly fishwifey.

Miamla ELC do a blue pushchair if you need one. Squirt has one and a little wooden pram, both the boys have spent this spring pushing baby dolls around, is v cute.