hello all, been a bit manic here in RL and internet bloody rubbish. New provider was supposed to 'go live' on 18th September but apparently in KSA 'going live' doesn't actually mean going live 
dinky hope you are ok and hope you get a second opinion on your little man
STW good to see you back and hope you continue to make progress with O.
Littlesez 
at flips! I can just about touch my toes on a good day (and that is with knees bent) 
SM wow at all your cooking, sounds like you have fitted in really well with your work.
hello to everyone else and sorry if I've missed any important news, a bit sleep deprived here.
H has been pretty ill the last few weeks. He has had a cough that just won't go and which keeps him (and us) up at night. He coughs so much sometimes that he makes himself sick 
Finally took him to med centre yesterday and saw a lovely female doctor (one of the mums on the compound) who was fab. He apparently has bronchiolitus (sp?) again and is on ABs, steriods, antihistamine and various other things. He was put on nebuliser at med centre and had a little bit of improvement so have been nebing him at home. Thankfully we bought a nebuliser from a friend who left KSA last month so has come in handy.
Rushing round like a loon (no change there)
Organised a charity sale on Friday (a bit like the NCT ones) and have just finished sorting out the money. Made SR1,600 for charity which is around 290 sterling so very pleased with that.
Friday was manic for me. I signed up for the Terry Fox run (young canadian man who sadly died from cancer years ago and had pledged to run across canada to raise money) anyway, the runs carry on and this year the 10th one was in Riyadh and on our compound so I signed up DH, DD (aged 4) and myself. Took H in his pram and it was very embarrasing when DD shot off in front of us and we struggled to keep up with her. Thankfully she ran out of steam after about 10 mins so we caught her. It was only 4k but am so glad I did it and a lot of money was raised for that.
Am doing a lot of charity stuff here now (my books and card sales, occasional cakes bakes and charity sales) and am thinking of setting up a charity committee to make it more formal. Usually fundraise for GOSH but have signed up to trek Jordan next October for NDCS (with DS1) and need to raise 3.5k (seemed a good idea at the time!)
Back to the UK on Wednesday night for a few days then off to USA once we've picked up DC1 and 2 so need to get sorted and pack etc.
Hope everyone is ok x