Due in July 2009

happy birthday Azaria! wow, only seems like a few months ago you had her!

i went to my auntys house today and amelia had not had a nap and was a bit wired on sugar so really was not in a good mood . first she was into absolutly everything , throwing tantrums at everything , then she was quiet..... i walked into the kitchen at my auntys to find Amelia had lifted a very large and very heavy 10ltr container of water off the bench and ALL over the kitchen floor . I have no idea how she did it as it was bloody heavy even for me .... while my aunty and i were busy cleaning up that mess and i was flustered and embarassed at that Amelia climbed onto the kitchen table , grabbed my auntys keys and pressed the garage door button downwhich made the door go semi onto my auntys car which caused a massive scratch on her perfect paintwork! i was motified ! so completly embarassed and of course instantly stressed at how on earth i would pay for the damage (my auntys said its fine and i dont have to pay anything altho ill try do something to fix it as i feel very guilty  ) . talk about terrible twos! i think this child will be the death of me !

On a happier note Rich and i are back together . we are not living together , going to see how things go and i have my mate living here so a bit hard but we are spending heaps of time together and Amelias LOVES having him around al the time . Its already alot better and alot different , hes making a massive effort

Edited by julz85

hi ladies

thought i would update you - we have solved the sleep problem and now she goes to bed by herself thank god as DH has started a new job where he starts at midnight so goes to bed at 3pm which has not been a problem yet as i have been on hols but will see how we go once the term starts back tomorrow. Also hard on us as he gets up at 11pm right when i am going to bed.

for TT we are not there yet she sits on toilet, 50% of the time she does something but am not going to worry until summer hols when i have time to focus on it as spent all of these hols writing reports and marking - arghh! Talking about marking Nikki there was a problem with Emily's (nikki niece) computer and her film got deleted and got it back and now it won't work so not cool as it was awesome, am hoping one of the tech guys can fix it when we get back

she has not been to bad with tantrums only when she has friends over and has to share but was sad as all hols she kept asking to go back to her in-home care and i kept trying to say but you can spend time with Mummy and she replied "NO! Want to go to Aunty Mir's" (she can't say Miriam so calls her that)

Julz glad to hear you are back together again :)

was nice catching up with everyone's news had not been on for a while

hehehe, Amelia looks mischeif in your ticker Julz hahaha. Always makes me laugh reading/seeing your photos of her she sure does keep you on your toes!

Azaria is starting to get cheekier each day, so CAN wait for her to start talking They come out with some raaaaaaandom stuff!

Wow Nikki your good doing Xmas shopping, I've got one present thats it. Although we will be getting Lily a bike, I've just got to get into the shop & buy it so at least we know what her 'big' present will be. She will just get a few books, maybe a puzzle, a couple of items of clothes and some arty stuff split between us & Santa. I've got no idea what to get DP's Mum or my stepfather but must get in contact with M2K as I will get Mum one of the NZ prints & something else.

Lily has a dummy for night time sleeps which is a habit that I kept putting off stopping but last night I cut the end off it so when she put it in her mouth it was 'broken' I thought we wouldn't get any sleep but she only woke up once, told me her dummy was broken and then went back to sleep!! We told her that if she can have another big sleep tonight with no dummy we will go and choose a new puzzle on the weekend for being such a good girl.

I won $75 at work with the Melbourne cup sweepstake so went & spent that yesterday on some new summer clothes for her, with all the sales that are on at the moment we managed to get quite a bit

We got Nia the swing set from kmart and a pettiskirt and some wings so far, I haven't thought that far she'll get spoilt as and I'll get some books from somewhere and she'll be hapy as for the day I think we're going to my cousins. Mum says won't you be going out west... hmmm maybe but its easier to finish our night closer to home then to have to drive from west to east at night after a LONG day. Would rather go West in the morning then bring Nia home for a nap if I can.

I would like to go camping, family trip, sounds nice. We took Keira when she was a few months old, man that was hard work...

Very quiet in here these days

HELLO.....Any body out there?

How is everyone?

February has been full on here. My Grandfather passed away (which we knew was coming but it still came as a shock when it actually happend) then the day I came back to work after all that I was told that our office is closing down on the 31st of March so I will be out of a job    DP has had dreaded man-flu so is impossible to live with. We had my mum & her partner at our place for a week. We've been up to Auckland for a concert.
Roll on March, I need a relaxing month

Have been looking round at what is out there work wise and there isn't much which is worrying. Although DP & I thought part time will be better as by the time I get home at the moment it 5.30ish which is getting late to get stuff done.

Work has offered to relocate me to Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Matamata, Wellington, Melbourne or Perth but at the moment DP has 4 or 5 months confirmed work with probably more after that and seem he earns more than me it would be better to stay where he has work. Although Tauranga, Wellington & Melbourne are inviting it just seems like a hassle (or maybe I'm just too lazy to move again )

I'm looking forward to spending more daytime hours with Lily though as I feel like I miss out on so much. I'm a bit worried about how she will adjust from being in fulltime DC to nothing. I'm thinking it might be best to cut her back to a couple of days instead of just cutting it out altogether.

Anywho, hope everyone is happy & healthy

Thought I would pop in and say hi.
I am springchicken6 but with a new name :) Have had a blast reading over my first weeks of pregnancy on here reliving it all.
Didn't get up to where I finished posting.
Anyway Marcel was born on 30th july weighing 8lb8 and is now a happy cheeky delightful nearly 4 year old! My now fiance and I are just starting to try for our second