I’m Getting Married
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Topic: I’m Getting Married
Posted By: Alan Mum
Subject: I’m Getting Married
Date Posted: 17 September 2005 at 10:38am
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I can't believe I am finally going to be mrs Baker we have been planning for a while, but have now confirmed the date and the church so on the 10th December 2005 at 2pm I am really going to be married.
we are doing a very small low budget wedding. So if anyone has any great money saving ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 17 September 2005 at 1:51pm
Congratulations! I got married in January this year and it was such a great day - tho was also glad when it was all over! If you can do things yourself rather than paying to have them done saves lots of $$ - like invitations. Also, personally I dont think its worth spending heaps on a dress that you wear for a few hours, but depends on you - my mum made mine with material left from my SIL. Another money saver is not to have a full sit down meal, but finger foods instead - that also saves on alcohol too. Hope thats of some help and good luck!  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 17 September 2005 at 4:30pm
GReat news! CONGRATULATIONS!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 17 September 2005 at 5:31pm
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Congrats!!!! Hope preparations go well!
I'm so marriage clucky. I can't wait to grow up and have a husband and kids... oh wait... did the kid thing already  
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 17 September 2005 at 8:21pm
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Hey congrats! how exciting.
I agree with the idea of doing things yourself. My older sis did all the catering herself and had the reception at her SIL house. all up her wedding cost $2000. I think that's brilliant. we are teetering between doing the "big expensive" thing, or doing the "married on the beach" with a barbeque afterwards thing. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 17 September 2005 at 9:36pm
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Oh Janine we got married on the beach and it was just the best!! I am so glad we did that rather than be talked into a church wedding. We then also did the big sit down meal thing, but it can be so relaxed (apart from worrying about the weather!) ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 17 September 2005 at 10:06pm
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we gotmarried at the registry office but plan of doing the big wedding when we get back. We plan to have a hangi and the reception will be at Lewis' marae. And the aunties will cater...not much choice on that.
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Posted By: paigesmum
Date Posted: 18 September 2005 at 7:50am
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Congratulations!!
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Posted By: Alan Mum
Date Posted: 18 September 2005 at 9:01am
Thanks guy's I am just so excited we are going to do a church wedding but it will be nice and small then rather then Presents we are going to ask afew special people to comr to tea and have them pay we don't need anything for the house so I'd rather that then present's. I have my dress Dad bought it as a prresent for me it is real plain but totally me.
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 9:12am
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Congratulations!
I had a huge wedding...450 people but must admit that we saved alot by doing things our selves. I made my own invite....it matched my dress and the theme (saved approx $900)...I did my own decorations (called a few professionals...and stole their ideas.....he he ha  ).
In America they also ask for money tree in their invite...so instead of pressies they get money. Works out quite well really. I didnt ask for it but as well as pressies I got loads of money.....Good luck with your plans. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 11:52am
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Congrats! We are getting married next year (sometime, probably Oct depending on $$$), and planning to do a lot of it ourselves.
Willie is Maori, so like you Lizzle, no choice on the hangi lol. But that's ok - it's actually a cheap way to feed the whanau (and there are a lot of them). We're getting married in the Catholic church coz I'm Catholic and it's important to my family, but the reception will be at Willie's family home, which is a farm north of Auckland, so we'll be praying for nice weather too! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 12:09pm
| hangi is soooooo goooood. every year the NZ embassy puts one on for waiatangi day, we go along with any of the all blacks that are in japan now. we met......some guy...i dunno lewis was excited anyway |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 12:30pm
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well never really had real hungi but had lovo (fiji), which I hear is the same thing! Its good!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 2:18pm
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Yep, good alright! Willie's dad died when I was 3 mths preg, which was awful, but at the tangi they had hangi, it was like heaven! Must have been the little Maori baby inside me craving it! Even now Maya loves her hangi and boil ip. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 2:23pm
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I am sorry....what is ip? (I know I sound stupid now....) ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 2:25pm
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LMAO!!! I think emma just misspelt up, hehehehe she means boil up! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 19 September 2005 at 9:41pm
| pork bones and puha.....ick, i'm not a fan of that. |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 20 September 2005 at 9:19am
We did almost everything for our wedding too (hmmm, make that I did almost everything, hehehe, I am a real control freak!)Starting from making our invites, menu cards, place cards, song booklets for church to decorating the venue (at 7am the morning of the wedding as we couldn't get in earlier, aaargh!). We did order food, buffet style ended up cheaper and more food, and had a professional DJ. The thing that got really expensive though was the drinks, in Germany the hosts are expected to pay for everything!! I think we ended up paying almost $5000 for alcohol alone!!!!   On the other hand we did get lots of monetary pressies which ended up paying for almost the whole thing in the end anyway... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 20 September 2005 at 9:51am
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LMAO, yes I meant to say Boil Up! hehehe.
But I'm not a great boil up fan either. I do like watercress, but it has to be boiled in a separate pot to the meat, and I soooo don't do puha. Back to the subject tho, is it still traditional to give little gifts to your guests? We are probably going to have about 100 people, so even at a tiny $5 a head it works out as quite expensive. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 20 September 2005 at 10:32am
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Yah we had a buffet dinner and we paid $10 per head...mind you the catering company owner was a friend of ours. But multiply that with 450 people.....We only had beer and wine at our reception so we rang around heaps to find the best deal, and once you tell them how much you need they usually offer a discount anyway.
I had to buy 80 meters of silk material for the decoration but I got a good deal from one of those bulk material places..... Had flower arrangements for each of our 50 tables...but if you go to those small flower places they should give you a better price. Or do the centre pieces simple...like glass vases ($2-$5 ea from warehouse) and then 1-2 flower in it tied to some thing heavy...so that it has that floating effect and some color pebbles at the bottom....all up $8-$10 per table....there is so much you could do really.....ok enough of my blah blah Emma we gave our closest families (100) glass coasters which had two intertwine hearts with our names and on the boarder it had the date of our wedding. Cant remember how much it cost us but I know it was not that expensive. The company provided us the boxes for free...all I did was put gold tissue paper in it, two coasters for each family and then sprinkle of some red heart shaped glitter things and then tied it with those curling ribbon things. People actually use them!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 20 September 2005 at 10:47am
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Our wedding was a few days before xmas in germany (so cold, snowy winter time) so we decorated the tables with 3 big red candles tied together with red and gold ribbon placed on sprigs of chrismas fir tree branches and scattered gold and red hearts over it, it was really simple (and cheap) but very effective! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 20 September 2005 at 10:57am
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That sounds nice Ana......
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 20 September 2005 at 3:02pm
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On our tables at our reception, mike wants to have little fish bowls with 2 tiny bright fishes in each. I think it's kinda kewl but kinda weird too, what will we do with all the fishes once the wedding's over? I can just see some drunken idiot pouring alcohol or something in there. Maybe we just have on on the main table... the other tables can have the little round fish bowls with floating candles or something. lol ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 20 September 2005 at 3:17pm
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Janine....I heard that you can hire fish from some pet shop......but I dont know if they will take back drunk fish...LOL.
I think its a cool idea.....and you could put colored pebbles in and around the bowl...... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 1:15am
| neat idea Janine, but i can see people "going fishing" after a few drinks. maybe as you said just on your table and i like the ideas about the floating candles. we plan to have bowls of shells. I'll take the kids collecting |
Posted By: lou
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 8:35am
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I think I had a slightly nutty moment when planning our wedding. We did as much as we could ourselves, which lead to finishing stuff the night before. For centre pieces we found a couple of plaster candle holders which had 4 cherubs round them. So I got some rubber latex and made moulds of them and then made 30-40 of them. they came out really well considering but it took sooo much time. I was sick of the site of plaster by the end. I have no idea where I got the idea from. I always seem to come up with these "great" ideas which take like 100 times longer than expected ------------- Mother to two beautiful children - Sophie age 6 and Ephraim age 4 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 9:11am
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Well...I am the same Lou.
I had to decorate every thing my self...as I dont trust any one to do it "right". At the last min the hall we hired told us that they made a boo boo and hired the hall out for the night before, even tho we were suppose to get time to decorate the tables. So the day before (afternoon) I decorated the walls and had to come back at 11pm to do all the tables...all 50 of them. We (15 of us) were there till 2am. Got up at 9am because we were getting married at 10am....had a hair appt in Akl city at 12.30pm....the photographer was going to take us to the gardens at 3pm.....ahhhhh I was so relaxed!!!! I was glad when every thing was over!!! It was a lovely day tho..... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 9:37am
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We had round bowls with floating candles in them, with paua shells in the bottom for our centrepieces. And little bits of paua scattered around. Really easy! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 2:29pm
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that's a kewl idea.
hey Deborah, also, if you don't want to pay mega bucks for photography, alot of people i know have gotten those disposable cameras and put one on each table, you end up with a whole heap of nice, (and a few interesting) photos. luckily they are usually all used up by the time everyone has had too much to drink otherwise who knows what you might get pics of!!! lol  ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 2:46pm
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That was something we wanted to do but with everything else going on I totally forget... Great idea though, must be funny getting the photos back, hehehehe ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 2:59pm
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I had the most beautiful photos......and the photographer only cost us $500....he is also a family friend! He got to my place around 9.30am and was available till 12pm (I do know that he left for few hours when we did not need him).....so I have 2 huge albums full of photos....
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 3:15pm
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The disposble cameras are a great idea cos then you get photos of allthe guests which you dont really get otherwise. Our photographer - who was an old school friend! - had a little blackboard and guests could write a message on it then have their photo taken with it. Was really cool - got some VERY interesting messages tho cos it was done quite late when everyone was very sloshed!! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 3:34pm
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he he ha ha....good idea!!!
I think we have photos with every one who attended the wedding...they came up one by one...as I said the photographer was there till 12pm.....I think at one stage he even ran out of film...he had to borrow from one of our friends.....at the end we ended up with more than 40 rolls of film..... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 4:47pm
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 5:19pm
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yap...sure is...I have two huge albums full of "nice" photos and 1 and half album of "okay" photos...and 1/2 an album of "hide and never show anyone photos".....he he ha ha ha.....
I like our Botanical garden photos...for a change I did not look like....well....ME!!! Ahhh the joy of makeup and hair dressers.....LOL! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Alan Mum
Date Posted: 21 September 2005 at 11:40pm
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We are going to use all the camera's that family have plus I have a very special lady who has offered to take photo's in the park for us she has a really nice camer's and takes good shots she want's no $$$$$$ for it man I love people like that. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 10:22am
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I know what you mean about not looking like yourself Roksana, LOL, everyone told me how beautiful I looked etc. and I just kept saying "well that's what I paid the hairdresser/make-up lady for" hehehehee ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 12:10pm
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That sounds really good Alans Mum! Use as many contacts as possible ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 12:16pm
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I agree Ana...every one was like....wow you look like an actress....yah well after $500 you would think so.... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Alan Mum
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 1:34pm
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newmum it seems you like winnie the pooh too I love the cot it looks fantastic. Don't they just look so little in a huge cot my son was in one from two weeks. He did not like his bassanet. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 2:47pm
OMG, I loooove the photo of Alan!!!!  Winnie the Pooh is cute.
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 9:52pm
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i never wanted to buy winnie the pooh stuff, cos every one buys it... but wouldn't you know, everyone bought it for us... lol, now we are all winnied out! and, i must say, i now think it's rather cute, lol
Ayja has a tigger suit.... which i just love so much, it was given to us for paris but she didn't get to wear it much cos when she fitted it, it was summer and it's made of velour so its quite warm... she does have a summer one though with short sleeves and a little hat.. I love them so much! oooh i found a pic of them. lol. http://www.MyonlineImages.com">  http://www.MyonlineImages.com">
Ayja now, and Paris at 6 months.. all tiggered out ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Alan Mum
Date Posted: 22 September 2005 at 11:07pm
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Oh my gosh that is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!
Newmum Thankyou for the comment on the photo he had just had a bath and was lying on the couch and the statsic from the couch made his hair stand up we thought it would be fun to get photo's. His hair is mich longer then that now I can't believe how fast it has grown. Thanks for all the idea's they are great I will have to go back and write some of them down so I don't forget. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 23 September 2005 at 8:04am
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lol Ana - we could be wedding planners by the sounds of it ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 23 September 2005 at 9:14am
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OMG Janine!!! Those are the cutest photos!! hehehehe, I just had to giggle when I saw Ayja. My friend sent us a tigger bib from the states which is quite cute! I will have to put Joey in it and take a photo sometime! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 23 September 2005 at 9:26am
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Yah I like tigger stuff...he is my fav character...not Poo. I got given a few Tigger stuff too but not cloths.....
I love Ayja in that photo...and cant get over those eyes (Paris) .....I just love her eyes! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 23 September 2005 at 9:32am
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lol thanks! we thought it would be really neat if we had a piglet outfit for Ayja cos she's so tiny... it would just suit her so much, may have to get hold of those rellies over the ditch who gave us these and get them to send more. My faviourite character is eeyore... have a few outfits with him on it, actually theses a few in the newest Kmart catalogue that are cute, may have to go get them. lol. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 23 September 2005 at 10:09am
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I got told last night by hubby that if we have a girl I can dress her in whatever I like, but if its a boy no hats with ears or beaks etc!! He is so funny!!
Janine those photos are so cute and I'm like Roksana - cant get over Paris's beautiful eyes in that photo! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 23 September 2005 at 2:23pm
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most people usually say that, took us a while to realise, cos we saw them every day, then we started getting pics and thought oh my god, they really ARE big.
Mike was the same..before paris was born he despised all the things we were given with hats or ears... till we put them on her, and now he is the first one in shops to go "hey, that has little ears on it, lets get it!" funny how they change. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 23 September 2005 at 2:47pm
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I dont really like hats with "things" on it....... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 23 September 2005 at 4:08pm
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That is a very cute new piccie of Ayja ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 23 September 2005 at 10:15pm
| i love hats and ears. jake has a bunny hat I adore!!! |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 24 September 2005 at 7:12am
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We have a few "ears" things... they are Peter's favourites!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Alan Mum
Date Posted: 24 September 2005 at 9:12am
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newmum is your man's name Peter too. lol Peter(my) does not really care what Alan wear's he could be in his PJ's all day and Peter would not care. I never let hin chose Alan's choth's I always get them out for him. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 24 September 2005 at 3:21pm
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Mike has a really good fashion sense for paris, she always looks good when he dresses her. lol. only thing he can't do is tie up her hair... but he usually just clips it back if he's gonna take her anywhere and her hair hasn't been done... either that or he sticks a hat on her. He does sometimes ask me to get something out for her the night before though... simply cos he takes forever deciding what to put her in...it's a bit of a worry.. i think he likes her to look nice, and grown up, he doesn't really go for the frilly girly stuff too much------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 24 September 2005 at 4:18pm
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Hehe, Willie still hasn't sussed out that Maya has 'daycare clothes' and 'home clothes' so when he dresses her she usually ends up in a pair of hori looking, paint stained trakkies.
Maya's fave Winnie character is Roo atm, she is borderline obsessed, and she tells little stories about Roo and Kanga, and carts her McD's stuffed Roo everywhere. She had a piglet suit with ears her first winter, and a tigger one last winter. Because she is so tall tho I decided that this year she might look ridiculous in a suit with ears, and besides, they don't make them in size 3  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 24 September 2005 at 4:25pm
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 24 September 2005 at 10:08pm
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yeah, that's what halloween's for! ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 24 September 2005 at 10:47pm
| i really wanna dress jake as pumpkin, but i can't find a costume. what's weird is that i can find SEVEN different shops nearby selling halloween costumes for dogs, but non for kids.... who dresses their labrador up as Snow white anyway? |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 25 September 2005 at 2:09pm
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may sound really mean, but jake would be small enough to maybe fit one wouldn't he? lol. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Alan Mum
Date Posted: 25 September 2005 at 4:21pm
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I reakon if Alan was a girl Peter would find the nicest cloths like Mike I truly think that cause Alan is a boy Peter thinks it doesn't matter what he wear's he can't wait to have a girl. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 26 September 2005 at 8:33am
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Alansmum - Yep my hubby is called Peter too!
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 26 September 2005 at 9:09am
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My hubby is not really into cloths...if I say "oh look isnt this cute?" he usually gives a quick look and say "yah yah its nice!"...arrrgggg
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 26 September 2005 at 2:37pm
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hehe maybe when you produce a son Roksana
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Posted By: Alan Mum
Date Posted: 26 September 2005 at 5:27pm
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Newmum My Peter is different in that he is always worried that Alan is too hot may its the difference between winter and summer babies. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 26 September 2005 at 6:12pm
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when jake was about a week old, we called the midwife as he had this rash that i had convinced myself was meningitis....turns out it was heat rash. we read that babies should have one more layer than me.....i am a cold person though...in october i would wear a t-shirt, sweater and jacket....so jake had a wool singlet, long sleeve t-shirt, sweater, another thing and a blanket...poor little mite was soooooooo hot. Turns out he's his father's boy and sweats in too many clothes. today he's ina t-shirt and shorts while I have a sweater and jeans on.
Also, my midwife said if babies get tooo hot, they can have minor convulsions....she said it's not swerious, but sure would freak me out~~!~ |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 27 September 2005 at 7:22am
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Lizzie - Peter is a cold person too, I think that is why he worries. I don't have any probs with being too cold and I think Joey is a hottie like me, (hehehehe, I can finally write it without anyone thinking I am up myself, LMAO), he seems to get hot pretty quick. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 27 September 2005 at 9:06am
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Because I am having a October baby I am a bit worried about how much cloths I should put on her and how many blankets I will need......oh my god I am starting to get paranoid!!!!!...
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Posted By: lou
Date Posted: 27 September 2005 at 9:36am
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it doesn't hurt to have a few spare ones, for when the others are being washed ------------- Mother to two beautiful children - Sophie age 6 and Ephraim age 4 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 27 September 2005 at 9:59am
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Roksana, how did the shopping go on the weekend? ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 27 September 2005 at 10:25am
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didnt manage to get much done.....was so tired!!
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 27 September 2005 at 10:45am
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I must be getting old, coz I'm starting to hate shopping I think I get that from my Mum... ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 27 September 2005 at 12:50pm
| jake was born in october. i think he ended up with two blankets on him while he slept and a sheet. Don't forget that the room itself won't be too cold. My nana bought HEAPS of blankets, we have about 12. It is more than enough. i'd recommend 4 or 5. |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 27 September 2005 at 1:49pm
Thanks Liz....the weather here is sooooo crap at the moment...it is not sunny but really ....YAK
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 27 September 2005 at 3:27pm
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Congrats on your wedding Im getting married on the same day but at 5pm :D We went for the average priced wedding never again lol
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 28 September 2005 at 10:04am
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on ayja we have a sheet, 2 crocheted blankets, (1 wool 1 not) a air cell blanket and a light cot quilt, and that's it. usually i go for putting 1 more layer of clothes on her than i have on myself. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 30 September 2005 at 12:56pm
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In October last year it was soooo damn freezing. I had Hannah wrapped in a polarfleece blanket, then an aircell blanket, a quilt and another blanket on top. Polarfleece is good for warming babes up but doesn't breathe fantastically.
Then when Han was about 4 weeks old we went from freezing weather to sweltering hot! It was worse than being cold because we couldn't escape it. Hot babies are not happy babies! Worst thing was having to breastfeed and knowing that Hannah being so close to me was making it worse for her. Poor babe. She slept in a sheet during those months and even that was too much some nights. |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 30 September 2005 at 10:48pm
| jake slept in just a nappy throughout summer. he slept on a towelling sheet and sweted appallingly. He's like a little sauna. I agree nikki, the heat is the worst!! japan is so humid it amade every night uncomfortable. we made sure to give jake lots of water and we played indoors at the kids areas in the department stores. he really liked semi-frozen bananas too. |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 03 October 2005 at 12:50pm
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Well I went shopping this weekend and bought a bertini cot set...Quilt with head bumper, blanket and sheet set. I am hoping that all that plus other blankets will be okay for my little girl!!
Mind you it is getting hotter at nights now..... Hubby also wants to buy a small oil heater for her room....dont know yet! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Meg
Date Posted: 03 October 2005 at 1:57pm
| We got a small oil column heater for the baby's room. They're pretty cheap from places like the Warehouse. Mind you, she was born in the middle of winter and it was freezing. I still have the heater on at nights in her room, but don't generally need it during the day. The ones with a thermostat are the best. I had a room thermometer for the first few months 'til I got used to what 18-20 degrees felt like. Don't bother with it now. |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 03 October 2005 at 3:34pm
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WE have a small oil heater too but only have it on very low now, about 2 or 3 if that most nights just to take the chill off the air. Nikki's right with the polar fleece thing, in fact it's not really recomended to wrap babies in it as it doesn't breathe... it makes them really hot and instead of letting any sweat evaporate off their skin, it traps it in little beads... kind of like being in a sauna - not good at all! ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 03 October 2005 at 3:42pm
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Janine....LOL....LOL....That is such a cool photo of Ayja.......
Yah I have polar fleece blankets too....I was not planning on using that while she was sleeping but more for going out.... Are quilt covers okay? the one I bought is so soft and light and yet warm.....I sure hope so...cost me a cook penny..... Since it is getting warmer I am wondering if I should get a heater??? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 03 October 2005 at 3:55pm
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You could probably get away without one and just buy one next winter. but then sometimes there are those random freezing days that come from nowhere so you could always just use it on those occasions if you got it now.. they aren't too $$$
yeah quilt covers are usually ok, cotton breathes better than synthetic stuff and yep i thought the pic was pretty neat too . mike took it, those are his sunnies... scary how they fit PAris and Ayja. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 03 October 2005 at 4:02pm
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Oh good......
Yah Hubby was saying that the small heaters are not that expensive and now it is even cheeper. So we might as well buy one.... It is so neat how dad gets involved huh? Atish said to me...I wanna buy her a all blacks suit....I was like she is a girl....his question was SO??? He is planning to take her to 7's next year....I was like...no way...she will be only 4-5 months old......MEN! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 03 October 2005 at 11:27pm
| Lewis used ot recite all black winning world cup team of 1985 (?) to my stomach when i pregnant with jake. and we had the allblacks outfit, and hat, and mittens, and ..something else I forget. They are pretty pricey though. i suggest getting the 3-6 month size cause she'll be out of the newborn size before she gets chance to wear it, and at $40 a pop, you want to wear it more than twice! |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 9:08am
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yah well I dont even want those outfits...but knowing hubby he, that will be his first purchase!!!! LOL
I dont want to say much to him as it is not every day he gets excited like this!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lou
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 9:37am
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you will have to make sure she has some nice pink frilly sock or something to wear with it. lol ------------- Mother to two beautiful children - Sophie age 6 and Ephraim age 4 |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 9:51am
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re heater - we have a small oil column heater too, I have a thermometer in Joes room and try and keep it between 18 and 20 degrees. Definitely worth buying them now as they are cheaper towards the end of the season and you can bet they will raise prices in time for next winter!! Warehouse has cheap ones that are good.
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 11:21am
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lol Lou - Can just picture Roksanas little girl in an all black suit with frilly pink socks!! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 11:28am
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LOL....God just got the pic in my head....ahhhhhhh
Yah Ana....I was thinking of warehouse!!! I have a friend in Bond and Bond too.....I'll see! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 12:26pm
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we didn't do the all black suit but have a heap of ford stuff. was quite cute when Paris's daycare had a "wheels" day, all about cars etc... mike dressed her up in ford t-shirt, cap, and had a stockcar to take with and a pic of her grandad's stockcar to show everyone. I think it's neat for little girls to have something they share with dad, even if it does mean they are a tom-boy for that day or so.. paris is a petrol head, loves stockies, loves motorsport... mike took her over the weekend to watch the start of the daybreaker rally and she thought it was brilliant. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 1:07pm
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I have a feeling that my bub will be a daddys girl....watch rugby....play soccer......Oh my... LOL!
I think Ayja will soon join their club Janine...she has so much attitude in that ticker!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 4:32pm
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Regardless of whether this is a girl or a boy I can almost guarantee it will be a petrolhead - I dont think it will have much choice!! BTW Janine, my hubby was at the daybreaker crewing for his dad, and we go to speedway a bit - havent been in palmy for a while, but no doubt this season we will! Might see you there ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 11:52pm
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Maya had an All Black suit. Willie bought it for her (of course!). Just a shame that it fit her right at the same time we were decimated in the World Cup... ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 05 October 2005 at 8:11am
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