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Hi all

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Ali

[belnryan]

Now to catch up!

[meljm]

reposting as thread was closed as I posted this...lol

Katie - he has kids but they are grown - he is just a a**hole. Hope Ethan is feeling better.

Well I already have 1 extra in the house - my BF's step daughter, then DH is dropping DS off at a friends house and Mum is coming to get Kai for the night then tomorrow she is bringing Kai back and taking the 2 oldest for the night and then the movies on Friday so it should be a quiet next couple of days which is good because my stupid AF has come back again I have no idea what is going on with my body lately.

Mum is making the most of see the kiddies as Mum and Dad leave next week for Europe for 8 weeks...what am I going to do without my Mum for that long

This post has been edited by meljm: 01/07/2009, 10:16 AM

[MelRaLi]

just getting dinner into the slow cooker

[kt74]

Mel: (RaLi) What's for dinner? I tried to plan the whole fortnights meals last night but decided I'd just to till Saturday and then work on the next few after that. We've got (weight watchers friendly):
* chicken parma and veg tonight,
* steak, potato bake and veg tomorrow,
* Hamburgers Friday night
* Baked sweet potatoes Saturday night


Mel (jm): No kidding he's an a*se. If only there was a big lotto win last night hey. Oh I'm sure you'll miss you're mum so much. I hope the weeks go fast for you. I'm sure she'll miss you and your kids just as much.

Well Amelia is down for a nap, and the boys are out riding their bikes with the neighbours kids, so it's all nice and quiet in here. I think I'll try and get a little more work done.

Have a great day girls

[lillybel]

I don't know how you do it Mel, I'll say again how lucky I am to have DH work from home, he is always here! Some people say that would be a bad thing but somehow we survive.

I actually did a meal plan for 5 weeks! I actually pretty much have the same monthly meal plan just switch a few things here and there. I do a big Coles online shop at the beginning of the month and then buy fresh meat & fruit / vegies each week. So much better than going through the "what can we have for dinner tonight" discussion every day!

Kelly, I photographed another baby Jorja today

Nothing much else from me. We had a shocking day with Ash yesterday, but my fault, I was trying to get him into some kind of routine to try and improve night sleeping, but he only slept about 1 1/2 hours the whole day, cried a lot and crashed at 6:30pm, but then slept till 2am, then 5:40am. Of course, in anticipation of a bad night I went to sleep at 8:30pm and when I got up at 2am I couldn't get back to sleep after that! What a waste. Oh and in the midst of yesterdays shocker the little cutie decided to laugh for the first time only for me though

[amazing_venice]

mel - grr to that self centred A**hole of a boss! my hat goes off to you for managing 4 kids with no husband home 9 times out of 10.

What sizes are all the kids in? kt you said 00? liv is in 0, and is fast outgrowing those too. I think she's 60cm in length. She's only just squeezing into the 0 bonds suits, but i know they run small.

just saw 'the reader'. i must be becoming a hard b!tch, because i didnt shed 1 tear, and it was meant to be a tear jerker.

[lillybel]

I don't think I cried either Lis

Ash is still mostly in 000 except for Bonds AIO, they are 00.

We have his 4 months injections tomorrow so will get his measurements then. He is really chubbing up in the face, but I guess he is still little!

[meljm]

Lainey is still in 000 except for her bonds AIO they are 00

Lillybel - good luck with the injections tomorrow.

I can't believe how quiet my house is with just my girls home even with an extra girl it is still quiet as they have been playing in DD bedroom almost all day it has been bliss

[lillybel]

Ashy had his needles today, and handled them pretty well except for the fact that they crept into his sleep time so he is now overtired and has only slept 15 min since 6:40am this morning. Hoping he has finally gone to sleep now...

His stats are:

W: 5.93kg (a lot less than the Wii told me, don't know what is going on there!)
L: 63cm
HC 43cm

So he is about half a kilo lighter than Ethan and 3cm shorter at this age.

The GP is "alert but not alarmed" at his slow weight gain over the past 2 months, he has dropped more than one percentile and is not increasing with the curve he was on, he should be about 7kg by now. So I have to go to the GP to weigh him every 2 weeks so she can monitor his weight, if it doesn't improve I have to comp him with formula at night, which I don't particularly want to do, especially as we haven't been able to get him to take a bottle.

Probably why he is still not the best night sleeper too.