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Gold!

Once again I'm not getting emails when people post and I always seem to forget to check in - sorry that I've missed a few of your posts. Sounds like you're all super busy with toddlers and settling back into the school routine.

Missy - good luck for tomorrow! Enjoy your special day - it goes so quickly, so try and notice all the things that are happening around you Can't wait to see photos.

Lea - I'd love to catch up...although my munchkins might teach yours how to be naughty! LOL Mine are a real handful - so maybe Cali can sort them out too???

Georgie - your poor sister must be so worried Hope she gets a few more weeks of cooking time with her bub. That's fantastic that she can stay with you and be close to the hospital etc.

Rach - your boys sound like my boys!! My two were improving, but then this week they've all been sick again with a croup/viral cough thing and they've been miserable. Being miserable = naughty, in our house. They've become terrible at hitting Sam, and if I say, "No, you be gentle," they hit him harder!! They are very determined little guys and team up already.

Tonight, for the first time in a VERY long time, I could have easily sat down and cried Sam is such a gentle soul and was/is very easy to parent. The twins are beautiful and energetic and adorable, but they are such hard work! I think partly it's my own fault. I've been distracted this week with them being sick, Mike being away and trying to get one of my writing things finished, and I think the boys are letting me know they feel neglected!! They do much better with a lot of attention and a lot of guidance. I've decided I'm going to shut my computer down whenever the boys are awake. I can duck into my office (it's in the loungeroom) to just check my email and get distracted and be 15min or so - and they get up to mischief in that time.

I've also decided that I need to tone down my reaction to them. Half of their naughtiness is to get a reaction from me, I'm sure. I don't yell or scream or anything, but I do growl. So, instead, I'm going to put a pram in the laundry and if one of them is naughty, I'm going to pick them up without a word and strap them into the pram for a few minutes. I need them to be totally out of range of their brothers. The less interaction I have with them when they're doing the wrong thing, the better. I'm really having to think a lot harder about how to deal with Jake & Matty - they are such strong personalities that one of them would be a handful, let alone two! As a teacher, my strength was always behaviour management and then with Sam, I found caring for him easy. These two have me questioning myself all the time! I sometimes feel like I must be doing something wrong...but then I remind myself that they are just different personalities. Jake is very sensitive and very emotional - he gets easily overwhelmed. The flipside is that he's passionate when good things happen to. He is very expressive and caring and sharing - he often gives toys to Matty to play with. Matty is more affectionate and crafty and very good at relating to people. He can be an angel or totally naughty. (Today was a totally naughty day - & Jake joined in!!) I think ignoring them and isolating them are going to be my best strategies.

They also respond well to more structured things, like sitting in their high chairs drawing or playing with playdough. I think if they get bored they get naughty too. I'm trying to learn as much as I can about what makes them tick so I can meet their needs and retain my sanity I love them to pieces, don't want to be anywhere else but home with them, but sometimes it's very, very hard. And I'm going back to IVF in a week! What am I thinking!!

So, that's my emotional dump for today Oh, and my two are starting to chat a lot now too. It's very cute. DH went out the other day and both of them said, "Bye-bye, Dadda car". I love hearing them talk and think it's going to get very chatty around here very soon

Take care & have a great weekend. xx
(I'm going to put the pram in the laundry now in preparation for tomorrow LOL)

Kammy - You're doing better than me then Some days just feel so long and frustrating, luckily there are many more good days and funny or lovely moments. Are you back at IVF this week?

I have an e-mail each day that sends me a digest of recent posts (but not always all of them are included)for the whole multiples forum so I can see what's going on. Maybe that would work better than a thread update?

My sister arrives tomorrow night, Rach, it will be nice to see the baby as a newborn Most things are ready for her and we're going to have a scan and booking interview at the hospital on Thursday. Hopefully she'll get another 4 weeks to take her to 37. Her doctors have said that it's unlikely they'd be comfortable with ehr going much longer than that.

My girls are running everywhere and trying hard to jump now. They can climb into the car and their seats. Best of all, tonight they asked to go to bed early!

Have a great week everyone.

Georgie

Just bumping us back over to the front page...

All is good here. I've put the pram in the laundry and it's working beautifully! The boys have been great and I'm stopping the cycle of naughtiness before it gets out of hand.

We have our IVF appointment on Tuesday and I can't wait. I'm ready to work out one way or another what's going to happen. Have a great weekend.

xx

Kammy - that's great that you've found a solution that works. I hope all goes really well on Tuesday, how exciting.

Scans here have shown that my sister's baby isn't as small as was thought, and he's growing properly so we've all calmed down She's still staying though as the pregnancy is still high risk so she can't deliver at her local hospital anyway.

The babies are outside trying to escape so I'd better supervise. Have a great week everyone!

Georgie: Great news on your sisters baby!! Hopefully she can keep him in a little longer and with you looking after her I am sure she is in the best spot. Enjoy this special time with her, wish I had my sisters near me.

Missy: Loved the wedding photo's!!

Karen: How did Tuesday go?? Have been thinking of you.

Me: Tired, sick and pregnant, nearing 15 wks. Today my SIL was supposed to visit. I scrubbed the whole house and everything was spic and span (she is the judging type). But as she came half hour late I had to keep kids entertained with a small box of sultana's... which happened to hold a whole lot of sultanas which all ended up on the floor. SIL and her DD walk in and DD exclaims: muhmmm (whinge) it is dirty here!
Grrr... must be my hormones that are making my blood boil today!

thought I should add this so we can keep in check all our bubbas turning 2 ahhh my two are 2 next friday this time 2 years ago i was in hospital how scary is that and where has the time gone??

better go boys are in childcare today lots to do
take care
missy xx

Missy - I saw some of your wedding photos, they were beautiful. Are you doing a big party for the boys' birthday?

Simone - how old is your niece? My kids don't notice mess and would never even think to comment, unless it's so bad they have to wade through it. They do notice if things are very clean and tidy though, probably because it's so unusual I hope you feel better soon. Were you sick for this long with the twins?

All is fairly normal here. I think we'll just do family and cake for the girls' birthday this year. They won't mind as long as there's singing and cake.

Have a good weekend.

Georgie

Happy birthday to my babies Rai and Jordy, I hope you have a great day..

I cant believe this time 2 years ago i was waiting in hospital in labour.. ready for the c-sec..

hope you all are well

take care Missy

Happy Birthday Rai and Jordy

Have a great day with lovely cake and presents.

It really doesn't seem like two years ago that we were complaining about how uncomfortable we were and looking forward to the babies being delivered, the first birthdays seem like last month!

Missy, I hope that you're having a lovely newlywed time too. My girls have been singing "Happy Birthday" at random times for a few weeks now, they are old enough to really enjoy their birthday this year. I bet Rai and Jordy were excited to wake up to their birthday today.

We've all had a bad cold/cough. The twins got off fairly lightly which was great but the rest of us have been coughing and wheezing. DD1 and DS lost their voices. We're all coming good now though. Luckily DD1 and I were improved yesterday because we went to see Dora on stage which was really good.

My girls are fascinated with shoes at the moment, the upside is that we have lots of hilarious clopping around in shoes too big, the downside is that they can't resist shoes so I can never find a pair in a hurry - for any of us. One of my evening jobs is finding enough pairs of shoes for everyone to walk out of the door in the morning!

I hope everyone has a good weekend.

Georgie

Happy Birthday Rai and Jordy!! Hope you have a fantastic day xo

Missy I can't believe how quickly the two years have gone too

Sorry I haven't been around much. Like Georgie we have all had/have colds and the weeks are just so busy that they fly by.

Georgie Cali loves shoes too! Must be a girl thing

Hope everyone else is well.

Lea

Lea - I'll admit now that I have a shoe-thing too and the girls have some really adorable toddler shoes It gets annoying when they go missing though, Ava (possibly with Kira's help) has managed to lose 1 mary-jane and 1 full shoe in the last fortnight, we've looked everywhere, several times but cannot find them yet. Melbourne has had days of rain and all she's had to wear are sandals!

For the first time last week they worked out that they could open the pantry door. I found them shoving fistfuls of cereal into their mouths, chuckling and feeling very pleased with themselves.

I agree, there are such cute girls shoes out there. Actually, there is much more cute girls stuff then boys stuff. When I am shopping I always find myself more drawn towards the girl section and all the pretty things. Poor Oscar gets boring stuff compared to his sister! I hate when shoes go missing. I often find Cali and Oscar in their room playing with the shoes and end up finding shoes in random places around the house. I thought we lost on of Cali's shoes in Big W one day and I was devastated. I went to report it missing and I spotted in sitting on the customer service desk, I was very happy as they were the most expensive shoes I had ever brought her.


I can just picture it!

Oscar has figured out he can open the front screen door which is not a good thing as we live on a corner and no front fence If it is left unlock by accident they both see it as an opportunity to escape me and both run when they see me coming after them. Luckily they just stay on the grass but needless to say we are very careful with making sure it is locked these days.

Happy birthday, Rai & Jordy!

Missy, hope you and the boys have had a lovely day.

Lea - my two run as soon as they think I'm after them too! I think I'll be able to be quicker than them for a little while yet, but we'll wait and see!

Georgie - my boys love trying on my shoes too and we end up with heels of varying colours scattered throughout the house. Matty has a thing for my red, shiny high heels LOL

Life is flat out here now that Sam is at Kinder. I'm out of the house almost every day by the time I do Kinder 3x a week and then swimming & gymnastics. It's wearing me out but the kids are having a blast. I saw my IVF specialist 2 weeks ago and next month we're going back for our embryo transfer. I'm scared of it not working and I'm scared of it working! It's such a bizarre situation. We've put a lot of thought into this and I just need to find out one way or the other what's going to happen. I just hope the first one doesn't work...because then I'm still in the same situation of having to decide what to do with left over embryos! It's been such an emotionally taxing decision. I'll be very glad when I know exactly what I'm dealing with. Being pregnant again sounds great but I'm not looking forward so much to those first 18 months or so...I remember how much hard work that was! Having said that, the time flies quickly and I really would like another bub. So, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Depending upon when AF arrives, I should be having a transfer in about 3 week's time. I hadn't realised how much the whole situation has been weighing on my mind until I realised I was eating chocolate flat out again - I only do that when I'm stressed!!

Have a lovely weekend. Oh, and if you want to pop over to my blog and have a look, you can see the front cover of my picture book, "Samuel's Kisses" which comes out this September. The publishers put it in their catalogue this week so I'm delighted that I can share it with everyone.

Take care
xx

Hi Girls,

I did wish Rai and Jordy a happy bday on facebook but happy birthday again boys!
I have caught DS 1 virus and feel like I got hit by a bus so early to bed for me.

We have shoe fetishes here too! Every night when Zane climbs out of the cot he turns the lights on and when I get in there he has shoes a hat and a coat or two on. Noah will have a few toys thrown in his cot and the little devil wanders around the house in the middle of the night. I woke up to him drawing on my arm one night last week! They are also obsessed with everyone having shoes as they leave the house.

It has been crazy busy here and I will come back later.
Kammy, Congrats the book cover is gorgeous! I hope your friend is doing better.
Good luck with the transfer. I know how hard it is to make the emby decision .
Our Mason was IVF before the surprise twins. We both stood at the mailbox with the envelope with our decision for a while asking each other "are you absolutely sure?".

Well dinner is ready so I will go round up the troops.

Lea, lost shoes drive me nuts here!
Georgie, How is your sister doing?
Missy your photos were gorgeous too!

Back soon,

Rach

Bye girls

Hi girls,

I just can't shake this cold/virus thing. I've had it for two weeks and I'm just exhausted. I hope it gets better soon. Luckily the kids seem to have had milder versions.

Rach - I hope you're feeling better. I can't believe your guys can get out of their cots! My girls try but have no hope at the moment.

Ava has taken it as her personal mission to round up shoes for everyone when she thinks we need to leave the house. It's so adorable and I hate to disappoint her so I take whatever she offers and change them as I walk out the door if I need to.... except the other day I forgot so headed off to meetings at work in purple jellies with masses of diamantes on them (kids LOVE those shoes).

My sister's baby is looking good so the size/lack of growth was possibly a false alarm. She's a bit frustrated about being away from home but staying positive. Unfortunately for a range of reasons that I won't go into here we aren't very comfortable having her partner in our house, so we're coming up with a plan for what to do if he comes to see her for the birth and afterward. She understands but it just makes a daunting situation that much more difficult. There's a good hotel and serviced apartments nearby so hopefully we won't have any trouble finding nice local accomodation if we need to. If he doesn't come though, I think I might have to fly back home with her, she's quite stressed (understandably) about the thought of two 2 hour flights with a newborn, trying to breastfeed and juggle luggage etc.

Kammy - one of my girlfriends has red patent high heels and the babies just pounce on them! I hope the IVF works out smoothly, it must be a tough situation but another baby would be lovely.

Lea - it is much easier to find cute girls' stuff. I'm not even finding it too hard to avoid a complete sea of pink! I just bought their winter shoes on eBay - Pedoodles - so hard to find in larger sizes here so I got them from overseas (all of my children have big feet so it's not always easy finding toddler shoes when they are bigger toddlers).

Well, I arrived at daycare this morning only to discover that they've had power out since sometime on the weekend so they weren't taking children. I've cancelled work for the day and we're about to head out for 'cinos!

Have a great week.

Georgie

Hi girls

Thought I'd bump us up off the 2nd page Can you tell which EB group has toddler twins? LOL

Georgie, hope you're over your cold or at least getting better. How is your sister going? Hanging in there still? I saw on FB your mum arrived. Hope she's been a help to you too. You must have a full house!!

Rach - I had to laugh about Zane wandering around the house at night!! Little monkey! My two still haven't climbed out of their cots - not that I'm complaining. I've got the Boori cots and I wonder if the sides might be a little higher than normal?? I know the mattress is bigger than a standard cot... My two are such climbers that it has really surprised me that they haven't gone up and over yet. They don't even appear to try. I'm hoping that's a good sign that they won't ever try and we can make the transition to a bed when Mummy decides she's ready LOL

Lea - I sometimes look over at the girl's section at Target or Pumpkin Patch and drool...but I've found some cute stuff for my boys recently. I dress them the same but different so I'm always on the look-out for the same shirt in different colours. I usually buy identical shorts/trousers as they pretty much always wear different shirts. I love the whole denim with leggings look that's out for girls at the moment and the layered, hippie style clothes. And there seems to be colours other than pink out there at the moment which is nice. Surely a girl can only have so much pink!!!

And since we were discussing shoes previously, I got myself a lovely pair of Rivers red shoes this week. I've always wanted a comfy pair of red shoes to wear with jeans and I found them online. They are so cute and were reduced to $18 and they only had my size left. What a shame!!

My Pandora bracelet arrived the same day as my shoes. It's just beautiful and looks lovely on. I bought a safety chain for it the other day - I'm terrified it will fall off!! The first question DH asked was, "So, you are you going to sell it?!" I had to laugh! He doesn't like jewelry at all so I told him no, I wasn't selling it as this would be the only time in my life I would ever get a $2,500 bracelet!! I fully intend to keep it and enjoy it

In other news, I've got my first scan next Friday in preparation for our embryo transfer. I'm actually feeling really calm about it all now which is good. We've definitely made the right decision. I'm looking forward to knowing one way or the other what's going to happen...although it just occurred to me today that I could have an embryo put back and it not result in a pregnancy. There's only a 25% chance with each transfer. The very first transfer we did (way back in 2004) didn't work but then they discovered I had a blocked fallopian tube that was filled with toxic fluid - an embryo wouldn't have been able to survive. My doctor removed my fallopian tube and since then, I've only had two embryos put back and that's resulted in 3 babies!! It could be a long, drawn out process if each of the embryos thaw but don't result in a pregnancy, or it could be over and done with quickly if none of them survive the thaw. And I won't know until the day of the transfer if the embryos have survived or not. I'm going to have to try and live in the moment as much as possible, which is going to be tricky!!

Anyway, I'm off to bed. Busy day at church tomorrow, then a fancy dress party tomorrow night for the whole family. We have to go as something starting with the letter A. We're going as Acrobats - my hubby used to be a gymnast so he and DS1 can do a few tricks. Should be fun. Then I've got a writing workshop all day Sunday. I can't wait!!

Enjoy your weekend. xx

Kammy - how exciting for you. You sound very calm. I hope all goes well. Well done with the bracelet and shoes too.

Well, we're flat out. My sister's baby has slowed growth and things are starting to look a bit iffy so she's booked to have an induction on Saturday with plenty of monitoring until then. She'll be 37 weeks so hopefully the baby might be ready to come home with her. She still doesn't know whether her partner will come but I'll be there and she's very focussed on staying positive and not letting things worry her.

I thought I'd passed on all of my baby stuff but I found an enormous pile of tiny growsuits, bunny rugs and blankets... maybe subconsciously I wasn't quite ready to definitely say "no more". We are off for a wellbeing scan soon and she's packing her bag just in case.

We're all better now, everyone back to barelling around and the girls just talk, talk, talk. The only slight downside is that they want to get out of the pram and walk so outings are a bit busier while I try to keep tabs on everyone. We went to the local church fair on Saturday and they all behaved beautifully but it was difficult to keep them all together. I've bought an extra backpack/lead thing so one gets the monkey I had for the older kids and we've got a lovely teddy now too. For the moment they are quite happy with those.

Sorry for the "me post". I hope you all have a great week, I'm off to a scan!

Georgie

Happy Birthday Jacob and Isaac I hope your gorgeous boys have a fantastic day Belz!
Hasn't two years flown? It still feels like yesterday for me.

Well it's late and I am suffering from earache, doc dosed me up so I will be sleeping well tonight!

Georgie you should be an aunty by now so do tell....

Tonight is first night of both boys in their beds so fingers crossed it will be easy.

Rach

Happy Birthday Jacob and Issac - it seems like an age ago that I got the text to say that you were here. I hope you had a lovely day with lots of cake.

Rach - the little fellow arrived on Saturday evening. She tried an induction first but it just didn't go anywhere and the OB called it off when the baby started looking unhappy at the tiniest contractions. She had a C/S but was out of bed and bouncing around yesterday and says she feels even better today. The baby is small (2.4 kg) but very well and rooming in with her. They should come home from hospital on Wed and stay with us for a week or so before she heads back to QLD. She's expressing and bottle feeding because he can't suck well so I'll be able to do the odd feed and give her a break to sleep. Amazingly, she's scored a private room in a packed public hospital!

I've got the girls' birthday presents almost ready (new shoes, bangles and a dress each), just waiting for the second pair of shoes to arrive from overseas. They are clearly in birthday mode, Kira sang "Happy birthday to toast" as she ate her brekky this morning, they'll be well and truly fired up when their birthday rolls around in 4 weeks

Have a great week everyone.

Georgie

Hello there Ladies,

Well i know it has been a long time since i posted here, but EB have finally reset my password for me so i can access my account hooray

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO RAI AND JORDI ......Well done Missy on surviving 2 years LOL

CONGRATULATIONS Georgie on becoming an aunt again.

Kammy i hope everything is going well with your ivf journey. I am thinking of you.

Comgrats to Simone and Corrie on their baby bumps hope everything is going okay

Rach i hope your feeling better soon

Lea argh at escape artists, i used to be always a little paranoid about that at our old place cause it was such a quick bolt to the road, now its not so bad here with all the fences and so much land around.

Thankyou so much for the birthday wishes, yes Georgie i was only thinking last night how this time 2 years ago i was sending you a message. The boys have had a fantastic time and have grown up so much since we have moved. They have turned into real big boys riding bikes and running everywhere. You can definitely tell they are 2.

I was a little sad though (and it never hit me last year) but when i thought about what i was doing with them this time 2 years ago i felt sad about how sick they were and that i would not of even had them with me, I didn't even get to see Issac til he was a day old or hold him til he was about 3 days old. But anyway look at them now, once we get a bit further past their birthday im sure those sad thoughts will fade.

Well our move has gone brilliant and the boys have definitely all turned into little country boys. They always out running, climbing or riding something. And at night the bathrooms turn black from all the dirt. But i must say im hardly picking up toys cause they are never inside Liam is loving school and has settled in SO well, he just loves it and you can see all the things he is learning it blows me away some days. Its such a cute school to with 108 kids.

Anyways enough of me for now. take care and i will be back now i can get into my account.
Belinda xx

Belz - nice to have you back! Life sounds great. I grew up on a farm and sometimes feel a bit sorry that my kids don't know that freedom (not that they even know what they are missing). I hope that you're feeling more upbeat soon - especially with happy, grubby, two year olds running around

The older two kids and I are off to see The Gruffalo on Thurs. I'm looking forward to the twins being a little older so we can all go to movies and shows - I thought of taking them to Yo Gabba Gabba but tickets are $50 each! That adds up very quickly.

Georgie have fun with your outings. Thanks too.

Hello Everyone

was a quick stop by now back to sewing

HOPE YOUR ALL HAVING A GREAT EASTER WEEKEND and keeping safe

Happy belated birthday to your boys, Belz. Hope you all had a lovely day. I can't believe our babies are turning 2! It's mind-blowing. So glad your move has been a positive one. We live in a semi-rural area and I love the fact my boys have room to run around.


Georgie - How was the Gruffalo? I can't wait to take my boys to live performances and theatre type things when they get a bit bigger. Sam has been to a few movies but that's about it. Speaking of which, has anyone seen "How to Train Your Dragon?" Just curious as to whether it's appropriate for 4-year-olds... And has Shamrock got a name yet?? How is your sister going?

Rach - so sorry to hear that your father-in-law passed away. How is your hubby holding up? It's rough on the grandkids too. I've been keepign you in my thoughts and prayers.

Hi to everyone else - I've got to run and get to the hairdresser. Mum is up visiting for a few days so I can duck out and do all those kind of things kid-free

Also, I had an embryo transfer on Easter Saturday. I'm very excited and am hoping and praying this will result in another little munchkin for us to love. My doctor is very confident based on my past history but we'll just have to wait and see. I had 3 frozen embryos left and the first 2 didn't survive the thaw - not one cell survived, so there was no decision to be made about them. The final embryo was 7 cells when they froze it, was a 6-cell on the Friday morning when it thawed and then it was 8-cells by Saturday morning. I am starting to have some of those pregnancy-type feelings but I never know if that's just because I want it so badly!!

Take care xx

HI Kammy, yes i can't believe how quick the 2 years have come around. Very exciting on your embryo transfer and sending you VERY sticky vibes I hope it all goes well and enjoy your afternoon at the hairdressers

First of all a belated congratulations to Belz and to the boys for reaching the big 2. Hope the day was lovely.

Second of all I hope I can soon say congratulations to Kammy, so exciting!!! Easter Saturday is a beautfiul day of the start of something new. I will be thinking of you.

I haven't been on EB much, actually I haven't had much time for anything. Growing a new baby is hard especially with toddler twins and the website to run. I am actually seriously considering ending the website, I don't like half work and am a perfectionist and it is taking so much of my time. I feel as if I have to please everyone and very soon, as if they can't wait a day. I can't remember the last time I actually sat down at night calmly and watched tv/read a book/did something relaxing. Thinking of how busy life will be with the new baby maybe I should try to get as much rest as possible. Not sure yet as I do really love the writing and it is also an outlet in some way.

The twins are beautiful and gorgeous and growing up. Very cheeky (naughty??) but also so sweet and clever. Tommie can be very naughty but is so helpful and understand everything. He often helps Olivia by bringing her her toy, some food etc. Olivia is very cuddly but also very fiesty and can get extremely angry if she does not get her way quick enough.

That's all really, nothing major going on.

xx

Simone - I hope you find a more workable solution for your website and family time. Could you cut back the number of posts each week instead of stopping it? It has been so successful, you've done a great job with it.

Isn't it lovely to watch them help each other? If I give one a snack or drink they immediately hold out a hand and ask for the same for the other one - so gorgeous!

Kammy - The Gruffalo was great. The kids loved it but I'm sure the twins would have been too young to really enjoy it and understand the humour. We are taking them to Dora in August, along with their slightly older cousin. I'm hoping they'll enjoy that, it's a very direct version of the tv show. With four kids under 3 and a 5 yo + 2 adults it could be fab or a disaster

I haven't seen How To Train Your Dragon yet. I'm hoping to take the older kids next week. My sister and DS (6) saw it and loved it. I would think it would be suitable for a 4 yo from the feedback I've been given.

My sister went back to QLD yesterday, very happy to be heading back to her own home (and before her due date!). "Shamrock" is still without an official name but he's growing well and she's utterly besotted. Unfortunately he has some hearing loss in one ear but he was assessed here and they've organised everything for her followup so we're hopeful that it won't impact him too much. Mum went up to meet her and stay for a week which is great.

I hope that you have some good news about the pg soon.

Rach - thinking of you

I took all 4 kids to the shopping centre this morning. We had a pile of stuff to mail back to my sister and I bribed them with morning tea if they were good. Normally people stop me to comment on how lovely the kids are, the twins etc. Today I had three older women come up (at separate times) to pat me on the shoulder and assure me that while it was very hard with young kids, I would survive... my kids were possibly the most feral they have ever been in public and apparently we provided quite the entertaining spectacle in the foodcourt!

Nap time is over, I'd better go.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Georgie

Hi Girls

This is going to sound pretty stupid, but I sort of forgot this thread was here. May I come back???

Rhiannon and Delilah have also turned 2 (over Easter) they got a room full of balloons and streamers and a party with Mummy and Daddy at 7 o'clock in the morning, they thought it was terrific.

Lavender (5 months) is lovely but has no routine and neither do I. I need to get it sorted in the next few weeks.

Things have been a little tough here lately but I feel that things are about to improve.

Chrissie

Just a quick fly by to say Hi Chrissie happy birthday to you girls. I was only wondering not long ago how you were going with a new bub. Hope it improves for you. How did the older girls go with the new arrival? Oh and Welcome back

ETA not sure if you are on fb but alot of us have contacted there too. Pm me if you want my details

Hi Girls,

So much to read here at the moment .
Well I have everything ready to get everyone out early this morning as my FIL funeral is at 10 am.
The first grandparent my kids have lost so pretty sad. We stayed with him for the last 3 days and mum came and stayed with the kids. I came home to sleep/wash/cook on flying visits.
The 3 little guys are off to creche as I don't think they would understand the sadness and the twins have no idea.
Chrissie good to see you back again and a belated happy birthday for your girls.
Will come back tommorow when life settles down again.
I am working 2 days a week at the moment as well for the handbag designer friend as the manuscript for her book is due to be handed in soon. I am looking forward to some extra spending money and the little guys need a whole new wardrobe of tops and jackets!
They are talking and really gorgeous fellas now. They have lovely manners and I love it when I get a Tank-you when I least expect it .
I have noticed they have put themselves on different afternoon sleep routine and they love their one on one time and havinf dad home for the last week has been lovely for them.
Well must get some sleep...

Hope you are all well !
Rach

Chrissie - happy birthday to your girls! I'm sorry that I missed it. Welcome back. It would be great to see you on FB, much easier to share photos and have the occasional chat. Life must be full on with three little ones, two keep me flat out.

Rach - my sympathy to you and your family, what a sad time for all of you.

Isn't it lovely when they use nice manners. Kira really works on it and has perfected "Peas" complete with fluttering eyelashes. I think DD is teaching her the subtle arts of manipulation Do your boys look for each other with different afternoon sleeps? I ask because last week Kira had a sleep much later than Ava. When Ava got up she was very concerned and kept trying to go and "get Tira" (she can't do "k" yet), when Kira woke, her first words were "where Ayba?" and she was very keen to check in with her. It made me wonder whether I should try harder to do things with them individually, they are rarely apart.

I am officially intrigued by "handbag designer friend" - would I know her bags?

Belz - have you got chooks and animals on your property? I'm tempted by the idea of poultry every now and then, one of our neighbours has ducks and chooks galore.

The house seems very empty without my sister and her baby (quite an achievement with the 6 of us in there ). The girls are amazing, I watched them yesterday have a long conversation, I understood about half of the words but it was obvious that they knew exactly what the other one was saying!

Have a good week everyone.

Georgie

hi all hope you are a good..
sorry for no peronals busy at the moment as we are off to perth for our honeymoon on wednesday.
I have been having a few problems with my kidneys again lately so i am booked in for a scan when we return then off to the specialist
kammy I hope all goes well and you end up with another pregnancy..

welcome back chrissie..

better go take care and i will post some pics on Fb on our return

Missy: Have fun on the honeymoon, looking forward to pictures! Sorry to hear about your kidney problems though, hopefully it will get better soon.

Georgie: Amazing how your house can seem quiet with 6! You must just miss the newborn cries.

Rach: I have been thinking about you and the funeral, I am so sorry for your loss. I hope it wasn't too sad and your DH is holding up okay. We lost a very close family friend who my DH has known his whole life on Saturday, she was just in her early 50's. He is going to the funeral alone tomorrow as we have no one to look after the kids. The lady who passed away had asked for him to play bass in the church (not a traditional service but more like our usual church service) so it will be hard for him.

Chrissie: Oh my, can't believe Lavender is 5 months already! Make sure you get on FB, will be lovely to see pictures.

Today I ordered two harnesses for the twins (Am I in trouble now with the EB mummy maffia?) as I know how much they love walking but I can't handle them both on the loose. Especially now that I am getting bigger (over half way already!) I am struggling some days with them hanging from me and pulling on me when walking. Tommie is so heavy but he loves cuddles and being carried. The other day I received a new carrier for my website to write about and as I put it on my lap to read the instructions he kept trying to climb in. I put it on and lifted him in but with a belly in the way and his weight it is not do-able anymore.

They are so cute though (they are asleep now so I feel more positive than an hour ago ) and slowly gaining excess to more parts of the house. I have set up the teepee in Olivia's room and they love sitting in there eating a snack or bringing all DH's shoes in there. They are a blessing.

Keeping fingers and toes crossed for Kammy!!

All that crossing of fingers and toes paid off, Simone. I got a BFP this morning It was very faint, but it's not even 4 weeks until tomorrow so a positive this early is a great sign. Off for a blood test on Friday but we've already started telling people LOL I can't help myself! DH and I both have the philosophy that we'll celebrate this new life right from the start, and if something goes wrong, it does - and we'll deal with it then. Don't post anything on FB just yet though as he still hasn't told his family in the States and we want to do that first.

I'm so tired! I have felt pregnant for about a week but have been too scared to believe it might be true. The worst part is that I'm already feeling sick! I'm wondering if because it's my 3rd pregnancy my body knows exactly what to do so is getting a little ahead of itself?? I have a scan in 2 weeks...and as much as I adore my twins, I am hoping for just one this time! (4 under 3 sounds a little scary, even for little old optimistic me!!). But, we'll be thankful for whatever we've been blessed with

Lovely to see you again Chrissie. That 5 months has just flown!
Rach, hope you are finding some peace after such a rough week. hugs to you
Missy, enjoy your honeymoon & hope your health problems sort themselves out soon.

Catch up with everyone else again soon. xx

Hooray!!! (if that is how you write it, lol)

Congrats Karen! How fantastic When is your BT?

Chrissie great to see you back Happy belated birthday to D & R. I can imagine having a baby and toddler is hard work, hats off to you!

Missy enjoy your honeymoon. Are you going kid free? I hope everything is ok with your kidneys

Simone T & O sound alot like C & O! It can be challenging some days can't it! I have harnesses for my two They love to wear them around the house but also I figure it is for there safety and I have only been brave enough to let them walk from the car into the shops once and surprisingly I only got smiles not being giving me death looks.

Georgie does the baby have a name yet??? C & O have been having 'conversations' lately. I have no idea what they are discussing, but they seem to. I really need to capture it on video, its funny and lovely to see.

Rach sorry to hear about your FIL I hope everything went ok yesterday.

Belinda welcome back! And a happy belated birthday to your boys!

Sorry I haven't been around. I don't seem to have much time to post lately. We have had a busy month with a few long weekends away, I have been busy with work, C & O had conjunctivitis last week and then DH got it and also a chest infection. I have seemed to avoid the conjunctivitis but I am feeling a little off tonight, so I am hoping I am not getting what DH has.

Kammy - How exciting!!!!! I hope it's smooth sailing from here. I was thinking of you yesterday and wondering when you'd let us know how it went.

Lea - no name yet He's already known by everyone as "Shamrock" so I think that might stick now, regardless of what his real name ends up being. I hope you stay well.

Simone - I can't believe you haven't been given a harness or two for your website! I'm way ahead of you, have had one for a few years but got another one a couple of weeks ago. I don't use them that much but they are great for carparks and other areas where the risks are big if they run - or even wander off a little.

Missy - have a great honymoon! I hope the kidney problems turn out to be easily fixed.


My big news - my brilliant "babies" have figured out how to open the child gate at the top of the stairs so that's the end of keeping them off there easily. Next will be door handles, Kira is a cm or so off being able to open those

CONGRATULATIONS KAREN I have been wondering how it was going- i am sooooooooo excited for you

Simone we have had harnessess here for a while - actually i need to find them.I have not used them for a while but they used to drive me crazy cause they would sit down if we could not go their wait- a bit like walking puppies but they are older now so might work better. Hope your pregnancy is going well

Missy enjoy your honeymoon

Geogie-- shhhhh lucky your girls arent here to show my boys how to "open" gates or doors- i would go crazy

Rach hope today went ok, well as good as it could


Chrissie good to see you on fb, your girls are adorable- i must get some new pics up

Amanda not sure if i said it already but happy belated birthday to your boys. Hope they had a great day


Well things seem so busy here and i am sure i am starting to loose hours in the day...... i am still sewing up cloth nappies as i get time which is lots of fun and helping to get me clucky. DH has really wanted another bub for a while now and i am starting to think maybe sometime soonish will be the time before the others get lots older. I guess you pregnant ladies are getting me clucky to..... so soonish MAYBE.
Other then that things are pretty much the same around here..... still got a few boxes to unpack which i will get to one day.

Better get ready for bed
take care ladies
Belinda xx

Thanks all! I think I have worked out FB enough to upload a pic, but still working on it with limited time.

I've totally lost my mind today, I took the girls for their Ims..... but they don't have them at 2, where on earth did I get that notion from???? I felt a bit of a goose at the Drs.

Chrissie

Chrissie - LOL at you taking them for non-existent immunisations

Belz - it must be all of that extra space and country air making you clucky I was disturbingly clucky for a year or so after the girls were born, I'd have loved another boy... with the newborn in the house over Easter though I was surprised that I didn't even have a twinge - he was lovely and I gave him cuddles and feeds but was very happy to realise that those days are behind me now.

Last night I wouldn't let the kids outside when we got home - it was quite cold and fairly dark. Kira followed me around the kitchen stamping her feet and saying "not fair!" and "why?!" I can only assume that she learned such bratty behaviour from her older sister. I haver a washing line full of bedding today, DS wet the bed, DD1 had a torrential blood nose in hers and the twins... let's just say that I'm seriously considering Chrissie's tape tips

Have a good weekend everyone.

Georgie

Georgie oh dear at the washing....... Um yes country air maybe? Dh was disappointed last month when af arrivedas we had dtd on our wedding anniversary, and he had been talking about his little girl for a while- i know i know we might not get a girl. But between that and seeing to many pics of bubs and lots of preg. bellies around me i think i have really gotten to like the idea. I had been turned of bubs for the last 2 years (kinda) and now its back with a vengeance...

Oh and it does not help Issac did a wee at daycare yesterday, i was so not ready for it after all we are still caliing the twins, the babies......

Poor you Chrissie i am sure you didnt need the doc trip for non-existant immunisations.

Hello to everyone else
have a great weekend
belinda xx

Georgie - hope you had a sunny day to dry all that washing!! Fun times all round at your house that day, hey? Some days the wheels just fall off here and I have to just ride it out until the next day. Hope the twins keep their nappies on in the future Kira's stomping sounds so cute! (It's always cuter when someone else's child does something like that and not mine LOL) They are great mimics aren't they?

Belz - sounds like you're well and truly ready for another one I never felt like the twins were our last babies, even from the first day I held them so it was really more a matter of when for us than if...especially as we had the 3 embryos left over. It's funny knowing this will be my last. I'm really taking notice of all the physical sensations because it's not going to happen ever again! Makes it very special in some ways...

Chrissie - I'm sure you wouldn't be the first parent of littlies to turn up at the wrong time for immunisations. I remember wondering about 2yr old ones with my DS1...so maybe it used to be the schedule at some point?

Well, things are cruising along here. Had my blood test yesterday and my Hcg was 176 which is on the high side but not ridiculously high so I'm hoping it's not another set of ID twins I have another blood test on Monday to confirm my levels are rising nicely but so far so good. My first scan is on Apr 28 - and the first thing I'll be doing is counting how many sacs I can see!! I've felt nauseous since about 5 days after the transfer and that's been continuing so I can only assume it's morning sickness started early. I've also got the normal sore boobs thing going on and a lot of quite painful cramping. I remember with the twins I had really bad cramping and wondered if everything was OK and it just turned out to be the process of my uterus stretching again. This morning it was quite bad but it's settled this afternoon. Believe it or not, I already have a little pregnant tummy! I can't believe it. It's quite noticeable even though I'm only 4 wks + 3 days... I guess all those muscles have been quite stretched. My tummy had gotten back to being very flat in the last few months so maybe that's why it's so noticeable. I showed early with all the boys too, so maybe it's just what my body does. I think my uterus sits quite forward in my pelvis so it doesn't take much growing for it to be seen! I quite like having a little pregnant tummy again (although DH wondered aloud if it may have been the Easter chocolates rather than the baby LOL i didn't eat THAT much chocolate!)

The twins are in bed and DS1 is about to go and have a lie down so he can stay up late and play Wii with DH tonight, so I'm going to have a lie down too.

Enjoy your weekend.
xx

Belz -
Kira has started telling me "I do wee wee in toitet" (not a typo)... I'm afraid to say that I just reply "not yet you don't". Daycare encourage her but until she's well and truly ready to do it consistently, or 3 years old (whichever comes first), I'm not keen to start. Not that I'm not looking forward to it but it was reasonably painless with the older two because they were both keen to do it and well and truly ready. Kira wants to once every few days at the moment so I'd like to wait a few weeks at least.

We all still call the twins "the babies" here too

Kammy - I hope things settle down. I only had bad cramping with #1 but it was awful. I'm glad that your scan was good. Luckily we've had a couple of warm days so the bedding all dried

I wonder too if there used to be something in the schedule for 2 years old? Maybe a checkup, not injections?

We've had a good day. DS went to a birthday party. After an hour or so I'd heard how at least three of the guests had had gastro symptoms in the last day or even that morning, I couldn't wait to get him out of there... and even ran away before cake. He wasn't happy but was over it by the time we got home. Fingers crossed. This afternoon though we had my great aunt over for dinner and had a lovely time catching up on all of the family news, kids all on their best behaviour!

Looking forward to Missy's report on her honeymoon.

It's late and I should be in bed.... Georgie

Hello Ladies,

Whoa all this baby talk is giving me pangs!

Congrats Kammy what lovely news!

Simone, half way came a round fast and don't worry about harnesses I believe that safety comes first.
We use them but also practice walking alongside the pram and holding on.
What a bonus if you can get enough practice in before bub arrives so they will walk beside the pram even for quick trips.

Georgie, I am glad your nephew has a lovely name although I was quite fond of Shamrock as well!
I am terrified of toilet training and I am happy to wait as long as they want. We are alreasy at bratty tantrums and this week biting I can only assume they are copying behaviours they have seen but it has been quite unpleasant and causes more fighting.

Belz, I will be expecting an announcement soon ! You'll be able to sew up a storm with a girl!.

I got to play with a friends baby girl last night and she looks like a doll I offered to swap her mum for a boy!. There was a 3 week old baby boy called Mason and my Mason was in lurve, can I kiss him? can I hug him? can I keep him? It broke my heart a bit as he was just a baby himself when the twins came and I can see what he missed out on now.

Chrissie, I am off to stalk Belz FB to add you!

Lea, I saw your FB pics this morning I do believe you should be on masterchef or the like! What a cook!
I love the conversations no one else understands, so cute!

Our life has settled back down this week. DH is back at work and hopefully some normalcy will help.
Because FIL passed over the Easter break there was a backlog for funerals and we had to wait a week so there was a bit of limbo in between. The service was lovely and we held a wake for all of his friends and family that was a lovely afternoon to reminisce and catch up.

Well we all had a sleep in and it is past lunch time and I need to get out of my PJ's!

Have a great day and glad to see we have a little more time again!

Rach

Rach- I'm glad that your life is getting back to normal. Wake's can be so lovely too, so many people that you might not see, stories that you might not know...

After being a bit disappointed that she wasn't having a girl, my sister has told Mum that 6 weeks in our house cured her DD1 can be quite the diva/drama queen and Kira delights in copying the mannerisms.

Mine were a bit older so they have been able to express how they've felt about the twins' arrival - and it's been mostly positive so I can rationalise that bit of guilt away. My personal bit little bit of sadness is that I'm still a bit sad for DS that he doesn't have the brother he wants sooo much, he discusses it with me every now and then but he's so thoughtful and sad as he talks so I know he thinks about it I suggested that he consider his little boy cousin and his best friend as almost-brothers and that seems to make him happier. Maybe if you catch me on a bad day and a weak moment we could swap? (just joking).

Clearly my alarm at the thought of TTing has been detected by the twins because they both ask to go to the toilet now - then giggle hysterically as if it's the funniest joke Another reason to hold them off for a little while

Have a good week everyone, where did that weekend go?

Georgie

hi all still on honeymoon thought I would pop in to say congrats Karen I am so happy for you and the family!!!
we are having a great time we are in Kalgoorlie at the moment and just had an earth quake that was scary as heck cant wait to get back to safe little Tassie lol...
The red bull air race was awsome stuff Hannes Arch (one of the pilots we love) well we met him and got signatures and he is so sexy in person (sorry Phil lol)
anyway had better go our mate is taking us to look for some damage!!

take care
Missy xx

Hi everyone

Just jumping in to say an early HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kira & Ava! Hope your girls have a lovely day tomorrow, Georgie. Haven't these 2 years just flown by?!

Missy - hope you didn't have anymore unexpected earthmoving events on your honeymoon! And I hope you had a lovely, memorable, romantic honeymoon.

Georgie & Rach - no rush to toilet train here either!! I can't think of anything worse than doing the whole mad-dash-to-the-toilet-when-in-Target routine x2. I'll be waiting as looooooooong as possible and hope that when they're really really ready it will be a breeze! (That's my pie-in-the-sky plan anyway!!)

We're all going well. I'm almost 6 weeks now and have a scan on Wednesday. I think everything is going OK but the reality is you never really know!! The heartburn has subsided a little which is good, but I'm expecting the real morning sickness to kick in next week. My tummy has already popped out a little which is hilarious.

We took the boys to Movie World yesterday and they were all just so well behaved I was in shock! The twins walked the whole time and either held onto the pram or Daddy's hand and were just little angels. I really felt like all the hard work is paying off - and all those moments where I wanted to pull my hair out as I put them in the pram for the hundredth time that day are worth it. Today at church was a slightly different story They were just a *little* bit naughty LOL But, we got there in the end and I think we're still heading in the right direction. (after church today one of the pre-teen girls said to me, "I have NO idea how you're going to manage another baby!" I laughed! Thanks for the vote of confidence )

I have a scan on Wednesday which will be good. At least we'll get confirmation that everything is OK. I have a bit of a funny feeling about this one - maybe because it's a frozen embryo - but I'm not quite so certain that all is OK as I have been with the others. It may be just my self-protective mechanism kicking in, but I guess we'll see. I've got a shocking headache tonight which I often get just before my period due to hormones, so that probably doesn't help my thought processes today!! What will be, will be. I'm fairly fatalistic in that sense!! I'm trying not to worry but will be glad to see the state of the situation on Wednesday...

Well, I'm off to put the kids to bed then am going to go to bed myself and hope I wake up headache free. I tend not to take anything medicine-wise if I can help it when I'm pregnant so will try and ride this one out.

Hope you are all well. xx

Kammy - thanks for the birthday wishes. I can't believe they are 2! FB won't let me update my status or reply to anyone else's updates (I think it's one of the computer's new quirks) but I'll try to have some photos up on Tuesday. DH is apparently sick (I say "apparently" because he does look bad but was well enough to steal some of the birthday cupcakes ) so I hope he's back on his feet for tomorrow. The girls are so excited about the birthday concept but I don't think they realise it's their own birthday

I hope that your scan goes well this week and that you get some reassurance.

Missy - I hope that your honeymoon was fabulous LOL at "safe little Tassie"

Hmmm, TWO!!!! It's going to get harder to call them "the babies" Thanks to all of you for being there along the way... oh dear, last year I write quite a speech here after a couple of glasses of wine at the girls' party and blamed the drinks but I haven't had a drink tonight but am feeling "tired and emotional" when I think how great it's been to get to know you and share the experience with you

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Georgie