Bec you have the most stubborn babies I've ever come across! Hope this little munchkin comes sometime over the weekend and doesn't make you wait until Monday. How big is the baby? Don't let them get you into the same situation they got Hales into. Good luck sweetie xo

Well, I have spent most of the last 16hrs or so crying. As you all know, I was working for my sister (for another company), and I have been having troubles with the boss of the company. Anyway, the whole working with my sister thing has been getting a bit uncomfortable also. Anyway, over the course of yesterday (while I was at home sick), my sister called my husband, to check just how sick I actually was - after that phone call, I made the decision to stop working for her immediately, as I was not prepared to keep putting my "sister relationship" at risk, for money.

So when I called her last night to tell her this, she has cracked the sh*ts royally, and has taken it all personally and turned it into a sister issue. We texted back and forth for about 2hrs and the last few messages from her were that she doesn't want me or DH to be part of her life anymore! She has completely over-reacted - all because I put pressure on her - as an EMPLOYER.

I have always been so so close to my sister, and I don't know how to live my life without her in it. Like, right now, I can barely see the computer as I am writing this. This is unfair - her reactions have shown that this was always going to happen, unless I did exactly as she and the guy from the company wanted - which was to stay on like a chump, until they found someone else. That is not fair to me - how can I be losing a sister because I quit my job??????

I even dropped the kids off at daycare 2hrs later than normal, because I couldn't stand the idea of seeing Amelia and Armahni getting excited seeing each other - it would of broken my heart today

And she has gone so far as to delete me from FB, so that I can't contact her that way or see what she is writing or see photos of Armahni.....I just don't know what to do here or how to fix it

for you Hayls. I don't know what to say I don't have a sister. But people can over react sometimes maybe she will calm down and come to her senses. If she has dropped all contact maybe you could write her a letter explaining why you made your decision?? You poor thing. xoxo

Bec: Hang in there love. Hoping you get a lovely midwife and just wanted to comment that it seems nice your mum is being so helpful. good luck hun...
Pink or blue??? You have kept the secret so well xo

Me: Feeling slightly better today but I am exhausted. I am 9 weeks and have already put on 1.5 kg. When I feel better I am going to watch what I am eating!

she is making things worse. We had Pixie Photos taken of all 3 kids a couple of weeks ago, for my parents, and we had organised that the photos would all get picked up together. I go in there this afternoon to pick them up, and they say there is no notes of me picking the photo of Armahni up - so they call my sister and she told them to not allow me to take the photo of Armahni

Oh Hayles- J is right. People do overreact. Just like my mum did. Just stick to your guns no matter how angry you get and stay calm. Your sister will eventually come around. If you don't retaliate it can't make the situation any worse!
I have two sisters and we have had some barneys over the years but honestly, they are soon forgotten.

J: Glad you are feeling better. It is wonderful my mum is helping. She has been really good. DH stayed with me at the hospital Tues night and mum was great with the girls, kept them in their routines, got Mak ready for school Wed and stayed Wed night even though DH came home for a bit of sleep so she could get up if need be and let DH rest. Then yesterday she hung around until she had made sure she had finished my washing ( told her she didn't have to). She's at her place today but rang to say she has been cooking for us all day and will be back SUnday afternoon if nothing happens so we can both get a good sleep Sunday night and just get up and go Monday morning and she will organise the girls. She is going to stay whilst I am in hospital to help DH out and keep everything ticking at home for me then when I get home DH will have some time off befoer his parents go away.

Don't worry about the weight gain- I have put on oh about 30 kilos this time but its all baby and boobs! I am still wearing my normal pants and jeans ( just under my belly) and not worried as I am still pretty active and eating fairly well. I will be concentrating on losing it all after this bub though.
The only thing I am worried about this time is the gross spider veins I have developed on the inside of my thighs. They look horrible but I guess third child, I have been lucky so far. Lots of walking to be done!

Shell: I do have stubborn babies! But oh well. I am just one of the few women who really like to take the term : full term" literally! They did check the size yesterday and are estimating an average sized bub as it is measuring spot on 40 weeks ( so not 42 ) which is still apparently within the normal measurements at this stage. The sonographer did however, have to mention that it had a bit of a boof head! lol.

Well just been for a walk. Mak at a sleep over tonight so just Issy and us. I am pretty sure ( TMI) that I lost the rest of the plug in the shower this morning. And still leaking tiny amounts of fluid so am going in tomorrow morning to be monitored and will see what they say.

Hi to everyone else.

HI Girls,

Oh Hayls that it awful, you and your sister are so close, I dont have any sisters but I would go over and see her to clear this up, sounds like she is totally overreacting to the situation , otherwise you need to keep your distance for awhile to the dust settles but then if you leave it too long its harder to go and see her.

Bec - farout what is going on with this baby!!!! Have you tried having some sex I know what your thinking but seriously having an orgasm can help as it does the same thing as contractions do. Goodluck over the weekend and I will be waiting for the news.

Had my exam today, wasnt too bad but now that I am home I checked and one of the questions I have stuffed up a little hopefully I'll still get some marks for it, I'm just hoping for a pass anyway.

Ok off to finish dinner, chicken and Asparagus quiche from WW receipe.

Bye xx

Thanks girls

We have always been very very close, which is why this is so upsetting to me. Don't get me wrong, we have had some whopper fights before - that we do get over - but this time it is different. She is saying some really hurtful things and she is doing things (like the photo issue yesterday), that will make all of this harder to repair.

I spent alot of time crying to Mum and Dad about it last night, and they are telling me to ignore any texts she may send, and my Dad has already pre-warned her that he will be having a serious talk to her over the weekend, so I guess that is where it is lying at the moment.

I just don't understand it, and I am hurt that this is my sister at the moment

Sorry for not doing personals. I will try and get back in later to do them

Thanks again girls......I am really lucky to have you all

Well....that's it girls - it's all over.

My sister (or the person that she is at this point in time) is not the sister I have ever known. My parents went over there this morning to try and get some sense out of all of this, and she is sticking by it all, and thinks that she has every right to be doing what she is and making the decisions that she is She is saying that she understands all of the repercussions of these decisions, but she doesn't. She is not realising that this is affecting my parents, and that it is affecting our children. She is saying "oh you can see Armahni when-ever you like"....How the HELL am I supposed to do that when she is saying she wants nothing to do with me???

I dropped in to Mum and Dad's this afternoon, so they could see the kids, and just as I got there, Dad had just had a go at her over the phone - and she had told my Dad a bunch of lies about things I supposedly never said. So Mum decided to call her so that I could speak to her calmly....well that didn't work very well. She has taken the issue of me quitting my job and turned it into something completely different, and she can't even recognise that she has done so. She told me that she is 100% happy with her decision and that's that. She then spoke to my Mum and brought up a whole heap of really emotional stuff for my Mum and basically just used it to intentionally be mean

She is being so cold and nasty, and this is just not the sister I have ever known. TBH, though, I am kind of glad that the phone call happened, because I stopped being devastated and started being down right p*ssED OFF! Of course I am really upset, but I can cope with anger far better than devastation

I just can't believe it, and all I can hope for now, is that she doesn't start using Armahni in this nasty game that she is playing...

Sorry to be laying it all out on you guys, but thank you for listening

Hayles - so so sorry hun - you did sound very very close. Why don't you just get on with trying to ensure that Armahni continues to be in yours and your kids life. If she is saying you can see Armahni whenever then perhaps arrange through your parents of course and see if she will allow Armahni over to play for a couple of hours one day????? - start with that side of things and see how she goes with that - if she says no then she will be the fool. I can't help much because of my own relationship with my family but that was a lot of lot of years of crap - not just one situation.

Shell - I told my Area Manager what I thought yesterday at Weight Watchers. Here she was telling members how I they couldn't really expect me to come back with 2 little kids in toe - because a member asked if I would be coming back and I said 'well I have no job to come back to' which is true and then my AM said that - the nerve of her. I told her once they had all gone how unfair they have been to the members firstly for closing half of the Cairns meeting down and using me as part of the excuse and that she of all people who has a 5 year should realise that WW have taken my income away from me when I'm about to have a baby. I said we all try to cope best we can once bubs arrive and live on a shoestring but we all like to have our finances in order before bubs arrives and thanks to Weight Watchers I can't do that. One member yesterday was very angry as she didn't want to go to the other meeting on offer but I asked what could they do to replicate what she liked at this meeting at the other meeting to make it a meeting she would want to go to and the member replied - you can't because the leader there is so uninspiring which is why I come here - I know there are members that won't always click with me but it was nice for a member to say that with my Area Manager listening!!!!!
I'm happy that I got my opinions across - its definately personal, the new AM just doesn't want me there and they are using the financial year ending as an excuse and my pregnancy. Of course they are quite willing to open up a 2nd meeting at the venue everyone has to go to if need be to accomodate everyone but not willing to consolidate my 3 meetings into 1 until I was ready to leave - its bullsh*t and I just can't wait until I don't work for them ever again.

Anyway DH is edging to get on the computer - best be off

Bec good luck

Hi Ladies

Lazy day here enjoying my last day of being pregnant! Mum is on her way back over so I can rest tonight, I feel like there are a thousand things I should be doing ( baking, mowing the lawns etc) but honestly too preoccupied with thoughts of this baby!

Hayles; Maybe your sister has other things going on in her life and is just taking it out on you? I would just try to forget it for a while and hopefully she will come around. Sounds like she is liking the drama to me ( no offence intended but if she is taking one little thing and turning it into some big issue).

Helen: Hope you are feeling okay and the pregnancy is going smoothly!

Hi to everyone else.

Well no more pains or anything here, just a bit of a sore back which hopefully means it will be easy for my doctor to just break the waters in the morning. I am freaking out about labour right now! Wonder what my blood pressure is????? hmmm......

A second cousin ( who loves here) of DH's had her twins early last night and named the boy Harry so we still have a girls name but back to the drawing board for boys names.

Anyway better go, spending some time with my girls before tomorrow.

Will keep you all posted!

Hi Girls

Update on my sister:
We went out yesterday and the first thing she did was hug me and say that she had been missing me, so out of that I decided to go over to her house in the afternoon and try and sort through it all. Good news is, that we still have stuff to work out, but we can move forward

Bec - Even though I have already said it - Good Luck today, and I can hardly wait for the news

Helen - How are you feeling? Has this pg been easier or harder than Yas, so far?

Urs - Well done on your exam I hope you get a good mark. How was your quiche the other night? It sounds yummy.

J - MS still starting to go away? I can't believe that you are 9wks already - just that has gone quickly How are the renos going?

Me - Have applied for a few new jobs, so hoping something will come out of that. It's hard - because working for my sister, I was working for cash in hand - so I am now back to trying to find the balance of working without it affecting my FTB too much. I do have a shift at my old job - the service station - on Thursday, so I at least can pick up a few hours here and there with that. Amelia and Harrison are going really well. Harrison is really trying to work out crawling - it's so cute. He does have commando crawling down pat though - which is weird for us, because Amelia went straight from rolling to crawling And Amelia is talking and talking and talking - it's amazing to be able to have a conversation with her

Anyway, I better get back to cleaning the house.....boring!

Hales - You've no idea how happy I am to read this. I just want to give you a big bear hug . I'm just so happy for you. xo

for Bec news. I'll sus out her FB page. Hope you've got a new bubba in your arms by now Bec.

Us: Did a trial run of some Mickey Mouse biscuits for Susannah's birthday later in the week. They turned out great! Nothing better than finding an easy party food that you know the kids are going to love. I'm going to try out strawberry mice later in the week. Trying to think of ways to keep a theme going with fruit. It's not as easy as finding junk food

Night.
Shell. xo

Hayls: I am so happy for you honey! Thats great news you girls are working things out.

Shell: Good luck with the mice. I am going to attempt to make an Iggle Piggle cake! Wish me luck.

Bec: Thinking of you today honey. Good luck

Hel: Shame your work is being sucky. Everything was going so beautifully up north for you! When do we get a bump pic??

Me: 10 weeks on Friday. I have had an MS free last 3 days and now I am totally stressing something has gone wrong. I wish I didn't think like that. My OB appointment is next Tuesday 1 week away Fingers crossed.

BABY NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bec and family have welcomed a little BOY into their family - no name as yet. Born at 7:52, 9pd 13oz by c/s. Baby too big to have naturally!

Hugest congrats Bec and family xoxo

Oh I knew it was a boy well done guys!!! So happy for you all.

Hayles - Fantastic news. Sometimes people just need to calm down and think rationally which she has obviously done.

J - oh wow are you 10wks already????? hopefully ms is easing off for you in the good way, try not to stress.

My pregnancy - well I'm 23 weeks now and lots and lots of movement thats for sure. Hayles this pregnancy has been a lot easier than Yasmin's although Yasmin's pregnancy was easy too so I am very very lucky. I was on medication for heartburn with Yasmin and only get the odd bit here and there with this one. I was feeling faint a lot with Yas - no fainting or feeling faint with this one as I have very low blood pressure. I did get a bit of swelling with Yasmin and a bit more in my feet and ankles with this one but I put it down to the warmer humid climate. I have felt a lot more tired this time but I keep forgetting my iron tablets and I am low in iron but then I do have a toddler to run after this time too. So on a whole - this pregnancy has been a breeze really and I hope the rest of it continues that way. I've had really no sickness at all - lets home she is as good a sleeper as Yasmin!! I'm so excited - I don't handle having a bit tummy very easily and would rather have the newborn over the fat tummy!!

J - I haven't got a bump photo yet, I just feel fat cause I'm so short but as soon as I do I'll pop one on facebook.

again well done Bec and family

Hel

He had a name!!!

Benjamin Thomas

CONGRATULATIONS BEC!!!

Benjamin Thomas is such a lovely name. Hope your caesar went well and you recover quickly. He was only 13oz smaller than Joshua was. I now begin to fully understand how uncomfortable you were hugs to you princess Bec. xo

Simone - Good luck with the Iggle Piggle Cake! I did one for Susannah last year. It took me hours, but she loved it so it was worth it. Here it is!

Hi Girls

Update from Bec -



Will be back later, am trying to clean up a bit before I go and pick up DH from work.

Awwwww YAY! Benjamin very cute and big Rest up Bec. Congratulations to you and your family!

Thanks Hayls and Simone for sharing the news with us

Shell: Sus' birthday cake is amazing! You are a super mum!

Hel: I am sure you look lovely honey, how nice having a breezy pregnancy. I feel so fat and bloated I can't wait until the second trimester.

Me: Feel sick again today. Eli and I are going to play school live tomorrow. It should be fun!

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY Miss SUSANNAH

Good Morning Girls

Am feeling totally crapola today! My chesty "thing" has now turned into a full blown cold - BOO! The kids are at daycare today though, so I am having a rest day.

J - How are you feeling? How was Play School? I would love to take Amelia to a Play School show - she loves that show One of the few things, that she will sit down and watch the whole way through.

Helen - I am so pleased that you are having an easy pregnancy You have been so lucky with Yas and her sleeping. Even with the move......will pray that her little sister will be just as good

Shell - How did you go with Sus' birthday yesterday? Are you doing anything for her birthday?

Me - As I said above, just feeling crap! I worked at the service station yesterday, which was great. I seem to have called them at the right time, because there are a few shifts around. I've got 19hrs next week, and again the following week. Plus I got 8hrs on the public holiday (which is @ $28ph), so I'm pretty happy with all of that.

Anyway.....am off to put a load of washing on and then lay on the couch with a DVD

Will check back in later

sorry hun xoxox Thinking of you all though

Ok so I should make a deal that I will come in everyday even if I just post one liners LOL

Hayles - That is really good that you are getting along. Good that you have picked up a few shifts at the station, I worked 4 days this week so I'm happy about the extra $$$ so need it especially when I have both boys coming up a week apart.

Shell - So it seems that you practice what you want to do before hand, where as I just get in there and have a go. I want to do a Thomas cake for Casey but I did do one for Ricky when he was two, do you think that would matter?? Ricky wants a monster truck cake, god knows where to get a recipe for that!

J - fingers crossed it passes very shortly for you xxx

Helen - I do miss being pregnant and I am a little jealous especially that you are having another girl, but I think I may be finished I'm still young, its convincing DH thats the problem.

So who is next up on the Bday list, Hayls you have the best memory

Dropped mum and dad off this morning in Darling Harbour as they are going on the Pacific Dawn for 2 weeks travelling around the islands, fiji, new caladonia etc, the boys loved the boat and it now makes me want to book a trip

Ok well the boys are eating dinner and I can see they are making a mess so I'm off, I'm also hoping to finish off an assignment tonight and lodge.

Bye Girls xxx

Hi girls

Just a quick one - DH off to work this arvo, we won't see him until 3.30pm tomorrow

Yas had a big sleep today - I had to wake her up as she wouldn't sleep tonight. Went down at 12.15 and I had to wake her 3.40 and she was out to it as well with no sign of waking!!!!

Urs - yes I am lucky having girls, I don't want to wish their little lives away but I'm very much looking forward to having that relationship with them that my mother couldn't give but Yas is such a girlie girl and loving it already. Perhaps you will have another opportunity - as you said you are only young and so many things can change.

J - oh I can't even sympathize as I don't know whats its like to feel what you are feeling but I can imagine as I have some moments with Yasmin's pregnancy.

Hayles - so nice your sister came to the party in the end, didn't take long huh!!! Yes Yasmin's sleeping has been good - a mixture of luck and I suppose harsh routine too plus she loves her toddler bed, she is so comfortable, even going to bed always between 12 & 1230 daytime she has her own routine, dummy - bear - quilt over her (even though its bloody hot) and she turns her back to me and says bye-bye

Actually she has started saying 'Bye-bye' and quickly followed by 'see-ya' to everyone - its so cute.

Happy Birthday Susannah!! - I am still amazed by those birthday cakes. I am starting to think about Yas's. We will have her party on the 13th as we head to Port Douglas on the 16th June for 4 nights - can't wait.

She just came in to me and took her nappy off and got me to help her take her singlet off and she went in her room and found a head band (for her hair) and put it on around her waste carrying her little princess handbag you got her Urs I think - its hilarious !!!! Gosh they are so funny aren't they??

Okay - apart from being tired tired and more tired every day - all is well and lots of movement. I'm nearly half way through my Property Management course and my lecturer isn't back from overseas until 20th June so I'll send him a bundle of papers when I get back from Port Douglas for marking. I will have probably finished another 1 at least by the time we go (hopefully 2).

Finish up with Weight Watchers this Saturday coming so will have Tues & Thursdays now to study.

Take care all
Helen xx

Ok I said I would be back everyday

Happy Birthday Liana!!!!

Helen - You are doing so well to be halfway through, how long does it take?? or whats your time frame??. Casey usually sleeps 12-4 and goes down at about 8pm. I am amazed at what he is coming out with these days. Its always wheres ricky, he also sings the uma bee song by black eyed peas and also Just say so by Brian mcfadden, its so cute.

Well they predicted really bad weather here today but we got nothing but lovely blue sky, I had a great day of study and finished off another assessment so I am so stoked about that.

Ok well back to the working week tomorrow so happy though its back to 3 days, need to go straighten my hair and get bags sorted.

Night gals
Urs xxx