Oct/Nov 2008 mommies!

Hi gals.

So sorry I haven't been on in so long. We've been enjoying our holiday and other than the odd post on my blog, Ive been trying to stay away from my laptop.

I haven't caught up AT ALL but will do so over the next few days. Just wanted to say I'm still alive and will come catch up just now properly.

Hello gals, I am well , yay thanks for checking..

Christi, very brave to go out with 2... well done! sounds HARD

Simone, sorry to hear you are fighting with ur mom, glad Gs parents are helping.

Lisha crappy that you always work through ! Thinking of you..

Julz hiiiii! glad to hear you and dylan are going to take some time off.. yes, I am also wandering like Lisha about how your health is doing?

Zee how are you doing? hope your work is coming to an end and that you have time with your little ones, are sister lilians products still helping Zander?

Helen, I hope you get the magnesium for olivers legs, i would think it would help? Let us know! poor little nina with all her trush, so hard for you to watch but it sure looks like you have tried so many things..

Helen listen to you all loved up!~ lovely to hear, so excited for you to have your dad here


Simone - 5 sleeps for you
okay - chat soon M

Hi ladies

Nicole a belated happy birthday!!!!! I'm so glad u got spoilt;) enjoy your holiday and I hope u have a great time!

Julz I'm with Nicole...2 days the school closes??? Wow! That's very convenient for people that can't get off for December.

Helen my mom and I still not talking. Got me really down today:( but ya... Sounds like u are great! So glad the kids are well...love picturing feisty Nina and oliver fighting about toys. Cannot believe your baby is one already!!! Oliver sounds like he is doing well. Addison totally doesn't get the calendar and it doesn't help that she isn't a fan of chocolates!

Nice that your dad will be here! When will u see your mom again?

Christi yikes @ going out with 2! Not sure I'll ever chance it!!!! Luckily no tantrums..lol. Got notification for your parcel today so will pick it up tomorrow! Yay!

Lisha...sucks u'll be working while the rest of the human population on leave!! Lol. But we're here on moomie, bbm, email;)

Gerard painting the house today. Shame his mom and dad been a huge help today and helping him while my family MIA...

6 days to go!!!

Hi Ladies,

Helen, I went to the mall alone with both of them for the first time today... It wasn't too bad, BUT I only went to Dischem to get Kota weighed. Although, while waiting for the nurse, Iris said that she needed the loo, so off we went. The bathrooms is almost on the other side of the mall, and when we got there, she got on and then said she was finished, didn't pee a drop Then Kota started moaning so had to feed him... In short, I don't think I will attempt any major shopping with both of them in tow any time soon.!

Kota is doing well, in the month since he has left hospital he has gained 1.2kgs, so very happy about that! He is still having cramps so got him some Mag Phos, hope it helps. Helen, its supposed to help for 'growing pains' as well.

The daymom closed last Friday already. Shame she cried so much when I picked up Iris. We haven't found a creche for Iris yet (actually its my fault cause I put off looking for one), but we are going to have a look at one the daymom's grand daughter went to. Hoping its nice and Iris likes it, so I don't have to go searching for others...

We have never been big on Christmas, when we were kids, there was no extra money to splash out for Christmas, we just usually spent the day as a family with a nice lunch. Since Maarten & I have been together we haven't really made a big deal about it, we just bought Iris a present each year and then mostly spent the day quietly at home. Last year, we were installing our kitchen cupboards on Christmas Eve & Christmas Day....

Mandy & Simone, I am thinking of you and wishing you all the best for the birth of your babies.! Enjoy your last days alone with your toddlers!

May everyone enjoy a fabulous festive season! Those of you who will be travelling, please take care and hope to 'see' you all back safely!

Hi ladies

Lisha nice to hear from you , sorry you working through out the festitive season, you will have to take a nice break next year to make up for it. Im Shrey will love school!!

Helen lovely to hear from you again and you sound so happy and cheerful, lovely news to hear about your SIL, will keep my fx cross for her. I hope you have a lovely time with your dad, im sure he his uber excited to see the kiddies!!!!

Julz does Dylans school only close for 2 days??wow? I thought all schools/creches etc close at this time of the year?

Simone enjoy your M.L....RELAX, RELAX, RELAX

just wanted to say a quick hi!! things are hectic here (even day before we close...) I only work til 12:00 tomorrow as K school closes after they have had their party and lunch.

And as such...

I just wanted to wish you ladies a lovely and MERRY CHRISTMAS, and hope you enjoy the time with your loved ones/friends etc.

Looking forward to my leave, but going to start being alot stricter on K as it seems that he is becoming naughtier by the day and is not listening to me at all, so hopefully i will be able to work on that during these holidays.

I will still have to work from home in the evenings but at least i get to spend the day with K.

Helloooooo

Still alive and kicking lol, last day at work tomorrow so we've been crazy busy lately.

Nicole - Happy belated birthday! So nice that you got spoiled That's what birthdays are for.

Mandy - Been thinking of you and keeping fingers crossed Jenna stays put as long as possible for you. If you and Marc need anything etc we're just around the corner and only a phone call away.

Simone - Sorry about the blow up with your Mum, hope you got things sorted? Can't believe your going to meet your little bundle of joy next week, seems like just yesterday we were sharing your drama with the testing.

Lisha - Oliver has also been complaining about pains in his legs at night this last week (he tells me "one leg better, this one broken"!!) Do you give him anything for it? I think he might be having growing pain, I've been contemplating a magnesium supplement or something.

Nelria - You really are Supermom mowing the lawn etc one handed lol, there's no ways I could manage that! Its amazing seeing how different siblings are, Xen sounds very aware of himself

Angie - Hope your appointment goes well on Monday, let us know how you get on. Still sending lots of baby dust your way

Christi - A month already!! Goodness me time does fly. How are you finding it managing the two?

Julz - Can't remember if I said it already or not, congrats on the new job, so happy you were able to find something so quickly. You are way ahead of me with the Christmas shopping, I have done NOTHING as yet...

Kids are well, been struggling a bit with thrush with Nina after her antibiotics a couple of weeks ago (she gets vaginal thrush, owwweee and she was really miserable with it this time). Hopefully we've got her on the right course of treatment after seeing the paed, luckily she was due her 12 month check up anyway so I was able to discuss it all. Diflucan only clears it intestinally and then she still gets it all over her nether regions Shame man it looks so sore He says she's unfortunately probably going to be prone to it for the rest of her life so we must always make preps everytime she has antibiotics Bit depressing especially as I still give her special probiotics everytime she has antibiotics but not much we can do, my mum has the same problem so I presume it must be genetics.

Otherwise she's doing great, she's standing alone now and I don't think it'll be too long before she's walking, looks like she's going to be on a par with Oliver, he took his first step at 13months and was walking at 14months so if she carries on as she is she'll be about the same. She's a very quick learner, with all the toys that twist and turn, push buttons you only have to show her something once and then she does it herself. Miss Independent lol. She's already trying to put shapes into the shape sorter - waaaaay ahead of Oliver there, I think he only got that sussed closer to 2 years. She gets really cross with Oliver and they have screaming matches LOL, they always BOTH want the same toy (ARGGGHHH!!!) and if she gets it she holds it tight and holds it out of his grip (LMAO) and he gets most upset and she growls at him hahaha.

Oliver is good, got a lovely report from his playgroup so I was super happy about that I'm so proud of how far he's come this year , his speech still has a long way to go but from a kid who couldn't speak at the beginning of the year he now speaks in full sentences its amazing. His pronunciation is out but hey, one step at a time. He loves his advent calendar, every morning I get wokjen up with his little face asking to open a door on his calendar...I think the chocolate inside might have something to do with it lol!

My dad arrives from the UK next week Friday, I am soooooooooooo excited to see him, its been two years since we last saw him so he has yet to meet Nina and see our new house, it'll be lovely to spend Christmas with him and spend some time together.

Really feeling the love at the moment, have 3 weeks holiday to look forward to, two happy kids, Theo and I are great, have the festive season to look forward to, getting on really well with MIL and she's doing a great job helping out with the kids when we need it, SIL is on some new special medication and is looking and feeling a lot better (we've been warmed this is the calm before the storm but hey, at least its bought her some time we didn't think she would have) so all in all life is good at the moment..the only thing that could improve things is a nice big lottery win but I suppose I'd have to actually buy a ticket in order for that to happen LOL!

So that's about it from me, I still read the posts every day even though I don't have time to reply

Hey ladies

Sorry I've been so scarce these days ... really trying to get a lot done at work and hardly finding time for logging onto moomie. I do read the mails but just no time to reply.

Nicole a belated happy birthday to you. Glad you got spoiled and hope you enjoy your holiday with K.

Mandy how are you today? Hope Jenna is staying patiently inside for a few days more.

Simone sure you're glad to finally be on maternity leave and hope you had a nice sleep in this morning. Enjoy your last few days of R&R before your little boy arrives.

Julz how are all your health issues now? Headaches, bad sleeping etc all better now I hope?

Angie hope gynae has some answers for you on Monday - not lekker to get AF twice in a month.

Christi & Zee hope you guys doing well and the babies are giving you sufficient time to rest.

Hope everyone else is good and that the kids are all well and being good.

AFM we're not closing for the festive season but that's the norm really. Things so hectic at work as usual cruise liner rush is on so one can't even tell it's festive season here luckily there is some decorations up to remind us.
I'm skipping the christmas party this year as it's this Saturday night and will be busy with family stuff over the long weekend.

Shrey is well. Really a hilarious and entertaining age. DH keeps saying Shrey looks & behaves like Mr Bean He did wake us up a couple times last week with leg pain but over that now. Probably too much running, jumping and falling over.
Seems to be pretty excited to be going to school next year so hope we don't have major drama's at drop off. I on the other hand feeling very emotional that my baby is ready for school, was reading him a letter the school sent to him and got all choked up ... yeah I am a cry baby I know lol.
We finally decided on his christmas pressie yesterday and going to get him a Wii, know it's not ideal for his age but he loves it. Will get him the usual puzzles etc as well.

Okay took me long enough to finish this message. Will chat again soon.