Oct/Nov 2008 mommies!

Morning ladies

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEA & CJ!!! HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. Nelria & Angie congrats on your gorgeous little kids turning 2.

Hello!

Just a quick pop in to say thanks for all the birthday wishes, we've had a lovely day

Its late now and I'm shattered as I slept terribly last night, think I got overtired so will catch up properly tomorrow.

Night night X x X

SIMONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sushi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

now I'm going to remind you about the lovely self saucing chocolate pudding i will be finishing off tonight LOL

No i wasn't still on the couch i promise, i had to go buy the bits i needed to make the cot insert and then i had to stop off for my weekly 28L of milk on the way home. Ha ha the lady asked me today "do you sell all this milk?" so i told her no it's for us for a week, she nearly fell on her a$$. C alone can drink 2l on a bad day, DH fills his bowl to the brim with milk over his cereal and i drink tea constantly, then also there's my preggy craving for chocolate nesquick and i usually use a litre of milk minimum if I'm making some kind of sauce for dinner. Good job i buy from fruit and veg at R4.95 per litre! but i will add F&V fizzy cold drinks are cheaper, i just picked up 3 2l bottles @ R8 each, can't believe cool drink can be cheaper than milk!

my boy is running around in my socks and they come up to his thighs very funny looking!

Simone- great news about the money!

Nicole- i hope K is o.k.

C has been tons better today so I'm hoping for a good night!

yay 1 more day and it's back to the gynae on friday. Suppose i should get on with fixing the cot insert.

Nicole shame...I really hope K is okay!

Also cant wait to get home and see my family. And its wednesday...which means its half price sushi...wanna see if G is interested in going! lol Um what did I say about not blowing the money??? But its half price sushi! Who could resist???

Ally I've read that before..very sweet.

Angie good luck!I'm sure it'll all work out;-)

Angie you know how it feels about getting cash! I was saying I have so many holes to plug!! But I am so grateful the money came now. We arent in such a bad place that it all gets swallowed, but not so good that we can blow it on holidays and stuff.

Mandy I actually want to buy that book. The day I saw it on Oprah and Addy was still tiny or I dont even think I had her yet I said I wanna get that book.

Luckily she loves veggies and eats it everyday. I take the good with the bad...she loves good things and she loves bad things...but the good far outweigh the bad in my opinion and a treat or sip here and there wont hurt her. That's just how I feel.

Wonder if Vix is still on the couch with her scones???? lol

Julz...Dylan doesnt like dark fluids?? these kids are strange with their fussiness...but its cute.

Oh Mandy..going shopping tomorrow for my um..sleep wear! lol

No jokes though...my husband is grabbing me constantly! I told him if he doesnt stop I'm going to start pigging out to put on weight! I mean really now...If i reach goal weight he'll be on my case every darn day! lol.

wow Ally stunning and so true, i to have tears in my eyes now.

Simone yay about the money - awesome

Angie the best of luck xxx

We also do not give K any fizzy cooldrinks or anything that we belive he shouldnt have. I dont belive you need to stop enjoying the things you can have though because of that reason. When K was sick funny enough i took flat coke and put it in his cup and he refused it.

looking forward to home time and seeing my naughty boy, praying that he has been ok today and not developing the flu or anything.

I just had to share this e-mail...I'm still in tears.. lol

Being a mother
>
> We are sitting at lunch when my daughter
> casually mentions that she and her husband are thinking of 'starting a
> family.'
> 'We're taking a survey,' she says, half-joking. 'Do you think I should have
> a baby?'
>
> 'It will change your life,' I say, carefully keeping my tone neutral.
> 'I know,' she says, 'no more sleeping in on weekends, no more spontaneous
> vacations....'
> But that is not what I meant at all.
>
> I look at my daughter, trying to decide what to tell her. I want her to know
> what
> she will never learn in childbirth classes. I want to tell her that the
> physical
> wounds of child bearing will heal, but that becoming a mother will
> leave her with an emotional wound so raw that she will forever be
> vulnerable.
> I consider warning her that she will never again read a newspaper
> without asking 'What if that had been MY child?'
> That every plane crash, every house fire will haunt her. That when she sees
> pictures of starving children, she will wonder if anything could be worse
> than watching your child die.
>
> I look at her carefully manicured nails and
> stylish suit and think that no matter how sophisticated she is,
> becoming a mother will reduce her to primitive level of a
> bear protecting her cub.
> That an urgent call of 'Mom!' will cause her to drop a soufflé or her best
> crystal without a moment's hesitation. I feel I should warn her that
> no matter how many years she has invested in her career, she will
> be professionally derailed by motherhood.
>
> She might arrange for child care but
> one day she will be going into an important business meeting and she will
> Think of her baby's sweet smell. She will have to use every ounce of her
> Discipline to keep her from running home, just to make sure her baby is all
> right.
>
> I want my daughter to know that everyday decisions will no longer be
> routine. That a five year old boy's desire to go to the men's room rather
> than the women's at McDonald's will become a major dilemma.
> That right there, in the midst of clattering trays and screaming children,
> issues of independence and gender identity will be weighed against
> the prospect that a child molester may be lurking in that rest-room.
> However she may be at the office, she will second-guess herself
> constantly as a mother. Looking at my attractive daughter, I want to assure
> her that eventually she will shed the pounds of pregnancy, but she will
> never feel the same about herself.
> That her life, now so important, will be of less value to her once she has a
> child.
> That she would give it up in a moment to
> save her offspring, but will also begin to hope for more years -
> not to accomplish her own dreams, but to watch her child accomplish theirs.
>
> I want her to know that a Cesarean scar or shiny stretch marks will
> become badges of honor. My daughter's relationship with her husband will
> change,
> but not in the way she thinks..
> I wish she could understand how much more you can
> love a man who is careful to powder the baby or who never hesitates to play
> with his child.
> I think she should know that she will fall in love with him again for
> reasons she
> would now find very unromantic.
>
> I wish my daughter could sense the bond she will feel
> with women throughout history who have tried to stop war, prejudice and
> drunk driving. I hope she will understand why I can think rationally
> about most issues, but become temporarily insane when I discuss the
> threat of nuclear war to my children's future.
>
> I want to describe to my daughter the
> exhilaration of seeing your child learn to ride a bike.
>
> I want to capture for her the belly laugh of a baby who is
> touching the soft fur of a dog or a cat for the first time.
>
> I want her to taste the joy that is so real, it actually hurts.
> My daughter's quizzical look makes me realize that tears have
> formed in my eyes.
> ' You'll never regret it,' I finally say.
>
> Then I reach across the table, squeeze my daughter's hand and offer a silent
>
> prayer for her, and for me, and for all of the mere mortal women who stumble
> their way
> into this most wonderful of callings.
>
> This blessed gift from God!
> Being a Mother.
>
> Please share this with a Mom that you know or all of your
> Girlfriends who may someday be moms.