Feb-May 2011 Mommies

hi ladies

merry Christmas Eve!!!!! We are opening our gifts tonight, although I already know everything DH has bought me since I was with him at the time!!

Joli - what a day I hope everything gets better and that your Christmas turns out well. MIL always feel sorry for their poor sons who work...AARRGG

Lucy - hope your sister has arrived safely!

EmsMom - enjoy Christmas!!!!!!!!!!! I know how much you love parties and celebrations Hope you get lots of nice photos of Em opening all her gifts!!

Cath - I know what you mean about it feeling unreal about us having babies. I actually still dont feel like I'm really having a baby that will be with me every day and that is mine!!

Schatsie enjoy your leave!!!!!

Kimika I hope your little doggy will be fine. I totally understand about him being your baby (my cats are my life!!) please let us know if you hear anything.
Don't stress about the bacteria. it is easily fixed with the antibiotics and the exact reason why you had the swab in the first place as generally you have that bacteria with no symptoms. and without treatment it's dangerous for baby at birth. so just take the antibiotics and all will be well

We have already visited all the regions nearby in this town so not much more to do really!!! And unfortunately next year my mom is moving back to Australia so I wont be able to do 1 week here and 1 week with her.

nothing much to report. we are doing Christmas tonight with DH's one sister. they want to go to church but his mom and BIL dont want to go and now I dont know if I should go with DH or stay home with the in laws?! Then tomorrow we do another dinner with the same sister and I think his dad is coming. then sunday we do ANOTHER meal with both his sisters, his dad and I think his uncle who married us. oh and apparently we are not religiously married according to french law. so now we are sorting that out next week. we have already had 4 ceremonies!!!!!! a civil marriage, a church wedding (this was suppose to make our marriage religiously recognised here), our proper wedding and another ceremony here in france for those who couldnt come to SA.

anyway - have a wonderful christmas everyone and hope you all get spoilt rotten!!!!!!!! yippee!!!!!!

oh yes and I really hope there isnt as much snow in Paris next weekend or I wont be able to fly home!!!!!!!

Shoo - was not expecting so many posts!! Awesome though

Joli - If I was you I would have spent the day in tears. What a nightmare day .......... I really hope it gets better soon for you. Thanks for the reminder about christmas belly pics!!

Kimika - I am so sorry about your doggie. That is awful. I hope he gets better soon You also look like you having a hard time. Rest up and take care of that infection and yourself. Don't worry about things like your bag just yet!! Oh and I never had an internal and my bra's did arrive ..... top class, very happy. Posted info a couple of posts ago if you keen

Cath - Don't think my back is up to midnight mass this year as we have a carol service first so about 2 1/2 hours long in total. I will probably go early tomorrow morning.

Schatsie - Your lovely new bathroom will be worth the mess. Hope it is done in time for tomorrow!

Meags - What a shocker about your car. Hope they do have the details for you. I agree with K insist on a day trip somewhere. It will be fun to explore new and foreign areas.

Emsmom - There is no end to your energy and creativity, love it!! Hope you get Santa's biscuits done Can't wait to see those precious pouty lips.

Merry Christmas to all you special Ladies!!! I hope you have a fabulous time with family and friends.

Morning my Christmas fairies!

How are you all? Cant believe its Christmas tomorrow! Need to make some cookies for Santa today.

Joli hon, I hope you're doing ok, and that after Christmas there is a little more calmness in your life.

Kimika, with Em I didn't pack my bags till like 36weeks, even though I had gone into labour at 31 weeks... the way I feel is that the hospital provides most of what you need anyways and DH can always take the 10min trip home to fetch what else I need
Really hope your staffie gets better soon, not at all nice when your babies (and yes animals are your babies too) get sick.

Meags, I agree with Joli, you really do need more food than that for supper! Hope you come right with the car when back in SA.

Schatsie, hope all is finished in time for Christmas, and I am sure you will have a wonderful one!

Cath, have a wonderful Christmas and enjoy mass tonight, I havent done midnight mass since my gran passed, as I always went with her.

Oh Joli, yes I still want to do natural, will push out up to 5kg, no more than that...

AFM, Em with Mat having a blast at his work, I'm sitting watching my tummy move.. with the fan on, even though its raining...
I will post pics of baby as soon as DH has scanned them in.

Doing Christmas even dinner with the family at my in-laws (my folks also join) and I've got to do starters, which actually DH is going to do
And then I need to make a pudding for lunch tomorrow with the big family at my folks. So I'm doing a mango pudding, which is always nice. And easy to make...
Date night was nice last night, DH has been craving fillet with beronaise sauce, so took him to a resturant I know serves it.
Then we sat wrapping gifts and watching The Hogfather till we ran out of wrapping paper...

Anyways, I hope all of you have the most wonderful Christmas!

Kimika

I have no bag either and today if it goes with what gynae said re 18th Feb (and this could change!) it's 8 weeks to go! My mom is just going to HAVE TO come stay the first week! First to get Christmas shopping done (still not fniished) then can concentrate on little one.

We listened to such beautiful christmas carols this morning and I couldn't help crying with gratitude with all that God has blessed us with. It's just still amazing to me that dh and I (thruogh God's Grace) have conceived a child, and he's already grown as he is and moving around, happily, I like to think! So am just very grateful and feel very blessed!

Joli, sorry about the tough time at home, it must be VERY tough so many demands to juggle and then with Megan oh goodness, by the time your little one comes, you'll be WELL able for it after working so hard now! Sounds like you're doing amazingly well but totally normal to be irritated. Thinking of you.

Merry Christmas everyone else!! We're going to midnight mass (how will I stay up til then LOL!) and doing last minute shopping with the family this PM (every year it happens - HOW?!?!?!? LOL! Tomorrow we're with the whole family love this time of year! Next year this time we'll have our lo's with us amazing hey!? Really it's still all rather unreal for me!

Merry Christmas!

Much Love
Cath
x

Good morning girls

Well today is finally my last day of work before a week's leave. I wouldn't have taken anything since I'm a contractor i.e. no work no pay nad I have to save up for the 3 months when I won't be working/earning for baby's arrival, but we have a compulsory week's closure.

Kimika I'm also going for my next gynae visit/scan on the 3rd. And then I think I will go for the 3d the week thereafter, which will be week 25.

Not much else to tell except that DH is still tiling our front bathroom - he started on Monday already so it has been a house of dust all week. It's been rather annoying, because he is such a perfectionist so it goes very slowly, but he should hopefully get done today and then clean it before my family comes over for Xmas tomorrow.

Luckily he went shopping for all the ingredients for tomorrow's lunch yesterday, so it saves me from having to go to a shop again today!! So for that I'm extremely grateful!!!

I will probably only sign in again after Xmas, so I wish you all and your families a lovely Xmas!

Anyways after my complaints let me say HI to all of you. Welcome back Kimika he he. Shame hope your doggie is OK. You must ask your gynae - maybe it is something more serious re your tiredness. Hope the infection is not serious? Don't worry Kimika - I also did pack anything yet and still need a lot of stuff for the baby as well.

Meags shame man - you must tell DH that you need proper food for the baby! Even if you guys go out to buy. Why can't you go and explore the city with DH and go for dinner on your own etc.?? Sorry about your car - hope you get to find out who it was. DH was supposed to fetch that cupboard yesterday, which he didn't so I am not sure when he will - maybe next week.

Lucy - glad your sister will make it. I really hope my sister will make it for my birth. Really want her there.

EmsMom - seems like your baby will be big hey. Are you still up for natural with a big baby?

Kimika I think maybe Baby B is lying side ways cause I'm also sitting a lot with the editing of the pics? I'm not sure. Will have to get time to get back to gym to do some more walking and swimming etc. I'm dreading a c-section! But Megan only turned very late - after 36 weeks so I'm not very very concerned right now.

To the rest of you - hope your babbas are all well and that you all get time to have a nice rest.

Have an awesome Christmas ladies, lots of love and remember to take some pics of those belllies on Christmas day! Mwah.

Morning ladies. Hope you are all well. Ai I'm not sure how I am going to get through today and tonight. Pls keep me in your prayers and thoughts! Last night I was just tired, tired, tired and then hubby and I had a fight as well. I sometimes just feel that I can't cope with it all and like he doesn't understand. He has left each morning early and came back late each night - for work, but still - I've also got work to do. And I had to look after his sister's child as well, cook, clean, do washing, get all the stuff ready for lunch with all his family today and tomorrow, buy gifts - he only bought gifts for Dorcas, her 2 kids and his sister after I asked him and he then complained about it! Between alll this I've managed to edit 6 shoots this week! I've asked him to collect my cozzie - more than once - from the spa we went to a while ago as we forgot it there, and then yesterday was the last day we could collect - and they were only there until 6 and then he called after 5 to tell me that he won't be able to make it as he was still with a client so Dorcas has left already and I had to go fetch it with all 3 kids! I was so pissed. And then by the time I got home, he was home already!!! And now I'm the one not understanding what he goes through! And his mom keeps carrying on about how hard poor Benji is working and blah blah blah and that he really needs a holiday etc. etc. So anyways we were fighting so I only gave the kids supper and then he came and made his own supper and then cleaned up after himself and washed his own dishes - but now I am even more pissed because he has left all the other stuff including the kids dishes - so what now - must I clean my stuff and the kids and he will just clean all his own stuff! He has not helped with any of the preparation for today.

Anyways so I've told you ladies before how Megan gets at times - when she's upset she throws tantrums like I promise you you have never seen before. She's totally losing it - and you can't get near her. She gets a funny look in her eyes and you can see that she is not registering what's going on around her. She will run around the room screaming with blank eyes and then lay down somewhere and just scream and if you try to pick her up or talk to her it will start all over. Anyways yesterday I caught Dorcas wiping Megan's bum with a floor cloth!!! Well that's another story - so I think M has got another infection cause she's been weeing in her pants the whole day yesterday and then last night the mosquitos were biting her so she had about 6 bites on her which were itchy and she wouldn't let me help her put something on - she was carrying on and eventually wee'd in her pants again so I told hubby to help me hold her - I took her clothes off and then tried to put Calpol down her mouth which she was spitting all over the place, kicking and screaming and I then told Benji to take her to the bathroom and I sprayed her with water. We took her out and just left her and then she jumped back into the bath lying in the cold water for a couple of minutes and then started to put a bit more water in - cold! I sat on the toilet there and then told her she must tell me when she wants to get out - I also put some lavendar in the water and after a while a she calmed down and asked my husband to bath with her - it was now 23h00! Then it took her about another hour to eventually fall asleep! Gosh I'm tired and I can't sleep late as I can't sleep when it's day - the rest of the family is still sleeping!