How was everyones Christmas?

Haha Amy & Leash sounds like the girls are all the same and nope no manners have arrived yet. Eva has just started saying 'Mummy' rather than Mumma. It is sooo funny but its 1000 times a day so it is a little bit tiring.

Yep I am having c-section Amy. I am booked in for the 23rd Jan (Friday) so two weeks this week. It has been a totally different pregnancy and I keep thinking my waters are going to break any minute as I feel so much pressure down there. I am bigger too (so everyone likes to tell me) and the baby kicks non stop.

Leash, how did your move go??
Our house is on the market and I hope we sell soon (not looking forward to doing open houses with a newborn and a toddler).

We are setting up Evas big bed tonight (it is purple and white with diamantes lol but sooo cute). I think she will stay in the portacot for a while yet but its more that she gets used to her new room and the baby having all her old furniture.

Hope everyone is doing well x

Hi everyone

Wow Nina I cant believe you only have such a short time to go now! You'll have to post and let us know how you go with Evas big girls bed. Im not sure when we'll move Emma into a new bed but I'll definitely wait until we've moved into our house and let her get settled there.

The move went well thanks but it was pretty tiring. I cant believe I had to move again while pregnant, thankfully we wont be doing that again. We are still living with Mum & Dad while the renovations happen and it all seems to be going well and to schedule which is good.

Well make sure you pop back in and let us know how you're feeling before you go in to have the bub. Have you got names picked yet, or are you keeping them secret?

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Cant wait to hear your news Nina!

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Hi Girls
Well baby no. 2 has arrived! It still feels surreal that I am a mother of two but all is going really well (and I am so glad the pregnancy is over as it was getting tough to the end).
I had a little boy on the 23rd of January and we named him Harry Edward.
Eva has been fantastic with him and so far he is being a dream baby (although I am still having trouble adjusting to 'willies'.

How are the other pregnancies going??
Leash are you still renovating ?
Amy are you going for no.2 anytime soon?

saw your gorgeous pics Nina Congrats again.

@ willies. I found with my nephew, always chuck a facewasher or cloth wipe over it when changing their nappy

TTC #2 is on hold till March and hopefully we will be able to start then. Was supposed to be this cycle, but hubby has to have blood tests done and wait to be given the all clear before we can start.

Congrats Nina that is such fantastic news! Hope everything is going well.

Yep we're still renovating and have now decided to just borrow a little more money and finish everything off so we're completely done before bub arrives.

Well make sure you keep posting lots of pics x

congrats nina on Harry's arrival.

bubble is cooking away nicely - I'm a bit over the pregnancy at the moment though. I know it's all worth it... th ehappy hormones just haven't kicked in yet LOL

should add:

Hannah is going really well. we're a biut worried because she hasn't had a growth spurt since September, but she's stacking on the weight so she's bound to have one soon

It's been so beautiful the last week or so. Hannah's been really into singing and can get the tune (and some of the words) and the actions to twinkle twinkle, row your boat, incy wincy spider, open shut them and 3 little ducks she can also say her whole name.. with a bit of prompting

hope everyone is doing well

Hi Girls

How is everyone going?
How is Harry settling in Nina?
Jess are you feeling the happy hormones yet?
I had my 19 week scan last week which was all good thankfully, I still keep forgetting that Im pregnant all the time though.
We thought Emma may have had glue ear and I was panicking because they said she'd need an operation to put grommets in. Thankfully once we saw the specialist he said that her ears are fine now and he actually thinks its probably been her 2 year molars playing up. I dont think shes actually getting them just yet but maybe they are on the move?

no, they missed me with Hannah too
I am however feeling really heavy! and HOT - I can't seem to keep cool.

wow, no-one's been in here for a while so I thought I'd see how everyone is going?

Just thought i'd pop my head in briefly, and say g'day.



We've had our gorgeous bubba Olly, at home, magnificent birth



Con's a monkey, into everything, and chatting constantly.



CAn't believe how all these jolly july juniors are growing up!! LOOK AT KEELY !!

Hey stranger (and everyone else of course!)

Congratulations again on the arrival of Olly! I'm sure you're busier than ever, especially with all your new business ventures on top of it all, but I also bet you're happier than ever too.

How's all our pregnant ladies fairing?

As for Miss Keely, you're right, she's growing rapidly. If you haven't seen this thread (or on Facebook), here's her recent photo shoot with RachLee:

http://community.i-do.com.au/index.php?sho...=131694&hl=

She has an evil sense of humour (probably got it from me! ) and amongst the many things that make us laugh, the funniest would be this:
We introduced her to 'tickles' and now she thinks she is the tickle queen. Even if you're on the other side of a street to her she will hold out her hand, move her fingers around with a big grin on her face and say 'ticka! ticka! ticka!' and expect you to jump!

thats so cute gayle. H is into tickles too.. I was *naughty* and introduced her to 'stacks on' now whenever C is on the floor in the lounge she goes and jumps on him with all her might

Hi Keira nice to hear from you again, you'll have to post some pics for us
Hi everyone else too!
Emma has also discovered tickles and just loves it. She lays on her belly and pulls her top up and says "tick, tick" until we tickle her. She also recently discovered that she has nipples. We were in stitches, she was in Mum & Dads loungeroom after her bath and she found them. She kept saying "whats that, whats that" then she realised she had another on the other side. She must have fiddled about for 15 minutes, we got some video to tease her with when shes older
Bub number 2 is cooking along nicely. I have my glucose test on Friday, cant believe Im already 26 weeks. For those on Facebook you'll know my frustration at our house still not being finished but at least we should have a couple of months in there before bub arrives.
I loved those photos of Keely, they were so great. Im trying to talk my brother into taking some of Emma for us, hes a fantastic photographer.
Well hope everyone is well, hope you're feeling OK with this pregnancy Jess.
Talk soon

Bahahahaha! Poor thing when that video gets dragged out! That's just hilarious!

Jess, I will have to remember not to introduce stacks on. I predict I will end up the loser of that game eventually!

Glad to hear everyone is progressing well.

Gayle, wanted to say another HUGE congrats!!
another july (june) mumma to be expecting

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hope everyone had a good easter. we took H to the zoo
when we were watching the hippos I overheard peole saying how adorable she was, cause she was pointing and going "water pepo (ie hippo) - splash!"

Thanks Jess. We'd been trying for a while so we are just over the moon. Now if only I can get Keely to stop bouncing on my belly for fun!

Too cute about Hannah's sentences. We've yet to plan a zoo outing but I really should get onto it if Hannah's any indication of how much kids love it.

Gayle I get what you mean about the belly bouncing.. I've had to be quite stern with H as its starting to hurt, and move bubble out of position!

The zoo really was great we went to the childrens section forst and she pet a potoroo and a kangaroo and a deer - didn't like the sheep though
we got some great photos too. it will be our only family 'holiday' before the family expands

Ummmm....photos please! We all have to see how gorgeous Miss Hannah is these days me thinks!

okay.. just 'coz you asked so nicely

here she is making sure we don't forget to take her



here she is watching the hippos


finishing her lunch before the lion feed began


patting the potoroo (she was a little apprehensive at first LOL


and finally, my big grown-up girl with some kangaroos

Awww, she is just BEAUTIFUL! Look at those curls too, it's enough to melt your heart!

I love the backpack too. We've got a cow one for Keely and it is the biggest lifesaver!

for sure Gayle!! although I must admit I sometimes feel like its a 'leash' rather than a tether LOL pulling her back into line like I do my dalmation
it was funny though.. we've had so many people comment on the harness "o-oh, got a monkey on your back?! not supposed to happen 'til you're older" type comments

and thankyou for her compliment.
C and I STILL say to each other.. how did we create THAT?! LMAO

Congrats Gayle!! Such fantastic news
Nice to hear from you too Bek, glad the kids are doing well. And I read on your Facebook that your arm is a little better too, thats good.
Jess I think we're going to take Emma to the zoo soon too. Sounds like great fun!
Well we are FINALLY moving into our house this weekend! I cant believe how long its taken but at least we're almost there now.
Glad everyone is doing so well. We'll have to do a few updated pics of the kiddies. I'll come back and post a couple later x