Happy Anniversary!!!!

It's my 6th wedding anniversary today. And i'm pretty uninspired as to what to write. lol

37 weeks and counting.........



My belly needs it's own postcode. :(

So who wants to guess how big this baby will be?? lol

The baby has turned!!!!!!

That is all :)

Move baby, MOVE!!!!!!

I'm 36 weeks! YAY! At the end of this week i'm considered full term. I can't tell you how much i love that. This is almost over. But not over without some drama. I went for my 36 week antenatal clinic appointment at the hospital. The Dr was really nice. Checked my last blood test and GCT - all perfect. BP -perfect. Time to feel the tummy. hmmmmmm that feels like a head up there ABOVE my belly button. Sure enough - baby is breech!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Is Nicholas the only one of my children that has read the book and knows how he's supposed to sit in the womb??? If you didn't know, Ethan was a malpositioned baby and i had trouble birthing him. Now a breech baby?! *sigh* So i was given the option of going in to get him turned by the dr (done at 38 weeks) or i could just book in for an elective c section at 39 weeks. A c-section to me is a LAST resort so i opted to have him turned. Tomorrow i go in for an ultrasound to check how big he is (i bet he's gotta be 7lbs already ;) ) and to check fluid levels and some other stuff to see if turning him is a good option. The Dr thought i was the perfect candidate since my placenta is in the back and i've had babies before.....those stretched out muscles are good for something.

So since last wednesday when we found out i've been trying to get this baby to turn on his own. Which means i've spent alot of time with my bum in the air. I've played him music and shined the torch way down low to encourage him to 'come into the light'. Babies apparently like music and light ok, i'm not just weird! Graham and i have both been telling him he needs to move.

So tomorrow is the big day. I HOPE he's turned. He's been moving alot in the last couple of days and things feel different but that could just be wishful thinking on my part.

To be continued....

Woe is Me

Yeah, i know, i'm a complete whinger. But seriously, other then having the wonderful squishy baby at the end of it, why would anyone choose to be pregnant? And why am i doing this for the third time?? I must be crazy. As you can tell i don't exactly enjoy being pregnant. The 9 mths of sickness, the muscle pain, the constipation (yeah, that was pleasant), the varicose veins, the breathlessness, the dizziness, the restless legs, the insomnia, the exhaustion, the feeling-like-crap-all-day feeling, the backache, the tailbone ache, the sore hips, the swollen feet and last but not least the wonderful feeling that the baby is trying to claw his way out through my cervix.....with an ice pick.

But the good news is that i am 31 weeks today! I am counting down the next 6 weeks because at 37 weeks this baby get his eviction notice. At 37 weeks out comes the evening primrose oil, the clary sage oil, the accupressure and lots of walking and praying. Last time i did the shopping to try and help my contractions along. The check out woman thought i was going to have the baby right there! I had Nicholas the next day so i highly recommend going to Woolies when you need to get some contractions going. I have had both my boys early(39 weeks) so i'm hoping for the same result this time. And they were 9lbs and 9lbs 6.5oz so going overdue SCARES me!

I'm really looking forward to the actual birth. I wish i could have a home birth but Graham won't be in on it. I want to try and go as natural as possible this time...with maybe a little of the happy gas ;) Unfortunately my hospital only has showers so i don't get to have the waterbirth i would like but nevermind.

My boys are really looking forward to seeing the baby too. Ethan has felt the baby kick a few times now and he gets all excited. Nicholas LOVES babies and just wants to hold it now but i keep telling him that he needs to grow a bit bigger. lol I can't wait to see their faces when they come and visit for the first time at the hospital.

We have no idea what we are going to call this little munchkin. Ethan suggested Gate Opener but we have finally convinced him that that really isn't a proper name. I like 2 names but Graham doesn't like them and every other name doesn't seem to fit. I guess we will decide when we see him :)

Well, that's enough rambling for today. I'll leave you with my most recent belly shot. :)

And trust me, it's going to get a hell of a lot bigger! lol

Time goes so fast! Ethan is 5 today. So 5 years ago, right now, i was in pain. Alot of pain. lol I went into labour at 1.30am on the 17th of February 2004. He was born after a lot of hassel at 6.33pm. I think that was the longest day of my life. I was so glad he was out though, i cried when i saw him for the first time and he had my chin. Unfortunately i didn't get to hold him until the next day because he was in Special Care because they were worried about his breathing and he had a huge lump on his head because he had to be born with help of the vaccum. Even though he was 9lbs, he was so tiny.

It hasn't been an easy 5 years. We had a rough start Ethan and I but i'm so glad he's a part of our family. He can be such a good boy and is always making us laugh. :)

Me 8 mths pregnant. This is the only photo i have of me at the end of my pregnancy.

Ethan and daddy at the hospital


At home

And now some cute pics of him over the last 5 years. :)

Aunty Kiki made this hat :)

Ethan and my dad. This photo is special to me because my dad passed away not long after.

1st Birthday

2nd Birthday - also the day i found out i was pregnant with Nicholas :) I felt really sick but had to pretend not to be. lol

He got a chalk board off my mum.

3rd birthday - we had a bbq in the park

He couldn't decide between a Nemo cake or a train one so i made both! lol

4th Birthday - he had a Pirate Party. He was Captain Feathersword

First day of Prep! 27th January 2009. He was so excited. He's doing really well at school.

January 2009 - Underwater World

5th Birthday

They are just so cute together! I wish they didn't fight so much. lol

Almost Christmas.....

It's almost Christmas and i'm almost ready for it. I've got Graham and the kids presents all done. Just have to wrap the kids. So then i've just got to buy the food *drool* i'm doing ham. I thought i might forego the turkey this year. They are so expensive! We have the tree up, well 2 of them. lol And all the lights on the house.

I'm 21.5 weeks pregnant now and still sick. It's a serious pain. I don't know why it's lasting this long. I'm guessing i will be sick the whole entire time. It will be a relief to not be pregnant anymore.

OK so i promised photos of Nicholas's birthday. I can't believe he's 2. He's just so cute. I made a duck cake and Ethan insisted that he wanted a pussy cat cake so i made both. lol Nicholas didn't want me to cut the ducky so we ended up eating the cat on his birthday and the duck the next day...when he wasn't so attached to it. lol

I also turned 14 weeks on Sunday. YAY for the second trimester. I sure hope it's better then the first. Here's a pic -

Those are my new maternity pants - size 12! Those 5kgs i lost came in handy. lol i never would have thought i could fit into a size 12 pair. That makes me happy. I know its dumb but whatever. lol

5 weeks to go until we find out if i'm having a boy or a girl. It's no secret that i want a girl...of course i wanted Nicholas to be a girl but i would't swap him. So while i may cry if it's another boy i'm sure it will work out just fine. :)

I apologise for my absence. Nothing much happens here and plus i've been sick as a dog. You see i'm pregnant again. Almost 12 weeks. Bring on the second trimester!!! Hyperemesis sucks alot. Big time! It has robbed me of the last 2 months and i'm hoping it will leave sometime soon. Though i am feeling heaps better and am not throwing up all the time now - only twice a day. I can sort of handle that. I've lost 5kgs and i feel pretty horrible still but it will pass...it will pass.

Nicholas is going to be turning 2 on Sunday. I'll post some cute pics of him then. Ethan keeps insisting his birthday is today, he's just excited to give Nicholas his presents. lol

Happy Anniversary!!!!

It's our 5th wedding anniversary today! :) We were married at 12pm on Saturday 26th April 2003 in the Sydney Australia Temple. It rained a little but thats supposed to be good luck, right? For our reception we had a picnic on the temple grounds with our family and a couple of friends. Alot of changes have taken place since that day. Lots of good stuff and some bad too but i'm glad to be with Graham and hopefully he'll keep me forever and i mean, if it wasn't for him i wouldn't have my 2 beautiful boys. So he's good for something ;)

OK so i just recently reconnected with a high school friend and i wanted to show her some pics of what i've been doing over the past few years so here are some pics. Enjoy!

Wedding day - 26th April 2003

8 mths pregnant with Ethan. Jan 2004

Ethan born 17th Feb 2004 weighing 9lbs.

Ethan now

October 2006 - 37 weeks pregnant with Nicholas. He was born 2 weeks later. I was HUGE!

Nicholas born 12th October 2006 weighing 9lbs 6.5oz. Very easy birth considering how big he was. lol

Nicholas now - he'll grow some hair eventually. lol

Both boys - Christmas Day 2007

Us

My hair is short now though...it looks something like this

Scrap happy!

Everyone knows that scrapbooking is of the devil right? First you get lured in because you like your photos to look all pretty. Then you start discovering stores all over town that have cool scrapbooking supplies that you just have to check out and which you inevitably spend hundreds of dollars in. Sucked in i tell you! And don't get me started on the sales! Actually i usually only buy stuff if they are on sale because otherwise they are usually as dear as poison. I've spent a few years scrapbooking now and then. I love making cards and invitations mostly although i have started Ethans scrapbook. Yeah, i've done like 3 or 4 pages. *cough* loser *cough*. The kid is 4 next month and i've only done that much. sheesh, i'm lame.

Anyhow then a friend....who we'll call Kristie...because thats her name, introduced me to digital scrapbooking. Holy addiction Batman! It's so easy - download some templates, download some free kits and whala! scrapbook page!!
Well it does take a bit more effort on my part but it's super fun and addictive. So in the last couple of weeks i've done what it took me a couple of years to do by hand, you know with real paper and stuff. lol I'm in love although i'm guessing that eventually i'm going to run out of free downloads and i'm going to have to pay up.

I think i have to credit the people who i got the downloads from before i go and post them on here, so i'll figure that out and then post them.

A Happy New Year

Last year was the year from hell. I never thought it would end but it did and i'm glad. We had a great Christmas and a very uneventful New Years. We have a few exciting events planned for this year -

1. Ethans' birthday is next month. He's 4. How did my baby get to be 4??? He's growing up waaaay too fast, he's already acting like a teenager, how am i going to cope when he actually becomes one?!
2. Our 5th wedding anniversary in April - 5 whole years. wow.
3. Our trip to the US in September!!! I'm HUGELY excited about this. HUGELY!!
4. My 30th Birthday in October. Yes, i'm quietly freaking out at the thought of turning 30 but then again so is dh since he won't be married to a young chicky babe anymore. lol I am hoping to have a big party. You are all invited of course ;)

Oh and sometime in the next year i hope to have another baby. I don't know when. I'm not in a hurry really but yeah, sometime soon before i get too old and wrinkly would be nice.

One years old today!!!!



My stats

Age: 12 months
Weight: 8.8kgs
Heights: 72cm
Hair colour: Blonde
Eye colour: Blue
Complextion: Fair

My favourite activity: Walking, climbing, playing chase, eating, playing in the garden
My least favourite activity: sleeping
My favourite foods: banana, yoghurt, spaghetti bolognase, chicken, potato, chocolate
My least favourite food: olives
My favourite drink: breastmilk and water
Most exciting thing i've done this year: Went to a Brisbane Lions AFL match.
Things i've learned this year: smiling, rolling over, sitting up, crawling, walking, wrapping my mummy and daddy around my little finger.

Happy Birthday Nicholas!!!

I'm baaack!!

I'm sure noone reads my blog anymore and thats fine, i guess. It was always nice to see comments and people stopping by in the early days when i used to blog regularly and i had something to say. I guess there is a season for everything and i think i maybe ready to come back from the dead, so to speak.

Alot has happened since June when i blogged last time. I guess i will just go over the main points of interest....

1. My baby is walking. Nicholas turns 1 later this month and i can't believe it. He's the most gorgeous thing ever, though he gets sick alot. So different from Ethan. They are like night and day.

2. I finally got a wedding ring. It's about time my dh made an honest woman out of me ;)

3. I got 3rd in a photographic competition. For this photo -


I was pretty darn excited i can tell you. I won a $100 store credit, which i bought photo frames with.

4. My garden is growing. I have lettuce, carrots, peas, onions, brussel sprouts, capsicum and a pumpkin growing. I'm so pleased with my efforts and i'm looking forward to harvesting!! oh well, i grew radishes and harvested them but they didn't grow very big. We don't have a lot of water so i think thats the reason.

5. My dh got a promotion. YAY!!!

6. Ethan is completely toilet trained including nights. BIG relief i can tell you(pardon the pun ;)). I am loving not having to buy 2 lots of nappies.

7. It's springtime!!! I love spring. All the flowers are out and the air just smells wonderful. But it's getting hot. Which i don't really like that much.

8. I got my drivers license. Yep, finally at the grand old age of 28 years 11 months. It took me 3 flippin' times to get it though. And i'm not sure how many weird looks i got when i said i wanted to try for my LEARNERS...at least 6 i think. So i'm old, get used to it! I can't drive by myself yet....i have to drive supervised for a year. So dh has a whole year to teach me. Maybe he should take out the life insurance i've been bugging him about.

9. I'm clucky. I don't mind admitting it. Everytime i see a newborn baby i whine to dh that 'i want another baaaabyyyyyyyyy' and then pout. Oh well, next year maybe when i've had a full night sleep and can't remember what morning sickness is like.

10. I've lost heaps of weight this year. Ok so not HEAPS heaps but like 8kg heaps. Still at least 5 or 6 or 7 to go. When i finally do it i'll post my before and after pics so the whole world can see what a huge fatty i was and what a hot babe i am at the end. ;) ahhhh yeah, right. lol

I'll be back to blog more often. When something exciting happens. :)

Sorry, who would have thought that having 2 kids would take up so much time. I rarely have time for blogging anymore.

Peek-a-boo!!


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I feel a little overwhelmed but at the same time relief. We have moved house. Just another rental but a better one. That is the relief. I am so happy with this house. It is nice and pleasant to live in. Since i have to be at home 24/7 i should at least get to live somewhere nice, right? Moving has been a hassel though. Real Estates are the pits. And it looks like we won't get all our bond back because we put holes in the lino when we were moving our ruddy big heavy glass dining table. Stupid thing. We bought a new one and gave the old one to Vinnies. We have had a few hassels with our new place - blocked pipes, running toilet and i can't use the laundry tubs yet...should be fixed soon i hope. Oh yeah.....and the plumber said he couldn't find our house(after waiting for him to come for 2 flippin weeks).....then turned up at 7pm to fix the blocked sewage pipes. That was yesterday after i noticed a horrible smell coming from the vent out the back. ewwwww.

Our house is still a mess but i'm getting to it a bit at a time. Its hard when you have a clingy baby that cries everytime i put him down or leaves his sight. Luckily my mum has been coming over and helping out heaps. She takes the kids and amuses them while i do some work. Still doesn't look like i've done anything at the end of the day....slowly slowly though. I will do it! Eventually. This century. Maybe.

My babies are growing up

Our video camera just came back from repairs so i was watching our old videos from when Ethan was a baby. Its amazing how much he's grown and changed. I mean he is 3 afterall. lol but it just amazes me. The baby on the screen just doesn't seem to be the same little terror i now have. He was so cute with his little black mullet hair-do and dimples. Thankfully he no longer has a mullet and its no longer black. I do miss those dimples though. Of course he's still as cheeky as hell but sometimes in an annoying 3 year old way instead of a cute baby way. lol

Nicholas is growing up too. He's 5mths old in a few days. 5 MONTHS! wow it just seems like yesterday that i found out i was pregnant. It was actually 1 year ago on the 17th February that i found out i was pregnant. He was both a planned baby and a surprise. I guess i can have my cake and eat it too. He's just the most precious thing ever.

I love my boys so much. I don't know what life would be like without them.