Today was a great day!!! Everything went well.  I had about 95 balloons blown up in the lounge room, and when Ethan saw them this morning, he thought it was great!!! It sure kept him amused.

After sharing a bath with Aaron, he opened his presents with help from Daniel and Aaron.  He got a 5 piece room in a box, a Lightning McQueen ride on car, a Hot Wheels car carrier with 5 cars and wooden alphabet frame.  I also went to Big W and bought him another Lightning McQueen car with his birthday money.

Mum and my sister minded Ethan for a few hours so I could get a cot mattress for his toddler bed - I did have three cot mattresses, but threw them out in the move as I thought I'd just be hoarding them and never use them again.  Ethan will not sleep in a cot on his own, he sleeps in my bed.  He has since I did my back in months ago - my back is fine now, but not long after that, he got really sick and got very clingy.  Nathan wants me to put the toddler bed in his room so he can sleep there.  I'll give it a go, but I don't think he'll like being away from me!!!

My boyfriend cooked loads of lovely treats, like pavlova, and chocolate spiders....YUM!!! He also cooked me stirfry...delicious!!! I asked for seconds, but unfortunately there was none left .  He's an amazing cook.

Ethan's cake was one of the Freddo ice cream cakes.  He really enjoyed it until he started screaming - think he put too much in his mouth at once and it was too cold!!!

He's still awake, hanging out with my boyfriend - where does he get that energy from??? He's only slept about one and a half hours today, and that was ages ago!!!

Time for me to try and get him to sleep...goodnight!!!

Tanya.

Hello alll,

Just a quick blog to say that things are busy as usual.  The Royal Hobart Show is currently on so my boys have had Thursday and today off - today was a student free day ( where were they when I was a kid???).

Today I had to go out briefly to get the remainder of Ethan's birthday things for tomorrow!!! Tomorrow...I just don't know where the year has gone.  At times it has been difficult because Ethan and his brothers have been quite sick on and off the past four months or so, but looks like things are finally coming right.  Ethan is a lot happier in himself and is becoming a lot less clingy.  He finally got a third tooth a few days ago which seems to have made a big difference too. 

I got Ethan's first haircut on Wednesday and he looks absolutely adorable (but then again, of course I am biased!!).  Part of me didn't want to cut his hair, because it just reminds you that he's growing up way too fast, but the fringe was in his eyes annoying him and the sides kept sticking into his ears.

Tonight I have to wrap his four presents, write in his card, and I am going to blow up loads of balloons as he really loves them, so when he wakes up in the morning, the lounge room is going to be filled with them!!! I did try and get him a helium balloon today as he enjoys chasing it while he's crawling around, but the place I went to was out of  helium.  Oh well, I will go out and buy one tomorrow for him.

I better get a move on with everything!!! Nathan is making dinner so that will make things a lot easier.

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

Tanya.

Hello!!!

Sorry to everyone who has been so friendly and given gifts and sent me emails and gifts, etc.  I've been incredibly busy with life in general and I haven't really been on the computer much these days.

For the past few months, my boys and myself have had a lot of sickness, especially Nathan and Ethan.  Ethan has been sick for months on end and it's only now that I can see he is finally improving.  The medication that he was given all the time did not get rid of the "bugs" that he had in his system.  Now he's on the right medication and hopefully by the end of the week he should be a lot better, yay!!!

If you have read my friend's blog (libbyliincoln) you would know that I now have a boyfriend!!! He's a really great guy, and the fact that he is younger has not been a problem at all.  He's way more mature than any other guy I have been with and everything is great.

Yes, I am now in my four bedroom house, and still haven't got it the way I want it.  Matthew's room should be finished today.  Probably if we all hadn't got so sick, it would all be sorted by now.  I didn't really want to rush it anyway, as I have made sure that I haven't kept anything that I won't use and I got rid of so much rubbish!!! I also even went through my clothes and got rid of clothes that I still do like, but I don't think I will be wearing anymore.  They say that if you don't wear something in a year, it's usually a good indication that you won't be needing it anymore.  Unless it's something special like a keepsake or special clothes for going out. I ended up giving them to my friend's daughter and she was rapt.

I will update my photos soon so you can see how much my boys have grown - Nathan is now taller than me and he only just turned 13. 

Better get some work done, I am having my water cut off between 10:00 and 12:00 today and I only got told yesterday.  I thought they were meant to give you at least a week's notice for interruptions like that. 

I will try and get on here at least once a week.  Hope everyone has been keeping well.

Have a great day,

Best wishes, Tanya.