Well my little ladies had their birthdays on Thursday. J turned 10 and G turned 1. Had alovely dinner out with family and then back home for cakes x2!! All was well up until about 9pm when Miss 10 says "I wish G had her birthday tomorrow". Well kick me til it hurts. I still feel bad for having a baby on her birthday but its not really something that could be helped. Hopefully next year will be a little less stressful. We had 5 10 year old girls over for a birthday party on Saturday afternoon. Not something I will attempt again. I forgot how nasty they can get so quickly too. Still we had fun. Watched the High School Musical movies with J and her friend. She had a little sleepover as well so all in all a good birthday I think. Next stop Christmas holidays I guess. We have booked a month in NZ. Going home to be with my family for Christmas this year - something I have not done for about 5 years. Very excited - my mum is already planning the things she wants me to cook. She loves it when Im home coz I love her kitchen and spend days baking and cooking up a storm. CAN'T WAIT!!

 I have been a very busy chick so havent managed to sit down to write a bit of a blog but I am here now...so here goes. Since having Gemma in June (gosh doesnt seem that long ago) I had 4 months off work then back to working full time. As many of you would know it a huge difference with 3 compared to just 2. I have my hands full although with Gem almost one life seems a bit more normal these days. I am even getting to the gym a few days a week. I am currently looking for another job. I am finding that the place I work at the moment is just so stressful and just a horrible environment to be in that I just hate coming here. It has got to the point that come Sunday night my tummy starts churning and I get a headache regularly on a Sunday morning...not good. So been to 2 interviews and got offered 1 off them but it meant more time for my kids in care. Being that they are already in care 9 hours a day my husband and I decided that it was better to keep on looking. (If anyone knows of digital print shop looking for an operator -let me know!!) The reason it is such a horrible place to be is because of 1 really disgusting arrogant person who has no sense of team work or even a work ethic in general. He just has no idea of the impact he has here. Is is so bad that my 2 other workmates are also leaving due to this one idiot's antics....But its money at the moment so Ijust have to bite the bullet and deal with it. Its a real shame because I have been here for 7 years so my bosses are more like family now...not sure if that is a good thing...? 

Other than that my kids are reasonable happy. My son is going to have his tonsil, adenoids and ears operated on on Monday. Its been a long wait and a lot of tears and frustration but we are finally here. I am very nervous and just praying that everyting goes to plan and we get a beautiful happy little man back. He has been in constant pain since he was 18 months old - he turned 3 in Feb so its been a while. He is now down to 12kg due to the fact that he cant eat.He has been living on ice blocks and soft squishy kinds of foods like bananas and tinned spaghetti. Not the healthiest diet but hey its something. Hopefully after he has healed up it will all be a thing of the past and he will gain some weight back.

My other 2 are going great guns - it is their birthday in a few weeks - eldest turning 10 and youngest turning 1. Very exciting. Anyway better sign off . Will try to be a little more frequent in my blogging and participation. bye for now.

 

I have just added 3 photos of my new little babe. They were all taken in her 1st week. We all already love her dearly - both Jade and Josh compete to give her the most kisses which is kinda cute. She is sleeping and feeding very well. In her first checkup with our midwife she had already gained 90 grams - no weight loss at all so I must be doing something right with my milk for her hey?! She is sleeping well at night (My little treasure) - going anywhere from 4-6 hours but not every night. Still its a start tho. Gonna go and bath my beauties now. Enjoy the photos. We are certainly enjoying our bigger family. Take care all.

Just wanted to let everyone know that at 6.11am on the 12th of June my beautiful baby girl made her entrance into this world. After a very quick and intense labour and a bit of hard work she was born weighing 4.4kg (9pound 10 oz) with everything in the right place - all present and accounted for. She has been really good except for one night of no sleep. Other than that she seems very happy and content. as soon as I get a spare minute I will download some photos of her. Jade and Josh are already very attached to her and are both very protective when we are out and people come too close...very sweet. Anyway our Gemma has just woken up for next feed so I best be off. Oh and the other thing I forgot to put was that Jade and Gemma share the same birthday - only 9 years apart. What are the odds of that hey??

Well thought it was all gonna happen yesterday!! Woke up at 2.30am with pains in my belly and had a little smile to myself - my little bubba was finally going to make her entrance into this world. Tried to go back to sleep but it was either excitement or the pains that were keeping me awake. So got up and had a warm drink and read my book for  while. Must have dozed off coz at about 7am I woke up with a huge contraction - took my breath away!. Went and woke hubby up and told him we were having a baby today then...NOTHING!! Things kept happening throughout the day - was having fairly regular contractions until around 1pm then over the course of the afternoon it just stopped. We went on a walk around the block for half an hour later in the afternoon but by evening everything had just stopped. Its so frustrating! Im 39 weeks and 2 days so surely it has got to happen soon! My midwife says not to stress and that this baby will come when she's good and ready. It surely is an exercise in patience thats for sure!

I am beginning to feel like Im going to be pregnant forever. It is now 39 weeks today and I want it done BIG TIME!! Went to see my midwife last Tuesday and she said if I got to my due date of 2nd June she would be most suprised. Today would not be a good day to have a birth tho - Im much too busy. I have to take my daughter to an Australia's Biggest morning tea for guides. I have to finish the laundry and get the fruit and vege. Then this afternoon my sweetie daughter has a performance for dancing for 3 hours. Still if this little baby decided to come today I will be the happiest mother out I think. Oh my midwife also asked me if I realised that this isnt a small baby - I guess another whopper is on the agenda. Ah well such is life.

I cant believe a month has gone by since my last blog!! Well it has certainly been an action packed month thats for sure. Firstly I have done my back in at work so I have had to finish up 2 weeks ahead of schedule. I am now at home until October and I am so bored its not funny! I wasnt expecting to be here for another 2 weeks. I have spent the week doing all the things I had planned for later plus running backwards and forwards to the hospital. I had a physio appt earlier in the week and she basically said take it easy or spend the last month of pregnancy in a wheelchair. The Friday prior to this my midwife also told me that bubba was in breech with 1 leg tucked up near her head and the other in my pelvis...HOW UNCOMFORTABLE!! Anyway we booked a scan and an appt with the ECV specialist for Tuesday and Wednesday. I spent the weekend reading up on ECV and cesears  - it pays to be prepared. By the time I got to my scan on Tuesday lovely bubs had turned again head down although facing out but that is at least do-able. So I am back in the birth centre. Being that this is my last baby I really wanted to have another natural birth. Having the scare of having to have a cesear really made me want the natural birth more so here's hoping it all works out. The next 3 weeks will be spent relaxing as much as possible I guess. I have got lots to read and sleeping when I can...not sleeping a lot tho and waking at really weird hours of the night. Ah well its all training for when my little missy enters the world. Hopefully sooner rather than later...I can't wait to meet her. Well I'm off to do the dishes then out for a bit of shopping - only groceries tho, nothing exciting.

I am going into panic mode...This baby is still firmly head in my ribcage and its driving me nuts. I know I need to be patient and just let the days go by but I am so over this pregnancy. I was talking to a friend of mine who also has 3 kiddies and she agrees with me that the more you have the harder it gets. I cant sleep in my bed anymore because its quite a soft matress and I find it very hard to roll over. So I am sleeping in a batman car bed that my son isnt using at the moment coz he is still in his cot. I am missing sleeping next to Matt and feel that he is missing me too - although Im sure he is getting more sleep without me disturbing him everytime I roll over. I am spending a lot of time on all fours in the evening in an attempt to get this bubba turned around. This weekend I start my swimming regime to go along with my walking. Had a great walk along the river where we live on Monday arvo. My friend and her daughter came too and we just pootled along and the girls had their scooters so they were happy. We sat in the sunshine while the kids all played at the park and then walked back when the sun dipped below the trees - just gorgeous. I love this time of year. I found out yesterday that my best mate in NZ is pregnant for the first time. They have been trying for a couple of years so I am just so happy for them! Anyway thats whats happening for me today..I am counting the days. Down to 50 til my due date but everyone says Im not gonna last until then and that bubba will be early. I can only cross my fingers and hope hey!! Bring it on!

Life sucks sometimes dont it! I had a big sook last night. Husband came home at around 7 pm after working since 4.30am. he didnt even say hello to me - only to the kids. I just got a grunt. Basically he came home, had shower then weent to bed. What is frustrating me at the moment is that I am still working fulltime, still cooking, cleaning, shopping, entertaining an 8 year old and a 2 year old. Im not sleeping - I very rarely get to bed before 11pm and Im usually wide awake again at 4am after a restless nights sleep and yet he sleeps whenever he wants and does nothing around the house. I have tried to tell him that I am exhausted and I need for him to help me a bit more but if anything he's gone backwards. Am I just being too demanding?? Do I expect too much? He seems to have no consideration for what i am going thru or how I may be feeling. He says his job is harder coz he's moving all day. My job I admit I do get to sit down a lot all day at a computer but there is also a lot of other stuff i have to be doing too that requires me to be standing. Plus on top of that I am carrying this huge baby - grrrr. Just having a bitch but I just wish he would help me more or at least occasionlly ask me if Im ok or how Im doing. A back rub I think would be just pushing my luck a bit much!

Well I have reached single week figures...YAY!!! Really struggling now. Still working full time but yesterday the nesting thing kicked in. I cleaned out my sons cupboard completely, cleaned out his drawers and took out everything that no longer fits. I went a got the beginnings of the new baby stuff - some really cute little outfits - and made a space for all of her things. I cleaned the change table out. I have to wash all the bunny rugs and all the little bassinet sheets but after doing all of the stuff yesterday I was knackered! Still I slept reasonable well - considering the size of the belly. I am getting a little nervous because people ask me how much longer I have to go and when I say 9 weeks - the reaction I get without fails is "Wow - big baby!". It is a pretty impressive bump I gotta say. I go for checkup this week so I will find out if she is excessively large-hopefully not! Anyway thats my update - oh and we have decided on a name for this little chick when she hatches - Gemma. We have a Joshie and a Jade so we are kinda keeping with the flow but with a G instead. Happy Easter to you all - hope the easter bunny brings you loads of chocys.