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ok here's the piccies:
(the photo with the girl is my little sister by the way, not me!)

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Hi everyone

My it has been quiet on here this week suppose the nice weather gets us all out and about.

Karly ollie is gorgeous with all his curly hair it makes him look all grown up, he looks like a cheeky little character. Glad you enjoyed your racing day sounds exciting. Had a busy weekend my sil had her baby a little boy so we have been looking after her 3 yr old so that has kept us on our toes.
I'm back to work next monday this is my last week of freedom!!!! My biggest worry is how i am going to get us both ready and be out of the house by 8.00 o'clock. think i need to get to organised luckily where i work is quite flexible so should be ok i work for a insurance company. Hope all goes smoothly with your house move that can be a very stressful time.

Hi Mandy,jayjay,Laura hope you and the little ones are all ok?

jackie xx

hi everyone, sorry i havent been on in a while sometimes i don't get time to post but do quickly read them, so your definately not talking to yourself karly!! he he.

Ollie looks a real cutie always laughing bless him. aren't they becoming proper little characters now, we took megan out for a pub lunch yesterday and she was sat in her high chair waving at everyone, she absolutley loved it, she really likes babies and children we were in asda and she saw this baby and she was going aahhh ba ba, she thinks shes a big girl now. and like ollie she likes to sit in the big seat of the trolley now.
I seem to be seeing lots of pregnant women around just lately, it does make me broody but we aren't having anymore (i don't think) to be honest the pregnancy thing puts me off, by the end of my last pregnancy i was huge and found it a real strain just doing the simplest of things.
Well it looks like spring is finally here (hope i don't jinx it now) the weekend has been lovely here, i have bought megan lots of little summer dresses and can't wait for her to wear them.
Your rally day sounds ace karly i'm jealous.
Good luck with returning to work jackie , don't worry its amazing how quickly you get into a routine i was dreading going back, but now i love it and appreciate the days i'm not at work and can spend with megan, i think its good for them too , to spend some time away from mummy.
At the minute megan goes to mil on a monday and tuesday, but when she's about 2 i'm gonna send her to nursery so she can interact with other children.
Anyway i hope you are all well and babies too. love mandi xx

hey there everyone
it's been a while since iv been on here!
still can't manage to attatch a photo tho!
anyways, looks like everyone is doing well and growing up so fast. i can't believe how quickly it all goes.
Olivia is doing well, very cheeky, and is still as active as ever. she got her first tooth a couple of weeks ago and is nearly walking as well, all over the place with her little trolly she pushes. we took her to the zoo on sunday, and she really loved all the animals, think the lion and penguins were her fav as she was really chatty to them. was really nice day out!
now the weather is getting better im starting to get excited about the summer, so wev now booked our holidays. we are looking to move house in may/june time as well, not looking forward to the bit in between as we have not found a house yet but are moving out of our current one at the end of april so are moving in with my inlaws.....eeeeek! can't wait till we find that new house.
anyway we have just been keeping our selves busy, or more like olivia is keeping us busy! we've all been poorly but now the weather is better it seems to have an infuluence.
great to see the photos of oliver, kalyjade. he's really cute!

Hi Girls,

Sorry i havent been on for a while, have been reading posts but as i'm about to reply something comes up.

Everything is well here, we had a few bad nights last week but that was due to tylas teeth comin through, but the top 2 are through now so she's got 4 teeth, but the 2 either side top an bottom are ready to come through so i'm sure the sleepless nights will return again soon for a few days. The last 2 nights though have been bliss, she's slept through till 7.45 today an 8.30 yesterday. Tyla weighs 19lb wen i got her weighed last wed, and she is takin about 8 steps by herself and around the furniture she is gettin very speedy now. She is sayin a few more words now, she says ball and hot although it is more like bot at the moment.

Karly- your day at silverstone sounds great i would like to do somethin like that. Have you been bak to the consultant yet for Ollies skin, its nice that they arent palming you off, an are tryin to work out wats causin it, so many doc's jus try an get rid of you as quick as poss nowadays. Good luck wit the house i hope it all works out for you.

Mandi- I know wat you mean bout pg women everywhere, it makes me broody too especially as i loved bein pg so much. Tyla also sits in the big girls bit of the trolley and she holds on to the bar that i'm pushin as if shes helpin me.

Jackie- Good luck wit work next week, i better say it now as i dont know if i'll be bak on by then, busy doin nothin as usual me! The weather is lovely isnt it, i took tyla to the park yesterday and she loved it walking around an followin her 3yr old cousin, although not quite as quickly as she'd like!

Jayjay- thats good about gettin free meds in boots isnt it, do you know if they do it in all boots or is it just selected ones? Has lucas other 2 teeth come through yet? how many has he got now? Its lovely wen they take there first steps isnt it?

Becca- Olivia sounds like she id doin really well, i'm takin tyla to the zoo for the first time on monday, i'm hopin she'll like it too.

Well i hope i havent missed anyone, i'll post some new piccies later if i get a chance.

Take care everyone.

hi girls

nice to see you all reappearing!

Jackie congrats on your SIL's baby, what did she have? what did she call it? bet you had fun and games looking after the 3 year old!

Oh wow you're going back to work on monday.. looking forward to it? i was dead nervous but it's not too bad now I've got used to it. I don't know how i manage it but i get ollie to MIL's and myself to work by 8am when I'm at work. I just get ready myself then get him out of bed and into the carseat at the last minute before we set off. Once we're at MIL's i put him back in bed there (at it's only 7.30am, too early for him to get up!) and she dresses him once he's awake. Works well for me anyway.

Mandi I know, there's babies and pregnant women everywhere at the moment isn't there (glad it's not just me!) only this week 2 more people have announced they're pregnant, that's 4 in my office right now! I loved being pregnant too, can't wait to have another but we'll have to hold on a few more months...

loving the lovely weather. with the clocks going back it's lighter longer too isn't it. managed to go for a walk after tea with ollie yesterday and it was still light when he was in bed at 7.30pm.

Becca glad to have you back and to hear that Olivia is doing so well. these girls are so clever with walking aren't they, it'll be Megan next. I think our boys prefer to be zooming around on the floor crawling instead. In fact oliver climbed up the whole flight of stairs the other day. I sat behind him the whole way so he didn't fall. what will they think of next?

Good luck with moving, I know what a nightmare that is. There's no way we're moving in with the inlaws I'd go mad! if we have to move out sooner we're going to rent instead.

Laura, oh no sleepless nights aren't fun, bless little Tyla. At least she's got some relief for a while now they're through. The top ones are supposedly the worst so at least you've got that over with.

sounds like she's doing well with her walking, what a clever girl. We're not back at the dermatologists until 16th April but i'm taking him to the docs today as since i've cut down the amount of steroid cream i put on him it's started to spread and looks really sore at the moment.

Jayjay how's everything with lucas? is he walking/crawling properly yet?

take care all

love
Karly x

Hi Girls

Sorry I haven't been around much lately. Lucas has been quite ill after he had the chest infection he caught a virus and had a temp and was covered in a rash. He has also cut 2 top teeth in the last 3 days so not alot of sleep. took him to get weighed, he weighs 19lb 4oz so going in the right direction.

Sorry for the lack of personals Lucas is creating.

Speak soon.

Jayjay

Hi Everyone

I know I don't post a lot anymore but I just had to when I saw Olivers pics!!! Karly he is soooooo cute with all this curls and really sweet with his little teeth.

Jayjay sorry little Lucas has been poorly hope he feels better soon. He looks such a happy chap in his photo. Ruby is teething and is constantly dribbling egghhhh! but still no sign of any teeth yet.

Love to all
Lucy

Hi Ladies

Hope you all are ok?

Jayjay- hope Lucas will soon be feelin better sounds like what joshua had a couple of weeks with rash and the high temperature, once his rash appeared thou josh seemed to get better.

Laura- Can't believe that Tyler is taking steps what a big girl. The girls seem to be much more advanced than the boys, but i think i read somewhere that they do devolpe quicker than boys. i suppose its preparing for later on on life!!!!

Karly- Hope the docs sorted ollie out aswell bless him. My sil had a little boy Mackenzie he is beautiful now its only 12 weeks until my other sil is due her date is 18th June but i expect it to come on ollie's and joshy's birthday!!!. With all these babies arriving think we won't leave it to long before trying again. You do really well to be up and ready and at work by 8, i have just sorted at 9.30 start so will have to leave the house about 8 so will now need to set an alarm clock 1st time in 11 months.

Mandy- think its good for them to interact with other children but like you would of liked him to be a little older before going but family can only look after him in the afternoons. he will probably really enjoy nursery it will be me that will be upset.

take care

jackie xx


jackie xx

Hi ladies

Where has everyone gone do you all know something that i don't???? I expect your all out enjoying the lovely weather this weekend.

We have just got back from a 1st birthday party joshy is now fast asleep think all the excitment must have got to him! I just wanted to ask do any of your little ones sleep on there front at night as Joshua has just started to i keep rolling him over but he always ends up back on his belly. Is it ok for him to sleep like this?

take care all

jackiexx

hi Jackie

Just a quick reply. Yes it is fine for Joshua to sleep on his front now, the risk of cot death over 6 months is minute. Lucas has been sleeping oon his front for a few months now, he rolls over as soon as I put him down.

Jayjay

Hi ladies

Lucy! thanks for coming on and letting us know how ruby is getting along. glad you like ollie's photos he's a cutie isn't he.

Jackie i'm not surprised you're getting broody again with all the new babies coming into your family. my SIL isn't due till november. fingers crossed I'll be pregnant again by then though. When are you planning on TTC again?

I can't quite believe how i get out of the house and to work by 8 myself. ive never been much of a morning person but i get out of bed like a shot as soon as my alarm goes off at 6.30am now, don't have a luxury of snoozing like i did before i had oliver. i find getting everything ready the night before makes it a lot easier, less rushing around in the morning. i don't find it hard getting up early now, as i'm not used to having a lie in till 11 at the weeekends like i did before!

i hope you don't find it too hard leavin him in nursery, i'm sure once he gets used to it he'll love it. it's heartbreaking to leave them at first but i promise you it'll get easier.

oliver sleeps on his tummy now too sometimes. I keep going in on a morning to find him curled up in a ball on his tummy, doesn't seem to do him any harm i think he just finds it comfier. now they're more active i dont think we have much of a choice how they sleep do we cuz as soon as we turn our back they flip over!

One of Oliver’s top teeth has come through today, he had a bit of a restless night last night but non of the usual teething stresses that he normally has. Hopefully he won’t suffer too much whilst the tooth comes through.

We spent the day in Yorkshire with my mum yesterday. Had Sunday dinner then took Oliver to the farm he was mersmerised by the baby pigs and goats. He managed to crawl up the whole flight of stairs last week. I sat behind him so he didn’t fall, he was so proud of himself when he got to the top!

The big GREAT news for us this week is we’ve finally sold the house! And we almost got the full asking price for it, which was a nice surprise as we’re so desperate to move we’d have almost given it away. We’ve also just had our offer accepted on the house we want today so it’s all systems go at the moment. Really can’t wait to move and with any luck we’ll be in and sorted by olivers birthday, and be able to throw him a nice party in our new house.

We’re planning on goin to the baby show at the NEC again at the beginning of May. Hopefully Oliver will be heavy enough by then for us tp buy him a forward facing carseat and we’ll be able to bag ourselves a bargain.

We got our photos back from Pixi Photo (that we had done in Boots) last week and I’m so pleased with them. They’re goreous and really cheap too I’ll definitely use them again.

hope all is well with everyone

love
Karly x

Evening Girls,

Well since i last came on tyla has 2 more teeth, one top right and one bottom left, so 6 teeth now. Practically walking now, still needs that extra bit o confidence b4 she's off properly.

We've been to the zoo today and tyla absolutly loved it, the giraffe's were her favourite she kept pointing at them saying 'cat' everytime i said giraffe.

Tyla is 10 months now, only 2 months to her birthday, we are going to take her to whipsnade on her birthday and then have a garden party at my dads house on the sat afternoon, i'm so excited!!!!!!!

Sorry for lack of personals, jus thought id pop on quickly, Glad everyone is ok, catch up soon

Take care

Hi everyone

Well i survived my 1st day back it was no where near as bad as i thought and Joshua seemed to enjoy nursery me and dh dropped him off i gave him a kiss goodbye and he wasn't bothered he was to busy looking at all the toys he could play with the only thing he wouldn't have a morning nap too nosey!! i suppose it will take abit for him to get used to all the different noises. I did well i only called twice to in 3 hours to check he was ok!!!

Thanks Jayjay,karly for your advice on joshy sleeping on his front its strange but its only a night he likes to do that in the day he sleeps on his side.

Karly- think we might ttc when joshua is about one as i would like them to grow up together, there was 4 years between me and my brother thou and we are still close.

Well done on selling your house thats so exciting and being able to have olivers 1st birthday party in your new home. Is it a bigger house your moving to? I hated it when we moved it was 2 weeks before we got married and the house we moved into needed loads doing,think it has out me off moving for life. We have just extended ours to a 4 bed with ensuite and put a conservatory on.

Think we might take Joshua to the safari park over the weekend think it does them good to see the animals think its good to take them young so they aren't afraid of different things.

We are off for a walk going to enjoy our day together.

take care

jackie x x

Hi girls

Laura wow 6 teeth and I cant quite believe how quick Tyla’s progressing, she’s definitely top of the class!

So cute she enjoyed herself at the zoo, babies and kiddies love animals don’t they.

So Tyla will be the first to turn on of our June babies, it’s gone so fast hasn’t it. The weather should be hopefully glorious for our birthday plans, I’m getting excited already how sad am i.
Jackie well done for surviving work, glad nosey Joshy enjoyed his day at nursery. We’re TTC at the end of the summer (Aug/Sept) as we’d love to have another summer baby and it’d mean there’d be about a 2 year gap between Ollie and the new baby. Hopefully it’ll happen quick again.

The house we’ve bought is a four bed with 2 baths and an en suite, the house we currently live in is just a two bed. I can’t wait to have all that space, though we’ll have to do a bit of work to it before we move as although it’s only 3 years old it wasn’t very well looked after by the people who are currently renting it. Bit of a pain but at least we’ll be able to get it done how we want it before moving in. Hopefully we wont have to move again for a very long time, this experience has put me off too as we’ve been trying to move house for over a year now!

Which safari park are you taking Joshy to? We took Oliver to the one in Knowsley (west midlands) a few weeks ago it was great. Hope the weather’s good for you.

Jayjay, Becca, Mandi how are you guys??

Love
Karly x