Disco Derail! - TTCAL/PAL Discussion and Support!

[LucyJ]

sparkly so happy for you sending lots of positive vibes.

Mel glad you had a good time away thats so cute kash is looking under the tree. We havent got a tree but thats because we are going home on sunday untill the 28th Im so exicted 2 weeks with my parents. Steve has a quite week work wise next week as a job that was meant to happen has been postponed as there are problems with planning pemission so instead he's going to insulate and board out my parents loft they've been waiting for him to have time to do it. My mum is so excited to have us home although it means I have so much to do this week. We've got steves fanily over for a christmas get together on saturday then we will be travelling to my mum & dads on sunday.

Way to go Alistair its such an amazing moment Benjamins getting more confident with taking steps but still prefers to crawl and climb little monkey. Enjoy your month off.

Hoping what decision did you make on the job front.

 

[vickyd]

Yay Sparkly!!!!!!!!!!!
Sending million of positive vibes for a christmas miracle your way!!!!!!!

I managed to locate my camera after 6 months and have finally taken pictures of my new place that i will upload tonight! I want you all to be very honest, i dont really have a decorative eye and could use some honest opinions on how to make the place look nicer.

Not much else to report, been working hard but my new assistant is really good. He is doing things on his own already and its only been a month. My boss is pleased with my choice and he is referring to my team as "the killers" lol! Lets hope we all get a decent bonus for Christmas haha!!

Im trying to get Hero to talk in both Greek and English, i think i waited too long with the english though as she isnt taking to it as fast as i thought she would. She loves to say "mommy daddy i love you" and cow. These are her favorite english words. I was told i should speak to her 100% in english and everyone else should talk greek. Its hard though especially at the park where i think people look at me like im a pretentious snob so i switch back to greek if she doesnt get what im saying the first time. Alex is really pressing me to stick with it...

 

[jenny25]

Hey guys how is everyone doing ? I took a break for a while long story short part of it that I wasn't in a good place after having Kieran and the problems after so I needed too sort myself out I'm kinda getting there now xxx

 

[vickyd]

Hey Jen!! Sorry to hear youve been having a rough time doll...Hope everything is ok now!

 

[msarkozi]

awe Luce, sounds like you are going to have a great Christmas

Vick, Hero will pick up on the language. I think it is great that you are trying to teach her both. It really should be done these days. We want Kash to learn french when he gets older, as I think it will help him out a lot in his future as well. I only speak english, and so I have hard times when I am somewhere where they don't speak it. Just keep practicing and she will do great

I had a good laugh this morning. When I dropped Kash off at daycare (he is usually always the first one there, and so I have extra one on one time with the staff), and she was telling me about an incident yesterday. I guess this one boy pushed another boy, and Kash got in the middle, put his hand on his hip and was telling off this boy for a couple minutes lol! Then the boy that was pushed laughed, and so did Kash and off they went to play. I was like that's awesome that he can stick up for his friends already. This other little boy is the one that was biting them all the time too, so I am glad he stood up to him. I wish I could have seen it though, as it sounded like it was pretty funny to watch.

 

[Allie84]

Lucy, your Christmas sounds like it will so special! How lovely you get to go home for such a long time. That will be really fun.

Vicky, I'm glad things are going well for you! I'm looking forward to seeing photos of your house. I love a good look at decor and houses and everything. Yay! I've also heard that you should only speak English (or whatever language you're trying to teach) and let everyone else speak Greek. My cousin did that with her LO to teach him Spanish. I haven't seen them in a year but I think it went pretty well. Ignore everyone else! If anyone says anything, just tell them the truth...you lived in Canada and the UK and want Hero to learn English as well. Not that it's anyone's business....and they are all jealous.

Mel, that is such a funny story about Kash!! How cute that he's standing up to bullies. I could just picture it. It sounds like he really likes daycare.

 

[msarkozi]

Oh he loves it there. He misses it when he is away, and always happy to see his friends again. He has a couple girlfriends there too that he tells me he is always kissing lol. It's such an awesome feeling knowing they are happy where they are while you are at work! He's there for almost 10 hours a day, so that is a very good thing lol!

 

[vickyd]

So pictures are too large to upload.....Any alternatives for uploading???

 

[Allie84]

I meant to say Hi Jenny! What's been going on? I saw on FB you had maybe mastitis or something related to BFing?

UGH, Vicky, that always happens to me!! You can either upload to PhotoBucket and resize them and THEN post them here, or you can just upload them to an album on Flickr and 'share' the album link, which is something I've done. Or put them in a Facebook album and post the link here. I really wanna seeeee!

 

[vickyd]

Alex is gonna help me do the photobucket thing tonight, i really suck with computers haha!! I dont wanna post on facebook as it will seem a bit tasteless posting new house shots when half of my friends have moved back home with their parents due to the crisis.

 

[jenny25]

That's so funny about kash so sweet as well xxx

Hey vicky how's the new place ? Have you tried photo bucket ? Xxx

Hey ally I'm not bf at the moment my milk sopped when I was taking all those antibiotics for the hole in my stomach I'm seeing the doctor to see if they can give me anything to help with that today I've finally got my 6 week check about 10 weeks too late as they lost one of the doctors so there was only one doctor doing the pp checks so they are abit behind

I'm doing alright I've had alot to get my head around with everything that happened after the birth hubby thinks I've suffered from PTSD cause of how I've been feeling and keep having flash backs of certain things but I'm in a better place now still not 100% but getting there

Is everyone sorted for Christmas xxx

 

[msarkozi]

I am slowly getting there. I still need to finish a little bit of Christmas shopping, but it's simple things. I need to get stuff mailed away as well, so I am hoping to work on that this evening to take to the post office tomorrow. Other then that, I can't wait for Christmas

 

[jenny25]

Awesome we are pretty much set too just got a few odd bits too pick up but we will get that next week I convinced hubby to go shopping at 6am or late late night shopping too avoid all the massive road rage people with trolleys lol last year was a nightmare lol

I went to my check up Kieran is in 91st centile for height 50th for weight but only 9th for head circumference she made out that he was like an odd ball and wanted a follow up like he isn't in proportion with everything else he looks perfect too us i opened up about how I felt it got brushed aside so still stuck in limbo not to mention she didn't even look at my section scar x

 

[Sparkly]

Hello Ladies

Just a quickie, I got my a couple of days ago after my IVF transfer last Monday
I am spotting a little bit of brown since implantation time, fingers crossed that's all it is....

I'm cautiously excited and hoping for the best xxx

 

[Round2]

Wahoooo Sparkly....so, so happy for you.

 

[yogi77]

Congrats sparkly!!

 

[heart tree]

Love it girl! So excited for you!

Girls as usual I'm reading but never have time for a proper post. I'm in a contorted position at the moment while Delilah naps next to me. We're traveling for the holidays and I hope to have more time to post since people will be holding her. Until then, hope you all have wonderful holidays!

 

[LucyJ]

congrats sparkly so happy for you.


everyone Im home for the holidays I love that steve is doing work for my parents as it means we ge longer at home yay.

 

[Allie84]

Hi everyone!!! Sparkly, I'm so absolutely excited for you! Your chart looks amazing...textbook!!

Lucy, that's awesome that Steve's doing work for your parents! Enjoy your time at home.

When do you head out, Hearty?

I hope everyone's enjoying the leadup to the holidays and had a good weekend.

I've been to two Christmas parties this weekend (well, one was Thursday)and I went to see The Hobbit so I had a good weekend, technically; just feeling a little blah because of the shootings of the little children in Conneticut. I'm really bad about being affected by things like that. I'm so empathetic it's probably a bad thing. And I watch the news for hours at a time! But anyways, yes, getting all ready for Christmas. Did some more shopping. I'm also doing Christmas cards tonight though I'm getting a bit sleepy as it's 11 pm. I was really late this year so I guess it's too late to send any out to the UK I remember the year we did cards was so fun! But anyways, I'll post a screenshot of our family card lol.

 

[Round2]

Allie, I totally know how you feel. I've been having nightmares ever since Friday. When I heard about it in the news, my DD was at school...I just wanted to go get her and bring her home. She'll be 6 next month, the same age as most of the students killed.

Hearty, enjoy your holiday. I'm looking forward to hearing how the plane ride goes. I hope you get some rest with your family helping out.

Lucy...yay for an extended holiday!!

Sparkly, I can't wait for your beta test....I bet it's going to be super high...I think you've got some twinkines in there!

Things have been busy here. Bryce has a cold and has been miserable...waking every hour or two. My DH has been having some issues with anxiety...he has these panic attacks that come on for no reason. He's very upset and stressed about it - which isn't helping. He doesn't feel comfortable watching the kids when he feels like this, so I've been flying solo for the last couple of weeks. I'm worried about him, so I don't mind him taking time to deal with this...but OMG am I every burnt out. With the big christmas dinner at our house, getting absolutley no sleep and dealing with my hubby's issues...I'm running on empty. I've been so looking forward to this Christmas...I really want to enjoy everything and take it...but now I'm just looking forward to it all being done with!