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[blessed]

Blessed how can you have done so many Christmases without mince pies? Also was wondering if your real name is Blessed?

Lol... My real name is Natasha, but God has definitely blessed my life

I dont know! I'm completely out of the mince pie loop... must not be an American thing I guess? I can't wait to move back to Europe! Although, I don't think they do mince pie in the Netherlands either..... I dont even know what it is and it sounds like I have to have some!

 

[naomicourt]

Congratulations Jessie, your daughter is gorgeous!


I have been having braxton's again today. I suppose it's good that everything is getting ready for labour though. I can't believe baby is due in just two weeks!!!
I have been nesting today and cleaned all downstairs until it was spotless. Lol

I hope everyone has had a good day. xxx

Sarah is going to find out tomorrow if she can bring Joe home. let's hope he weighs enough.

 

[jms895]

Hey Naomi, I have had the hicks today too! Wonder who will be next to give birth!?

X factor was pants!

I am sooooo starving tonight!

 

[mum2be2011]

Evening ladies today must be the day for lots of braxton hicks. We went into our local town centre to do some Xmas shopping and then we drove over to Warrington to ikea to collect a new tv unit as Phoebe is driving me uk the wall turning sky off, the xbox and the tv. So now we have one with a high shelf and everything not for Phoebe will go up there.

Had a scare last night with Phoebe and ended up rushing her to a&e. She decided that she was still hungry after her dinner and took a fancy to the toilet rim block. We have a golden rule in our house if your bum isn't on the seat then the lid is down. I forgot this rule when I jumped up off the loo to stop Phoebe scalding herself on the bath tap that was running for her bath. In the 2 secs my back was turned she dragged 3 fingers through the rim block and ate it. Strange child. After an hour in a&e and them looking the product up on their 'toxbase' they decided that no harm will come to her and she might get a tummy ache and some sickness. Was up all night with her trying to calm her down with her belly.

All the way round shopping and ikea I've had nothing but tightenings an braxton hicks. Had a sleep when we got back and braxton hicks have got stronger and closer together. Hoping this isn't the start of anything as we aren't ready and I want phoebe to have Xmas first.

 

[LittleMrs]

I spent 5 hrs of my saturday with OH at NCT antenatal class - it was actuallt really good and I think we're both feeling a bit better about the whole thing. Tomorrow, we've got another 5 hrs and we get to play with dolls and put them in babygros. Cool.

Blessed - here is a link for you. Don't know if this particular recipe is any good (and to be honest I'm not really a fan of mince pies because I don't really like dried fruit) but it's the only one I could find that had a link to how to make the mincemeat and I imagine the whole concept of calling dried fruits and suet mincemeat is totally lost outside of the UK (we are a bit weird). Anyway - hope it brings you some xmas joy.

https://britishfood.about.com/od/christmasrecipes/r/mincepies.htm

 

[blessed]

oh my goodness... fruit and meat together?! Thats definitely interesting... I'll try just about anything! Lets see if DH is willing to try I bet they smell good coming out of the oven though

 

[Fraggles]

It's not really like meat at all, they do veggie mince pies in fact many jars of mincemeat now are vegetarian. There's some interesting info about their history here

 

[hodbert]

Hey girls, had a lovely steak dinner with hubby tonight as a last saturday night just the two of us thing and then watched Lie To Me - really into this series at the mo! Did a mega clean of apartment together today ready for the little lady's arrival!

6 days and counting til I-Day - it cant come quick enough now!

 

[LittleMrs]

oh my goodness... fruit and meat together?! Thats definitely interesting... I'll try just about anything! Lets see if DH is willing to try I bet they smell good coming out of the oven though

No meat at all, in fact the only reason you get veggie or none veggie is because of the suet. I think originally they had mince in but not for a long time now. Though they do look kind of meaty. Bit difficult to explain but then again I've always wondered at the idea of maple syrup on cooked breakfast.

 

[LittleMrs]

Lisa, so exciting that it's only 6 days (5 now, I guess). Are you nervous or just excited? I'm a couple of weeks behind you so I haven't quite decided how I feel yet- I think a combination of both is probably pretty normal, though knowing the exact date must be a bit like waiting for Xmas when you're little!

 

[jms895]

Hey girls, had a lovely steak dinner with hubby tonight as a last saturday night just the two of us thing and then watched Lie To Me - really into this series at the mo! Did a mega clean of apartment together today ready for the little lady's arrival!

6 days and counting til I-Day - it cant come quick enough now!

Yay not long now! x

oh my goodness... fruit and meat together?! Thats definitely interesting... I'll try just about anything! Lets see if DH is willing to try I bet they smell good coming out of the oven though

No meat at all, in fact the only reason you get veggie or none veggie is because of the suet. I think originally they had mince in but not for a long time now. Though they do look kind of meaty. Bit difficult to explain but then again I've always wondered at the idea of maple syrup on cooked breakfast.

Nope I thought it was all fruit, nuts and suet! They are all gone now anyway!

Everyone ok? x

 

[smiffy85]

Morning!

Sorry blessed or should I say natasha now I know your name hehe, your comment about mince pies made me laugh! But when you don't have these random traditions in your country it must be hard to get your head round. Hope you find some soon and get to try them.

We went out last night with the 2 sets of parents and jack's grandparents and my little sister. We do it every so often and have had a few more meet ups since we found out about the baby. Think they are trying to show willing to be one big happy family for bean. It can sometimes be a bit stressful managing them all together but it was really relaxed and lovely. Think because they've met a few times now it was all a bit easier. We had a lovely meal at a cosy pub and then went back to the holiday inn they were staying in for a drink before we left about 11. My voice was giving up again lol even though I feel nearly totally better now! I started to sound a bit like a toad croaking!!!

Hope everyone has got their fingers crossed for sarah!! Joe is being weighed today like Naomi said and if his weight is ok he will be allowed home tomorrow. Got everything crossed for her!!

My parents are coming round soon for breakfast so I need to go get dressed really. Look a bit like a scarecrow as my sister slept on the sofa last night and our house can get so cold in the night I left the heating on low all night. So I was hot and sweaty all nigth in bed therefore my hair is CRAZY this morning!!!

Have a good day JJB's xxxx

 

[Jolene]

Evening ladies today must be the day for lots of braxton hicks. We went into our local town centre to do some Xmas shopping and then we drove over to Warrington to ikea to collect a new tv unit as Phoebe is driving me uk the wall turning sky off, the xbox and the tv. So now we have one with a high shelf and everything not for Phoebe will go up there.

Had a scare last night with Phoebe and ended up rushing her to a&e. She decided that she was still hungry after her dinner and took a fancy to the toilet rim block. We have a golden rule in our house if your bum isn't on the seat then the lid is down. I forgot this rule when I jumped up off the loo to stop Phoebe scalding herself on the bath tap that was running for her bath. In the 2 secs my back was turned she dragged 3 fingers through the rim block and ate it. Strange child. After an hour in a&e and them looking the product up on their 'toxbase' they decided that no harm will come to her and she might get a tummy ache and some sickness. Was up all night with her trying to calm her down with her belly.

All the way round shopping and ikea I've had nothing but tightenings an braxton hicks. Had a sleep when we got back and braxton hicks have got stronger and closer together. Hoping this isn't the start of anything as we aren't ready and I want phoebe to have Xmas first.

Glad to hear Phoebe is OK. These LO's are so quick sometimes.

Hey girls, had a lovely steak dinner with hubby tonight as a last saturday night just the two of us thing and then watched Lie To Me - really into this series at the mo! Did a mega clean of apartment together today ready for the little lady's arrival!

6 days and counting til I-Day - it cant come quick enough now!

How exciting!

 

[Jolene]

I made it to the last box!!!!

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[beccybobeccy]

I made it to the last box!!!!

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yay....

 

[millward329]

Oo err only 35 days to go for us Beccy!

 

[iprettii]

today is the day of my baby shower and boy o boy I cannot wait for this day to be over and it's only 9:05am...

I feel like no one is going to show up because of course it decides to rain ALL DAY today this is just what I didn't need.

 

[Mom 2B]

Hello everyone!

Lisa you must be soooo excited now...cant wait tosee pics of your lo
Hope baby Joe is a good weight and can go home now!
Yay for the last box! Not much longer now

Its finallys nowing pretty good here today. Suppose togeta few inches. Glad im staying in today to do a bunch of stuff. I barely got anythign done yesterday. I had to do alot of runnning arond for family members...kinda getting sick of it actually. It just wears me right out. Although I did go out last night to bingo with my mom, first time in months but OH said I deserve a night out adn not to worry about money (whichis good cuz we did not win anything, but it was fun)

Hope you are all sleeping well now. Im still having some trouble with waking up on my back once or twice a night and worrying about baby boy, but once i roll back over he starts moving so im sure hes ok. I have been putting pillows in front and behind me in bed to make me stop from rolling but i guess its not really working like i had hoped it would. I still have not tried to sleep on the couch but thats mostly cuz the bed is way more comfy adn OH usually falls asleep on the couch watching tv so that the tv inthe bedroom doesn't wake me up.

Ok well i guess im off now to start my day.

 

[beccybobeccy]

Oo err only 35 days to go for us Beccy!

OMG you are right!
Ok this is going crazy fast now. This is my last full week at work too so think this week might fly by!!

Have you all packed your bags yet? Mines been on my to do list for about 3 weeks now!!

 

[hodbert]

Lisa, so exciting that it's only 6 days (5 now, I guess). Are you nervous or just excited? I'm a couple of weeks behind you so I haven't quite decided how I feel yet- I think a combination of both is probably pretty normal, though knowing the exact date must be a bit like waiting for Xmas when you're little!

LittleMrs - I keep swinging between the two, which is resulting in me being a general quivering wreck, lol! I keep pausing the tv/dvd or stopping what I'm doing to tell hubby how nervous I am and freak out a little! I cant believe this time in a week she will be here!!

I made it to the last box!!!!

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Yeyyyy!!!!

Congrats Millward and beccy - 35 days, eek! IPretti, hope you have a lovely baby shower

I am soooooo achey at the moment, its horrible! Hubby did a work out dvd yday and could barely move last night without groaning, I told him thats how Iv felt for about 3 months now!