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[new_to_ttc]

Meow hun Im so sorry everything has been downside atm! Things will look brighter, you have your scan coming up, your little baby will be perfectly healthy and then you can get excited for Christmas and your gender scan, then it'll be your wedding, how perfect Im sorry about your OHs gran, and I really hope she makes it to your wedding.

Lisa.... Christmas lasts for ages, not just Christmas day you NEED a tree!!! I cant wait for Christmas, only have 2 presents left to get Joshua, and his chocolates and stocking fillers hehe I looove Christmas hehe get all the shopping done by end of November, tree up December 1st and let the celebrations begin hehe

 

[lisaf]

New - hehe... I'm the same way with having my shopping done early... its not because I am super efficient... I just worry and plan... so when I start thinking early what we shoudl get someone and I plan it and buy it and then I can relax when all the crazy shopping madness is going on!
I'm ok with skipping the tree... its a huge pain to take up and take down etc... then keeping it watered, cleaning up the needles... keeping the dog from chewing on the needles and making himself sick.. keeping the cats from knocking it down.... lol
I just wish my mom still got a real tree so I could still get that smell when we go visit her.

 

[wild2011]

i too got rid of my tree last year, 3 kids battering it and my cats were babies last yr so it had climbers haha. think they getting run over by sienna in her walker killed it. also sold all my decs as wanted to change colours. gosh it gunna be expensive this yr. i want pre-lit sick of having a wobbly with the lights hehe. we also having a small one, mainly cos we have had so many ups and down this yr with our business, budgets are tight, maybe a big one next yr? ...there's me hoping

 

[new_to_ttc]

I buy presents all year... From May to Nov/early Dec I buy Christmas presents, from Dec till end April I buy Joshuas birthday presents lol It means I can always afford it, just something little each month as Im not very good at saving lol Then I get Joshua to send his letter to santa by October (to give santa plenty of time) and he is only allowed to ask for 3 things as santa doesnt come to greedy kids, soooo then I only have those 3 things to buy by end of Nov lol.. but usually Im on the mark and have usually already bought it lol Although this year he caught me off guard lol I only had 1 of the presents, but I have bought another of them now just need to buy the final one, and his games table then Im done lol Did I mention I looooooooooooooooove Christmas? lolol

 

[24/7]

I love christmas too, and am planning away already, and have decided on everyones presents and have started shopping!! I have picked my wrapping paper too, and just can't wait to get the tree up, and start all the wrapping and food shopping!!

I have my booking in appointment with the midwife tomorrow, and am feeling abit nervous, I'm worried I won't like her, and that if I don't my last bit of "the birth will be fine" will disappear!! I was looking on baby forums and it seems my hospital is very pro BF, and I'm worried about that too, I already knew that I would be bringing my own milk in etc as they don't encourage BF, but now I feel abit scared, but am going to ask OH to back me up if they bring it up. xx

 

[lisaf]

I think we're going to have to have a more modest christmas this year... we tend to go overboard with the gifts, lol!
I have no gift ideas at all this year! Yikes!

 

[Wiggler]

wow, new, you are organised!!!! come organise my life please???

I'm not too upset about having a small xmas this year, we will all spend the day watching DVD's and playing with dylans new toys, and anything is better than Dylans 1st Xmas, the oven broke while we were cooking dinner! last xmas our oven (a different oven) didnt work properly and we had to cook the food for hours longer for it to be cooked through and it was gross, and this year i'm considering buying ready meal roast dinners as we have a brand new oven and i dont want it to break!!

What i am looking forward to most about xmas day is once it gets dark in the evening me, OH and Dylan are going for a walk around the neighborhood and looking at all the lights up on peoples houses. people go really overboard in this area and its soooo pretty!

 

[lisaf]

ooh that reminds me... I want to get tickets for the holiday lights trolley tour this year... too bad I can't drink, lol.. but they sell out of tickets FAST so I better get on it!

 

[new_to_ttc]

I used to have colour schemes but when Joshua really got into Christmas we have multicolours he loves it. We dont use tinsel or anything, we just have a vast amount of colours and shapes on the tree, each year Joshua buys a new tree decoration to add to the collection I usually wrap the gifts in a white paper with purple, blue, red, orange, green well any colour ribbons and bows so its all multicoloured lol

 

[new_to_ttc]

My Christmas is very organised, but its also small I never go beyond my means because I buy a little each month, and we reuse the decorations (replacing only broken things). I like to buy my parents something nice, but the rest of the family gets small and we spend on the kids in each family Ooooooooo and I go to my mummy for Christmas dinner lol We wake up here, find santas presents, play in the morning then drive 120 miles on the quietest roads ever and have dinner at my parents lol Then Joshua gets Christmas all over again with my parents gifts and I give him gifts from me (not santa), usually clothes and pjs n socks etc, so it lasts all day then boxing day is nice and quiet for family time

 

[lisaf]

I love color schemes, but I end up falling in love with a particular ornament and have to get it... next thing you know... no color scheme
We got a string of beads last year instead of tinsel etc... but we got lazy about putting it on and the cats LOVED it
I have some great pictures of my cats lounging under the tree... they're indoor only cats.
Ok now I'm feeling guilty since they're indoor only cats its really their only chance at seeing a tree all year

 

[new_to_ttc]

You have to get a Christmas tree hehe

I have this wool thing that goes round the tree.. its a string with knitted santas n snowmen on... very childlike hehe we have that instead of tinsel lol

 

[Wiggler]

I'm not sure about getting tinsel this year, its going to be hard enough to keep our kitten off the tree as it is. hehe

just to show off my gorgeous lil man.. look how cute he is in my avatar piccie!

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[lisaf]

what a great smile Wiggler!!


We don't do the tinsel because of the cats, lol... don't need christmas-decorated poop in the litter box!

 

[Wiggler]

"don't need christmas-decorated poop in the litter box!"

I'm going to get my lil fur baby a few presents for xmas too, dylan is slowly destroying all his toys, poor thing.

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[lisaf]

haha, I expect the dog will want all the baby's stuffed animals.... and I even expect the cats to steal one or two...
One of ours in particular has stolen things from me and ran off with them (plastic caps, pencils, wrappers, Starburst candies (which she fishes out of the bag herself!), and a whole role of ribbon for wrapping presents)

 

[Wiggler]

aww bless!

I just saw the time, its still really early! I think at 10pm i'm going to climb into bed and read and this weekend i am going to start watching Lost season 3. So much eye candy in that show!

 

[wild2011]

aww wigg he's gorgeous , my dh had to go back out and kids are all snoaring peace

 

[Wiggler]

My OH is playing games on my phone and Dylan is sleeping, the flat is quiet and all is good, I hope i fall alseep before OH though, cos the sound of his snoring is really irritating at the moment and i feel really guilty making him sleep on the sofa.

 

[wild2011]

lol, im the one the snores during pregnancy, well not quite yet but at the point i cant see my toes, and at that stage wen u sit on the sofa to change babys nappy on floor, and ur bump is resting on the floor. oh i hope its not a hot may, like 2004 wen had chloe it'll be a killer wen i turn into a beached whale lmfao