Well I finally managed to stop lurking
and do a proper post. I've have spent the last 6-8weeks trying to get used to being back at work and fitting everything I used to do in 7 days into 3.5 instead. I think I may just about be getting there
Sarahwoo - I am so glad you had a nice holiday. I would love to go to Devon/Cornwall one day.
It sounds like your business is still going great guns
Cor the hippychick hipseat was such a bargain! I am off to a carboot on Sunday and hope I can grab some excellent bargains, not sure I will beat the hippychick seat though.
Powerplate is awesome for toning, if I had access to one I would definately have a go.
Amy - Poor Alex and his nose
Joni is getting more and more daring with her efforts to walk unassisted but on Sunday lost her balance when crawling, landed on her face and chipped the corner off of one of her top middle front teeth
Everytime I look at her I want to cry even though I know there was nothing I could have done to have prevented it
Bless Alex and his waving goodbye when he wants to go home :aww: When Joni is tired she has started lying down on the floor and stroking her own face
Yay to a happy day yesterday
I was really relieved to hear Kerry kept his job, I really hope that you can make nursing work for you.
Emera - I love Roh's running video. I nearly split my sides picturing him sneaking food from someone elses picnic. At least he took clean food, whenever we go to a picnic site Joni will often refuse to eat what we put out and will crawl around the grass looking for titbits left behind from previous picnic
I am so annoyed with your work & cancelling your holiday
WTF
its not as if it was a last minute request
I hope you find a way to still go.
Joni will wave goodbye and hello quite a lot now. She always gets really upset with OH leaves in the morning, but at the same time when she has her dinner about 5pm she starts turning round and looking at the door and saying Daddy over and over about half way through the meal as she knows that is roughly when he comes home most day
I am really astounded at how clever all of our babies are
Yay for a lovely scan picture
I am so pleased for you
Maybebaby - The new FB pics are lovely
How is Erin coming along with her eating?
I was so pleased to hear that you and Danny have talked and he is aware of how important you and the kids are to him and that he need to up his game with you going back to work
Mork -
I totally know how you feel about leaving T, I felt the same when I had to go back to work. 4 months on and I am still getting used to leaving her at nursery but it feels more comfortable then it did initially.
No-one will ever be as close to her as you are. I have to say though, I think Joni and I are even closer now. She enjoys nursery, I have some grown-up time (and earn the pennies to pay the bills) and I think we both enjoy and look forward to each others company more now on the days we do have together.
L-C - goodness me I don't know how you have managed to survive without a proper kitchen for so long. My kitchen is my sanctuary I can;t imagine not being able to escape in there.
Hope&Faith - wowee I can't believe it is your wedding this week!! How exciting
It sounds like you have a busy day, men just don't seem to realise that when we ask for something to be done and they don't do it on time that it is a real source of stress for us. If its any consolation my hubby can be a real bugger for leaving things until the last minute.
Re stimulating Amy, I always try to sit down and do some reading with Joni a couple of times a day & have some make-believe play with her teaset or with random toys. Joni has decided her new favorite thing is for me to get her box of ballpit balls out and she picks them up one by one and shoves them between the bars into her cot
crazy baby
I borrowed a book from the library called ' The Toddler's Busy Book' which has loads of activities and ideas. Failing that Joni likes to follow me round just watching what I do while I tell her what I'm doing whether thats brushing my hair, cleaning the bath or vacuuming.
You are going to be the most beautiful bride
I love the new pics on FB of you and Amy on the train, so cute
Modo - Ooooooh holiday. Bobby is so much older now, taking him away will be a completely different 'ballgame'. Our trip up to Scotland in March was really difficult and completely put us off the idea of going away ever again. However, Joni is growing up and becoming more adaptable all the time and we are now thinking about having a weekend away later in the year as long as we can find some accomodation to suit our needs for the right price.
You guys made me laugh about colourblindness
We thought my brother might be colourblind for a while when he was little as he used to call red green and green red. Turned out he just learned them the wrong way round
Joni is a little cracker. Her sleeping really picked up about 6 weeks ago and most nights she will sleep through with only a few murmers until 5am
She still has the odd 'off' night, like last night
, where she will wake screaming blue murder and then want to play for three hours
but generally everyone is getting a little more sleep.
Like you all we have lots of babbling and talking. We have 'keys', 'Daddy', 'Mum-mum', 'duck', 'all gone' accompanied with an action like this
and 'Uki' the cartoon character from show me show me on cbeebies. She also makes a Mmmm noise for cow's, pants when she see's a dog and recognises monkeys and makes an oooh-ah-ah sound. She does know a lot more words though, quite often she demonstrates she knows what certain words or objects are. The other day she was reading a book with my Mum and Mum pointed out a pear then went and got a pear from the fruit basket to show Joni. Joni then responded by crawling over to her playfood, fished out a pear and gave it to my Mum
It is a quiet day in our house today. I am somewhat lacking in motivation after Joni's 4 hour midnight party
but I had to stay in today to wait for the gasman anyway as my hot water tank is leaking
Mr gasman is just finishing up so when he's gone I will watch a bit of telly, I would have a sneaky snooze but Joni will wake soon so I think a catnap might do me more harm than good.
to you all x
the glass of wine I am having now doesnt count 
I'd love to tone up. They have those power plate things there, I was thinking about trying them, they look pretty good and a friend of Steve's had amazing results from them.
Bobby has been going through a barely napping phase and Bn and I have both been ill which is relly tough. 
