SMEP success buddies

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Morning!!

Certain - sounds like you've got a busy and fun weekend planned!! Woohoo to getting your scan a bit earlier - not long to go at all now!!! So excited for u!

Tray - Yes, definitely book it!! Having an early gender scan is the best thing we did, it was really great - waiting any longer may have killed me but that would also be great timing for christmas to tell everyone!

Steph - Hope you had fun at Katy Perry!!

OH's mum is doing a make shift fireworks thing at their house tonight, slightly worrying!! But it should be fun, getting hotdogs and burgers and sparklers etc so DS can enjoy seeing a few fireworks. A lot of the family will be there as well, so should be good!

x x x x

 

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Ooh Certain, i've just seen you've updated the first page - eeek! Can't wait to see everyone's colours on there

I've also also got my 20 week scan on 3rd December

I have now added a "my baby's name is..." in my sig, need to try out a few names to see how I feel about seeing / saying it every day!

x x x

 

[steph1505]

Hey ladies!!

Certain - Gosh ur fair doin some travelling!! Lol! My mum and dad are super noisy in the mornings...whenever we go visit them it drives me insane!! Aw good on u getting ur scan earlier! My scan isnt til half past 2 in the afternoon...and im working before it! So i wont even have a lot of time to get excited for it! I cant wait to hear how u get on eeeek!

Smiley - Jasper Alexander goes together lovely! Very nice! Bonfire night sounds lovely! We were gonna take Brandon to a display but cos hes loaded with the cold, were just gonna leave it! My friends having a leaving night out in Glasgow so im gonna head out for a few coca colas lol!

AFM - Katy Perry was amazing last nite! We just stood at the back...didnt wanna risk geting too far in the crowd! We all went up to Glasgow today for a wee trip to Hamleys and ended up going into Mamas and Papas! Aaaand weve picked our pram were going for the Mamas and Papas Sola! I love it!!

Hope ur all enjoying ur weekends!! Xxxxxxx

 

[TrAyBaby]

gender scan booked for 19th December

 

[steph1505]

Aaaah Tray!!! I just read ur previous post too! Sorry...i missed it earlier!!!

That will be amazing to announce on Xmas day!! Aw thats so exciting for u!! Xxxxxx

 

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Tray - Hooray for booking the scan!! You'll love it!!

Steph - Thanks, I posted in the names section to get some ideas for middle names so i'm just going to try out a few names and see how they fit. I'm really loving this at the moment though!

How exciting that you've picked your pram!!

AFM - I am deffo feeling the little squiggle moving now been going on for the last few days, you know the little prods that feel like muscle twitching!?! At first I wasn't sure, but today especially i've been really feeling them!! Eeeekk, VERY SMILEY!!

x x x x

 

[steph1505]

Morning ladies!!!

Smiley - yaaaay to feeling bubs!! How exciting!! I love that feeling!! My OH is totally itching to feel it kicking!

How was ur bonfire night?

AFM - well, i dont have much to report...i was out in Glasgow last nite with a few girls! Ive woke up this morning with no voice, a pounding headache & half a roll 'n' chips beside my bed! If anyone didnt kno me, they'd think i was majorly hungover haha!! Im not btw, obviously lol!

Im gonna do a bit of shopping 2day, try get a few jumpers! Aaaand wrap up some xmas presents! Eeeek!!

Xxxxxx

 

[steph1505]

Got a quick question for u ladies...

I know we shouldnt have mr whippy ice cream or mcflurrys but do u know if we can have milkshakes? Like the ones from mcdonalds? I know im lactose intolerant but oh god...all i want is a mcdonalds chocolate milkshake!!

Xxxxxx

 

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Morning!

For some reason my subscription to this thread stopped and didn't get your posts Steph - annoying!!

Bonfire night was good thanks, although DS did not like the fireworks. It was a bit late for him when they finally decided to let them off. They were only the little ones you have in the back garden, but it was all a bit much for DS. Especially as after every noise everyone proceeded to get in his face and shout WOOOOOOO!!!

He was fine when I took him inside and away from everyone, OH's nan was there though and was still shouting in his face so I had to tell her to calm down!!

Steph - Your not supposed to have Mcdonald's milkshakes or ice-creams I dont think... but saying that, I have had both!!

Hope everyone is good on this Monday morning!! x x x

 

[kbkb]

Good morning Ladies! what a lot of action here !! Hope everyone had a lovely weekend

Mustang- for a bundle! Wow, we seem to be having a proper boy dominated start to this thread!
Steph- for your 'hangover' story! How did you manage that just on cokes? I keep drinking milkshake all the time- though that would be OK unless McDonald's does something to it I dont know about? Whipped ice cream is a no-no But i have done it too!

Certain and Tray- very excited about your scans! Is Certain going to make it a trio of boys, methinks yes...

Smiley- Yay for finding a name and feeling kicks! you go, girl!

 

[steph1505]

Hey!!

Smiley - thats strange about your subscription!! Aw Brandon wouldve been the same at bonfire night...he loves looking at the fireworks but if everyone is running about mental he gets aggitated!

Kbkb - haha i think it was the lack of sleep that gave me the coca cola hangover haha!

Lol yeah so far we have a very blue thread dont we? Imagine we all had boys...wonder what the chances of that are haha!

Aw i dnt know what to do about the milkshake...i cant stop thinking of it haha! I had mcflurrys all thru my pregnancy with brandon & he turned out fine, so im sure one wee milkshake wont do any damage! Uz wont judge me for having one will uz? Haha!

Im bidding on the carrycot for the pram we want on ebay! Its only been used a handful of times & is half the price of mamas and papas! Aw i really hope i win!!!

Xxxxxxx

 

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Haha, hun - I have already indulged in both the milkshakes and McFlurry's, so no judgement coming from here!!!

Oooh good luck, hope you win it! Ebay is great for picking up bargains like that!!

x x x

 

[steph1505]

Haha in the case...im gonna have two

Aw isnt it just! I love ebay! A girl i kno had a baby a few months ago...and he was nearly 11lbs when he was born so she emailed me this morning saying that she has loads of unworn newborn clothes that her son was too big for...so shes gonna give us them! How nice is that?

Im really trying to not waste money this pregnancy...i bought some amount of rubbish last time, and faaaar too many clothes!

I say all this now...i kno as soon as i find out if bubs is a boy or girl then il go mental haha and want to start re-decorating brandons room lol!

Xxxxxx

 

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Oh I haven't even thought about redecorating DS's room yet, his room is the Hungry Caterpillar theme though so I don't think it needs actually re-doing - especially since this bub is a boy! Just need to do some serious storage and furniture sorting!!

I am trying not to go mad with buying stuff, I haven't bought any clothes yet. We have LOADS anyway but I'm one of those that just loves baby in babygrows for the first few months - so wont be buying any actual outfits! (It took me till DS was about 6 months to actually put him in a proper pair of jeans!! Even then I hated it and he didn't wear them again till he was about 9-12 months!)

I have bought a few things that I didn't have first time round, but other people had that I thought were great!

WOW - nearly 11lbs, that is pretty big! Very nice of her to give you all those clothes though x x x

 

[steph1505]

Aw im the same as u when it comes to dressing a baby! I much prefer them in wee onesies etc! I hate seeing wee 3 week olds in their pram in a big adidas tracksuit or something!! Its a total waste of money too! I also dont think id put a wee girl into dresses til she was abt 6 months or so!

Brandons room is still neutral too so i dont think im gonna redecorate it! Il buy some new bedding maybe but apart from that, i think il keep it the same til we move house!

Ive bought a wee pink onesie and a wee blue one from my work...and il take the one we dont need back! Lol!

Xxxxxx

 

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Yeh, I just think babies looks so uncomfortable when they're all dressed up in proper clothes - I also think they aren't babies for long, so plenty of time to get them cute outfits! Just my own thoughts though, I know lots of people who love putting lovely outfits on straight away.

Ahhh that's a good idea - I bet they look tiny! Have you thought of any ways you are going to announce if your baby is a boy or a girl? x x x x

 

[steph1505]

Hehe!! I have been! After the scan wel drive over to MIL's to pick up Brandon so I was thinking we could take in some cupcakes, either blue or pink ones! With my mum and dad, they live 4 hours away so im not quite sure how to tell them! Il prob end up phoning them il be too excited!

Have u still managed to keep it a secret that ur having a boy? Xxxxxx

 

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Yay!! I love hearing fun ideas that like Does your mum or dad have phones that receive pics? You could just send them a pic of the pink or blue cupcake!

Yep, still managed to keep a secret! Someone asked me on FB yesterday though if we were finding out, I was like - Errr no, but I think it's a boy! haha!

When we were at OH's mum and dad's on Sat, his dad was saying "just think, this time next year he'll have a little sister to be showing the fireworks to" (talking about DS) - I had to quickly jump in and say we are sure its a boy!
It's quite easy to say that though, as before we found out I was saying the same sorts of things so everything just thinks I'm still going off my gut instinct!

x x x x

 

[steph1505]

Ahh good idea abt sending a picture of the cakes!! Il do that!!

Wow good on u for keeping it a secret! Id be itching to tell! Do u think uz will just keep it a secret right up until the young man arrives! Yeah...i remember saying to people last time that I was sure it was a boy!

Its strange how people just assume that ul have a girl cos uv had a boy lol! Loads of people think the same with me...i know i think im having a girl but thats just my gut instinct! Loads of people said it was a girl as soon as i announced i was pregnant!

Im impressee uz havent managed to slip up! Have uz mentioned anything to your DS1 yet? Haha DS1!! Thats fab! Xxxxxx

 

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Yeh I think we will keep it a secret, I would like to anyway. I want it all to be a surprise for everyone as part of the announcement when he arrives, but we'll see how it goes!! I'm confident at the moment anyway!

I know, it still surprises me that everyone just thinks it goes girl next automatically! I had told people we were trying and even then people were saying - oh I think it's a girl next! Nope, it definitely is not

No still not said anything to DS1 D) yet, we are aiming to start really telling him stuff after the 20 week scan! Have you said anything to Brandon yet? x x x