Synchronization of Us

And yes the mean mother that i am not only stood back and let Courtney and Eilidh bug Rebecca but took a video with the purpose of putting it up on the blog.
In my defense Rebecca fell asleep (more like passed out mid play) around 3pm, we did let her sleep for a little while but any more and she would have been up all night (no joke, sometimes going to bed about 3/4 hours later than normal after a 5 minute nap) .
Nothing was waking her up so we set the kiddies on her .

About 5 minutes after this video she was up and running around doing “crazy dancing” as the girls call it.

(Yes they are wearing Housecoats, after the showers they put them on rather than clothes and spent the rest of the afternoon naked)

As of today im now officially 23 weeks pregnant, i am feeling pretty good for the most part and baby is nice and active. Been so tired and hungry the last few days though so im wondering if the baby is going to go through a growth spurt?
I think im starting to enjoy the experience now, there really is nothing like lying in bed feeling the baby move around.

Boys names are still a complete nightmare for us, DH did agree that once his exams are over he will really sit down and be serious about it.
Have i mentioned i think we may be going for Charlotte for a girl? Its not 100% but we both really like it and i just love the nickname Charlie.
I was worried as according the some baby name charts i looked at it was always in the top 20, i looked up one for Scotland today and Charlotte is actually less common here than both Rebecca and Eilidh.

I have my next appointment on the 28th , i remember making it at my last appointment when i was 16 weeks and thinking how far away it seemed. The thought of being 24 weeks was scary and now its almost here *gulp*

Pregnancy aside its been one of those days, Eilidh has been a complete bear with the screaming ALL DAY LONG. It may be teeth, it could be tiredness or it could just be an off day but i do know my head hurts . Both girls are sleeping now thankfully

Today my baby is 18 months old, does anyone else feel that its a big milestone? Each day now she will be getting close to two and further from one.

What can i say about her? She is seriously the most crazy, smartest, sweetest and silliest child i have ever met. Its no secret i worried how we would bond when she was born but thats never been an issue.
She winds me up, she frustrates me but also makes me the happiest person in the world.

In celebration of 18 months, here is my 18 things about Eilidh

1 - She LOVES to copy her sister, if Rebecca can get herself into the carseat then Eilidh can get herself into the carseat. If Rebecca gets naked and goes on the potty, Eilidh gets naked and goes on the potty - and these just happened to today. “Anything you can do i can do better” should be Eilidhs slogan

2 - She is learning to be very manipulative with her affection, she keeps her kisses and cuddles for moments when she decides she wants to give one . If you ask you normally see her either run away or put her hands over her mouth laughing. Although if she hits or bites you she quick as a flash will cuddle or kiss you to save getting into trouble.
She will always kiss or cuddle Rebecca though and the one poor person who almost never gets hugs and kisses is Courtney. She loves her cousin but quickly worked out how upset Courtney would get if she runs away from her, this has lead to a few tears and tantrums (from Courts)

3 - She never stays still , i call her my little energizers bunny as she is go go go from morning till night. Most night wakings are due to her banging her head on her cot as she rolls and crawls around in her sleep. I also think this is why she never liked co-sleeping as she needs her own space.

4 - Outsiders always think she is a handful and sometimes this upsets me, she is not one to be standing close to mummy. She will be the one pulling apart cupboards , eating the chalk or climbing the chairs . To me its not her being “bad” , she is curious and loves to explore . The world is an amazing thing to a toddler and Eilidh doesn’t want to miss a thing

5 - She has no fear ,she will run down the steepest hills and climb to the highest points in play parks and play centers. While other children her age stand about watching she is right in the middle of it all having a great time

6 - She talks, and talks and talks. This girl loves the sound of her own voice - especially in the car when she talks non stop. New words this week are “Co-Co” (Courtney) “Me Do” (As in i will do it) “Stays” (Stairs) “Sky” and “White Car” - and thats just a small part of it .

7 - For the most part she does not parrot what you say ,when she uses a word its nearly always a word that she understand . Sure you can hold up and orange and get her to say orange but if you were to try and get her to say orange with none in eyesight she would refuse

8 - She is incredibly stubborn and gets frustrated very easily, screaming fits are normal around here when she is trying to do something herself and not accepting help. She screamed for 30 minutes solid the other day trying to put her own top on but would not let me help in the slightest (when i forced the issue she screamed louder and took it back off)

9 - She is already incredibly opinionated , sometimes she is happy to let me choose but other times it MUST be the certain pair of underwear , MUST be the correct color of spoon ,MUST be the jacket she wants to wear. I can only imagine how bad this is going to get in the next few months.

10 - She is just plain crazy , she will randomly start doing silly stuff and loves nothing more than making everyone laugh. Lately its been funny walking - from running backwards, crawling on all fours or bum shuffling , sometimes she will jump everywhere or walk with her legs bent and her bump sticking out behind her. She must dress herself in any clothes or shoes she finds and loves showing off.

11 - This girl can EAT , somedays she puts away huge amounts that make me feel sick. Now and then we come across something she doesn’t like (but may eat the next time) but she tries everything put in front of her. Thankfully she loves any fruit and veg (with Bananas and Broccoli being a current favorite)

12 - This girl can DANCE , she has some great moves and flings her arms about like crazy. Anytime the smallest bit of music comes on she starts to move . She loves any type of music and her favorite kids songs are currently “Wind The Bobbin Up, Twinkle Twinkle, Incy Wincy Spider and Wheels on The Bus ”
She loves to join in with action songs.

13 - She is a great sister, so sweet and considerate and puts up with all Rebecca bossiness happily. I have a feeling she is going to love getting to be boss of this baby . She will make a great big sister though and loves to play with her baby dolls, she will rock them going “shh shh” and pretend to feed them and take them for walks.

14 - She is such a smart little girl, she can figure out anything. She is great at shape sorting and building towers, playing with Lego is great fun and she can scribble a cute picture. Everyone always comments on how she seems much older than 18 months

15 - She is still a “small fry” at about 21.7lbs and 32.5 inch tall (Unofficial of course) . Clothes are for the most part still 9-12 months but she is also wearing 12-18 months. She doesn’t look that small to me though , i still call her my chubby girl sometimes as she does seem that way to me .

16 - She is STILL NAPPING for the most part, think it was just a nap strike

17 - She is STILL BREASTFEEDING for the most part, not sure how long she will keep it up for but we are just going to take it one day at a time. I know she is not getting loads of milk as she finishes and asks for juice straight away (juice meaning water most of the time)

18 - She is constantly surprising us and showing us just how different siblings can be , she was walking/crawling/talking months earlier than i expected (based on her sister schedule) and defiantly keeps me on my toes

All in all she is one pretty awesome little girl who couldn’t be more loved and adored by everyone who knows her

Yesterday i spent the day with Eilidh , its breastfeeding week here in the UK and we went to “B In The Park” . It was just the two of us (Rebecca would of missed playgroup) , we spent the day hanging out with the other girls from the breastfeeding group in the lovely sunshine eating a picnic.
My Eilidh the handful , well she was the perfect angel who made me so proud of her. She listened and never once acted up or threw a tantrum .
I feel it was a much needed bonding day between mummy and daughter and is one that i will never forget.

I am so lucky to be her mum , im thankfully everyday that i have been given the opportunity to have her in my life. Im incredibly blessed with both my wonderful children and cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with them

Cause she is cute and takes a silly picture

“Potty Break”

“Ready To Go”

Cheeky

“Sleepy”

“Cousin It”

(And yes that is how she sleeps everynight)

In just a few short days Eilidh turns 18 months old, part of me wants to scream because how is that even possible? Yesterday i spent the entire day watching her and marveling at her beauty.

These days just looking at her makes me tear up , she is not a baby anymore instead every inch the little girl. Expect a couple of Eilidh heavy posts this week but for now some of my fave shots from yesterday really showing that babyhood is long gone

(And yes thats baby Eilidh on the computer screen behind her, the girls love looking at older pictures of themselves)

You have no idea how happy i am to be writing this post, i feel like i can breath again.

You see im wanting to try and install the sideblog plugin to use for the paid posts BUT that does not seem to be working. Maybe updating wordpress will help (still way behind im scared to do it, im a wimp with this stuff) .

I delete a couple of unused themes when i notice them.

Then i try to access my cPanel, so whats my password /username again?

So i try and try and then everything stops working, no accessing the cPanel (which i now know the user name and password as i remember slightly to late that i had them written down) - no accessing the dashboard of wordpress - no even accessing the website.

Stupidly i panic, what if i had done something that caused me to lose everything? I was so sure i had done something irreversible.

I went to the hosts website and contacted customer support, and now i feel stupid. My repeated attempts to access my cPanel had got my ip address banned (a precaution against hackers) , nothing serious and its now been fixed.

I do want to give a quick thumbs up to Swank Web Hosting , i have been nothing but happy with the service they offer and if anyone is looking to go self hosted check them out. There customer service department is EXCELLENT . I raised a “ticket” and 15 minutes later had a reply for them working with me solving the problem - how wonderful is that?

They are cheap and i have found always works well ,  and this post is sponsored by nobody but me

Now that half my evening is wasted im going to go back to trying to sort out this plugin thing

(While getting kicked like crazy, bubs down a complete turn around yesterday which in itself was very strange but movement has went from occasionally to non stop)

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Why must my maternity trousers insist on falling down constantly?

Why must my maternity tops insist on rolling up constantly ?

Im always walking around with this ridiculous jelly belly sticking out

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When did Eilidh learn how to walk up stairs?

When did Eilidh learn how to walk down stairs?

How can she be old enough to do either

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Why does Rebecca insist that her hair MUST be put up?

Why does Rebecca take her hair down all the time?

Why can’t she make up her mind

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Pay per post is exactly what it sounds like, as a blogger they already know you love to write. They provide you with opportunities to earn some money doing exactly that. You get to choose from the opportunities available and do a write up advertising the business.

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Big Thanks to those who commented on my last post, i think for the moment im going to give it ago. Yes i hate it and it  does not sit right with me BUT we as a family could use the extra finances at the moment .

Its seem most of you don’t mind it but will choose not to read the posts and that i understand ( i would do the same) , im hoping this will just be a temporary thing - i totally see myself getting bored with it in a few weeks