Synchronization of Us

A group I’m on was challenging us to show the contents of our purses. Well as mother with two young children i don’t carry a purse but instead a changing bag. Here are the contents, click on it and it will take you to flickr to see the notes on it.

Im so excited , Big Brother starts in just over 2 and a half hours . I just love this show, i have
watched it since a couple of episodes into the first season and got more
addicted each year. Its a big thing here in the UK and the housemates will be front page news for the next few months. My sister and i are both going to be watching the opening night and sending mean texts back and forth, its fun to make guesses what the people will be like.
Its on for a record 13 weeks and 2 days this time around , I’m going to have to time for any other TV shows

I do think the excitement has gotten to me a little though as tonight i gave Rebecca her bath after dinner (normally DHs job but he has his last exam tomorrow) , can anyone tell me whats wrong with the picture?

I’m a silly mummy aren’t i ?

In other news we have had two little milestones from Eilidh this week, she pulled herself up for the first time the other day. She has been trying constantly again since, she can do it fine on a person but really needs something to grab hold of still . Today i also saw her for the first time get herself from a crawling position to a sitting position, I’m sure she has done it before but its the first time i watched her do it. She is just such a big girl .

Laura

Its 9.23pm - Rebeccas bedtime is 7 but she has just now fell asleep. For all the sleep problem we have had with her getting her to sleep have not been one of them.

She still needs fed and rocked to sleep and i have been doing that in cylces for hours now and my arm is agony, nothing would get her to sleep and i even let her play for abit while i grabbed some dinner (which she shared it was just vegetables anyways). Im frustrated and so tired, i had planned to finally get caught up on my emails tonight and be in bed by now to hopefully finished Harry Potter and The Half Blood Price - i had a nice long blog planned but now just want to moan.

Hopefully she stays asleep for a while at least.

Its been such a boring few days, this week has just went so quickly and i don’t think i have done anything other than clean and play with the girls. What i wouldn’t give for a little something to change now and then.
I guess i have been feeling so blah lately, my weight upsets me more than i care to mention. I’m going to start a slimming class the week after next when DH is finished his exams which also serves the purpose of just getting me out the house with no kids
for a bit. Then there is the housework - i spend hours each day cleaning and the next day it all needs done again, what i wouldn’t give for someone just to take over for the day . The joys of having your own place i guess. I feel i cannot do anything right at the moment , hopefully once DHs exams are over and we get to start spending sometime together again things will get improve.

I did get sent the link a link to a Harry Potter Rap that helped cheer me up

The girls are doing great as always, Eilidh has developed a love for being on her feet and LOVES to be in her walker, sitting her down can be hard as she refuses to
co-operate and just wants to be on her feet. I was suppose to be making Brownies (Thanks for the recipe Lisanne) to follow
dinner but made the mistake of buying Mini Buttons instead of the M and Ms and eating them all - we settled for Chocolate Crispy cakes instead.

Talking about food, i quite enjoy weekends as i get to make meals that i fancy rather than trying to get something that both DH and i will eat and is suitable for the kids to. Tonight it was a Chicken and Apple Salad with homemade Paprika and Garlic Potato Wedges and Ciabatta Bread , followed of course by cakes :), last
nights it was meant to be Brown Rice and Lentils but it went horribly wrong and we
ended up doing pasta at the last second. I think I’m going to start a recipe blog to share some of the meals i make if anyone is interested

Guess i will finish this post with a couple of pictures of Rebecca

Rebecca and i invented a wonderful , crazy and funny game yesterday (please note
the sarcasm and see what i really mean which is tiring, painful and exhausting) .
It was during Eilidhs afternoon nap, we were having fun together - you know reading books, doing puzzles and just hanging out when we started playing around a little on the floor. Im not sure how it started but i ended up grabbing her leg and spinning her around on the floor, i then kept spinning around it a sort of stirring motion. Gosh she loved it and wants to do it all the time.
It really hurts my back though and is so tiring, but its so hard not to give in as she just loves it. I wanted to share a short video of it, not the greatest but its not that easy to take one while playing.

Babyled weaning is working out so well for us, Eilidh is doing great with food
and has such an appetite and love for it. Tonight we had Baked Linguini with Meat Sauce (basically spaghetti Bolognaise’s) and just let her feed herself , she has a blast - and yes there is banana that her sister decided to share with her there to.

Then there was Rebecca making a mess with desert.

This was not the only time today there managed to make a mess with food, dinner had cream cheese in it and my sister was here at the time who was going to take what was left home with her. Rebecca got a hold of it and was playing/eating it with her fingers and sharing with her sister. It was messy but i left them to it as they were
having fun.

Eilidh has always been a better sleeper than her sister and of that im so
grateful, this week though she started waking up a few times at night for a feed and was taking a while to settle. Rebecca on the other hand was sleeping so well and actually slept through the night two nights in a row.

Now last night was a diffrent story.

After the brief problem getting them down (read Interlude in previous post) , Eilidh slept all night wonderfully. Of course Rebecca was up and down, including being up from 1.30 till 4 (or there about , the last time i looked at the clock it was 4 but i feel asleep before her i think - hugging on the couch watching cartoons)

Why do i feel my girls are ganging up on me , maybe having secret talks to drive mummy crazy? DH says i should think myself lucky there not both having bad nights but i would almost prefer it as maybe they would be a chance they would both have a good night at the same time.

Im also in pain right now, leaving to go to my mums today i took a tumble over my ankle. I had Eilidh in my arms at the time but thankfully managed to fall without hurting her, my right knee is cut like crazy and i ripped my faviroute (re only) pair of jeans, my ankle is also killing me. Think im going to take some ibrofin and go to bed early, almost finished Harry Potter and The Half Blood Price so will get stuck into that

Laura

Just wanted to drop a quick note to say that you everyone who is reading this and i love reading the comments you make.
Its not an excuse but i do try and leave comments back, unfortunatly blogger seems to hate me and for some reason my interent is always really bad on weekends nights when i get the chance to post - it should’t be as we pay a fortune for a high speed line, really need to complain.

I do read all the blogs daily and love hearing about your lives.

Laura

I have been feeling so sentimental and emotional lately, Eilidh turning 6 months really got to me and part of me does not want Rebecca’s birthday to come - its less
that 3 weeks now.

I have really stopped and taken a good look at her this week and gosh she is amazing,
the difference in her whole way of doing everything has changed so much over the last few months and she is such a toddler now (Finally )
I think it started the other morning when she insisted that she got herself dressed, of course she started with her nappy but after about 10 minutes gave up on it (that in itself is just adorable, she actually opens it up and lies on top of it on the changing mat and tries to get it on). She grabbed her top and put it on then her trousers (not the correct ones but hey who cares), she is so good at getting them on and the only problem she has is pulling them up over her bum - so for the rest of the morning she walked about with no nappy on and her bum hanging out. When did my baby learn to dress herself? .

She loves to take her clothes on and off full stop and gets better at it each day, tonight she is sleeping in a top that is on inside out and back to front but she chose it and put it on before i could say anything. What do you do?

I also noticed this morning how great she has gotten at using a spoon, she has been using one for a while and for the last few weeks been feeding herself her breakfast cereal. Sure it was messy but it keeps her happy, I’m not sure how come i never noticed before but its no longer a messy job. She can work the spoon perfectly and not spill anything, i watched her chase a cheerio around the bowl this morning in fascination then spoon feed herself the rest of the milk.

- Interlude
These girls are driving me nuts, I’m back typing after having to settle them both again. Eilidh is teething and woke screaming, gave her medicine and teething tablets and put her back down - she woke again 5 minutes later and this time wanted a feed, of course Rebecca woke up then and cried the entire time wanting me. Finally i got Eilidh back down and then Rebecca. I hate nights when DH is not here.
- End Interlude

Then there is her “Mummy’s little helped” mode, she wants to help with everything these days. Everytime i go near the dishwasher she gets excited and wants to help unload, she loves to help with Eilidhs nappies and always opens it out for me and helps clean her bum. Tonight she got so upset when she laid Eilidhs babygroo down and i lifted it back up again (to fix the feet and arms). I can’t think of anything she does’t want to help with these day, how i wish it would always stay like that.

I could go on forever about the stuff she is up to and how big and grown up she seems - one bit of exciting news (for me) is she is now fitting into 12-18 months trousers just perfectly, i have about 20 pairs in that size so its like a whole new wardrobe.

Then there is Eilis and her calling for “Mum” , I’m so confused over it. I really don’t want to be one of those mums, you know the ones who’s kid make a noise and start saying there talking in full sentences. BUT she uses it so appropriately and more than once has she crawled to me and said mum - i just feel she is to young to say it and know what she is saying, she doest babble alot of sounds and its definitely mum she says not mama.

Laura

I was tagged by Kimberly at Altering Life I’m sorry it taken me so long so get around to it. Well here goes

Here’s how to play (if you’d like):
- I’ll write 10 (hopefully) interesting facts about me and/or habits of mine.
- I’ll tag 10 people.
- If you’ve been tagged, you do your own list and tag 10 more people. (”No tag backs.”)

1. I was never the type of person who dreamed of getting married or having children,
i would of been happy to get neither. Now i couldn’t imagine life being any diff rent
and would love a dozen kids.

2. I always dreamed of living abroad, California for the longest time and then Canada but now the only place i want to live is here.

3. I love reading and normally have a couple of books on the go, my favorite author
is Stephen Kind and i love The Stand

4. DH and i met when we were 17 and worked together in a pup restaurant, we never actually got together till i was 22.

5. I am slightly ocd / obsessive and love living life on a schedule.

6. Up till a few months back i was completely addicted to Lip Balm and would go
through a tube a week and take it everywhere with me. Since Eilidh was born i seemed
to have dropped the habit.

7. My all time favorite TV show is Melrose Place, i was so addicted to it and used to write stories based on it - one was even read by my English teacher

8. I dream of being a Doctor but realised long ago that i was’t good at any of the subjects needed. I went onto Accounts instead and will hopefully get the rest of my
qualifications needed in the next few years.

9. My mum , sister and i all had TB when we were younger, they had it in there lungs but i got it in my neck. Im left with a scar which people always seem to think is a love bite.

10. With each pregnancy i seem to change my drink, i drank mainly flavoured water before getting pregnant with Rebecca and changed to Irn Bru when pregnant. Irn Bru stayed after she was born but i couldn’t drink it second time around and changed to Dr Pepper which I’m still drinking.

Here are the people I’m tagging…

Um everybody seems to have tagged already, my dad has started a blog though so maybe will tag him.

Still Crazy After All These Years