John

Pleased to say that John came through his surgery ok poor bugger is sick everytime he stands up and the site in his stomach where he will get his dialysis is very sore but he is doing alright. Michelle says that he is looking better not anywhere near as yellow as he has been. So hope its up and up for him and that they find a donor very quickly for him. He's home and resting . Love and hugs John......XOXOXO

Back to work

Well finally am back at work and boy am I exhausted. You really do forget from year to year how much the little ones need steering in those first couple of weeks. Kym said she went home and crashed in a chair .......me nooooo we had to go to brisbane so I finally got to fall into bed at 11.30 or so ......so I dragged a chain today and definately will be sleeping very soon..thanks god this week is only three days mind you next week will be the killer 5 fulldays.....
Don't get me wrong I love going cause I get to catch up with Kase and the kids and Jeremy and Nat but after a long day its tiring. Kase also has Mia for a couple of days as John had his surgery today to get ready for his dialysis.He is out of surgery and seems to be doing ok hopefully home tomorrow.
Kase and I are madly in the throes of wedding plans for Kenny and Michelle's wedding and Mia's christening on the 28th of march.Kasey has done a fabulous job of the invites and cake designs so we are madly trying to get the decorations bought and have some kind of plan going. Its going to be a simple church wedding followed by the christening and then after at thier house. But still have to make a bolero to go over Michelles dress and make a bouquet.
Jems arm is getting better by the day still very sore but he can move it a bit more which is a plus.
Kase is also working on some paid jobs for invitations for weddings and trying to get Anabels done for her birthday and organise her party as well so she is a busy beaver....Me I can not beleive that she will be three this year
Olly now has 6 teeth he is a champion teether and such a happy little fella he is now 8 months old and a real little chub he gets so excited to see you when we go there now....
We are hoping Tom gets his licence very soon even if his car isn't on the road next month we begin 4 nights a week in Brissy ..2 nights wear me out so I can imagine that after 4 I'm going to be really cheery lol
Viks little grandson Casey is still in the mater childrens and not expected to come home for a while yet.They can't figure out why he can't keep any bottle feeds down he has 30 mls every three hours but brings it back up but seems to be ok with tube feeds poor little fella so they are doing test after test to try to figure it out .He is 18 days old now and has only spent one day at home. keeping everything crossed hoping he is well soon and can go home.

Jeremy

Well half of yesterday was spent at the doctors. I got home on Friday from work and Jeremy told me that he had hurt his arm after he fell off his bike going to Aunty Jen's. I had a look and it looked ok but he complained that it hurt but he could still move it. Gave him some panadol and he went off to bed. Well he gets up yesterday and the arm is swollen so we head off to the docs and of course she sends us to the hospital with his arm in a sling sure that its broken.......well if anyone knows Beauy hospital you would not want to be in a hurry.....3 hours and one cranky mum later after seeing the sister and the doctor the x ray guy rocks in does the xray goes again we wait to see the doctor again.......finally the result its not broken........severly bruised and is now still in a sling he still can not use it so probably better if he had broken it......arghhhhhh

Casey

Viks little granson Casey is still in the mater still being tube fed they are trying to give him 30 mls every three hours but he keeps on bringing it back up. Hes had more tests but they still can't find anything else. Poor little mite just one day at home in the weeks since hes been born but she says that he is a getting a little more alert everyday and is starting to look for food even if he can't keep it down. All our love little man and heres hoping you can go home to your sister Belle very soon.

projects

Well finally finished Mia's tinkerbell quilt which ended up a little dodgy in spots but is super cute and bright and perfect for her little white toddler bed. I also made her one for her dolly cradle that her Nan picked up for her Very cute. Car i need help with wadding i don't know whether its too thick or what I'm doing wrong.

It was great to see her with Ken and Michelle on friday night she is becoming a very busy little toddler. She is off to spend the day with Kasey and the kids next week while John has his op ready for the dialysis best wishes go to John heres hoping you are feeling a little better very soon.... The girls will have a ball together. I have to get some paint and playdough ready for them and work.

Can you believe I go back to work on wednesday arghhhh.

Ken and Michelle are getting married on the 28th March.........finally . Its going to be a dual christening for Mia and the wedding as well so preparations are in full swing. Kasey is working on decoration invitations. Its going to be a beautiful simple wedding they have been together for 21 years this year. Congrats to all of you.

Have been madly washing, sorting, listing stuff on ebay so I can get it all posted before I go back to work . When this lot is finished I need to get going on the winter stuff.

It was great to hear that Viks little grandson Casey is a little more alert and managed to drink a whole 70mls of formula. Here's hoping that there are no lasting side effects for him.

I have finally managed to make some progress on my dining room cupboard almost done on the sanding side now need to finish it off and varnish . It will be going into the dining room with no doors to start with until Jeremy gets time to make me some doors and I can get some leadlighting done. I wished I had taken pics of before because its taken forever and a lot of stripper to get the old paint off......and some of it was really old. I think that i might get some cane baskets to slip into it for now not sure. At least i might have some room for tupperware instead of half of it living on top of the fridge.

Get well soon Casey

Sending all our best wishes to Vikki after the joy last Sunday of a new grandson the poor little mite was back in hospital by Tuesday. Been at home for just one day. Glad to hear last night that he had a bottle of formula yesterday he had been tube feed mostly until this. His mum is on medication which is still experimental and apparently concentrates in very high levels in breastmilk so basically the poor little thing was drugged to the gills. By Tuesday when the midwife came she could not wake him or get a response so she called an ambulance and now he is at the Mater chrildrens. He is also now on formula and getting a little better everyday but will probably be there for a few days yet.

Bits and Bobs and Babies

Have just had Kasey and Anabel and Oliver home for the weekend .Its great having them home and I love spending time with the kids. Anabel will be 3 in a few weeks .....seems like yesterday that she was born.....She is such a clever little girl and has her own mind for sure but she brings us endless joy this little girl is definately here for a reason.... And little Oliver is the most precious little boy he reminds me of a little old man some days he just watches everyone ....if only he could talk...lol. We are so lucky to have these 2 grandkids...They went home to Daddy this afternoon and boy our house is quiet now.......We also had Mia overnight as John had to go in for his tests to get ready for his Dialysis which he starts at the end of the month .He goes on the donor list now as well to wait for a kidney to become available,hopefully very soon.

Jeremy has arrived home after spending 2 weeks in Hervey Bay lucky thing.

On babies Congrats to Vikki on the arrival of her second grandbaby a boy Casey Martin a brother for Isabelle and son for Peta and Wade he is adorable.

Can not beleive that i go back to work next week amazing how quicky the holidays go by...still a ton of things to achieve. We go back 7 days before the kids but then get 4 days off with the Australia day holiday so it makes the first week back very short kind of eases us back into it. The first day is a killer as its filled with seminars that I usually find I want to sleep through....I hope that this year will be great but there is still a lot of things up in the air so apart from the fact that I will be in Prep don't know much else ar well guess will find out next week.....

i have been doing a ton of reading so I may even take Cars reading challenge on this year I just might make it to 50 and have been catching up on a few dvds ..Still no progress on Lukes quilt but have almost finished Mia's tinkerbell quilt and need to get a go on Lukes for his 21st in March and I want to get Toms music quilt and his scrapbook album done before his 18th in August.

R.I.P Brendan

It was with a very sad heart that we heard of the passing of my lifelong friend Kath's boy Brendan. Brendan was born with Cornelius De Lange syndrome and had a lot of problems.But Kath Gary and Ben got him to way past the early teen stage that the doctors had predicted. She fought for her boy every step of the way and Brendan the beautiful boy that he was passed away peacefully at the age of 22. Our deepest sympathies go out to them all and we wish we could be there with you.

Happy New Year

Well a bit late i know but heres wishing our family and friends the most amazing year in 2010 .....my goals for the next year are to try to chill out more..lol get some more of our house painted .....finish my cupboard for the dining room ......longest work ever in progress......but i will get it finished....read more....sew more ...hopefully spend more time at home and definately whatever the new school year brings I am flat out not going to stress about it.