MSE Parents Club Part 10

chopsticks

Morning :wave:

Just giving C her first bottle so thought I'd have a browse on here. She's still very snotty this morning but I plastered her in baby Vics last night and she slept quite well so that will hopefully set her up for the day a little.

Glam - I missed that OH took you out for dinner, that was nice of him. It sounds like he is realising how much you do for him.

SM - like the new avvy

No early-morning visit from Weezl? Maybe she's sleeping a bit better.

MFD - hugs for a horrid week. Hope you have a good weekend. Whereabouts are you thinking of going on holiday?

xxx

SugarSpun

Morning everyone!!

Big hugs MFD, where were you thinking of going on holiday?

It looks like being a highly productive day Chez SS. OH has already cleaned out the cutlery drawer and is still cleaning in the kitchen, then he's taking Molly to the DIY shop. I'm drinking tea and will be heading to the supermarket at some point to get the stuff on my list before coming home and making surprise shortbread for OH.

I'm also going to take a bath, put henna on my hair and do some personal grooming probably for the first time since Christmas (the grooming that is, I've had a bath MUCH more recently).

I'm also going to start making plans for our anniversary and his birthday. First anniversary is paper and I've got him a book he wanted, I'm also going to try to make him a photobook of how to make salami (random :rotfl:) and if possible will sneak out first thing in the morning and buy him oysters for breakfast. He loves them, I'm mildly repulsed and will make a bacon sandwich.

Does anyone have any ideas of cute cheapish things that can be done for anniversaries?

Krystaltips

Morning folks, not caught up yet... But if anyone uses Avent breastpads, there's a couple of boxes here for 50p with no postage... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-AVENT-Comfort-Disposable-40-Pack/dp/B0018RAG1W/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=baby&qid=1266051142&sr=1-8

BrunoM

Morning all

Sorry you've been having a time of it MFD - hope things get better fast now you're home and OH is recovering, You put a lot of effort and emotional investment into work as well as home life and family, you don't deserve people having a go there!

Glamazon wrote: »

Bruno - anyone as famous as Mr Sutherland?!

Aggrravatingly, I can't get the link built to Donald and Keifer! Need to bug my dad to fill in my gaps on that side I have a stack of Barons, Lords, ambassadors and cabinet ministers on my mum's side though and Thomas Henry (and Aldous) Huxley, if anyone knows them. Not quite so famous as the Sutherlands nowadays though
It is pleasing me doing it though. Just annoyed that so far my paternal grandfather is a dead end and we have nothing on him, web searches not going anywhere... hmph.

SusanC wrote: »

You totally should ask older relatives - you will get loads of extra information from their memories which you wouldn't find out from paper records. I asked my Grandad and both his sisters for anything they knew and they were really pleased that someone was interested.

Absolutely agree - this whole thing kicked off mainly because I realised how little my generation know about our family trees, and when my parents die ewverything will be lost unless we write it down. No grandparents alive in my family but my mum and aunt both seem to have a lot of info!

Anyway sorry for extended non-parent waffling on newest geeky obsession

E is getting a back molar at the moment if OH is right on what she spotted just breaking through, and he's certainly had teething signs - last night he woke at 5am for the first time in ages, and it took Calpol and an hour and a quarter to get him back down again, and even then only to the extent that after I dumped him he cried for 5 mins then finally passed out grmph.

Mazcabs

BrunoM wrote: »

Aggrravatingly, I can't get the link built to Donald and Keifer! Need to bug my dad to fill in my gaps on that side I have a stack of Barons, Lords, ambassadors and cabinet ministers on my mum's side though and Thomas Henry (and Aldous) Huxley, if anyone knows them. Not quite so famous as the Sutherlands nowadays though
It is pleasing me doing it though. Just annoyed that so far my paternal grandfather is a dead end and we have nothing on him, web searches not going anywhere... hmph.

Absolutely agree - this whole thing kicked off mainly because I realised how little my generation know about our family trees, and when my parents die ewverything will be lost unless we write it down. No grandparents alive in my family but my mum and aunt both seem to have a lot of info!

Does he have a common surname.... PM me and I'll look on findmypast if you want.......

Wow just looked up Huxleys on google - impressive Bruno!!!!

SugarSpun

I have such a writer-crush on Aldous Huxley.

That is all.

tarajayne

elle_gee wrote: »

Aww bless you tara! My mum was fine with sticking her hands in the inci, but when Rhys was finally wire free, I asked if she wanted to hold him and she said no, then apparently went home and walked in the door roaring her eyes out. Dad thought something terrible had happened and really she was just upset cos she'd been kicking herself the minute she walked out of the hospital that she'd said no! (Dad drove her back two hours later for a cuddle! )

I touched ;)I helped change her nappy! :j:D

ladybirdintheuk wrote: »

If Poppy has nicked all the vibes then I don't mind giving them up for such a worthy cause

Passing on good luck job (((vibes))). They definatley work you know! :A


Hope everyone has a good weekend planned.

Sorry you've had a pants week MFD! X

HSM2 was good apart from the annoying people next to us. Mother kept whispering in her daughters ear to ask me to swap my seat, as I was closer to the middle. She was all of 6 or 7 but kept standing looking at me going 'uhh, uhhh, I wanna swap your seat'. :mad: And pointing at me.

jillie1974

love family trees!
m uncle (on my dad's side) is doign ours.
so far the most famous person that we might be related to is T E Lawrence aka Lawrence of Arabia. he's cosuin some how....

in ireland its hard to trace things as the govt building where records were kept was burnt down in 1920's (i think but early 20th century) and as most people never had their own copy of the birth/marriage/death or they are since lost/destroyed it can be tricky especially if there are grey areas with where they lived etc...

off to Dunham Massey with PIL,niece and Kian in a bit should be fun.

He's tonnes better today!!

tarajayne

Glad he's better Jillie, have a nice day out. Don't think I could do a family tree, would be more of a family bramble bush!!!

Hi Glam and 3! X

aless02

Morning all! (I really need to stop these massive lie-ins)

SS, my paper anniversary gift to DH was an old map of where we got married - trying to be all romantic-y and cute, it's a bit lame I know . He got me a giant Moonpig card with our photo on it!

MFD, how rude of those people! I'm in no fab shape myself (and carry it all in the belly) so if someone said that to me, I'd prolly go home and cry.

tia, I hope you had that bath & glass of wine last night!

Is anyone else excited about the Olympics? I'm a huge Olympics fan, but finding it hard to get into it I guess with everything going on. Suppose once they start today I'll get more enthusiastic - summer's more my thing anyways .

Oooo, we get to stay in a hotel at the beginning of March b/c our landlord is re-doing the bathroom due to damp damage. It's only down the road, but I'm still a bit nervous coping with Finn & stuff!