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12 weeks without an update, geez.
I've been sooooooo busy with work! As it's Christmas, I do gift wrapping, so fun (not).
But there's something weird going on that I wanna write about.
So the other day, I got a call from Bree. She told me she was getting married, and wants me to be a bridesmaid. Now I thought this was strange, considering I haven't spoken to her in a YEAR.
To bring everyone up to speed, Bree was a friend of mine and Jo's in high school. In fact, Jo and Bree were the only people I kept in constant contact with after school ended.
In 2006, however she told me she was moving to Australia with her boyfriend (now fiance). Jo and I were sad to see her go, and promised to keep in touch.
Jo and I spent lots of time calling and emailing Bree in Australia, but she either never got back to us or called us back a week late. In the end, we just gave up contacting her as she obviously couldn't be bothered to keep in contact. Since 2006, I've only heard from her three times - she called me twice to congratulate me on having Vegas and Shawn (nice of her but when she called about Shawn she sounded like she didn't want to even talk to me), and this time when she called me.
To be honest, I was quite surprised she'd ask me to be a bridesmaid, considering we haven't exactly been close for a number of years. I congratulated her on her engagement and impending wedding, and told her I'd get back to her on the bridesmaid issue.
Five minutes after I hung up the phone, Jo rung and asked me if Bree had called me. Bree had called Jo and asked her to be a bridesmaid too! Jo and I were very confused, didn't she have friends in Australia to ask or family members or something? Jo then mentioned something that Bree neglected to tell me - the wedding's in Australia next June. She wants to us to fly over on our own dollar for her wedding. She wants two girls she's spoken to a handful of times in four years to spend their own money to fly over for her wedding and be bridesmaids? I don't get it.
I certaintly didn't ask anybody random like that to be in my wedding. For my own wedding in 2003, Jo was my Maid Of Honor, and Michelle, Kim and Heidi were bridesmaids. I asked Heidi to be MOH, but she said Jo should do it (and I didn't know Cheryl at that time). Lewis acted as Best Man and David's brother Joseph was a groomsman. That was pretty much it - siblings and close friends, no randoms.
And the funny thing? I invited Bree to the wedding and she didn't even come! And now she expects me to fly to Australia for hers when she didn't turn up to mine?!
Jo and I are still considering if we should go or not. Jo said at least she gave us six months notice, and didn't just ring up a week beforehand asking us or something xD Then I pointed out that she probably expects us to buy our own bridesmaids dresses as well as plane tickets.
I told Kim about it on MSN last night (she knows Bree, but just as friend of Jo and I), and she thought it was ridiculous to ask people you hardly talk to. Neither Jo or I have actually seen her since 2006. She asked us to come for a girly weekend last year (over email), but I couldn't go because the date was a week out from my due date for Shawn. I told her no, and she got mad at me! I was like 'uh I'm having a baby next week, they won't let me fly' and she still had the gall to get angry. I was like x_x That's probably why she sounded so frosty when she called me to congratulate me on Shawn's birth.
I think I might only go if Jo goes. But we don't want to both leave Peter (our boss) in the lurch at work by both taking time off at the same time. We're only a small group of people, if two of us wanted time off at the same time, we'd screw him royally. Especially since we'd need at least a couple of days due to the fact we have to fly over and back, go to the rehearsal dinner and the wedding. Peter wouldn't say no, but we don't want to do that to him, he's too good of a boss.
So, to go or not to go? I asked David what he thought, and he asked me if I still care about Bree. I said I kind of did, and he said if I did, I should go. I told him that she didn't come to our wedding (her excuse? She had to see her parents that day... I'm sure they wouldn't have minded her going to a friend's wedding!), and I wasn't sure whether I wanted to pay all that money.
Jo said that if she does go, she's only going to the rehearsal and the wedding itself, no bridal showers or anything. Neither of us can afford to fly over for everything. Thankfully Bree didn't ask either of us to be MOH (her sister is MOH), only bridesmaids.
Apart from that, things are normal except work is (as usual) a complete MADHOUSE. I'm on the gift wrapping station until the end of this week, joy. Thankfully the mall is only open till midnight two days this year (22nd and 23rd), and I'm only working till midnight the 22nd.
And guess what? Christmas this year is at our place. Even more joy. Thankfully I don't have to cook everything, my grandma loves cooking at Christmas and offered to do it instead. I'll help her obviously, but thank god.
And next week, just before Christmas, David's Dad and brother are arriving from New York! YAY! They're staying for Christmas and New Year's, cos we stayed with them for New Year's last year. We invited Joseph's wife and their kids, but they're going to her parents' place, so he's coming on his own. Harold is sleeping in our spare room and Joseph on the couch (he doesn't mind). Leslie (David's Mum) is NOT happy about this, she keeps complaining that while Harold is here, she won't be able to come over and see the kids. David told her to shut up xD A lot of the time Harold and Joseph will be out enjoying their trip and sightseeing, so she can come over then. And David told her to suck it up as they're gonna be in the same place on Christmas Day.
But man it's already the 14th of December, time is FLYING. Thankfully I've done 75% of my shopping. I'm buying gifts for:
Rahel
Vegas
Shawn
David
Mum
Dad
Heidi
Ian
Grandma
Jo
Cheryl
Kim
Michelle
Lewis
Peter
Johnny
Richard
Michael
I'm also getting small gifts for my aunts, uncles, cousins and my cousin's kids.
I've bought all my presents for my friends and my family. I just have my kids and David left to buy for now, they're the easiest.
I wonder what I'm getting cos I have no idea! I do know I'm going to see Lady GaGa and going to the Big Day Out next year, that should be fun. I got a ticket to the first GaGa show on the 13th of March, general admission. I'm going with Jo and Kim. A whole big group of us are going to the BDO - me, Jo, Cheryl, Kim, Michelle, David, Lewis, Johnny, Richard, Michael, Heidi and Ian. I also remember Cheryl saying something to me about wanting me to go see Kelly Clarkson with her. Not a huge fan of Kelly, but I love concerts so I'll probably go xD
Anyway I better go, I have the afternoon shift at work today, from 1pm till close. Yay. Seeya later!
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Hey sorry I haven't updated for... 11 weeks. My bad o_O
I've been posting to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) customers_suck though. You can catch me over there quite a bit cos my customers are terrible. I get the occasional nice person but... customer service desks attract the biggest weirdos.
Some asshole told me "to go back to my own country" today. WUT? I've lived in NZ since I was 12! What's more weird, he was foreign too, he was Indian, with a strong accent. Anyway, I'm in the process of posting about it to C_S.
Yay: http://community.livejournal.com/customers_suck/28003062.html
Seriously, some of my customers have less tact then Vegas does, and he's a three year old! People need to learn manners before they should be allowed in a mall.
Anyway, what's been up since I last posted?
Birthdays galore! Mine, Rahel's and David's.
I'm now halfway to 50. Whoop-de-do. But I had a party and it was awesome. The girls and David threw me a themed party, the theme was pirates and ninjas xD I dressed up like a pirate. I got lots of great presents, and we drunk loads.
Rahel is 7 now... time does fly. She had her party at McDonald's with 10 of her friends. I made David help out this time, there was no way he was getting away with not helping out (the last two parties Rahel had he managed to get it out of it - last year he took Shawn and Vegas out and the year before he took Vegas to see family xD). The McD's people were awesome, they even provided a cake.
David turned 32 yesterday. His party is this weekend. He said he didn't want one, but Lewis and I said 'too bad' xD.
The kids are fine. Rahel is little miss star at school, her teacher couldn't stop talking about how great she was at the last parent teacher evening. I'm so proud :D
Shawn is the hardest of my kids, but it's understandable, he's 1 and FULL OF ENERGY. He can walk now and runs around like an Energizer Bunny. I sometimes wish I could take his batteries out xD It's even worse when Vegas gets involved and I have two little boys running around the house. Ahhhhhhh too much boy energy!!
But it's hilarious cos Rahel got introduced to this gaming website at school by one of her friends - you can play lots of fun kiddy friendly games on it, and now she's always trying to kick me off the PC so she can go on it. David jokes that we've just made a PC obsessed kid, and she's gonna end up like me when she's a teenager (I spent lots of time on my PC when I was a teen, but not so much now that I'm a Mum, too busy).
I can only find time to get online in the evenings, after the kids have gone to bed. I always find time to come on and rant about sucky customers though xD I get a shitload. Jo and the guys joke that I attract them cos they had hardly any weird people before I started working here. Then I get a job there and BAM... crazy people appear from all directions.
Let me recap... in the time I've been working at the desk (three years in November), I've had this crap happen to me:
- Lady tries to claim my son as her own and freaks the hell out of me
- Guy stalks me and then grabs me as I'm calling the police to get rid of him
- Lady leaves her baby in the car, and doesn't care that she's commiting child abuse (I have a court date for this in October, how fun...)
- ^^^ Guy from above tells me to go back to my own country
- About five people yanking on my long hair
- Lady bitches me out cos I got told Mum fell down the stairs and cried at work
- Lady tries to convince me that a shop exists in our mall when it doesn't and then forces me to come with her to show me the non-existent shop (weirdo...)
- More people then I can count yelling at me for little things that don't matter
- People being creepy when I was pregnant with Shawn, trying to touch my bump and asking personal questions
.... Yeah. You'd think that would convince me to quit my job and find a better one.
But dammit, I love my job! I love my coworkers (Jo works there, she's my best friend!) and Peter (my boss). I love the nice customers we get (like the guy that intercepted the guy who tried to grab me, <3 him) and it's a fun job without the crazies. Why should I quit a job just because of assholes? This is the best job I've ever had!
Job chronology (cos I'm bored and can):
Supermarket cashier (from age 16 till 17, this is where I met David)
Cashier at huge CD/DVD/computer store (age 17, I worked there for 3 months)
Counter worker at music store (age 18, I worked there while pregnant with Rahel and left when I was six months pregnant, I worked there about 3 months)
Stay at home Mum (age 18 - 22, I was mostly SAHM for this period of time)
Sky phone operator (age 20, I worked at Sky for two months)
Customer service wench (from November 2006 till now)
I've had some pretty fun jobs in my time, but 3 of them I only worked there three months or less. The supermarket was cool cos I met David there, and Kim too, she was a fellow cashier chick. The CD/DVD place was supposed to be a couple of weeks Christmas thing to help in the rush, but I stayed till February, then quit cos I wanted to go to university. I got the job at the music store while I was pregnant cos I was so bored at home xD I was a SAHM Mum for about three and a half years, minus the two months I worked at Sky. The Sky job was hilarious, I had so many weird people calling me cos I worked nights. And then in 2006 after I had Vegas, I got my customer service job - Jo recommended me to Peter and he hired me. I've been there ever since ^_^ I loooooooooove my boss and coworkers. Me, Peter, Jo, Johnny, Richard and Michael are a close-knit group. I love that my boss is my friend as well as being in charge. It's awesome.
Ok it's almost midnight, I'm gonna go now xD
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I haven't updated since November 2008!!
I guess I just... forgot about LJ? I think I posted on customers_suck about a month ago, but that was it.
But now I'm back!
Things are pretty much the same as in November except:
- Shawn is one year old now (on May 16th)
- Vegas turns three on July 4th
- Rahel turns seven on August 3rd (geez she's already almost 7! Time flies)
I also turn 25 in a couple of weeks ^_^ Halfway to 50 as David likes to tease me about. I just remind him that he's turning 32 in September :P
David and I are trying for another baby too. We decided to wait till Shawn was one before we did. I'm off my birth control, and we're crossing our fingers. I want another girl so I have two of each, but of course another boy would be wonderful (I don't think Rahel will be happy about having three brothers in the future though LOL).
Ahhhhhhhhh speaking of babies, Heidi had a son!!!!! He was born on June 17th, and he's so cute! I'm an aunty, yayyyyyyyyyy <3 His name is Joshua.
Work is the same as usual, except I work longer hours now as Shawn is at daycare now.
I've been talking to my cousin Megan and she's got front row tickets to Raw live on July 3rd. David and I are going too, but we have middle tier seats, cos we couldn't afford $150 each. Our tickets are $99 each.
It's so cold lately. We constantly have the heater on. We've had an incident where Vegas thought it would be fun to touch the heater, and he burnt himself. Silly boy. We now have a gate around the heater so he and Shawn can't get to it. He only burnt himself cos I thought he was in his room but he came out and ended up next to the heater >_>
Oh man last time I wrote was before our huge trip to Scotland and the USA. It was absolutely kick ass. All my relatives in Scotland spoilt Rahel, Vegas and Shawn. We had to buy a couple of new suitcases to bring all the stuff back that we received and bought. New Year's in New York was amazing, Jo and Lewis flew over and joined us. Harold (David's Dad) watched the kids while we went out partying. We saw the ball drop in Times Square, it was awesome. We came home in mid January. Harold was glad to meet his grandchildren (he's only met Rahel once when she was a baby and it was the first time he'd met Vegas or Shawn).
He was going to come back over with us for awhile, but his work told him they needed him, so he couldn't. He's coming over in August instead for a month. He's going to stay with us - we have four bedrooms (David and I have the master obviously, Rahel has her own room, Vegas has his own room and Shawn shares with us still), so he can have his own room.
Hmm, David should be home from work in a minute (I worked till 2:30pm today), so I should go get dinner started.
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It may be your usual day, but I'm happy :D
I had work from 8am to 2:30pm today. Work was normal, no crazy people xD I called Cheryl when I finished and asked her to watch Shawn till after 3pm today cos I had to go grocery shopping.
I picked up Vegas from daycare first today, then we picked up Rahel. Today Rahel's class did painting but Rahel forgot to tell me so I didn't pack her painting clothes DOH. She got paint all over her jeans and top, but she didn't care (I do, it's extra laundry >_>). I debated over whether to take her home to change before going to the supermarket, but in the end, I reckoned she didn't mind that she was covered in paint and I didn't really want to go home and then go out again. Then off to the supermarket we went, painty Rahel and all xD
I got what we needed for dinner (tonight is sausages & mashed potatoes, Rahel's favourite, she got excited when I told her it was mashed potato, it's her favourite food), some milk, some bread, a bottle of wine (for David and I) and some snack food. The woman who served me gave me shitloads of small change so I bought Rahel a Barbie and Vegas a toy car. They've both behaved themselves lately (I'm not mad at Rahel for getting paint all over herself, she's six and they did painting, her whole class was covered in paint xD), so they deserved something.
We went home, where Cheryl was watching Shawn (her daughter Jess had been picked up from daycare by her husband). She told me that he had a good day, he drunk all the milk I'd pumped for him and hadn't been fussy. He's a hungry boy, he wanted another feed as soon as we walked in the door. Cheryl hung out for awhile, and played with Rahel and Vegas while I fed Shawn.
Now it's 4:30pm, Rahel is watching a Hannah Montana DVD, Vegas is playing with his toys, Shawn is snuggled against me in a wrap and David will be home from work soon.
The Halloween party on Friday was lots of fun - Rahel's Hannah outfit was a smash, all the girls were jealous of her :D Vegas and David made an adorable pirate couple, and Shawn was absolutely cute as a pumpkin. I got loads of compliments about my Alice outfit too :D They had a competition for the best dressed kid and Rahel won!! They also gave out a gag prize for the best dressed adult and I won LMAO.
Saturday we went to the family barbeque. My cousin brought her son, who's almost 2. Vegas had fun playing with him. She's also pregant again (this is NOT the bitchy cousin who hated me, this is another one, I have lots of cousins LOL), due in January. She was asking me for advice about having more then one kid lol. We ate loads, and I had multiple glasses of Sangria (David was driving, so I could drink). David took the piss out of me after I couldn't walk straight LMAO. We got there about 2pm and left at around 7pm.
Tomorrow I'm working 8am to 2:30pm again, but Shawn is coming with me to work. He's with me the whole day, as Peter doesn't mind and neither does Jo, who is my shift mate. Peter tells me that whenever I need to feed Shawn, I can leave the desk to go and do it in private. Jo can man the desk for the 5 minutes I'll be gone LOL. I refuse to bottle feed Shawn just because I'm at work. Since I work from 8am now, David gets Rahel ready for school and drops her off cos he starts work at 9:30am.
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Wow, I keep not updating xD
But the biggest news? I'm gonna be an auntie! Heidi's pregnant :D:D:D:D She's due in June next year. YAY! My sister's gonna be a mummy too <3
Tomorrow's Halloween! :D Rahel's school is having a Halloween party for all ages that we're taking the kids to. Everybody has to dress up, that includes the parents xDDD
Rahel is going as Hannah Montana - we got her a blonde wig and a Hannah like outfit. She can't wait to dress up like her idol xD Vegas is going as a pirate, he goes around saying "arrr!" all the time LOL. We're hauling out the pumpkin costume (that Vegas wore last year) for Shawn. David is dressing like a pirate too (he says he wants to be Captain Jack Sparrow xD), and I'm going as Alice In Wonderland - I'm going to wear a dress and pinafore. It's going to be loads of fun.
I don't let the kids trick or treat, and the party is a lot more fun anyway. The kids can run around together while the parents mingle. They're going to give the kids goodie bags of lollies too.
We decorated our house for Halloween too - we have a huge 'Happy Halloween!' banner hung up over our front door lol.
Next week is Guy Fawkes - we don't buy fireworks but Lewis is having a Guy Fawkes party next weekend that we're going to (he has one every year). My parents are babysitting that night, so we can have a couple of drinks.
Speaking of holidays, we've confirmed our trip overseas for Christmas. Rahel finishes school in mid December, so right after she finishes, we're going to Scotland to stay with some relatives. Mum & Dad are coming with us. We're staying in Scotland until just before New Year's (that means celebrating Christmas in Scotland) then going to New York City to stay with David's Dad. He hasn't met Vegas or Shawn yet and he's only met Rahel once (he came to NZ right after she was born, so he hasn't seen her for a LONG time), so it'll be cool. Jo and Lewis are both coming to New York for New Year's, we've already arranged for David's Dad to watch the kids so we can go out on the town xD When we mentioned to Lewis we'd be overseas for New Year's he got pissed off cos we'd miss his New Year's party. We suggested jokingly that he should come to New York, but he took us seriously xD Jo overheard and said she wanted to come too LOL. They both started saving up in January and now they have enough money to come xD
Rahel is excited about going overseas... although she should be used to it, it's like the 7th or 8th time she's gone overseas since she was born... yeah we travel A LOT. We last went overseas last November when we went to Hawaii. Before that, David and I toured the USA without the kids, but we cut it short cos we missed them too much. This time, the trip is a family affair, considering Mum & Dad are coming to Scotland with us. They're staying in Scotland after we go to the USA and going home after New Year's.
Buying Christmas presents this year will be interesting, because we're planning on buying some of the kids' presents here and some in the UK. Since we won't get to Scotland till about the 16th of December, I don't really want to leave all my buying until we get there. David said we should buy some here and there and the kids can get their NZ presents when we get back. It will be like having two Christmases.
We organised this trip in January before we even decided to move house and since we got 500k for our old house (David and I were both shocked as hell, that dump is worth 500k?), and our new place cost 300k, we have a whopping 200k left over. The trip is costing us a SHITLOAD - flights to Scotland, then to New York, then back to NZ, and we're also planning a stopover on the way back, probably in Thailand or Singapore, but since we have this extra money, we can afford it. We're shouting my parents the plane tickets to Scotland (they're paying for their tickets home though), and David's Dad might come back to NZ with us for awhile so we'll shout him his tickets too. Although we have the money, I still dread to think how much this is going to cost us overall. But we haven't seen David's Dad and brother (who lives in New York too) for almost six years and we haven't seen the family in Scotland for about four years.
Oh MAN, I didn't even talk about the new place o_O It's a beauty. Four bedrooms, two bathrooms (David and I have an ensuite! Heheh we don't have to share the bathroom with the kids xD), a nicely sized garden, a huge lounge, and a shiny new kitchen. A steal for 300k, considering our two bedroom, tiny dump of a house sold for 500k. Right now, Rahel and Vegas both have their own rooms and Shawn will have his own when he's old enough (we're using the other room as place to store our junk hehe).
Most of the money we had left over after buying the house was put away for the trip, but we splurged a little bit - we got premium seats for the July 2009 WWE Raw live show ($150 each for me, David and Lewis) and bought Rahel and Vegas a trampoline. Rahel loves that thing, she's obsessed with it. It's great exercise too, she's always asking to go outside and jump on it (I'd rather her be outside, jumping on it then inside watching TV). David and I even had a jump on it xD Speaking of TV, we bought a new one. We got a 32 inch plasma, it's gorgeous <3
Work is same old, same old. No crazy people lately, which is quite amazing considering my job brings out the nutters. My schedule:
I work Monday to Thursday.
Monday: I work 8am to 2:30pm. Shawn comes with me to work, I pick up Rahel and Vegas from school and daycare.
Tuesday: I work 8am to 2:30pm. Cheryl watches Shawn until 3pm, I pick up Rahel and Vegas from school and daycare.
Wednesday: Same as Monday.
Thursday: I work 8am to 5pm. David doesn't work Thursdays, so he watches Shawn and picks up Rahel and Vegas.
I don't work Fridays usually, but I sometimes do if somebody is sick or something else comes up. My boss is awesome and plans our work hours around our preferences, he knows David works 9 - 5 so I have to pick up Rahel and Vegas, he usually lets me finish my shift at 2:30 instead of 3. And everybody at work is awesome now, Emily quit in August xD
I would send Shawn to Vegas' daycare but he's not old enough. They only take children who are nine months old or older. Shawn is only 5 months old. We're planning on sending him for at least some of the day when he's old enough. Interaction with other babies is a good thing.
Anyway I rambled... life is chaotic around here but in a good way. Rahel is a star at school right now, they had parent teacher evening (again, they have it all the time) and nothing but good things were said about her :D Vegas is loving daycare, and Shawn is just adorable <3
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I haven't written for sooooo long! 7 weeks or something lol.
Today is David and I's 5th wedding anniversary :D Yay! 5 years of marriage. He's at work right now, but later we're going out. My parents are coming over to watch the kids. He got called in early this morning (to open up the store), so we didn't get a chance to exchange presents yet. I got him this really cool basket of hair products cos he's always complaining about how he has no products to do his hair with xD
Speaking of the kids, it's school holidays right now. Rahel is home, and Vegas is at daycare. Rahel has a friend over today, they're watching a DVD right now. I'm going to make lunch soon, in about half an hour. Shawn is snuggled against me in a wrap, I was just feeding him. I just asked the girls what they wanted for lunch - they both want peanut butter sandwiches. That's easy cos I just bought a new jar of peanut butter yesterday.
What has happened since I last wrote? David turned 31, we had this huge get-together. It was awesome, we drunk too much hehe.
My cousin's fiance managed to talk her out of using Imara as her baby's name so I have my name back xD He managed to convince her by saying he hated that name and wouldn't use it for his kid under any circumstances (he told me later that he actually liked it lol) xD It would be so hilarious if she had a boy though, cos then the whole topic would be moot LOL.
I was just catching up on topics on parenting101 and one caught my eye. It was asking what "junk" food you've fed your kids. I remember one day, David was away (he went on a conference to the South Island with his insurance company), and I was looking after a 18 month old Rahel on my own. I was ill too, with the flu. It was hard to get out of bed, but of course Rahel was hyper and wanted to play. I didn't want her to catch my flu, so I made her play in her room. Then she complained she was hungry, but I was too sick and tired to cook. So I just ordered in fish and chips xD Bad Mummy!
Reading about pickiness now, Rahel went through a horrible pickiness phase when she was 3. She eats anything now (except cauliflower, she hates it), but for awhile she wouldn't eat anything except chicken nuggets and vegemite sandwiches. I'd send lunch with her to preschool and she wouldn't eat any of it cos it wasn't nuggets or vegemite lol. I had the preschool call me, and I had to tell them about her pickiness. Finally, David and I convinced her to eat other stuff and now she eats like a horse. She always asks for seconds lol. Vegas isn't 3 yet, but right now he'll eat anything except onions. He HATES them. He's hated them ever since his Grandma (David's Mum) made him eat them and he gagged on them. I nearly kicked her ass for that.
Last night for dinner we had fish fingers, oven chips and David and I had a salad on the side. Rahel asked for some salad cos she loves her vegetables, so we gave her some. She really likes lettuce, she likes crunching it hehe. The best thing is Vegas looks up to his big sister and whatever Rahel has, Vegas wants some too. It's how we've got him to eat vegetables, by telling him Rahel loves them. If Rahel loves them, Vegas wants to love them too!
I'm going to make lunch for the girls, brb.
I'm back! I made them peanut butter sandwiches, and also gave them some fruit (Rahel picked a banana and her friend picked an apple), some celery (latest craze at school, apparently... no I'm not joking, the latest food craze is a vegetable instead of some sugary snack or something... yeah I was surprised too xD) and as a treat, some chips. I'm going to make my own lunch when Shawn falls asleep. I'mma put him back in his crib in our room and then get the baby monitor. I'd bring his crib in here, but the girls are being a little bit loud.
Ok I got distracted reading parenting101 posts, so it's time for lunch! Seeya later!
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Hiya! It's a neeeeeeeeeew day! Well, not really as it's almost 1pm xD
I'm just waiting for Cheryl to get here so we can have lunch. Rahel's at school, Shawn's asleep and Vegas is here cos he doesn't go to daycare on Wednesdays, only Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
At some point today, the women's team gymnastic finals are on. I have to watch it since I adore gymnastics (I used to be a gymnastic champion when I was younger :D). David is annoyed he has to work and miss all the Olympic action xD He complained about it this morning, so I told him to stop complaining and get his ass to work xD
Later today I'm gonna ring my cousin's fiance and tell him to tell my cousin to stop being such a bitch and just admit that she's just using my baby name pick to annoy me. Pfft, next thing I know though she'll probably be calling her kid Rahel or Vegas. I mean if it was some common name I liked like... I dunno, Benjamin or Joshua, I wouldn't mind so much. But it's IMARA for god sakes, it's not exactly the commonest of names, is it?
Hahah this morning I had some fun with packing lunch for Rahel. I let her buy from the lunch room once a week (on Friday) and I pack her lunch the rest of the week. I found out the menu for lunch at her school and I gave her what she's allowed and not allowed to order. I trust the kid, so I assume she's following my rules. But if she doesnt, it's no big deal as it's only once a week, and a lot of the time I only let her order if she's behaved herself that week. Anyway, today I packed her peanut butter sandwiches, a packet of these little dried up apricots, a bag of chips (she only gets chips twice a week), an apple and some biscuits. Rahel always eats all her lunch, she always comes home with an empty lunchbox. The kid eats like a horse and likes everything except carrots, she refuses to eat them. Vegas will also eat anything except onions. I'm glad I have kids who'll eat anything, it makes things so much easier when we go out. I never have trouble finding something the kids will eat if we go to a restaurant. Most of the time Rahel doesn't even like the 'kids menu' and wants to order something from the main menu xD We let her because it's good she wants to try new things. I usually just ask the waiter if he can make my meal a bit bigger so I can split it with her, because she usually says "I want what Mummy's eating!" xD She really likes curry as long as it's not too hot lol. She had some of it once when I ordered it and loved it. Now we make her own at home and she adores it.
Anyway I gotta go, Cheryl's here ^_^
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I posted this topic over in parenting101:
http://community.livejournal.com/parenting101/3322199.html
My cousin (I won't name her cos she's on the intarwebz and you never know she could stumble over this) is a massively huge bitch. I love most of my cousins, except for her.
She didn't speak to me for FIVE years cos she disagreed with what I was doing with my life - she stopped talking me in 2001 when I fell pregnant with Rahel. I was 17 then, so she thought I was a slut. Never mind the fact that I was in a COMMITTED HAPPY relationship with David! Oh no, according to her I was a total whore. She even asked me if I knew who the father of the baby was o_O I was like DUH IT's DAVID, YOU KNOW MY BOYFRIEND? She didn't like the fact that David was 7 years older then me either.
After that, we stopped talking. I refused to talk with a person who thought of me like that. She avoided me at family gatherings and when I had Rahel, she didn't even call to congratulate us or anything.
This lasted for years, she didn't acknowledge the fact I had Vegas either. David and my cousin's fiance (who is an awesome guy, god only knows why he's with her x_x) forced us to talk to each other. Now we can have a civilized conversation without wanting to kill each other, but it's not like we're best friends or anything. She called to congratulate us on the birth of Shawn, but she did it in a really snide voice, so I just thanked her and hung up. We're the same age, but she's six months older then me, so I'm sure she thinks I'm some kind of whore for having 3 kids by the age of 24. Rahel and Vegas have a 4 year age, and Shawn came two months before Vegas turned 2 so it's not like I'm popping out babies every year or something.
Now she's pregnant and stealing my baby names. She wants to name her kid Imara ;_;
By the way, I'm up because Shawn woke up for a feed. David went to bed at midnight but I knew Shawn would wake up soon so I stayed up.
On the Rahel Hannah Montana front, I've decided (on advice from the mothers in parenting101) to do other Hannah stuff with her - so I downloaded Miley Cyrus' new album Breakout and burned it to CD for her (we'll buy it when it comes out here in NZ, it comes out in September). The best thing? I listened to it myself and I found it's actually rather good. It's nothing like the Hannah Montana music, and some of the songs are really mature. Rahel only likes the fast songs - she loves "Breakout" "Fly On The Wall" "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "7 Things" but I like the ballad "Bottom Of The Ocean" - it's an incredibly mature song for a 15 year old. "Fly On The Wall" and "The Driveway" are very catchy too. Rahel and I have come to an agreement - she's either allowed to watch 2 Hannah episodes on TV or one of her DVDs each day and THAT'S IT. No more. She's happy with it as she gets to watch still and I'm happy because it stops her tantrums. In fact, today she came home from school, watched one Hannah episode then asked me if she could put on the Breakout CD. I was extremely happy to let her do so and asked her if she wanted to make up a dance to one of the songs and perform it. Rahel picked to dance to "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and involved Vegas too. They did a little routine and performed for David and I, it was adorable and lots of fun.
Well, I really better go to bed since I have to be up at 8am tomorrow to get ready Rahel and Vegas ready for school and daycare.
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Hmm, today wasn't so fun. Why? Because we had a stupid power cut. It was at 12pm, which was really inconvienent. I couldn't make lunch for myself, luckily Shawn could still eat xD I texted Cheryl and asked if her power was off too and she said it was. It seems like it was a city wide thing as David rung me on my cell and asked the same question. The power was out at his work and they were all sitting around doing nothing (cos he works at a travel agents, they do everything by computer and they weren't working xD). When I went to pick up Rahel from school and Vegas from daycare (I pick Rahel up first then we go and get Vegas, it's easier then doing it the other way around), I found the power went out there too. I feel sorry for the daycare ladies, having to put up with all the toddlers and kids without any power x_x
But it came back on at around 1:30pm, so Cheryl came over (Jess was at daycare too) and we had lunch late.
It's 4pm now, Rahel is watching Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel (it's the only thing she watches now), Vegas is half watching it and half playing with his toys (his attention span isn't that big) and I'm breastfeeding Shawn while I type ^_^ David should be home at 5pm. I find it so incredibly easy to look after three kids on my own, I thought it would be hard, but it's a lot easier. Mainly because Rahel and Vegas are out of the house 9am to 3pm on weekdays and I only have Shawn, and he's only three months old. I only have all 3 of them on my own from 3 till 5 then David comes home and there's two of us. And David doesn't work weekends (and neither do I) so it's fine.
I tell ya, I hope Rahel's obsession with Hannah Montana finishes soon because I'm so sick of her music. David got her the Hannah Montana CD - the Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus one, and they're always showing performances of her songs on the Disney channel. I can sing "Best Of Both Worlds" word for word I've heard it so many times because it's theme to the TV show. Rahel loves that song, and she loves "We Got The Party" and "Rockstar" as well, I know most of the words to them too xD Damn Hannah Montana.
It's also turned her into a little madam - she has a hissy fit and screams if you try to change the channel or tell her to turn off her DVDs. I'm hoping she grows out of it soon >_>
I'm bored so I'm reading posts on parenting101. Since I've been busy I've missed most of them, so I'll talk about any interesting ones here.
There's a post about starting daycare. Vegas goes to this daycare on our street, it's literally right up the street from us - the carpark and back entrance is on our street. It's a relatively new place, it opened last year, so too late for Rahel to go there. There's about 10 or 12 other kids, ranging in age from nine months to almost five years. Cheryl's daughter Jess goes there too, so he already had one friend :D Rahel never went to daycare, she went to kindy when she turned three instead (Vegas turned two last month). David and I haven't decided whether we want Vegas to go to kindy or not, as they learn at the daycare and it's just like a kindy, just a bit more expensive. But we wanted Vegas to interact with kids his own age and it would make it easier for us with Shawn. He loves it! He wasn't even scared on the first day, he knows Jess (Jess is almost four though) and they played together with some other kids. They provide lunch, all you have to provide is their usual baby bag with their essentials (we have two now, one for Vegas and one for Shawn). Vegas goes from 9am till 3pm, and I pick him up on my way home from picking up Rahel from school. The women who run it are really friendly and amazing with the kids (we sat in on a session to observe, they recommended we do).
Haha another topic about getting your kids to sleep - I remember when Rahel was about two, she had a teddy bear that she slept with. One night it fell off the bed and Rahel FREAKED out. She cried and cried and wouldn't tell either me or David what was wrong at first, until she finally blurted out that her teddy ran away because it didn't like her. David looked under the bed and found her teddy. We told her that that he didn't run away, he went off to have a teddy bear's picnic. Rahel accepted that and from then on, actively encouraged teddy to go off and have fun xDDD We also took her to a real teddy bear's picnic that same year and she loved it!
We're co-sleeping with Shawn right now cos the weather is very cold. Once it gets warmer, we'll try out the crib. Shawn is the first of my kids I've co-slept with. I tried it with Rahel but she'd cry and get all grumpy - she preferred her own bed xD. Vegas was half and half - sometimes he'd love it, sometimes he'd hate it. Shawn gives me a big doe-eyed Bambi look if I put him in his crib, I can't resist his little adorable sad eyes and I have to bring him in bed. Those eyes are gonna help that kid later in life for sure, women can't resist a man with big gorgeous eyes. I think Vegas has caught on to it as he tries it. It's funny when he tries it on David but David is just like "nice try, kiddo" xD
Halloween is another topic. Halloween isn't a big thing over here, but Rahel's school had a Halloween party last year and we took the kids to that. Rahel dressed up as Barbie and we dressed up Vegas like a pumpkin xD They're holding the party again this year so we'll take them again. If Rahel still loves Hannah Montana by then, I might dress her up as her with a blonde wig xD They also said the parents have to dress up LOL. I dunno what we'll go as lmao
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Hahaha, hello ^_^
The Olympics has begun! David is an Olympics NUT, he watches everything. We stayed up till 5am on Friday night watching the opening ceremony - we fell asleep on the couch and didn't even go to bed xD
David is watching a women's hockey game - NZ vs Japan. NZ are losing 2-1 lol.
August is my last month of maternity leave, I go back at the beginning of September, the 1st to be exact. I've arranged with Peter to take Shawn to work with me. Vegas is at daycare now and he's loving it. Rahel is thriving at school, she's top of her class at English.
We're going to the mall later if I can convince David to stop watching Olympics. The only thing he doesn't like is the sailing. But he'll watch EVERYTHING else. I think gymnastics are on later, I wanna see that (obviously since I used to do it), the athletics and the diving. David's favourites are the running, the weightlifting and the swimming.
Rahel is watching a DVD in our room as David's hogging the main TV. Vegas is playing with toys on the lounge floor and Shawn is in his bassinet next to me, playing with his feet <3 He's 3months old on the 14th ^_^
Lately I've been taking Shawn to see all the relatives we don't see often. David's great aunt is here, staying with Leslie. I took Shawn to see her the other day, she's a lovely woman. Leslie, on the other hand, is still being a bitch. She has a problem with me again >_>
OH! We're moving!! We're moving on the 6th of September - the people who bought our house are renting it out so we can stay until then. It's easier for me to get settled back into work before we move. We're not moving far away, only 3 streets away. Same suburb, new house. It's cos of Rahel's school, we don't want her to have to move schools. And Vegas is at daycare and we don't want to change that either. But our new house has four bedrooms, that's one for me and David, one for Rahel, one for Vegas and one for Shawn. Since we're TTCing next year, Vegas and Shawn will share so the 4th room can be a nursery. Right now, Shawn is sleeping in our room Rahel has her own room and Vegas is in the other room. It's a squeeze but it's only for another couple of weeks.
Rahel had her birthday last week, on the 3rd. She's 6 now! She had her birthday party on the Sunday, she invited eight of her friends from school. David took Vegas and Shawn out for the day and I invited Jo and Kim over to help with the party. It was loads of fun even for us xD We played loads of party games like pin the tail on the donkey, pass the parcel and things like that. I played pass the parcel with them cos Rahel wanted me to xD (I got to open one of the layers but I gave the prize to Rahel) One of her friends won the main prize but she wouldn't share it with the other kids. When her mother came to pick her up, I mentioned it to her and she made her daughter share the lollies with everybody. LOL half of me was thinking she was going to get mad at me, but she said that she should be sharing.
We got her a huge Barbie house that she wanted. We also let her watch the 3D Hannah Montana concert on Saturday night (2nd), she begged for ages to watch it so we did.
I also see that they're having a competition with Sky to go to WM25 in Houston if you order both Summerslam & Survivor Series. We get every PPV anyway, so we'll be in the draw xD We watch the repeat on Monday night when David comes home from work. But David is taking next Monday off, when Summerslam is on so we can watch it live - Rahel will be at school and Vegas at daycare.
Swimming's on now but I convinced David to tape it so we can go out xD
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Our power is still on and the storm's died down thankfully ^_^
David is watching some detective programme, Shawn and Vegas are fast asleep (Shawn is due to wake for a feed later though) and Rahel is playing in her room. We've told her she can stay up till 9:30pm in her room, but then she has to go to bed. Lewis is also here, he got bored at home on his own so he came over to bug us >_>
Surveys! ^_^
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I haven't written for a bit. What's up everybody?
I had my 24th birthday two weeks ago tomorrow ^_^ 24 feels the same as 23 lmao. My party was awesome, we all drunk LOADS. We had vodka cruisers, tequila shots and Lewis made sangria xD My parents watched Rahel, Vegas and Shawn. Loads of people crashed over at our house again. Lewis crashed on Rahel's bed, Richard from work on Vegas' bed, Jo, Cheryl and Michelle squished on the couch and Michael from work on the chair. Kim and her bf slept on our spare mattress and Johnny slept on the floor. Everybody else went home - nobody drove, they all got cabs. Starla got the bus, she called me the next morning and we all thought it was hilarious she took the bus home xD We weren't as hungover as last year when my parents brought the kids home cos they brought them back later on. We went to a restaurant on my actual birthday - just me, David, Rahel, Vegas and Shawn.
What presents did I get? David took me on a shopping spree and bought me a new wardrobe - I picked out all the clothes and he paid for them xD He got me a couple of WWE DVDs that I don't have as a present from Rahel, Vegas and Shawn. Rahel made me a card, it was so cute and she got Vegas to sign it (he tried to draw all over it though xD). My parents bought me a DVD recorder, so now we can record on DVD instead of video. The girlies got me a really expensive gorgeous designer handbag I'd had my eye on. It was really expensive so they banded together to get me it.
Today a massive storm is going to hit. They're warning everybody not to go out and that the power might go out. We've got candles and torches and stuff. We've reassured Rahel and Vegas that they'll be ok (Rahel is kind of scared, and if Rahel gets scared, so does Vegas). It's uber windy outside and it was pouring with rain this morning. We went out for lunch earlier and the roads were really trecherous. David hates driving in bad weather so he made me drive. We let Rahel sit in the front in her carseat, which meant David had to squeeze in the back with Shawn (who was in his carseat in the middle) and Vegas xD We put Rahel in the back on the trip home though. We had lunch at the mall and got food for dinner so we don't have to go out again (we're having chicken, mashed potato and peas).
The next birthday is Rahel's. It's on August 3rd, her birthday party is on the 2nd cos the 3rd is a Sunday. She's inviting like 10 friends from her class - it's just gonna be a fun little get-together. David is trying to get out of helping, so I told him he can take Vegas and Shawn out for the afternoon. I've asked Cheryl and Jo to come and help.
Surveys! Our power may go out before long (the wind has really picked up out there), so I might as well make the most of the pc.
( Lalala surveys )
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Since I last updated, a couple of things have happened:
It was Vegas' 2nd birthday yesterday ^_^ We had a party with other babies from Plunket. It was fun, the other mothers got Vegas presents on behalf of their kids. Mostly toys and some clothes. One of them got him a cute khaki baseball cap to wear when the weather gets better, it's funny cos I have one just like it xD
The day before was David and I's 8th anniversary. We left the kids in the care of Heidi & Ian for the evening and went out for dinner to this really nice Mexican restaurant. Then we went for drinks afterwards. It was a nice relaxing night out. As for presents, I told David not to get me anything huge cos my birthday is next week. I got him some CD vouchers and a new pair of jeans. He got me a dress (this really sexy black number) and a pair of black stilettos. The dress is just amazing, I can't wait to wear it.
And yeah my birthday is next Sunday! I'm having my party on Saturday night though. We're having it at our place again (my parents are watching the kids) and the guest list is: Me, David, Jo, Michelle, Kim, Cheryl, Lewis, Richard, Johnny, Michael, Peter, Heidi, Ian, Starla, Mark, Andrew and Daniel. I invited my parents but they said they'd rather babysit then hang out with loads of drunk 20 somethings xD
Mark, Andrew & Daniel are Cheryl, Michelle and Kim's husbands and boyfriend respectively btw.
LOL I can't believe I'm almost 24 lol I feel old >_> Whenever I say that to David, he tells me to shut up lol cos he's turning 31 in September.
It's my cousin Megan's 21st next Sunday too, happy b'day for then girlie! I'll text her on the Sunday and tell her that.
My actual birthday is to be spent with the kids, we're going out for lunch (lol I hope I'm not hungover...).
Right now, the weather is horrible. Rahel is on school holidays from today for two weeks. She goes back on the 21st. Vegas starts daycare on the 21st too. Rahel is annoyed right now cos it's too rainy to go outside. David and I told her that even if it wasn't, she wouldn't be going outside anyway as it's freezing. It's only 9C right now.
Anyway, I just wanted to come and update you. Perhaps another entry later.
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Well, hello thar :D
It's afternoon and in about 40 minutes I have to go and pick up Rahel up from school (it takes 10 minutes to get Vegas & Shawn ready and about 10 minutes to drive there so I have to stop at 2:40 xD). It's Friday, almost the weekend. David finishes work at 5pm.
I'm gonna continue that 5k question survey I started ages ago xD
( So it's over to you now... )
Ok, it's 2:40, I better go get Vegas and Shawn ready. It's cold outside, so I have to bundle Shawn up. I just told Vegas to get his gumboots on, so he's run off to get them xD
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I haven't updated for a bit, but I've updated my profile. Gotten obsessed with the blinkies again... ^_^
Everything's funky dory though. I'm enjoying being a SAHM right now, but I don't want to do it permanently. I love my job and I am going back in September.
Shawn is just a darling, he doesn't cry half as much as Rahel or Vegas did. He still keeps David and I up at night, but it's not as bad as we expected. He's already smiling at everybody and he already tries to hold his own head up. I was holding him, when suddenly his head just lifted up of it's own accord. He was trying to look around! I didn't risk it though and went back to supporting it.
He's starting to grow some hair too, it's very dark, almost black, like David's. Vegas has dark, almost black hair too while Rahel is a blonde like me. My boys got their Dad's hair while my girl got Mummy's hair :D Rahel's hair is really long now, it's almost to her waist. She says she wants hair like me (my hair is to my waist too) - her hair is absolutely beautiful. It's straight, silky and just soft. I love playing with it - I'm always plaiting it and putting into pigtails. Rahel goes to school with a different hairstyle everyday cos I do her hair a different way everyday before school. Vegas has longish hair too, we let it grow out.
Right now David is about to start making dinner - it's stirfry tonight. I'm sitting here breastfeeding Shawn, hahah I can multitask. I have him in a baby wrap cos the weather is chilly. All my kids were born in colder months - Rahel in August, Vegas in July and Shawn was born in May but it got colder when he was about two weeks old.
The boy can really feed, he's going at it xD Rahel and Vegas are watching TV - they're on one of the cartoon channels on Sky.
The weather this week has been horrible - I've been picking up Rahel from school in the car everyday so far cos I don't want to walk in that weather. We only live ten minutes from her school (well, not for much longer since we're moving soon), but it was storming and just pouring down. There was no way I was taking Shawn and Vegas outside in that downpour. So we went in the car to pick her up. But I have to get ready to leave at 2:30 because it takes ages to get Shawn and Vegas ready. Vegas is almost 2, so he's being naughty lately. I have to chase him around the house to get him ready. But today it was easy because we bought him some gumboots, so he can splash in the puddles outside. As soon as I said "Time to get ready, Vegas!" he ran into our room and grabbed his gumboots xD
That reminds me, at the end of July he's staring at daycare. David and I want him to interact with toddlers his own age. And Cheryl's daughter Jess goes to the same daycare (she's 3) so he'll have one friend already. It'll be weird not having him around the house, but at least I'll still have Shawn <3. Rahel finishes school for the holidays in July, so she'll be around the house for two weeks. Vegas is going to start at daycare the same day as Rahel begins school again. I don't go back to work till September, so I'll be at home to look after all 3 of them. I'm going to take them out places - we might go to Sylvia Park mall or maybe Albany Mall. Rahel said she wants to go to the pools and they're heated in winter so I might ask one of the girlies (probably Cheryl so Jess can come too) to go with us. I probably won't swim cos I have to look after Shawn. But Rahel will look after her little brother in the water (and Cheryl or whoever will probably swim and will watch them).
Because I'm home all the time, David's taken an extra shift on at work - he works Monday to Friday now. He's going to cut back again when I go back. I've already arranged with Peter to be able to bring Shawn into work - cos Rahel will be at school and Vegas at daycare. Peter is absolutely fine with me bringing Shawn. All my shifts are with Jo and she adores Shawn so it's fine. And the boys (Richard, Johnny & Michael) love him too!
Hehe speaking of work, Jo told me this morning that Emily is leaving at the end of July!!! She's moving to Australia so she's quitting! WHOO HOO!! Michael is taking her job full time. I'm so happy. We're all so happy she's going. Even Peter is although he pretends he isn't xD She's staying until July cos she needs to find somewhere to live in Australia. I don't care she's staying till then cos I don't go back till September. But I'm glad for Jo, Richard, Johnny and Michael (Michael's doing my shifts).
Hmm, what else? Mum's a lot better now. She was up the last time I wrote, but her ribs are pretty much healed now. Her leg is still in plaster though. She comes over a lot, she is absolutely fawning over Shawn lately. Vegas is getting jealous, but Mum spends a lot of time playing with him while Shawn is sleeping.
Hehe I love this blinkie, I was just doing this:
Oh, and by the way, David isn't talking to Leslie right now. He's still pissed with her for how she acted - not so much about her blowing her top when we were late, but the fact she told Rahel to shut up when she said the TV was too loud, the fact she tried to feed Vegas onions when she KNOWS he hates him and just generally being a crappy babysitter... when she VOLUNTEERED to do it. Bah.
The weather has gotten horrible again, thank goodness we're all cosy and warm inside. The heater is on and everything is warm. Rahel has taken to wearing her mittens everywhere, even inside. I asked her if her hands were hot and she said no xD Except everytime she wants to do something she has to take them off. So she's getting Vegas to change the channel, telling him what button to push xD We'll be eating at 6:30 or so.
We've had lots of interest on our house, and a couple of offers we're considering. We've also seen a couple of houses that are perfect - four bedrooms (we're planning another baby in 2009 but Vegas and Shawn can share when the 4th baby comes along), a huge garden and a huge lounge. We promised Rahel she could paint her new room yellow (yellow is her fave colour). Right now, the house is a big squeeze. Rahel and Vegas have their own rooms, but Shawn is sleeping in our room. The other night it was freezing so I brought him into bed with David and I. He looked sad all alone in his crib, so I had to bring him in with us. After that, he looked a lot happier. In the morning (it was Sunday), Rahel and Vegas came into our room and jumped into bed with us too. So all 5 of us were in the bed together, it was an amazing family moment <3
Shawn is falling asleep now, he's all snuggled against me now <33333 David just told Vegas off and I wondered why until I turned around and saw Vegas was standing on the coffee table. As soon as he saw me looking, he got down xD I'm just that scary LOL. I asked Rahel why she didn't tell him he shouldn't do that. She told me she was too busy trying to change the TV channel with her mittens on... it made me laugh xD Vegas forgets David can see him from the kitchen and thinks he can get away with being naughty while my back is turned. He also forgets Mummys have eyes in the back of their head ^_^ xD
Anyway, I'm going to put Shawn to bed and help David serve up dinner, seeya later ^_^
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Hmm, Smackdown/ECW last night was awesome. Our seats weren't as far back as I expected. Seeing The Undertaker was freaking amazing as was seeing Batista, Kane, Matt Hardy, CM Punk and even all the heels.
It was long too, from 7:30pm till around 11:15pm. We had to find parking in the city, and we ended up parking halfway up Queen St cos all the parking downtown was taken. So after battling our way out of the arena, we had to walk back to the car and drive home. We didn't get home till after midnight, and Leslie wasn't very happy that it had taken so long and we hadn't told her we'd be late. But we couldn't, cos my phone battery went dead just as we got there and David left his phone in the car, thinking he wouldn't need it >_> We told her we would be home by 11pm, cos we had no idea how long the show would be, but the main event was still going at 11pm! So in a fit of anger, she told us the next time we needed a babysitter to not ask her. She was being a bitch so David told her to leave and that he'd talk to her later. I'm glad David didn't put up with his mother being a cow (he's a not a mummy's boy THANK GOD).
We discovered that we won't be asking her again for awhile because she was supposed to feed Shawn with milk I'd pumped before we left, but when Shawn woke up for his feed and I breastfed him, he kept going for longer then usual. I don't think she fed him as often as she should have. Rahel also complained this morning that Grandma had the TV on too loud. Ugh, she's being such a bitch.
Today Jo had the day off so she came over to discuss the SD/ECW show, she wanted to hear all the details. We also talked about tattoos - we both have one tattoo - I have a dolphin on my lower back and Jo has her initials (her first & middle) on her hip. I was telling her I was thinking of getting my kids' names or initials tattooed on myself. Jo thought it was good idea. I'm pretty much thinking I'm gonna get it, I just don't know where. I don't want another tattoo on my lower back, one is enough. I'm thinking either on my wrist or my upper back, between my shoulder blades. If I go for my wrist, I'd get initials but the shoulder area is bigger and I'd get their names. Since we plan on having four kids, I'd leave room for a fourth name. Hmm I just mentioned it to David and he said he wanted to get one done too! He doesn't have any tattoos right now, so for him to say that thrills me lol xD Rahel is fascinated by the dolphin on my back (I had a dolphin obsession as a teenager, so the moment I turned 18 I got the tattoo done, I'm not such a huge fan of dolphins anymore, but the tattoo's gorgeous so I still love it), and keeps asking questions about tattoos. She asked if she could get one xD I said "not till you're 18 baby" xD Then she says "how long till I'm 18?" and I said "around 13 years baby" and she got all frowny, it was so cute <3
I've also mastered the art of breastfeeding and typing at the same time - I'm breastfeeding Shawn at this very moment while I type :D David is making dinner, we're having pie and mashed potato tonight. Rahel is happy cos she loves mashed potatoes, she'd eat them everyday if she could xD Vegas is not looking forward to dinner in case there's sneaky onions in there - he hates them and Leslie tried to make him eat them last night >_> I hate them too, so I know how he feels. I've assured him that there's no onions in dinner tonight, but he's still scared. Damn Leslie almost traumatised him >_> I'm going to have show him when dinner's ready that there's no onions lurking in it.
Anyway dinner's ready (it's almost 6:30 now), I better go reassure Vegas that no onions were used in the making of this dinner xD
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I haven't posted for SO LONG.
Of course, our third baby is here.
It's a boy! :D!
His name is Shawn David. He arrived the morning (16th May) after I made that last entry actually xD He weighed a hefty 8lbs 3oz, he was a HUGE baby. Healthy too!
My labor lasted around ten hours, it wasn't as bad as when I had Vegas (16 hours lol) or Rahel (15 hours). David was amazing, he stayed by my side constantly. It was weird not having Mum there (she was still recovering from falling down the stairs) but I got through it. Rahel & Vegas were watched by Leslie and they brought them in the next day.
Rahel was temporarily dismayed that it was another baby brother and not a sister, but she got over it and said she loved him already. He looks like Vegas did when he was a newborn, all adorable and squishy xD But Vegas has brown hair, and Shawn has blondish hair (I'm a natural blonde, but David has dark hair) - yep, he was born with hair, just a little bit. Rahel was born with hair too (thick dark brown hair too) but Vegas was bald <3. Vegas just stared at Shawn and David joked that he knows he's not the baby of the family anymore. After he looked at him, he looked at me and frowned xD It was so funny, David and I just cracked up.
He is just amazing and I'm now officially a mummy of 3!
Shawn will be a month old (ALREADY!) on June 16th. He already smiles at me and David but the first person he smiled at was Rahel. She has this thing with babies, they seem to just love her. She was leaning over his crib and she said "Mummy, come look at Shawn". I went over and saw he was smiling at Rahel! It was amazing, he was the sweetest little smile. Rahel is really proud of her little brothers <3
Tonight Leslie (David's Mum) is coming to babysit while David and I go to see Smackdown & ECW live at Vector Arena. My cousin (Megan) and my aunt are going too, so we might see them there. But their seats are way better then ours, so we probably won't xD This is my first night out of the house since Shawn was born. It's actually been impossible to keep Sandra and my parents away from our house now (Mum's up now and on crutches), they're always coming over xD
Right now, it's just after 1:30pm and I'm home alone with Vegas & Shawn. Rahel's at school and David's at work. He's finishes work at 2:30pm and is picking up Rahel from school on his way home. Vegas is playing with toys and Shawn is in his crib next to me. He's playing with his feet xD Cheryl was over earlier with Jess. We were talking about our birthdays - our birthdays are two weeks apart (although Cheryl is turning 25 and I'm turning 24), hers is June 30th and mine's July 13th. Cheryl said we should have a joint birthday party to save money, as we're both a bit tight right now. I agreed.
We're hard up on money right now cos we're selling the house. We put it on the market last week and we've been looking at houses in our free time. Our family is too big for this little place, so we have to move. We're going to stay in the same general area cos of Rahel's school, but in a bigger house with more bedrooms. We've already had some interest in the house and we've seen some nice places. On the weekend, we went to see one and I could tell Rahel and Vegas liked it. The real estate agent must have thought that trouble was coming when he saw us coming - me and David with Rahel and Vegas running around and a baby in a carrier seat (he didn't know about our two dogs or our cat lol). The agent told us the house was a good place for a young growing family such as ours :D He even asked us about our kids, so I got to proudly tell him about my babies <3 I was like "Rahel is 5, Vegas is almost 2 and little Shawn is only three weeks old :D". It also proved that even men like that aren't immune to the adorableness of a tiny baby, he was like "aww!" when he looked at Shawn <3 David was just laughing behind his back xD While this had been happening, Rahel and Vegas had walked off through the house together and when we found them, they were playing with a cat that belonged to the owners of the house. Rahel said to us "This cat is like Bob!" while Vegas hugged the cat (the cat's face was like >_> lol) xD Bob is this cat that we've adopted, we think it's a stray. It kept coming into our garden and it looked hungry so I fed it (borrowed cat food from the lady over the back fence who has like 4 cats xD) and it kept coming back. Soon, David had nicknamed it Bob and after that, it became ours. It's a fully fledged member of the family now. We're considering that house but it depends on what we can get for our house.
We're hoping to move house by August or September. It may be earlier if our house sells soon.
Well... life is quite hectic now what with a newborn, a 2 year old (almost), a 5 year old and a house on the market. But I love it :D
Schedule (copied this idea from Megan's LJ user info page):
June 11 - Smackdown/ECW live
June 16 - Shawn is 1 month old
June 30 - Cheryl's 25th birthday
July 3 - David and I's 8th anniversary
July 4 - Vegas' 2nd birthday
July 13 - My 24th birthday
July 16 - Shawn is 2 months old
August 3 - Rahel's 6th birthday
August 16 - Shawn is 3 months old
September 15 - David's 31st birthday
September 16 - Shawn is 4 months old
October 3 - David and I's 5th wedding anniversary
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I'm overdue. I'm overdue by only one day, but it feels like a million years. I was due yesterday (the 14th) but now it's the 16th (just) and the baby is still in there!
The pumpkin's making me wait, I wanna see them!!
It's 12:30am, but I can't sleep. I tried to go to bed early at about 10:30, but I couldn't fall asleep. So I got up again and put on the TV.
David and I are on labour alert lol, it could happen at any time now I'm overdue. But I'm used to it, all my children have been overdue. Rah was overdue by a whole week (she was due in July, but came on August 3rd) and V was a day overdue (due on the 3rd, came on the 4th). They basically had to coax Rah out of there, she wouldn't come out LOL.
David has this week off work, which is good cos that means he's here in case I do go into labour. I would like to get pumpkin here though.
Things are gonna get mental after he/she arrives though - I won't have much time to update, but I promise I'll try to get on at some point to update you all. Or maybe I can give my details to somebody and get them to update for me - perhaps Heidi or Jo can do it.
David's in bed, he went about 20 minutes ago. Rah and V are fast asleep too - we have Leslie, David's Mum to watch them when I go into labour (she has this week and next off). That reminds me, Mum's out of hospital now but she's still recovering from her cracked ribs, so she's laid up in bed. So we couldn't burden Dad with Rah & V lol, he has enough to cope with. Of course he said he'd take them if absolutely neccessary, but Leslie will take them. She owes us cos she couldn't come to my baby shower, she had to work >_> Not her fault lol, but she's gonna make it up to us by spending some time with her two older grandchildren.
This pregnancy has been amazing though, definitely my easiest pregnancy so far. In fact, I've had more trouble with the rest of my life, not pumpkin. I had horrible back pain with V, and lots of Braxton Hicks with Rah. I've had SOME BH with pumpkin, but not that much.
David and I are already planning for life after pumpkin arrives. My first night out will be when we go to see Smackdown & ECW in June. My cousin and aunt are going too, they have better seats then we do lol xD We didn't know whether we could go or not, so we only booked our tickets a couple of weeks ago, whereas Megan got her tickets the day they went on sale. But David and I are going and it should be awesome. It'll be hard being away from pumpkin, but I'll get over it lol. I had the same problem with Rah - she was my first baby, so I didn't want to leave her. Rah was a baby who needed a lot of attention, she always wanted to be cuddled. If I put her down to sleep, she cried. If I stayed with her, she would finally fall asleep. So I became attached to her. But with V, I didn't have the problem. He's an independent kid and wasn't an overly fussy baby. He loves to cuddle, but didn't get too upset when I put him down to sleep. David says pumpkin will be somewhere in the middle xD
I'm just worried how V is going to take this whole thing, he's gotten a lot of attention since he was born, and now he's not going to be the youngest or the baby anymore. Rah had no problem when V came along, she's one of the most easy going children I've ever met in my life. She's mostly perfect and well behaved, but has her moments. She never misbehaves in public, only at home lol xD V is pretty easy going too, but he has tantrums sometimes.
This week David and I have agreed that we're going to have four children - hopefully we can get whatever gender we didn't get this time next time xD So that means we'll have 2 of each. We'd love to have our children close together, so we're going to start trying again when pumpkin is a year old or so. So that means we're TTC in 2009! Yeah I know we're crazy planning another one when this one isn't even born yet, but this means we're prepared and there won't be any surprises xD
David just came in and asked me why I was still up. I told him I can't sleep - it's true cos I can't get comfortable cos my bump is so big. I better go and try... hopefully next time I post I'll have my pumpkin!
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I'm finally in my 39th week of pregnancy, I'm due next Wednesday. Some part of me is telling me the baby will either be on time or overdue. It's probably comfy in there xD
My baby shower went well - everybody came and we had fun. It was good to chill out after the stressful week I had last week.
Luckily this week is a LOT better, I'm on maternity leave now so I chilled out all week. Rahel's back at school so it's usually just me and Vegas. But David's cut back on his work load in case I go into labour - he's arranged with his work to be able to leave at any time.
Today Vegas and I went grocery shopping. It was funny cos Vegas was in his stroller but I could hardly see him over my bump, which is like a mountain now xD So if he needed my attention, I would just wait for him to go "Momma!" xD I got people staring at me wherever I went cos I'm so big. I just stare back at them till they stop looking LOL. We had chicken, mashed potato and vegetables tonight for dinner (David cooked), it was rather nice. I popped in to see Jo at work, she was working her shift with Johnny. Then I had to pee and didn't want to cart Vegas in there with me so I left him with Jo and Johnny while I went to pee xD I'm peeing a lot now, every half an hour >_> David teases me about it and Rahel says "Mummy, you pee too much" xDDD She cracks me up lol. I just laugh and tell her that she's right.
I'm reading more entries on parenting101 community and somebody asked how people with school aged children and toddlers manage to get things done xD I have a five year old and an almost 2 year old - hence school aged child and toddler. I also work, and sometimes it's hard. But Rahel's school has after school programmes and things, which, if I have to work later then 3pm (when she finishes school, I usually turn up at her school around 2:55pm), she goes to. They provide activities for them to do and stuff. They've also started the walking bus, where a parent drops off all the kids in one particular area. David leads the walking bus on Tuesday afternoons, heehee. It's cute, even though Rahel complains that she has to walk far cos he drops off all the other kids before coming home.
I'm bored, so here's profiles on me, David, Rahel, Vegas & the baby xD
THE MUMMY
Name: Maya-Marie Jodi
Nicknames: May, Maysi, Mummy, Mum, Yam, MM, MayMay
Age: 23
Birthday: 13/07/1984
Occupation: Mummy/Customer service representative
Hair/Eyes: Black/Brown
Height: 5'1"
Nationality: Scottish/Spanish
Likes: Her kids, David, her girlies (Jo, Cheryl, Kim & Michelle), wrestling, shopping, watching TV, surfing the internet, travelling, going to concerts, her dogs
Hates: Slow drivers, cold weather, hypocrites, cruelty to animals, people who frown on her for having kids young, people who try to tell her how to raise her kids, getting up early
THE DADDY
Name: David Joseph
Nicknames: Davy, Dave, Daddy
Age: 30
Birthday: 15/09/1977
Occupation: Daddy/Travel adviser
Hair/Eyes: Brown/Brown
Height: 5'11"
Nationality: American/English
Likes: His kids, me :D, travelling, going to concerts, listening to music, wrestling, football, gardening, surfing the internet, the dogs
Hates: Messiness, people who drive too fast, people who tell him how to raise his kids, all the years he spent at the insurance company
THE DAUGHTER
Name: Rahel Megan (pronounced Ray-el)
Nicknames: Rah, Rahelly, Baby Doll, RahRah, Sweetheart, Baby
Age: 5
Birthday: 03/08/2002
Occupation: Oldest child/big sister
Hair/Eyes: Brown/Brown
Weight at birth: 7lbs 2oz
Birth info: Was 9 days overdue, she just didn't wanna come out of there xD
Likes: Barbies, Spongebob Squarepants, her brother, her Mum & Dad, Hannah Montana, High School Musical, Pokemon, playing outside, going to the park, going to school
THE SON
Name: Vegas Lee
Nicknames: V, Bubs, Little Bean, Tiger
Age: 1 and a half
Birthday: 04/07/2006
Occupation: Middle child/big brother to be
Hair/Eyes: Brown/Brown
Weight at birth: 6lbs 3oz
Birth info: Was 1 day overdue, kicked me A LOT
Likes: Playing with his toys, his sister, Mum & Dad, getting into mischief, singing, running around at top speed xD
THE BABY TO BE
Name: Shawn David or Imara May
Nickname: Pumpkin
Age: I'm 39 weeks pregnant
Birthday: Hopefully 14/05/2008
Occupation: Youngest child/little brother or sister
Pregnancy info: Is being estimated to be a very big baby - close to 9 or 10 pounds
Hah lol that amused me xD Rah is into general five year old girl things and V is your typical toddler. Hah my kids are so great <3
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I'm bored. I'm watching Idol Gives Back - it's mostly been boring but there's been some funny moments - Robin Williams pretending to be the Russian Idol and Simon telling him he's brilliant = FTW!!!
But I'm looking at the writer's block questions and I think I'm gonna answer some xD
What was your first car?
My first car was this old banger my Dad gave me. I had just gotten my learner liscence and he gave me the car so I could practise driving. It was a hunk of junk though, I'm surprised it was still driveable xD When I asked him how old it was, he told me he'd driven it 20 years ago x_x
Who was the last person who really made you mad?
That rude woman at work who was all snotty to me after I started crying at work over Mum. Bitch. Jo wanted to kick her ass.
If you had a crowbar and could smash anything in your home or office, what would it be? Why?
Hmm... maybe the computer when it goes crazy... but then I'd regret it cos I love my pc. Gah... maybe the stereo when David plays crappy heavy metal xD
What personality trait has gotten you in the most trouble?
The fact I am very outspoken and will just tell you what I think about you without thinking. I speak before I think, which can be unfortunate.
Name three life-changing experiences you went through and explain why you chose those experiences in particular.
Oh wow...
Number one is having my children. Rah, V and the pumpkin are the best things that have ever happened to me, no more needs to be said.
Number two is marrying David. I married David cos I love him and that's it. He's my soulmate.
Number three is... moving out of home. It's a huge step and it definitely changes your life!
Do you believe in ghosts? If so, have you ever seen one?
I haven't seen a ghost, but I do believe in them. Ever since watching Girls Aloud and their ghosthunting experience (thanks Megan), I've believed in them.
Whose house (besides your own) were you in last and why?
Mum & Dad's, which is also my old house. Mum needed some stuff so David and I went to get it so Dad could stay with Mum.
When was the last time you drove out of town?
Oh... wow... um xD Usually when I go on holiday I leave the country entirely. Possibly a year or so ago? But wait, when you say 'town' do you mean our suburb or the city entirely? Cos I haven't driven out of Auckland in AGES.
What are you most looking forward to this weekend?
Tomorrow's my baby shower, so that.
What most excites you about the way you're living your life right now?
I'm pregnant and due on the 14th. Yep xD
What is your definition of cheating?
Anything kissing or beyond that. When it comes to flirting, it really depends. If some chick is outright flirting with David, I'll get pissed.
What do you do EVERY day to take care of the earth's environment? What could you do more of?
We recycle and we have one of those rubbish disposal things in our sink, it really helps to cut down on waste in bins.
What do you want to be famous for?
Singing! Or wrestling LOL. Or both o_O
Have you ever been skinny dipping?
Yes xD Jo and I went on a girly holiday once and she dared me to skinny dip in the hotel pool... so I did! Then I pulled her into the pool in her clothes. I was naked, she was clothed, it was hilarious LOL.
What are your neighbours like?
They're really nice. On one side we have an kind elderly lady who looks after Rah & V sometimes, and the other side is a young married couple like David and I who have a son about Rah's age. She plays with him everyday in the summer cos they're the same age and they go to the same school. All the people on our street are awesome, everyone knows each other.
Have you ever experienced road rage?
Oh definitely LOL xD I'm always yelling out my window at people. I hate people who drive slow, who cut me off, who suddenly change lanes without warning, who drive through yellow lights, who don't indicate, who are talking on their cellphone while they drive and people who beep their horn for no apparent reason. So you could say I have no patience for people who drive unsafely - there are far too many accidents on the roads these day x_x
What would you like to do more of?
Hmm... winning the lottery LOL. Hah, no if I'm being realistic, soon it'll be getting more sleep. We'll have a newborn in the house soon so not much sleep will be had by either David or I.
If you could travel in time, which era would you visit and why?
Well, er, I'd actually like to go forward to see what our lives will be like in the future and all that. But if I had to go back, I'd like to see the 60's when The Beatles were huge and all that cos I'd love to see the hysteria they caused (Mum tells me stories about her teen years as a Beatles fan all the time).
What's keeping you from your dream job?
I do not live in the USA. My dream job changes with my mood - right now it's being a WWE Diva. I'd have to go live in the USA for that and actually have wrestling ability. Hey, as long as I can get trained by a hot wrestler (John Cena will be fine thank you xD) I'll learn quickly :D
What happened the first time you were left home alone as a child?
Well... my parents left me home alone before I was the legal age. It's 14 here and they left me home when I was 13. I didn't misbehave or anything. But I wasn't home alone much cos my sister was usually home (she's 3 years older then me).
What do you love about where you live?
Specifically, our street is awesome cos like I said everybody knows each other and all that. If we're talking Auckland/NZ, I'm not really sure. It's a nice place to bring up kids, but as a teenager I was really bored living here. The only thing keeping me in NZ was David and my family.
What secret (your or someone else's) do you wish you'd done a better job of keeping?
I wish I'd kept a secret why I was leaving school when I was 17. I was going to leave quietly, but I told somebody I was pregnant and that person told our whole form. Bitch, I disowned her.
What's your least favorite chore?
Cleaning the bathroom. It's just such a hard job, you need elbow grease xD If you want to clean the floor, you can't vaccuum it cos it's not carpeted, boo.
How are your Saturday nights different now than they were five years ago?
Five years ago, David and I used to go out on the weekends. I would have been pregnant with Rah then so I didn't drink, but we still had fun. Now we stay home cos of the kids. But I don't mind.
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