The next chapter to our family

Today i made my appointment with the doctor i'd like to do shared care with for my next pregnacy. The same doctor i felt very comfortable with and delivered lucy. She is a very busy doctor in our area as everyone wants to be under her care. i'm very lucky she has recently come back from maternity leave.

So on the 3rd of June i will go and have my implanon taken out and we can start trying. It took 3 mths to conceive josh, 6mths for Liam and 1mth for Lucy. I'm hoping its not 6mths again because that was the pregnancy that we tried after having implanon in place for 2 yrs. This time around i have had implanon in place for 2 and a half yrs. Let's hope it clears my system nice and quick and a little bundle of joy is developed very soon.

Dave and I are very excited for this next chapter in our lives.

We have also just purchased a block of land with Dave's parents which is being subdivided so we have our own blocks. I can't wait to build our 5 bedroom with huge kitchen that will have so much space for our growing family. Now to either sell our house or keep it as a rental with my mum. Lots of decisions to be made. I love life being busy.


I'll keep you posted

Excited

I'm really excited at the moment. Husband and I had been talking a couple weeks back about when we would start trying for baby no. 4 and we'd decided about September so i could hopefully play most of the 2011/12 women's cricket season. But then today a really good friend of mine told me that she has just started trying for baby no. 3. I jumped up and down like a little kid.

This friend of mine had had her 1st appointment with the doc to have her tubes tied as her and husband had decided on no more kids. And for the first time she's had second thoughts about wanting another baby. I'm so happy for them : )

Hearing the news today makes me want to be pregnant at the same time. I've never been pregnant at the same time as one of my friends and i think it would be really fun experience to share. But i think sense has set in and we'll try and get pregnant later in the year as we'd decided because we don't need another early year baby. Need to spread these birthdays out.

January 11
January 23
June 19
July 11
December 22

So as i said i'm really excited that a new little addition in on the horizon for our little family (well maybe not so little anymore).

I'll keep you posted on any progress on little bundles of joy : )

Stupid Me

I can't beleive i have made a big fuck up in my diet. I stopped drinking heavy coke when i first started following weight watchers 6 and a half yrs ago. I've always said bluntly i would not at all have any drink that wasn't diet. I'd rather go without or just have water if i couldn't get anything diet. Today i realised that since i'd change to the coles diet cola to try and save the family some extra money as i drink 2 lts a day. But as i bought my 7 bottles for the week and i was about to put them in the boot i realised it wasn't diet cola i had in my trolley. The penny had dropped that i'd been drinking heavey cola for the past 2 mths. When i got home i went through my recycle bin and found all these heavy cola bottles. I could have died when i got my trusty weight watchers calculator and found out each bottle is worth 12 Points. 12 POINTS i had been wasting on bloody cola every single day. No wonder i've put so much weight on lately and my first week on the diet i only lose 700gs. Whenever i start back on the diet strictly i always seem to lose atleast 2 kgs in the first week. Whenever i get hungry after i've only just had something to eat i'd hav a drink as i thought i was having no points.

But atleast i know where i've been going wrong and now i can turn it around.

Who else has been in my situation?? Felt so silly to make such a simple mistake that can change your weight loss in a major way.

Operation Spring

Hi all. It’s been awhile since I’ve been on here.

Time to kick butt on all these kilos I’ve put on since Easter this yr. Currently sitting at 69.4kgs that’s an increase of 9.4kgs since April 1st. Not good at all. I’ve had the attitude of, bugger it. I’m sick of being on a diet and not being able to eat what I want. And look where it’s got me. Not happy with the way I look. So it’s time to start the diet up again. I’m going to stick to my points (20) every day. Not be stupid and go overboard eating crap. I’ve decided to call it Operation Spring. I want to be able to fit into all my summer clothes and not buy anything new. I’m going to post my weigh ins on here every week and a photo to show my progress as an incentive to do well. I found when i went to the weight watchers meetings I stuck to the diet a lot better but I don’t want to spend the money on just being weighted in so I’ll use my blog for inspiration to reach my goal of 60kgs. I’d really love to get back down to 56kgs but I’ll keep it to a more reachable target to start with.

Busy Times

The last few weeks have been very stressful in our family. We've had 2 little extra house guests for 2 weeks which was the most stressful time in my life. Having 5 kids (4 being under the age of 4) was alot of hard work. My kids are trained and brought up to respect the house. My 15mth old daughter knows to put rubbish in the bin, she knows you wash your hands after the toilet, she understands no among others and responds to the words. The 2 and a half yr old i was looking after understands very little, no doubt the way she has been brought up. She scavenges for food rather than coming and saying she's hungry. Hides food that she doesn't finish or like. She became very violent towards my kids over toys often biting and pushing the other kids over. She needs the one on one time that i just couldn't give her with so many other kids here. I feel guilty that i couldn't last the full 4 weeks with the girls in my care but at the end of the day my kids come first.

Lucy i has 2 big molars breaking through and we didn't realise until the day i ended up at emergency with her because she wasn't eating or drinking for over a day an she developed a rash on her face which after a couple hours was all over her body. 4 and a half hrs later at the hospital we were aloud home because she had calmed down and we got some fluids in the her little body. The stress never ends when your a mum.

And with all of this stress i dropped 3 kgs, but know that its all calmed down I'm starting to put it all back on. I still fit into my size 10 jeans but I'm still grumpy at my self for not being able to keep the weight off.

Will i ever be happy with my body at whatever size it is??

Why do i think everyone looks at my love handles and flaws every time i walk out of the house??

I should be happy that I'm not overweight and a reasonable size after having 3 kids. I'm jealous of all those women out their that have had kids and have come away with no stretch marks and flabby tummy. I can't expect to have a perfect body after being 90kgs on a 163cm frame.

President

I can't believe it but I've just put my hand up to be the president/secretary at playgroup. I'm a shy person and I've just thrown myself into the lime light. Hopefully it all goes smoothly as our playgroup is pretty laid back. It might just bring me out of my shell a bit too, which could be a good thing. Wish me luck : )

Looking Forward to the Weekend

I can't wait for Dave to get home tonight. He's worked alot this week and I've missed him. Usually we try and have movie night on Friday's where we put the couches together and grab our doona, cuddle up and watch a movie. Its so funny because normally one of us are asleep by the end of the movie.

Sat mornings are Dave's sleep in days so i keep the kids occupied and quiet while he rests. Then we head off to cricket just after 12pm and spend all day there cheering on the team. We normally get home about 8pm so its a long day.

My sleep in morning is Sunday's but I'm going to miss mine this week because we're heading down to Port Arlington to visit mum and head to the beach. The kids are looking forward to showing Nana their new swimming skills. On the way home we're taking the queenscliff ferry to sorrento to cut our trip home by about 45mins. The boys love sitting upstairs of the ferry watching all the boat go past.

So its going to be another full on weekend for us. No wonder i get no washing or housework done on a weekend. Oh well, gotta enjoy family life and the boring stuff can wait : )