Owl or Steel I don't mind I knew what you were saying GJ 

Many congratulations Ditty, to you and your family.

Welcome to the world, Baby Ditty.

Aww lovely Ditty, congrats to everyone.  Nieces and nephews are great because you can steal them for a while but hand them back as soon as they cry.  Perfect!

oohhh - loooook..    she's a pretty one!!!   (in my completely biased opinion!) 

& no..    not been told a name yet...  

tis worse than the royal baby     We are being trickle fed information -  but hey ho...    whatever...     everyone will know everything in the next few days..     we're gonna let the baby madness subside a bit, then hopefully sneak in for our turn to see her next weekend when we drop the girl back at the flat ready for uni

Aww she's lovely Ditty

Can't believe my baby is 19 tomorrow  she's been home for the weekend and she's off out on the lash tonight dressed as a sailor girl  while I do her washing 

Congrats Ditty and family, she's a pearler.

Wow! What a little beauty! She looks like a big-un though!  And also very content on her first day outside. 

Enjoy the Uncle/Aunty love.  I didn't have that about my first nephew because I'd been asked to release my medical records about my condition before they proceeded with the pregnancy.  I of course did but never felt the same about their family since then. 

Got lots of Aunty love from the other sib's offspring since though.  So I do know how fab you must be feeling! 

no shit!!!  

seriously Xochi...   of the many many things I have learned over the last 18 months, one of the main lessons has been -  siblings - just cos they share the same parents it does not mean you have to have the soul sucking, nasty, spiteful, self centred dickheads in your life...   

*& breathes*  

just lovely

Dylan is 18 today hes off out in notts jue i will tell him to look out for a girl sailor

I'm waiting for her and her mate to go so I can go to bed  there's about 30 sailors tell him  and a pirates just arrived 

That's truly crap xochi. Families eh?

I meant to say ditty, she's got a pair of chops on her.  (Ready to be a gobby lass?)

Amen to that!

Ditts - she's a wee cutie!  Congratulations and glad you've had some happy news.

Xochers...  I don't know what to say.. 

One of the guys that works for us can be a right little weasel trying to get others in to bother by tittle tattling (not always correct information).  Anyway yesterday he had tried to call one of our engineers who hadn't answered for whatever reason, tittle tattle man thought he had hung up and proceeded with a tirade of slagging the engineer off.  Unfortunately for him he hadn't hung up properly and the whole lot had been left on engineers phone as a voice mail.  Apparently there were fireworks in the office this morning.  

I'm just sorry I wasn't in to see it. 

Cinds

~I've been glued to this book all week

It's good! I got it after seeing the trailer for the film.... watched the film last night (just over half way through the book) and it wasn't as good as i expected it to be!

I've done that myself. I ended up being seated next to him after an office reshuffle. It did not affect our relationship as I only spoke the truth.

EC this bloke is a spineless little shit, so I was quite pleased. 

Obviously we are his boss, but he honestly once said to me 'my wife is coming in to have a word with you about my pay'.  His wife

My daughter has had 2 grand knocked off her course and been given a grand in cash for being an high achiever 

  That is some achievement Aimee! A big well done to her!

Whoooo, way to go Aimes! Brilliant news

Thank you 

Wow good job Lil Aims!

Well done lil Aims, you must be so proud of her.  Bloody hell I'm proud of her.

 Thanks Cinds, I'm very proud and she's over the moon about the money 

That's brilliant Aims!   You must be so proud of her.   

Aimee you're going to have to have a word with that daughter of yours, she's setting the bar way too high for the other kids  

Good for her though, she seems to be doing so well in everything she does, you are right to be so proud of her.  Be proud of yourself too though.....you raised that girl right!! x

Thank you  do you think I can charge.her board now. 

I've had such a busy weekend, just getting back to normal today. Thursday we went to see Micky Flanagan, very funny! Friday we went to see Rod Stewart, I'll come back to that. Then Saturday spent the day sorting the house ready for all of the grand babies and daughters staying over Sat and Sunday night as we had a family christening on Sunday.

So Rod Stewart, we went as my brother in law is a HUGE fan. They had bought 4 tickets for them and their friends, then we said we would like to go, so they bought two more. The two more they bought were 3 rows from front centre stage, so they took them any we sat further back (only about 10 rows from the front). 

The show was brilliant and we kept laughing as we kept getting glimpses of my sis and bro in law on the big screen. (He looked like he was close to Beatlemania hysterics). I should point out that as a father of teenagers he still has Rod Stewart posters on the bedroom wall. Say NOWT

Anyway, the point of the ramble is coming. So towards the end of the show Rod kicks maybe 20 signed footballs in to the crowd, and yours truly caught one of them. I knew being goalkeeper on the netball team would pay off eventually.

So when we met up with them outside, I decided to be a bitch, and was saying "can you believe I caught one of the balls, someone has just told me that I'll get £300 for it on eBay, so that's our night and then some paid for". My poor bro in law was trying to be so lovely, but you could see he was gutted. I lasted about a minute before I said to him "of course I'm giving you the ball". He burst in to tears. Bless!

I should add the rest of the night was spent taking the P out of me for being so pathetic and not carrying on the charade longer.

Aww that's lovely

I was in Birmingham at the weekend and i wasn't allowed to go see Archie The hospital have gone on 'lock down' as a result a of a few infections in the baby unti and are only allowing parents and grand parents to visit..... I found out on Sat afternoon before i traveled down and i was really really gutted... i actually nearly cried

Awww Jen. It must be an awful feeling, but remember they're doing it for the good of the babies. 

I was talking about him the other day when we were at the Christening, as there were relatives with their grand son who was prem, and I was saying about the 'look' premmies have, and they couldn't get what I was saying so I showed them Archie and they were "oh my god they look the same". They just couldn't get that I was saying all premature babies have pretty much the same facial appearance.

I know exactly what you mean Cinds! The slightly sunken eyes is the main feature i think, even though my eldest was only 10 wks prem and a good weight etc she still had and still has a bit of the sunken eyes.

Ion, i was at hosp today with my little one for an appointment about her umbilical 'hernia'.... its more extra skin than actual hernia...... They booked her in for a op on it on Thursday! I was a little shocked at how close it is tbh... day case general anesthetic home for tea time

awwww Jen, that's good, in and out in the same day. 

It's funny you say sunken I eyes, I always said it's their eyes and also the shape of their heads too. I can look at a baby and know if they were prem, it freaks Dan out

Aww Cinds that was nice of you to give him the ball.  

Jen at least she will be getting out afterwards, it's a bloody nightmare having to stay in the hospital with them (when you're actually allowed).  Home is more comforting to them and at least they don't get woke up every 2 hours through the night by the nurses coming in and out!  Hope she recovers quick x