What about me???

Just wanted to say...

I am now Mrs Turner.

Ian and I got married yesterday in a quiet little surprise (NO-ONE knew about it till it started happening) ceremony

We invited our family and a few of our close friends to Jacobs naming day and at the same time we tied the knot...

Were lots of tears... and name calling (for keeping it a secret)

but yeah, I'm now a married woman!!

well well well.... Its ben a few weeks since ive updated, but i'm only gunna talk about this last week.


All started well 3 weeks ago when we moved into the new place. We were all so much happier and enjoying our new home and then disaster struck......

Last friday i took my mother in law to sydney to the doctors... Not only did i have to spend the day with the monster in law i had to endure the horrible weather and drive all the way down the freeway when i couldnt see 2 feet in front of me.

We finished at the doctors and then headed back up the freeway to come home, got off at Tuggerah and called into hungry jacks for lunch... We went through drive through to save gettin out in the rain and while we were waiting Jacob decided to wake up and declare, very loudly mind you, that he was hungry too, So, I got our lunch pulled out of hungry jacks and across the road into a little car park thingy. Fed jake so he was happy again and then ate my own lunch...

During this time without our knowledge the rain had started to flood the road.... By the time we were ready to leave i looked behind me and realised we couldnt get out in it - the water was too deep (in half an hour mind you)

Messaged Ian to come get us as we were stuck...

But the water continued to rise and started seeping in through the doors and we realised we had to get out of the car... we bundled up jake and ran to the neighbourhood centre (we were parked in front of it) and hid in the corner.... Hoping and praying that ian actually got my message (couldnt ring all the phones where fucking up.... )

So as we watched the steps disappear under water (quiet quickly i may add) we started to panic and get rather cold (since we got wet getting from the car to the steps) we stood there for about an hour or so when Ian finally showed up... he had a great deal of trouble trying to get to us as the water was continually rising, cars were stuck in it everywhere and there were accidents galore... They closed off the main road so he had to go around the long way and avade the police on the way.

Anyways, even his beast of a car couldnt make it to where we were so we had to walk about 700m up the road through waist high water watching all the cars floating down the street.


We watched the devastation on the news when we got home (to a house that had flooded to mind you) and saw that some cars where completely under water with only a inch or two of the roof visable... I thought the worst for my car, but it was parked a little higher than most and the water only reached my door handles....
NRMA came and towed it away on sunday mind you - it tool me that long to get through to them... and took it off to Gosford... where they apparently decided that it was salvagable... so i'm hoping they do replace my interior - coz if they dont then im going to have a rather smelly car when it comes home....

Speaking of coming home... NRMA has told me there is a $500 excess that i need to pay before i can get my car back - even though my policy states "no excess on flood damage" but as far as they are concerned it was a storm - not a flood - bastards arent they - try anything to get a few extra dollars from us... so im trying to fight it - so who knows when i will get my car back.

So... spent a few days recovering.... having to drive Ians beast around when on this friday just gone i was driving down the street and the car started pulling to the right... i got out had a look and couldnt see anything... called ian and he says - "its ok, it always does it...."

i told him not like this, but anyways, as i was so close to home i decided to just drive it home and let him deal with it there.... get around the corner from my place and the front wheel falls off and starts rolling down the street in from of me... was a rather scary experience...
so i get home and had to organise a tow truck to get the beast home... so now we have no cars... :( and need to find money for the excess on mine and the repairs on his... Anyone have a money tree i can dig up???

so i've decided i dont like fridays.... it wasnt even the 13th.... and no i dont wanna drive no more... :(

So yeah, thats been my lovely exciting horrible week...

Im going to bed now... that was exhusting re-living it all again...

Just realised i'd already posted about Jakes birth when he was 8 days old... lol... oh well now you heard it twice... hehehe

Well, Its been a while since i posted as i was reminded this morning... lol... thanks Cat.

I have my little man now, Jacob Alexander Turner was born on the 4th March at 4:32am in the morning by emergency cesarean after 10 hours of rather painful contractions.... and about 15 minutes of pushing. His heart rate dropped dramatically and they had to get him out and quickly.
He was 52cm long and weighed 3.59kg (7lb 15)

He shares his birthday with his grandmother (Ian's mum)

He is now 11 weeks old and rather huge... 7.2kg, he weighs the same as a friend of mines baby who is 3 months older than him. He has been wearing OO sized clothing, which is tagged 6 months since he was 2 months old. He is also very clever and very strong... he can pull himself up to a standing position with help, something he is "supposed" to be doing from 5 months and sitting up for approx 10-20 seconds which they are telling me he should be doing around 6 months.He is going to be up and running around before we know it.

he hates tummy time and hasnt started to roll yet - so is behind in that well sorta - its a 3 month thing and he not quiet 3 months yet... lol. But i think he is going to bypass crawling and go straight to walking.

We are having a naming day for him soon, it was going to be a big huge thing, but as we got closer we realised our money situation is looking extremely bad atm and doesn't look like its going to get any better any time soon, So, Now its a small intimate gathering with just our families and his God parents.

Our house we are living in now is horrible, its old and dingy and our roof leaks... our bedroom had big water marks on the roof and the other day actually started leaking through onto Jacob's cot and Jacob. He woke up screaming as you could imagine... so im having lovely dealings with the real estate today.

We are moving as well, this happened before the whole roof incident... and im glad it did, coz im not sure how much more this poor roof is going to take and i'm worried its going to cave in.

Our new house is at Gorokan, its a huge big 3 bedroom and a study. Its 2 story has a courtyard out the front and a pool out the back. its great, i love it, cant wait till friday when we move.

Speaking of moving, ive packed 1 room - the computer room (except the computers of course) so i have lots of work ahead of me the next few days.

my life has changed alot since becoming a mummy. It is extremely hard some times, but all so worth it, i wouldnt trade it for anything... just looking into his eyes and getting a great big gummy grin make every day so special.




ok thats it for now, typing one handed is slow, and Jacob has had enough... time for boobie he is telling me.

Till next time...

XXX

Well the day i was waiting for for soo sooo long has been and gone.....

Jacob Alexander was born on Sunday the 4th March 2007 at 4:32am by emergency cesarean after 10 hours of labour!

Weighing in at 3.59kgs or 7lb 15 ounces if you work that way!

All the waiting and all the pain was worth it to hold my little man in my arms for the first time... its the most amazing feeling in the world, and i dont think you could top it!!

so now its 8 days later - we are home - and learning to adjust to our new lives...
2 hourly feeding makes sleeping so much fun... lol... but looking into his eyes and seeing him look back makes it all worth while...

he is just the most gorgeous little thing i have ever seen (and yes i know - all mothers say that... hehehe) and although he is so beautiful as a baby and i'd love him to stay that way i cant wait to watch him grow into a wonderful little person.

will update when i can - my computer time is seriously limited now due to other responsibilities... hehehe....

Till next time...

Well, its been exactly a month since i updated last, so decided it was time for a new entry...

I have 4 weeks (or 29 days) till my due date and the time my life changes forever... i cant believe its so close, i waited so long to get pregnant and it still doesnt seem real... once i hold him in my arms for the first time i'm sure it will all sink in.

I am excited - i so cant wait for the big day!!

It may actually come earlier than the 29 days too - and scary as it may seem - he could be here in 8 or 9... my last 2 checkups my blood pressure has been extremely high and there has been protein in my urine which are signs of preclamsia a condition of pregnancy that can be very dangerous - so at the moment i'm being monitored...

i visit my local doctor every few days for checkups as well as my routine fortnightly trips to the hospital - next tuesday is my next hospital visit... and if my blood pressure is still high or has gotten higher then there will be discussion of induction (ie: the baby being born early) coz once he is out there is no more danger to him and my blood pressure should come back down as well...

so thats where we are at at the moment... when i go to hospital next week i will be 37 weeks and that is considered term, and my BP has been consistantly high the past 2 months so i dont expect to see a decrease in that - so i could be a mother as early as next week...

when ever he comes i just hope all is ok and things go well. the thought of actually giving birth is quiet scary and daunting but i think i have prepared myself as best i can.

You Are Bold And Brave

But daring? Not usually? You tend to like to make calculated risks. So while you may not be base jumping any time soon... You are up for whatever's new and (a little) exciting!

I know its been a while since i updated, so thought i better get my act into gear...

You Are Socks!

Cozy and warm... but easily lost. You make a good puppet.

Had a great xmas, Me and Ian decided not to buy for each other this year as finances didnt really permit it anyways, and just being together over the holidays is enough for me.

We did the rounds in the morning, went to our B\F's house, saw them for half an hour... did the present thing... i got a new top and some chockies... Ian got some new shorts... We gave them movie vouchers and toys for the kids...

Then went to ian's sisters house and did the present thing with her, her hubby and their 5 kids... Ian's mum was there too so did her as well... we got a printer\scanner\copier from ians mum which was great... and a few other bits and pieces...

Then we were off to my mums house... toys for my little brother and sister and money for my older brother and sister, and movie vouchers for the parents... ( i love movie vouchers... great pressies - and still good on the budget!!) And my parents are the biggest movie buff's anyway and go to the cinema's every weekend... so they love vouchers and everyone gets them vouchers... lol... We got money from them (we always do... lol) and i got some shower gels from nutri metics... mum always likes to have something as a surprise in there...

Dad cooked us xmas lunch - we had baked lamb - so traditional - not... lol...
then i cooked boxing day - coz they love when i go up i always cook - my mum burns water... lol... so they live off convenience crap most of the time so always look forward to my visits... and i love cooking there - can make as much mess as i like and someone else cleans it up - were as at home i gotta clean my own mess :(

spent a few days up there - went to the movies while we were there (of course) and saw Night at the museum... was quiet funny... i liked it!

Your Rising Sign is Leo

You are confident, self-assured, and more than a little vain. And you have a flair for the dramatic - whether you're on stage or causing trouble. Your spirit can't stay in one place very long. You like to live in new places and travel the world. Cultured and sophisticated, you pride yourself on having good taste. You are an expert in art, music, food, and film.

I'd say that is fairly true... i do follow the star signs, and already knew i had a few of the Leo traits!!

You Will Keep Your New Year's Resolution

You planning on making a resolution that's smart, attainable, and perfect for where your life is.

New years eve was somewhat strange... one of our mates from sydney (mark) came up with his new girlfriend (cassandra) - she was a few sandwiches short or a picnic... and we found out she had recently spent some time in the loony bin coz she tried to jump off a bridge!

they got to our place bout 4pm and she quickly declared she thought she was pregnant! but that she didnt know if she was going to keep it cos she has a great career, thinks she's too old (41) etc etc etc... then cracked open her first bottle of wine... by dinner time - that was gone and she started on number 2!

Mark and marky (ian's brother) started drinking round the same time... so by dinner time had a few drinks in them and decided to start on a drinking game - using vodka shots...

i encouraged them to eat dinner first...

So, we all had dinner and over dinner discussed going to the entrance to watch the fireworks...

After dinner was finished and cleared up they got out the game... after about 4-5 shots each i dragged them away and said lets go to the entrance now... so they grabbed some more drinks and jumped in the car...

I drove to the entrance and it was absolutely packed.. Cassandra needed to go to the toilet so we dropped her and mark off at the toilets and we went on a parking search... ended up having to go back over the bridge and walk about 1.5km to get back to watch the fire works... we got back to the bridge, marky quickly declared he wasnt feeling well and threw up over the side of the bridge - only just missing a boat passing underneath...

Ian amd i watched the pittiful excuse for fireworks they had, wondering where mark and Cassandra were... we called them and found out she had had a miscarriage and taken off on him... (she said it was all his fault... i somehow think it may have had something to do with the 2 bottles of wine she had drunk!!)

So, we got back to the car - dumped marky in and let him sleep while the search began for crazy cassandra... we found her - at the police station - she had been creating a disturbance!!

Finally got her out and got back home and marky headed off to bed... all that alcohol not good for him - considering he only weights as much as a flea, and has just recovered from major surgery after a collapsed lung 6 weeks ago...

while marky slept, and mark and cassandra fought ian and i saw the new year in with a hug and kiss and a kick from the baby at precisely 12 oclock! he had to get his happy new years in too..

Once cassandra had sulked off with her 3rd bottle of wine Ian and mark started on the drinking game...

i left them at 1:30 to go to bed Mark was well and truly fucked, while ian who had only just started drinkin at 12 was rather tipsy...

i got up at 3:30 to find ian passed out on the floor about 2 feet from our bedroom door - he had tried to make it to bed...

And mark - well he was on the verandah - laying in his own vomit...

not being able to move either of them, i covered ian with a blanket and mark with a few towels... and went back to bed...

they all woke up feeling rather seedy in the morning...

You Are 44% Brutally Honest

Honesty is important to you, but generally, you try not to be brutal about it. You'll sugar coat the truth when you need to... and tell a white lie when necessary.

Since xmas and new year is over and things are slowing back down i can concentrate on the impending motherhood again... I have 8 weeks or 60 days till my due date!! Although ian wants him to come on his birthday - which is 6 weeks away - and is possible - so will see!

i cant wait till he is born... i like being pregnant... there is lots of downsides to it - but the reward at the end of the nine months is worth ever second of pain, fatigue, and illness you feel.

I cant wait to be a mum... i think i will be a good one - and i think together we will make good parents , ian and i... although i will probably be a lot stricter than him.

we watch and learn from everyone around us and know that consistancy is the key to a healthy happy child... we are hoping to learn from others mistakes and know if we work at it together then things should go our way - hopefully!!

i guess as much as you mentally prepare yourself - nothing compares to the real thing - but as long as we give it our best shot, im sure Jacob will turn out fine!

Ask me again in 5-10 years see if i still think and feel the same way.. lol...

i'm not looking forward to the birthing part - i'm not really good with pain - and this is intense pain - that lasts for hours... supposed to be the worst pain you ever experience in your life... thanks for the warning peoples - and for scaring the shit out of me.. lol...

We are prepared for his arrival - everything is ready for him... but as for the birth... i really dunno - just gunna go in there eyes closed and hope and pray for the best!!!

What Your Soul Really Looks Like

You are a warm hearted and open minded person. It's easy for you to forgive and forget. You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. You feet may be on the ground, but you're head is in the clouds. You believe that people see you as larger than life and important. While this is true, they also think you're a bit full of yourself. Your near future is a lot like the present, and as far as you're concerned, that's a very good thing. For you, love is all about caring and comfort. You couldn't fall in love with someone you didn't trust.

Well, been a fairly eventful few weeks, lots of going on's, drama's happy moments, revelations, etc etc etc... But right now, i'm just gunna talk about Mark... (because i should really be getting ready for tafe, and dont have time for writing lots)

Mark is my brother in law (well he will be when Ian and I finally get married) and he is also a mate, I went to school with him, so knew him before i met Ian, Mark is how i met ian actually, Marky was going out with my best friend at the time and they got us together....

He has made a few bad lifestyle choices, which probably put him in the predicament he is in... He drinks alot, he smokes - cigarettes and pot, and he is addicted to his computer... He hardly eats, using pot and alcohol as a substitute... and is now paying the ultimate price!!!

On sunday, he slept all day, didnt get up till 3pm then he came to our place, we were in the middle of watching a movie so he sat and watched the rest of it with us, then went outside to look at his motorbike with Ian, he only got as far as the shed when he started getting chest pain, and couldn't breathe...He told Ian, and Ian laughed at him, as Ian does whenever someone gets hurt or is in pain.. he is a strange sadistic boy!!

So getting nowhere with Ian he came inside to me, all he said is Please take me to hospital, so got my stuff and his and headed to the car, by this time Ian realised it was serious and decided to join us... We went in Ian's car, and for anyone who has been in Ian's car, you know what the trip is like, Im surprised Mark survived... but, we got to the hospital in about 2 minutes, where as if i was driving it wouldve taken about 5!!

He was taken straight in and given a chest X-ray, they discovered his left lung had collapsed... so they knocked him out and put a shunt in to drain the fluid from his lung... we got there at 4:30, and all this was done by 5:30 - we got to see him for a few minutes at 6, but he was out of it, so we left him there for the night...

I had to go to tafe monday, till 12, so once i got out of there i was straight up to the hospital... where i spent the afternoon..

We found out its just a spontaneous thing that happens in young tall skinny guys, but, the pot hadnt helped the cause!!

They told us he had to stay in hospital till the chest drain had stopped bubbling... so he been cursing the thing ever since...

I took him in Maccas for dinner monday night, coz he refused the hospital food - not that i blame him, and have been running food in and out since... not that he can eat much when he does, because he always has a cone before eating, and of course cant do that in hospital so is having a hard time there...

But yeah, hes bored out of his brain with nothing to do but just lie around, so yesterday i had no tafe, so i spent the day down there, took in some old board games that havent been played in forever, and we played games all day... made the time go a little quicker...

while i was there we discovered the drain had stopped bubbling, the doctor came in and looked and said cough, do this, do that, etc etc, and said yeah looking good, we can take it out, clamp it up and you should be able to go home after about 24 hours... he was over the moon, but then, i discovered a kink in the line, we unkinked it and the thing started bubbling away again... so there went his big high...

Today i have tafe,I'm supposed to have already left actually, till about 1:30 so he gotta sit around by himself all morning, he isnt looking forward to it... tomorrow will be worse, since im at tafe all day (till 4) so he will be there all day by himself...

They are saying he should be healed up by friday, and able to go home, but, if it doesnt then he will need surgery to close the hole, which will mean an even longer stay... so hopefully that doesnt happen... i think the thing he is pissed off about most is he now has to miss out on paintball that he was supposed to be going to on the 3rd december... oh well, health is more important i guess...

anyway, better go, im late late late... update again soon...!

Had my ultrasound on friday the 13th as planned... and just remembered i promised to get back here and report on my findings!!!!

It is indead a little boy growing inside of me...

His name will be

Jacob Alexander Turner

when he is born next march!!

Since it has been oh so long since i did a real update i thought i finally better get into it!!!

HOMELIFE

home is pretty good, we are over the whole moving thing, well i am... Ian still has shit in boxes, gee we only moved like 2.5 months ago... lol... i seriously couldnt expect him to have unpacked them already!!! lol...

the horses like being here, i think, they wander around the paddocks, swim in the dam, and eat all our fresh green grass every week, so we dont need to mow!!

we are over the omg our house looks decrepid.... and its now home to us!! It has a roof, and floor and 4 walls, what more could we ask for.. lol...


TAFE

Have given up a few modules from tafe, coz the stress was getting to me... it means though this term i am only at tafe 1 day a week!! leaving me very bored and lonely the rest of the week, next term will be good, i will be there 3 mornings a week, so not too bad!! and will leave a the end of the year with certificate 3 in childcare, which is a step down from the diploma i was supposed to get, but, its better for me and the baby notto be stressing right now!!! i have enough stress just worrying about my money situation at the moment, but thats a whole nother LONG story!!!

and last but not least.... the most important part of my life...

THE BUBS!!

he\she is doing well, growing quickly and getting stronger and stronger everyday!! I am now 16 weeks pregnant, so only 24 weeks to go!!!!

bout 2 weeks ago i felt the first sign of movement... the light fluttery "butterflies in your tummy" feeling, and as the bub grows that feeling has been getting sronger and stronger... and im now getting kicked and poked big time!!! he\she still isnt making enough of a difference to be felt on the outside yet, but on the inside i think is playing soccer every day, shouldnt be too long now before dad, and everyone else will feel the kicks too... cant wait till they can be shared around...lol!!!

i have a huge big baby bump now, only so huge because i already had a fat bump there before, lol, so the baby bump just pushing its way out from behind!!

went to the hospital last thursday, its a every month thing when your pregnant, but this trip was my first, so was a long visit and after hundreds of questions and answers and filling out forms i got to hear the babys heart beat for the first time... its the most amazing sound in the world!!

also on thursday i booked in for my next ultrasound too... it will be at 19weeks, to make sure baby is growing and developing properly, and hopefully if he\she co-operates to determine the sex, and then we will be able to call him\her by name, instead of "the baby" or "him\her"...

so yeah!!

Friday the 13th is the day of the ultrasound, so hopefully it will be a lucky day for me, and the bub will cooperate and show us whats between those legs... lol...

will let you all know once i do!!

well thats it for now... cant stay in one place too long, bubs dont like it... and is now demanding i eat breakfast too....

will write again when we know who it is!!!

Ta-ta!!