I love Downton Abbey!

Another day of waking up shattered! Bubsie Lills woke up for two feeds instead of one and it has made me feel super groggy! Jared had to be in uni for 10, catching the bus at 9am. Do you think we made it? NO! As if! So i ended up driving him down to Cardiff and back. We are planning to buy some kayaks really soon - one for Jared, Pauline and Sam and then a tandem one that we will split 3 ways. That way the kids can come on with us too. Jared is really looking forward to getting them, hopefully we will be ordering before Christmas! :)
I just managed to get back in time for the health visitor to come and weigh Lills. She only gained 2 1/2oz last week - well, this week she has gained a whopping 9oz! She's now 10lb 12oz! I couldn't imagine carrying a baby that big in my tummy, i definitely felt it with carrying Lills and she was just over 8lbs. The health visitor stayed for a bit, talking about what's happened and stuff. She suggested seeing a counciller which i agreed to, but thinking about it now i don't think i need to. I have the awesome knowledge of the gospel and where she is. The hardest bit is just waiting to see her again. It still catches me in moments when i'm not doing anything and hits me all over again, like it's the first time i have heard it. I do miss her so much.

By the time the health visitor left, i only had a little bit of time to do some chores before the school run. Pauline called and said she would bring him up around 12.45pm, just before school. Lills is so good, she will lie on the floor having a kick while i get on with things.

 Washing is the biggest thing i keep falling behind on! It's amazing how one little dooty thing can create more house work! Lills is such a little angel though, even if she doesn't like to nap in the day. I love feeding her too - breastfeeding is just such a wonderful thing, and so much eaiser than bottles. I did bottles for a bit on Ethan and it was such a potch, and expensive. When Ethy arrived back, he had brought Barney bear too. Pauline had taken some lovely photo's at the park with him and printed them out to be taken back into school. He also was treated to a little go on the train;

Pauline is so good at taking photos! As we were walking out the door, I couldn't help but giggle at Ethy trying to work out how to put on the Barney bag;

Haha! I need to schedule an extra 5 minutes to get the kids in the car and keep forgetting to, so we were a little late getting into school. For some reason, for 2 days on the trot Ethan was crying to not go to school - he has always loved it and runs to get into the classroom. I don't understand it? Anyway, he settled in quickly after i slipped out. I headed up to the Ebbw Vale outlet called Festival Park. There are some fleeces up there that Jared wanted me to get, plus i can have a little time to shop without a toddler. Yipppeeee!
I didn't manage to find any fleeces, i eventually found that out that they aren't in the shop i thought they were, but i did get some stuff from Gap to sell on eBay! 99p for dresses and stuff! It's time i got back into eBay now. I have all of Philly's clothes that i was going to sell to go to the holiday fund next year, but i just can't do it. Instead, i'm going to go through all my clothes, sell most of them and keep Philly's. I just can't part with her belongings to sell to some stranger. 8 weeks ago, i never dreamed that i would be doing this.

They totally overcharged me on some items in Gap and even after having the manager confirm that it was right, they got it wrong! So i risked being late for the school run to sort it out. Thank goodness for my excellent driving skills, i got there just in time... ;) They hadn't even opened the outside gate to let us in! Relief! I had forgotten to take my phone with me, so a very disgruntled Jared met me outside, reprimanding me for not picking up the phone - when i checked my phone after i has 14 missed calls from him...opps! He had got Peter out to pick him up and he told me to meet him at his parents. Sowy Jared :(

We spent some time at his parents - i was desperately trying to sort out Sam's problem on his laptop. For some reason, we can't change the back ground on his desktop. In the end, i could only leave a blank screen and not put another photo up.Very annoying! I'm going to have to get my brother Benjy on the case, the computer pro! I couldn't be bothered to cook, so we got a subway instead on the way home. Yum! Lills sat in her carseat looking out;

Ethan played 'traintracks' after dins, evidence of the pudding at the side;

As soon as i put Lills down, Ethan is right there. It's so hard trying to protect her all the time. I have to say, having another baby has been easy, the hardest bit is dealing with the jealous toddler! The amount of times i have caught him putting his hand over her mouth, trying to sit on her, headbutting her in excitement..etc, i could really go on! Anyway, i managed to get some cute shots of them together before putting her in protective custody. Haha!;

I could just munch her up, the little gobbler!;

Just before beddies, Ethan and Daddy played the Wii - Ethan has gotten really good at playing golf. It might be his turn 3 or 4 times before daddy's one turn;

A very satisfied Lills after a feed;

 

I arranged with Pauline for her to come up to my house so we could watch 'Downton Abbey' together. We ended up watching 4 episodes! It is brilliant! I know Philly watched the first season with Pauline when it was on TV and loved it. I definitely recommend it as a watch! Jared had gone out to the Youth Convention to support and Peter went upstairs to study the scriptures, so it was a proper girls zone. Another midnight bedtime for meee! :)

I love having the car! FREEDOM!

I only learnt this morning that Jared isn't on placement this week so i get the car for an extra day. Yippeeee! All i had to do was take him to the bus station instead of losing the car for the whole day. I wanted to check out the Littlewoods Clearance again to do a proper search. So i packed a bag of crisps, got Ethan into the car, packed up my little pram and went. I bought so much more stuff too, Fearne Cotton Jeans, a couple of dresses, skirts and tops. I love it! Generally within 3 months I've sold everything and made a fair bit of money. All my Christmas present's so far have been bought out of my ebay money. I definately recommend it if you are buying something really cheap and it's a well known brand. The jeans i bought (pictured below) were bid on within 2 hours of me putting it up. Loves it!


I was able to carry the little pram up the stairs, so no fussing from the 'ealth and safety inspector. Esme and Cassie were planning on going to the Outlet in Ebbw Vale so i was going to meet them there - unfortunatly i over estimated Ethan's tolerance level of sitting in the pram so i wasn't able to meet with the Wheelies. I did manage to find another few bargains to sell :) And i bought a Christmas present for Jared. So all in all, a good day!

I got dinner on before I picked Jared up so i could get on with ebaying. It took the whole night to get everything i bought up on ebay. Jared was good to just let me get on with it while he took care of Ethan. It was nearing 9.30 by the time i finished so just enough time to work out before bed.