Kaylees first day at Pre-school.

for the past few weeks we have been getting Kaylee ready for little school ( Hannah goes to big school so Kaylle goes to little school) telling her that we will drop her off and she can stay there all day and then we pick her up in the afternoon, and she loved hearing it, she liked for 1 of us to watch her go to the toilet but we have been saying to her to go by herself cause we cant watch her at little school, sometimes she would wet her pants so we were using this to get her to go to the loo straight away.
I took Hannah to school then took Kaylee to kindy, and we walked in to the room and she put her bag into her locker, and then with a big confident smaqile said, ok so waht can i do? they had a table set up with puzzles on it, another table with play dough and another table with paper and pencils, first she chose the puzzle table, and got fed up with that pretty quick as she couldnt do it, so she then moved to the play douhg table, and one she was getting into it she said, ok mum you can go home now if you want to and you can come and get me again after you go home. so I told Kaylee if she needed me just tell the teacher to ring me and i will come and pick her up. gave her a hug and a kiss and she didnt look back LOL
I was thinking i would be staying there about an hr for her to get used to the room and teqchers, because thats what i did with Hannah, but i was in and out in about 10mins! so i then had 45mins to kill as i had a dr appointment for Max to get his 12mth needles, so i did a bit of window shopping .......

I left home at 2.30 so i could talk to the teachers to see how she went, and Ivka told me that about 11am Kaylee asked her to ring my mum cause i need her, and Ivka told kaylee to wait a while as they were about to go outside and have a play, so Kaylee smiled at the thought of playing outside on the slippery dip and was good as gold after that, I think maybe at 11 she had done all the inside activities and maybe she just felt a bit lost as to what to do next.
I asked her did she make any friends and she said yes ( with a very cheeky smile),,,,,,, 2 boys!!! LOL.

she wants to go again tomorrow , but we told her she has to wait til next wednesday, and she said OKAY (in her nasaly smiley voice )

Max's first birthday!

the girls letting the heluim balloons go after Max's bday party
Max and his 1st bday car track cake.
Max having his bday dinner on his new plate Daddy bought for his bday

my baby boy is 1! and i cried all day, Happy that he is getting older and more interactive with us, but sad because i wont ever have a baby aged zero ever again.......

i'll have to come back and update this later)

Kaylee

the other day Kaylee asked me if she can go back in my tummy, cause she liked it in there! i asked her how she was going to get in there and she said just cut my fat off and she can fit!

she told me i had a fat tummy, and i said i have a fat tummy because i have had my 3 babies in there, and now i can lose my fat tummy because i wont be having anymore babies in there, so i dont need it, she told me its like a pillow!

Max

had Max's follow up appointment yesterday in the neurology clinic at Sydney childrens hospital, and they said its a good idea to go ahead with the MRI, that will be done in June. I'm a bit nervous about Max having a general anesthetic tho.......
they also said Max still has low muscle tone and is about 3mths behind where he should be. but they are very happy with his progress

Hannah's 1st day of Big School!

Last night it was such an effort to get Hannah into bed, i think she was so excited that she couldn't sleep . LOL. she kept coming out of her room , first it was for a drink, then the toilet, then to tell me she had to wear her white socks with her school shoes........ then finally she fell asleep just after 10pm!
she woke up this morning with a huge smile on her face, and said, I'm going to school today aren't I! i think she was nervous cause she didn't have much for breakfast, only 2 or 3 spoonfuls of special K.
her start time was 9.30am, we all went to see her off on her new adventure. I walked her up to the teacher sitting outside the door, where she got her name tag pinned on her uniform, Greg watched from the window with Kaylee and Max, and i took Hannah into her classroom.she put her bag into a locker, and off she went, she didn't even care if i was behind her or not, i had to ask her for a kiss and a hug goodbye!!!
so she gave me the biggest hug and told me i can go now, so i did.
i think we were there for all of 10 minutes!
there were no tears, but Greg and i had lumps in our throats as our biggest baby headed off to big school!


Kaylee Max and I went to playgroup, which was good, i wasn't thinking about Hannah.

3pm the bell goes to pick her up.
at 2.40pm i headed up to the school to pick Hannah up, when i got there i tapped on the window, and when she saw me, her face turned from a smile to an evil frown!

the bell went, and all the parents go into the classroom to collect the kids.
the poor teachers got bombarded by ALL the parents , so I thought i will wait til 1 day next week before i approach them LOL.
all the kids were sitting on the carpet in a circle and were told, if they see their Mums they can go, well Hannah was standing up, and then after the teacher said that, she looked straight at me and she sat down!! ( little bugger)
so i moved to the side of the room out of everybodys way, and when she finally decided to come to me i asked her,

me. did you have a good day
Hannah.....NO ( with a frown)

me..what did you do today
Hannah.. nofing ( arms folded in a huff)

me.. did you make any new friends
Hannah..no, I don't have any friends. I didn't talk to anyone!

she's got attitude already and its only day 1 !!!!!

a few hrs later i asked her did the teacher read a story? or did she do any drawings and a few other questions
this time i got answers with a smile on her face and she told us all about her day, the teacher read her a story about black and white birds (magpies) that's the pic on the school crest. and they played hopscotch and her buddy Lucy from yr 6 helper her buy her 1st ice-block from the canteen at lunch time.
so she did have a great day, she just didn't want to come home LOL

im thinking maybe 3 or 4 weeks down the track it will sink in that she actually has to go there everyday, and for the next 13yrs LOL

do you think Hannah looks like me?

max got his 4th tooth last thursday, top right (His left) i am yet to buy him a baby milestone book like the girls have so have to record his teeth stuff on here till i get one.

its hard to stay cranky!

the girls had their toys all over the lounge room, and i said to Kaylee

"Kaylee get over here and pick up your shit!" ( i was very cranky with my monthlys)

she yelled back at me

" ITS NOT MINE!!........Its Hannah's shit"

well...... i had to leave the room, i cracked up laughing

Hannah's afternoon of shopping!

Hannah and I went shopping today to get all her big school stuff
we had to buy black and white to match her uniform. we got hair elastics, school shoes and socks and her school bag

Kaylee and Max stayed home with Greg, and when we got home they were all asleep.

Hannah was very excited when we found a headband to match her checkered school uniform!
she found a black backpack with white and pink flowers on it, its probably bigger than she needs, but i guess she will grow into it.


shes now currently walking around the house fully dressed ready for school. LOL

Christmas.

we all slept in xmas morning, we got up about 9am.
I got up 1st, then Hannah about 2mins later, and i had to remind her to check to see if Santa had come, her face lit up and she headed straight for ht lounge room, Kaylee woke up cranky and sooky ( as usual) and Max just wanted some boobie milk.
so we opened up our presents, Hannah got a scooter from Santa, Kaylee got some dolls house accessories, and Max got a toy with a steering wheel on it and it light s up and talks and he loves it
although the highlight if the day for Max was the paper, in every pic taken of him opening a present, he puts the paper straight into his mouth LOL.

it was my parents for Lunch and Gregs sisters for dinner. we all had a great day.
heres some photos.

Hannah on her scooter


Max and his Poppy


My doggy. Chassie


Lauren,Kaylee,Taylor and Hannah eating xmas dinner

Max with his biggest cousin Taylor.

Max

Dec 16th Max had his hearing test, and they said he only just passed.

there was a line on a graph, and above the line was a pass, he was right on the line.

still not 100% sure how they test a babys hearing, but he is being tested again in 3months time.
they also said he has a bit of fluid in his ears.

Dec 17th, Max had to see the speech therapist, and the physio and some other therapist lady! cant remember her title, but she checks his motor skills and fine motor skills.

we saw the speech therapist because he wasn't holding his tongue down when he was eating,he would hold his tongue up on the roof of his mouth and it would be shaky but by the time we got to see her Max was getting the whole eating thing down pat.

but she told me that when he eats i have to hold the spoon on his tongue and let him take the food off it, rather than me wiping the food into his mouth. it comes back to him having low muscle tone , it even includes his tongue. I'm more inclined to think , that he is just a lazy little bugger, LOL

the physio is very impressed with his progress, just as well cause i have been working very hard!

Max can now roll all around the lounge room if I let him, and now the girls are going to have to keep every little toy packed away so he doesnt eat it, he still puts EVERYTHING into his mouth!

December

well where do i start!
december was a very busy month. Hannah finished pre-school
Max had physio & a hearing tests
and Kaylee pretty much whinged for the whole month.
her high pitched whiney voice is driving us all bonkers, i am forever saying to her, 'talk in your normal voice and do it with a smile on your face or I cant understand a word you are saying!!!'
............you might be laughing, but its not funny LOL!

and then we had Max's 1st Christmas

Hannahs Last day of Pre-School.

well its all over, my biggest baby is now starting a new chapter in her life.

BIG SCHOOL!

on her 2nd last day they had a pantomine and they all got there kindy diplomas, it was a great day, but Hannah is still yet to realise that shes not seeing all her friends and her teachers anymore.
hopefully her and her special friend Taylah will stay in contact though. they like sending emails to each other, but im sure she will make lots more special friends over her lifetime.

although her teacher Ivka said that Hannah would run up to her, give her a massive hug and then be off on her merry way again, she did it about 10 times she said.
Ivka also hinted to me that Hannah was one of her special ones.

we put up the xmas tree today!

I was out shopping today and thought since the girls have their nice dresses on i will get Santa photos done. but like last yr the girls got scared and stood there like stunned mullets, and had blank looks on their faces................... so i just got Max done all on his own.
he is pretty lucky really , its not very often the 3rd child gets Santa's lap all to himself LOL

when we got home we put up the tree.............................if you look closely you will see there are no decorations at the top, (Hannah & Kaylee couldnt reach up that far) the girls did the whole tree, and Max loves the train underneath, he squealed as it went past him.

we went to the circus

on Sunday we took the kids to the circus,
it was good but a bit disappointing for the girls, they didn't have any animals there!!!!

and Max fell asleep on my lap, and the noise was at night club levels, u couldn't even hear yourself talk! (he's such a good boy)
this one was the Moscow circus, i preferred the other one, Lennon bros, they at least had dogs and lions, oh and 1 monkey riding a horse which was Kaylee's favourite
so Jen you didn't miss much cost us bloody $96 to get in, and that was just for me Greg and Hannah...............kids under 2 were free so Kaylee was 2 again for the arvo LOL

the kids and I did some art work today!

Max was covered in carrots from head to toe! next time i wont give him the spoon ! LOL

Max's hosp appointment

Today Max had his checkup by the neuromusculor team at randwick childrens hospital,
I woke up at 5.30am and left home just after 6 and we got to the hosp outpatients dept with 3 minutes to spare.for his 8am appointment.
we went thru everything during my pregnancy, and the chorid plexis cyst he had while in my tummy through to all his milestones he has reached and the ones he should have reached, and they said that there doesnt seem to be any sign of the tongue tremors that the other Paed mentioned, ( i forget the name they called it. tongue ficulations ? something like that) and this was a symptom of cerebral palsy, ( cp is when the brains messages cant get thru. so if the brain tells the hands to pick something up the hands dont get the full message and they dont properly pick the object up)
his reflex's in his lower body were brisk ( not 100% sure what that meant) but they want to keep an eye on it. his upper are all normal.
he definatly has developmental delays, 1 thing they checked, he was only at the stage of an 8wk old but i cant remember what that bit was?! we went thru so much , it was alot to take in all at once.
Max has to have an MRI done aswell as another ultrasound of his brain to check the cyst again, and we have to go back up to randwick hosp in march for a follow up, and in the meantime referred us to a paediatrician down here to see every 3mths, they suggested physio , which we have already been doing, and also he suggested a speech therapist, which we have already seen once and are seeing again in 3wks time, they were impressed at how on top of it all that i am with things.( yay to me LOL)
the Dr also said Max was his 1st patient for the day and he was the best baby he had seen all month and was a great way to start his day, everyone always comments on how smiley and contented he always is, even when they drew blood from his little arm he didnt even cry!! he just looked a bit stunned.
he had to put a wee bag on to collect a urine specimen, and it was a bag with sticky tape all around the edges, and when they took it off him he laughed his head off, it was stuck to his walnut and everything i hate having band aids ripped off. guess its different with no hair under the sticky part, LOL.
they also mentioned that cp symptoms can come and go in the 1st 12 mths but they dont think he has it, but they will keep an eye on him anyway.
if i think of anything else i will come back and add it later.
im going to bed..........g'nite.

the girls wearing their present from Aunty Jen Jen

I think i shocked Greg tonight
he said he doesn't think he wants anymore kids
and i said
yeah me either
he didn't know if i was serious or not! .................

( i usually say i'd still like 2 more! LOL)