I have some news.................

I know a lot of you already know this but ..............

I am pregnant again!!! I have just gone 18 weeks.

It is all a bit stressful due to this other blood thing I have been diagnosed with, it is called Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS). In short it causes blood clots, which is the why we lost the last baby. (there were blood clots in the placenta which starved the baby)
I have been on daily injections of blood thinners and aspirin since week 6 in the hope that it will stop blood clots forming. A symptom of this disorder is low platelet which I was diagnosed with earlier last year.
I had a scan yesterday and all seems to be going fine, it is a high risk pregnancy due to the APS so we are keeping our fingers crossed that it all will go well, we are just taking it day by day.

Here are some scan photos, the quality is really bad as the baby was being very uncooperative and kept moving. We know the sex of the baby but are keeping it quite.

School has gone back and the girls are very happy back spending time with their friends.......







Ready to catch the bus






















No more photos please Mum....

Say Cheese Georgia.....................

Jasper is all ready to start kinder on Monday, he has been counting down the days.........only 2 more sleeps!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just had to add this photo, Jasper got dressed himself dressed and he had his top on back the front, Craig is helping him turn it round.........Just look at his cheeky face............

Well thats about all I know for now,

Bri, I have not forgotten the tag, I will add it on later today............

Take care and talk soon

Cherie xx

***WE ARE HOME***

We are back from our few days away. We have been over to South Australia to Mount Gambier............Sorry Riverland girls we did not make it up to see you......xx

Had a lovely time and did all the touristy things, went to all the sink holes and caves, the blue lake and then went to Naracoorte for a day to the caves there. The kids loved going down in all the caves, my legs muscles were so sore from all the steps and ramps and also because I wore sneakers not my faithful thong that I live in! I am such a thong girl, I have about 20 pair in all colours and styles.

Only 3 more sleeps till school starts again, Chloe will be in grade 3 and Georgia will be in grade 1. Jasper starts kinder next Monday, he is counting down the sleeps.

I have a few appointments coming up next week and I will let you know the results when I get them............................................



This cute little clip is for my DS Jasper, he just watches it over and over again, so Jappy this is for you xxxx

Me having a rest!!! The kids exploring the sinkhole garden.

Kids on a beach at Nelson

Naracoorte Caves, which I must say was fantastic, I would recommend it to anyone, we all had a great time, a great family activity.

Well thats all for now, I will update next week.

Take care

Cherie xxxx

{{{ RAIN + MUD = FUN }}}

Today it Rained, not a flood by any means but we had puddles.

The kids had a fantastic time in the rain and mud and it was a great opportunity to take some photo's


























Thats all for now,

We are going away for a few days so I will chat when we get back.

Take care and talk soon
Cherie xx

****Im BACK...............****

Sorry to take so long, thanks Donna for giving me a hurry up LOL........xx

I hope you all have had a fantastic Christmas and New Year.

We did, there has been lots going on here in the last month or so but rather than try to remember all of it I will post a few photo random photos of what we have been up too.

Jasper Learning to float on his back at VICSWIM
Georgia freezing after her swimming lesson....
Chloe looking cold!!!!
Jasper and I posing for the camera!!!
My Sister in Law Lauren and myself kicking back
Jasper blowing a big praying mantis!!!!
My Grandmar Mary xxx
My CJ entry in Marlenes CJ........
CJ entry
A LO made from a Zina kit which the lovely Mardi sent to me......Thanks Mardi xx you rock.....



Well thanks about enough for today...........I will update more as I have more news but I just need more time.

Till then, take care and talk soon

Cherie xx

*****Silly Season*****

Well it is now December and I have not blogged for ages, things are just very busy around here and I am finding it hard to find time to sit down and do this as much as I would like too, so I am going to make this my last blog until the New Year.

Please still pop in and say hi or drop me a email anytime, I will still be poping in to all your blogs for a look.

I will wish you all a very Safe and Happy Christmas and all the Best for 2007 may it be happy and prosperous.

Take care and talk soon

Cherie xx

{{{A few quick Layouts and photos }}}



















I have shared this LO of Georgia before but
I have made a few changes so thought
I would share again.......

















Chloe
practising
basketball














Jasper and his raider gun!
Checking on the speed of
cars going past !!!!!!








Can't belive that Mr blogger let me up-load photos first time!!!!!!!!!
Now I have to think of something to write...............LOL.................

Chloe had her first visit to the orthodonist and what an expensive trip that was (almost $2000)!!!!!!!! she has to have a plate for her bottom teeth as her bottom jaw is way to small compaired with her top jaw. We are going back Thursay to have the mould made and the same day I am going back to the dentist to have the mould made for my crown!!!!!!!!!!

Only 3 weeks till we go to SA for Riverland Scrapbooking Supplies Workshop Weekend.
Can't wait to catch up with all the girls over there...........................

Bri, I will come down and help you with your blog next week if you like...........

Take care and talk soon

Cherie xx

Yet another week has gone by............

Last week has flown by in a blur of activities.
Playgroup, Dancing, Little Aths, Scrapbooking, Getting items ready to put in the show, Blood tests, hair cuts, a massages and helping do catering at the school for their 40th reunion...............

Then the high light of the week for the kids was the local SHOW......
They all made some items to put in different sections and luckily enough they all won something.
Chloe won 3rd prize for 3 iced biscuits, a 3rd for her birthday card and a 1st for her scrapbook page………
Georgia won 2nd prize for the jewellery box she made…………
Jasper won a 2nd for the robot man made from tins…………….

I went really well with the items I put in as well.
I won a 1st prize for a scrapbookpage, a 1st and 2nd for off the page items, and a 1st for a decorated Christmas item.
I also got 2 1st’s and 3 2nd’s for some of my photos.





Some of the photos that won prizes





All prize winning entries





Jaspers robot man






Georgia'a Jewelery box and top of Chloes scrap page


This week Chloe is starting basketball, I hope she enjoys it more than she has the little aths!!!!!!! She is quite good at little aths especially running but there is just no motivation there, she just does not want to do it, so she just does not try, and all we here is how much she hates it……….. Luckily we have not paid the little aths fees yet!!!!
Georgia really enjoys little aths and Jasper has also started this year and he LOVES it. He was so funny last week when he had his first running race, he had no idea that you have to run and try to win, he though that you just run along with everyone else, but he soon got the idea he went as fast as he could and won the next race!!! I think he will be a good runner like Chloe.


2 more weeks of dancing then the concert, the girls love the concert, they love getting their hair and make up done and all the costume changes, not much fun for me though as this year they are in different groups, so when 1 is dancing the other will be getting changed ready for the next dance so I don’t think I will get to see much of the concert at all but hopefully someone will record it.

I had another blood test last week to check platelet levels and they were 63 which is about the same is last time which means they are stable, low but stable. I still do not know any more on the other blood issue but I will deal with that if and when I need to.

I have booked our accommodation for my weekend in SA at the “Riverland Scrapbooking Workshop” Can’t wait to catch up will all the girls, it will be fantastic……………..




This is a LO I did for a challenge, the challenge was to use, someting yellow and soome chipboard...........



Can’t think of much more at this moment.

Take care and Talk soon

Cherie xx

**{Another Busy Week}**

I am quite tired as I have had a stressful day, but I just wanted to do a quick update on our week.

Monday : We all went to the dentist for check-ups. Jasper, Georgia and Craig's teeth were good, Mine were ok other than the filling that fell out during the previous week which needs to be replaced with a $1300 crown... Oh well it needs to be done and hopefully our health cover will pay for a % of it !!!!!!!
Now poor Chloe has always had heaps of trouble with her teeth so we never know what to expect when we take her for a check up but this time everything was fine, nothing needed to be done but she did a referal to the orthadontist, so I have already made an appointment and she will have her first check up with him at the end of this month.

Tuesday: My baby boy Jasper turned 4. He had a quite morning then in the afternoon we had a small party with a dear friend of mine and her children at her house. It was a fairly quite day but because he had been up since 6am he was in bed at 6.30pm, poor boy the excitment of it was just to much for him....

Wednesday : In the morning Jasper had a birthday party with a few of this friends. It was a nice little group of boys, they all played really well and had a great time.
In the afternoon I had the scrapbooking birthday party, it all went off really well, all the girls (there were 10 of them) were great, they all enjoyed it and want me to do more kids classes with them.

Thursday : Shopping, cleaning and a bit of scrapbooking. Finished a LO for a CJ that I organised with 8 girls in my scrapbooking group. The CJ I had this month is titled "fashin Disasters" my LO is below (the colours did not scan very good, the arrows are really bright pink, not that yuckky pale colour)

Friday : Moved around the girls rooms, they love it when I move their bed from one spot to another, they think it's like getting a new bedroom..

Got a call (at last) from my Dr. in Bendigo with the results from the blood tests I had done in melbourne 3 weeks ago, the results were not good but at least I have some idea of why somethings have happened, I don't want to go into detail at this moment as I am not 100% sure what I am going to do, I need to speak to my Dr and my Ob more, I still really have not got my head around it. The result was sort of what I was hoping for as it gives me answers but at the same time it is not nice to be dignosed with this condition. I will let you all know what it is when I can actually explain it, at the moment I only know half the facts..... I still have the problem with the low platelets but this is something else!!!

The other LO is one I did during the week, sorry its a bad photo but you get the idea.

Will post some birthday photo's at a later date, I am to tired to fight with mr blogger now..............

Take care and talk soon
Cherie xx

I am not sure why all these LO's are in different post but at least they are here...........??????????????????????????????????

Star

Birthday Class Layout

I was going quite good at this blogging and doing it regularly but its now almost 2 weeks since I up dated.........

Now I need to try and think what has been going on.........

The second week of the school holidays were better than the first LOL I think the kids got all the fighting out of their systems in the first week.
We had a few visits from friends and we went to visit other friends, we had some other friends over for tea and Chloe had a sleep over and that was the second week of the school holidays. I am sure it was a bit more exciting than it sounds but that was just to long ago..............

This week Chloe and Georgia went back to school.
Monday, went to school assembly and then to playgroup.
Tuesday, stayed home then C and G had dancing after school
Wednesday, had a few girls and their children round for our regular scrap morning. After school the Little Aths season started again !!!!!!! We only have a really small club so if all parents help it runs quite smoothly but if only a few help it is a lot of work for those few who do help, so hopefully this year we have lots of helpers. This week we only had a few games and some races because it was just to HOT. It was a total fire ban in our area which is quite scary as it is only the first week of October.
Thursday, went to Bendigo so Jasper could have his plaster off. Luckily we did not have to wait long in the fracture clinic, he had the plaster removed and it was x-rayed. The Dr. said it looked really good so he does not have to even wear a sling if he does not want to. It is a little sore and stiff but I am sure in no time it will be as good as gold.
Friday, today I have swept, moped and vacuumed, done 3 loads of washing and done some dusting so now I may just slack off for for the rest of the day... Mabe try and do some scrapping.......

Next week is going to be busy, we are all having check ups at the dentist on Monday, Tuesday is Jaspers 4th birthday, "Happy Birthday Jappy" , Wednesday I am doing a scrapbooking party for a 10 year olds birthday, there is going to be about 12 kids so it will be quite full on !!!!!!!!!! I have picked a really simple LO for the kids to make, so it should be easy.
Then I have no idea what I am doing for the rest of the week as it is just to far away LOL

Thanks to all the girls who keep asking if I got any more results from my blood tests at the haematologist in Melbourne and my answer is still no, I will ring again today and see if I can find out anything more. I rang my other Dr in Bendigo and he had not heard from the Dr. in Melbourne so I am taking it as a good sign, I think if it was anything bad they would have let me know by now...............
I will let you know when I know.... soon I hope........

Now I am going to do a little plug for

"Riverland Scrapbooking Supplies"

Tracy Watson, Donna Wild & Samantha Dorn will be visiting them to hold workshops and attend a crop night to give one on one advice on scrapping!

The day includes:
*Full day tuition 8.30am - 5.30pm
*THREE workshops with THREE amazing instructors!
*ALL materials supplied for projects!
*Morning & Afternoon tea
*Lunch
*Prizes Galore!
*Competitions for layouts, cards & OTP project with prizes of specially designed layouts using your own photographs to be designed by either Tracy, Donna or Samantha!
(How awesome is that?)
*Fun & Games galore!
ALL for an amazing $145.00!!!
******
Saturday night's Social crop night will also be HUGE!
7.00pm - Midnight!

We know you will be buzzing after the day's workshops, so book early to secure a seat - THEY WILL BE LIMITED!!
Tracy, Samantha & Donna are all staying to join us for some fun and scrappping with prizes galore, games to play and competitions!
Supper will be provided
Join in for some funky make & takes or just scrap with the help of these amazing scrapbooking tutors!

Entry into the crop is $25 or $10 if you are also attending the day's workshops!

For more info please go to the website...............


I am going to go and catch up with Cheryl and Belinda who I meet at the "Rebekka Erickson" workshop at Echuca last year. It will also be great to meet the very talented Mardi (check out the Riverland gallery to see her LOs) and also lovely Lisa. Can't wait girls..........


I will add a few LO below. (if the blogger will let me) The Star LO was done as a challenge for RSS, The A boy and a dog Lo came together quickly and I really like how it turned out. The tricky LO was inspired by a LO that I saw some where else, cant remember where so I cant give them any credit..sorry.. The LO with the strips is the example of the LO I am going to get the girls to do at the scrapbooking birthday party.

Well that's all I can think off at the moment but just before I go I must say Hi to BELINDA, hope you are coping ok with no internet !!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Take care and talk soon

Cherie xxxx


SORRY CAN ONLY UP LOAD 1 LO.........GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR