Feeling Positive

Just a little update on Hailey. She is doing fantastic, she has come on amazingly with her speech and is so much more social. She speaks to everyone, although her speech is not as clear as most almost three year olds, it is a lot easier to understand her and she is getting less frustrated. She has started playing out the front with Masie and Taylor with the neighbour kids, although she comes back every few minutes to say Hi she is out there and mixing with other kids. She picked up this thing, when you call her name she would answer "huh", we hate this it sounds awful, so the past two weeks we have been teaching her to answer 'Yes' or 'Yes Mummy"(or who ever is calling her). Yesterday she finally got it and it was so cute, some times she forgets herself and it comes out "hu,yes".

She has developed this strange rash all over her body that we are trying to figure out, it appeared about a week or so towards the end of our trip and slowly just kept spreading. We took her to the doctor and they werent certain but though it was ringworm, so we were treating her and three days later the rash was in her armpits and going down her back. I called the doctor and she wanted to see her again, but obviously doesn't have any appointments so we are sent to the urgent clinic. The doctor there looks confused and in the end says he thinks it was Pityriasis Rosea , I was not 100% this was what it is but he was the doctor. After a long visit he give her a four day steroid treatment, it seemed to be helping at first and took all the redness out of the rash but it was still very much there. So now after a few days from finishing the steroids the redness is coming back. So we are going to try and get another appointment and maybe get to see a dermatologist if they have no answers. Ill let you know what happens.

Anyway, Hailey's speech teachers came today and were so impressed with her that they thought it might be a good idea to invite her back to class, I will be staying with her and she will just get used to being in a class room setting and some of the kids will be in her class at her new school. We have been talking a lot about school and she sounds excited. I'm feeling positive that this will be OK this time, she has come a long way in the last few months and I think she is going to do great.

Hailey's Outfit of Choice

Hailey L.O.V.E.S her Welly boots that she got from Ireland, and she wants to wear them all the time, but she also only ever wants to wear her swimming costume. So here it is,Hailey's outfit of choice.
Chris was so mean on Fathers day, Me and the girls took him out for breakfast and he would not let her wear this to the restaurant. She was so sad.

LegoLand Windsor

Last Holiday Post.........
What an amazing end to a fantastic Holiday that I cant wait to repeat. Everyone had such a wonderful day, the weather was perfect and the company was even better. We had so much fun, we could have easily had two days there as there was so much to do.Everything was made of Lego, it was unreal, fantastic and beautiful. The kids were amazed and kept asking if it was real Lego. These boats were so cool, you actually got to drive them your self, of course we were not sensible. We took full opportunity of being in boats that did what you want, even if that means going round the wrong way and crashing into your neighbour, What! They did it first.

Check out this cute family. Great family shot, shame Maxine wasn't there.

So I'll give you all a Cheeky little Monkey break for a few days before I tell you whats been going on since we got back, goodbye for now.

Don't Tell Sam

But if you do, tell her it was ALL my Dads idea!! Well my brother did hold his Daughter up while Grandad pegged her clothes and I took the picture. She is cute though huh!?

Africa Live

What a fun day out this was, it was quite far away and at this point my kids were done with the car journey's, I think it was the roads but Masie and Taylor suffered from terrible travel sickness over there. But, we some travel sickness pills in tow we set off and we were all glad we went, we had a great laugh with the whole family.

Hailey and Joshua being cute Nanny and Grandad enjoying Taylor

Me and my gorgeous Niece

Oops, sorry Masie did I drop you?

Josh just chilling

At it again, Chris has to feel powerful over his Mother in Law

Uncle Rob is so cool

A private joke

Beating up Uncle Rob

Success, down he goes!

BBQ

Martine, Tasha and Kirsty came down to say goodbye, we had a lovely BBQ and a great time together. Martines Mum and Step Dad came down to see us too which was brilliant. Martine was my first friend out in the real world, Ive mentioned it in a previous post that we worked together and pretty much lived together as our rooms (we lived in the on site hostel) shared a wall. Martine loves my girls and they too adore her, thanks Martine for being you.

Masie and Kirsty are 5 days apart in age, I knew Kirstys Mum when we were pregnant and while we lived in England these two were together often. Kirsty is a wild thing (in a good way) she is a smart little girl and we love her. Masie was extremely sad to say goodbye.A bunch of crazy kids:) Thanks Martine for a great afternoon, you are the best and we love you!

Rob and Chris

Rob and Chris get on so well, they seem to fight a lot but luckily its just play fighting. Rob would have us laughing for hours most evenings usually at Chris's expense but he didn't seem to mind. His short jokes were hilarious, he would say a joke and then say "what, did that just go straight over your head",lol. They were so funny together, Rob insisted that Chris told him he loved him each night before he went home, Chris gave his usual nervous giggle and refused to say it, until Rob wouldn't leave until he said the words:)

My Brother and I

I am so luckily with my siblings, my brother is my best from in the whole world. I love him dearly and he can always make me smile. We have the same personality and we can be crazy fun, or super serious. When I was home Rob and I pretty much were together the whole time, I wouldn't of had it any other way. We went over to Rob and Sam's for a take away and a lovely night in, we had a good laugh and great food. I love you Rob!! Thank you Mum and Dad, your two oopses are my two best friends (I know I was the only one planned,lol)

Isn't Hailey the CUTEST Two year old EVER???

Only in Ireland......

......Will you find, A huge crab, 2 cows and 3 sheep all in the same place. On our last morning we took another walk and found some really cool thing, Masie collected some shells, Hailey found about a million dead crabs and then we saw sheep running past two cows just as we found a live crab. We had fun playing them before we moved on.

They have so much beauty surrounding them, we went on some great walks. Here is Alexis being Alexis, he thought it would be funny for me to take this picture, I have to agree. Only Taylor seems concerned that her Uncle has a huge stick hoovering above them.

My Sister and I

Maxine and I are very close, she is one of my best friends and I talk to her about everything. She is always there for me even though we are so far away, she always has the right thing to say to help me out or cheer me up. I love her very much!! We went out for a lovely dinner together and got our free babysitters to watch the kids (Alexis and Chris.) We had a great time chatting and catching up, we really milked it and was out for hours. Being in her home was very special, she and her family made us feel so welcome we felt like we were at home too. Chris and Alexis also got on fantastic, in fact they never stopped talking the whole time. At one point Chris felt so at home that he did the hula in their living room, it was a very funny moment. Thank you Mum and Dad for my Sister.

Six Children at the Beach

We went to the beach a lot while in Ireland, they pretty much have this beach to themselves (especially when its cold out and we are the only weirdo's that want to go in the beach,) Masie was the one that wanted to be there 24/7 but we pulled rank on her and went for a few hours a day. Since they moved into this house I have always wanted to watch all six children playing nicely on the beach, and my wish finally came true. One of my favourite pictures.Before we went over for our Holiday Masie went to the mall to spend her last $12, I was so proud of her for not buying just anything. She put so much thought into what she wanted, she finally came across the perfect item. A lovely two set necklace shaped like a love heart with a little penguin on it, it had Best on one and Friends on the other. She was delighted and brought it with no hesitation for her and her cousin Olivia.

Hailey trying to keep up with her big cousin Olivia.

Masie learning to swim:)