Coming Home

Forgot to write earlier and I think everybody already knows but we are coming home close to Christmas!! Crazy expensive tickets for Christmas so we opted for the cheaper alternative and are flying on the 11th of Dec. hooray! Hope to see everybody there!!!!

Potty time

Me and Leah was in the bathroom for another potty time and after oh 10 minutes of sitting there with her on the potty of the potty on the potty off the potty I got bored and left her all content playing with toilet tissue and sitting on her potty. After a few minutes she ran to get me shouting "titta" and "bajs" so I go with her and she DID actually go to the potty, but it was not more than a tiny droplet, I clapped my hands and said good girl, but she just looked embarrassed until I washed it away and every time we went passed the bathroom she kept saying "bajs". Success!

Forgot to post this video a while ago but here it is! We were over at Eimears and Martins for dinner and the kids went crazy on their bed, Leah never got tired of it and kept on dancing long after Madison and cash got bored and I had the camera handy.

jag tar dig

Leahs nya favvo fras ar "jag tar dig" Gor man inget nar hon sagt det ger hon ordern "bye" och/eller "in" sa att man ska ga o gomma sig nagonstans. Hon ger sig inte heller o blir valdigt ledsen om man inte leker med henne. Riktiga uttbrott ibland! Vi e helt slut vissa dagar for vi jagat varandra fram o tillbaka i hallen, sen nar hon har fatt nog av det ska man sitta ner pa en av hennes sma stolar o dricka te med henne, "sitt, sitt!" o har man satt sig pa fel stol at hon snabb o sager "neeej" sa ska man flytta sig till den andra stolen. Puh!

friends

I am so happy today cause people keep surprising me all the time with their kindness and I am just so grateful. Everybody have been so helpful since we got here and helping out every way they can. Seighleo called today asking if I needed to go to the store or anywhere else so we're gonna make Fridays our grocery shopping day and after have a drink or two. Can't wait! She also said that she'll watch Leah if we want to go to the movies or dinner. Yes!
Finally bought an album and put the photos (6 months worth of pics) in it- love to flick through it and see everybody. Miss you all!!!

plane tickets

Trying to find cheap tickets for us coming over for christmas but they are quite expensive, the cheapest I've found are in total (without bags) over 200 Euros and Michael doesn't think we have the money to spend on them which we don't but I really want to, but we'll see if I can find better ones tomorrow. If not I hope everybody would understand and we'll meet up after christmas or whenever it is cheap to fly over.
Sitting waiting for Leah to wake up so we can go get some groceries, and after play in the park outside, the sun is shining brightly today!

trip to Gosford park

It wasn't raining today so we decided to take advantage of it and go out somewhere- we met up with Jody (Leah loves saying his name over and over and over) and Seighlio and their two kids Kiersha (18months) Josh (4 months). We went to a park with ducks, goats, sheep and other animals.
I think Leahs favourite was the geese honking like mad, she went honking for a few minutes after and didn't want to leave the bird area but once she saw the goats she attempted to feed them rocks and assorted pebbles and could not understand why they wouldn't eat them so she kept trying saying baa baa baa and the occasional vov vov vof- but no.
After running here and there and everywhere she got tired so Kiersha took over running with her wobbly style and Leah took her seat in the stroller next to baby Josh. Did not sleep until we got into the car on the way home at 5pm though.

shit

On the way home from Dublin Airport (we dropped mom off this morning) Michael was cursing at another driver and said something, something shit wereas Leah sweetly copies him saying shit. The very first curse from her- aah Michael is so proud!
The rain is unbelieveble and not in a good way- it's neverending and cold. BIG raindrops and you just want to cuddle up in the sofa and watch a movie, oh and speaking of movie- we went to see 'Tropic Thunder' and I thought it was stupid funny! Oh and they had Caramel King (karamell kungen) in the cinema- felt like home!!!!

Madisons 7th Birthday Party

Madison turned 7 and we were invited to her party, a fancy dress party halloween style- hence all the costumes. Leah had hers on for a good while then it was discarded without any thought. She was staring at all the bigger kids and wanted to be carried alot but when the kids calmed down (four hours later of shouting and running) she wanted to have a look around and had something to eat. We had hamburgers and lots of yummy desserts, Melissa is a great cook! It was Leahs first birthday party and ours too- I will never have it myself! Will definently hire someone to do it- now I know why parents take their kids to McDonalds! But I did have a good time, and I think Leah, Micky and Mom enjoyed themselves too.

Newcastle N Ireland

Yesterday we went to newcastle, it is the most beautiful city I've seen in a while but it was FREEZING, but we armed ourselves with coffees and brisk walks in the little town. The mountain range you see in the background is called Mourne and is huge. Some parts are covered in clouds and the scenery driving to Newcastle is amazing! The town (or village) itself is small with loads of small boutiques full of worthless stuff, lots of poundshops and Funlands (like arcades). Found a store called Vincents!!

windy, windy

Rainy day today- and windy, almost to the point when it's not worth it to go outside. Just finished watching Sex and the City- I liked it! Great chickflick, felt good to see a movie thats not all about the special effects.
Feeling a little lost here sometimes, so much stuff to do and you can't get a straight answer from anybody when you do ask, and I try to stay out of things as much as I can cause I feel like an outsider in this house still. We still have Eimears furniture and STUFF here, which buggs me to the point that I just move them into 'her' room. I know she'll collect them but right now it buggs me. But it's not all bad, the house is big and beautiful it just needs some TLC. We got a new microwave yesterday cause the old one (thankfully) decided to die on us. Lightning inside it and all! What a way to go.