Hair!

Don't tell anyone but I never brushed my hair this morning!!!!! Too busy running around the house trying to get organised and then I couldn't find my keys and we were late again. It only dawned on me just now about my hair. That is the reality of having kids!

First week down

One week down and it didn't go too bad at all. I think Conor has resigned himself to having to go to school some days and we haven't had too many arguments over it this week. He was very happy this morning though when I told him he didn't have to go to school!! I am getting very good at talking school up and my voice goes up an octave in my pretend excitement! I think next week we will be baking cookies one afternoon to bring in the next day which will be a big treat! This week it was grapes for the fruit break they take in the morning so we will go down the not so healty route next week.

Work for me hasn't been too bad, my kinda demotion has made things a lot easier for me especially when it is quiet like it has been this week. It already feels like I never left and my brain is starting to kick in again and I am starting to remember codes again. The other guy in the office is on holidays for the next 2 weeks though so I'm sure I will be tearing my hair out by the end of that!

Both the boys are keeping us on our toes these days what with Eoin teething and keeping us up at night and Conor back to his coughing and colds again. Have to watch him like a hawk cos he keeps getting chest infections when he gets colds so need to get on top of it straight away to try stop it getting any worse.

I am sooooo tired right now and my back aches. Poor Eoin just wants to be comforted which means holding him a lot and I weighed him this morning, he is nearly 20 pounds!!! Just about to hit six months and an absolute buster! I think Conor was longer and grew out of babygros quicker because his legs and feet wouldn't fit in them but Eoin just really fills everything out. He has big thunder thighs and is just real solid, definitely going to have the build of his dad and his uncles!

Posts will probably be less regular while I start to get into a routine so apologies if they are few and far between but do keep checking as I will post as often as I can. Pics of boys in next one!

First day back

I was reserving judgement on my first day back until I collected the boys because no matter how good or bad my day in work went a lot depended on how my mum got on with the boys today. Thankfully all seemed to go well and the stress I have been feeling for the last week is finally lifting.

Work was grand, nothing has changed there really except I have been kind of demoted into an easier less stressful role which at first I wasn't sure if I was happy about but now I think I am quite pleased as it means I have less to do and don't have to think about work when I leave. Before I started my maternity leave I was starting to get quite stressed about certain elements of my job and felt I was under qualified and needed training in some areas and now that is not something I have to worry about anymore. The money is still the same so I can see no problems. It also helped that it was very quiet today so I was eased in gradually. It will take a bit of time to get back into it though because my job involves a lot of codes that can be easily confused or written down wrong so I am triple checking everything for the time being. If they would only stop bringing out new models of cars with different mirror bases and anti glare or heated or rain sensored windscreens my job would be an awful lot easier!

I really thought today would be a lot worse than it was and I thought I would be upset because I have been very emotional the last few days - attended funeral of family friend at weekend(whole other story) coupled with time of the month does not make for happy Joey! but thankfully I was grand and the day didn't drag too much!!

Tomorrow is another story though, I have to drop Eoin to mums then Conor to Playschool which I don't think Conor will be too happy about so we will see how that goes!!
I will resort to bribery if necessary!!!!

Limos & Lipsticks

Lee's neice (and mine I would say but apparantly that is not correct because she is from his side of the family and I am only an in-law so she is not my niece! I hate that, usually in conversation I will just say my niece for convenience and people always say oh which of your brothers kids is that, I mean, come on! When did everything have to be so precise or "PC" that I can't refer to my husbands niece who, by the way, I went to see in the hospital after she was born 13 years ago, as my niece!!!) Ok got that off my chest let me continue.


Our niece was 13 yesterday and her mother organised this for her and her friends to be driven around town in for a couple of hours!

I can't remember what I did when I was 13 but I can assure you it was not being driven around town in a pink limo. Of course the girls were absolutely beside themselves and I hope they all had a great time. It will certainly be a birthday to remember! I have to admit I wouldn't mind doing that myself but change the cola and lemonades to champagne please!!

Have a great birthday Katie!

Hide and Seek

Where is Conor???

Chubby Giraffe

This babygro was a present Conor was given when he was a baby and I found it the other day when I was going through his old clothes. I'm not sure he filled it out quite as much as Eoin does though!!

Back to reality

Well, I had a wonderful birthday and there wasn't a wet eye to be seen anywhere!(apart from all the men crying into their pints after the terrible result in the match) I was so busy all day Friday that I didn't get a minute to reflect on anything. First brought Lee in to work and wandered around town with the boys for a little while waiting to meet Nici and then Conor had to go play in the toy shop he loves and by the time we were eventually home it was gone 11am, leaving me only roughly 2 hours to get the boys packed and transported to mums and get myself ready for going out because once I left the house that was it for the night! Of course at this stage I still had no idea what I was going to wear!!!! I managed to get it all done though(if a little stressed) on time and made the bus on time too. That is a whole other saga though which I will save for some other time, suffice to say I hate busses, a fact that was made worse on Friday!

Got to the hairdressers got my hair done and met Lee for dinner(which was fab as usual - love that restaurant!) where he surprised me with a beautiful necklace that I was not expecting at all but am extremely grateful for! The whole night went great (apart from the match but we won't talk about that) even down to the taxi which was possibly the cleanest taxi I have ever been in, and what was even better was I did not have a sore head on Saturday morning!!

Had cake and bubbly on Saturday with family which was also really nice but we were brought back to reality with a bang on Sunday when Conor had a temperature and Eoin wouldn't settle all day with his sore gums! I was in high demand yesterday and although it is tough going sometimes I do love it, I love that I am the mammy they want when the are not well, everyone always wants their mammy when they are not well and I get to do that for these 2 little boys which I am more that happy to do any time.

So all in all I thoroughly enjoyed my 30th birthday but it is over now so I can start planning the big party for my 40th!!!