2008-05-14T05:27:20Z ktbabe Copyright 2008, ktbabe SPHPBLOG www.evie-jo.co.uk


I've also been playing around with photoshop a bit more to learn more things. I'll post stuff here when i make something really good LOL!


Here is the siggy picture i made yesterday...




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Evies xray results are back! Her skull sutures have NOT fused! This means no operation YAYAYAYAY!!! We (re)start the helmet treatment on Friday. She is getting measured and her helmet will be made.

Taryn had her eye check up yesterday. She still needs to wear her glasses. there is 0% improvement without the glasses but 75% improvement with the glasses. So she has to wear them for another 3 months and they will reassess her then.

Georgia got sent home from school on monday as she wasnt very well. She had a temp, felt sick and had a sore throat. She went back today though after convincing me she was better.

Cameron has been doing fantastic with his reading. He was put in a course to help improve his reading, hes been in it 2 months and already we can see the improvement. so we are proud of him :)

Reagan is just Reagan! LOL. She starts nursery in September. I worry slightly as she is our shy baby. She doesnt like new people - including kids.So it should be interesting.


Money is going to be tight this month. Lots of payments have gone out plus with travelling to cardiff every week will cripple us. What with the double payment on the car and school trips. Still, its only until the next pay day 16th may, then we will be fine again. So roll on 16th may! one month to go!!


Oh! We have been discussing a 6th baby. We are going to wait until Evies treatment is over and done with though and see how it goes. We always said we'd have 6. plus i'll be so glad to get this damn implant out of my arm. 7 week long periods are no fun.]]> http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry080416-065558 2008-04-16T00:00:00Z 2008-04-16T00:00:00Z
But yet mine and my husband name still gets dragged through the mud all because site owner screwed up by reading private messages. Ironic really isnt it? I got banned for reading a forum i shouldnt of read, although i was never told i couldnt read it yet its ok for said site owner to invade other peoples privacy.

then i read crap about how there are two sides to every story. how come no one wanted to hear mine? instead i got labelled as something im not all so site owner could save face.

I let it go. yes i was angry, even more so because that site owners words made people take back donations they gave to ej's site. She made me out a liar, and people believed her.

And now im being blamed again. WTF.


soooooo while i seem to get the blame for stuff i didnt do, i might as well actually do stuff to get blamed for. im seriously considering letting some of those ass kissers see what that site thinks of them behind their backs. ]]> http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry080321-143219 2008-03-21T00:00:00Z 2008-03-21T00:00:00Z http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry080320-082629 2008-03-20T00:00:00Z 2008-03-20T00:00:00Z
All is ok. Its almost time for EJ to see the consultant at the hospital and have her CT scan. Hopefully she gets the all clear and we can start helmet treatment soon after. All the other kids are doing great. They have their school reports tomorrow. I'm sure they are doing fantastic at school. Camerons reading has really improved these last few weeks.

Taryns teacher asked me on tuesday if she could 'borrow' EJ for a class talk on babies and growing up LOL! So we are taking her in tomorrow morning. Its only for 20 minutes or so and im sure EJ will love the attention.

I've started designing phpBB templates again. For V3 this time. I'm getting better with each one. Today I learnt how to play around with the header and give each group of links its own class. Also how to wrap images around stuff. So I'm pretty impressed with myself hehe. I've had no complaints or problems with the ones I have released on phpbb.com either! So thats a great thing. Really dont fancy having tons of pages of people having problems with the templates I made.

So yeah, life is good :)]]> http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry080228-125834 2008-02-28T00:00:00Z 2008-02-28T00:00:00Z http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry080217-045154 2008-02-17T00:00:00Z 2008-02-17T00:00:00Z
ok lets see..


Taryn turned 4 last Sunday. She had a big birthday party at playplanet and everyone that was invited turned up! So all in all it was a really good day. There are photos in the ktuk photo board and also on www.thevessel.net for those that want to see :)


We are also still waiting for EJ's appointment on the 18th March before we know what will happen about her helmet. Getting frustrated with waiting but theres nothing else we can do.


I have to go to the doctors next week to pick up some more anti d's and get him to look at my stomach...ive looked 7 months pregnant for a while now and its pretty tender I also spent a few days puking.

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www.evie-jo.co.uk will explain most of it, but what is weird, we have had people take back donations they have given. Odd. Apparently they are 'misled and been lied too'. Obviously they cannot see the photos whats even more worrying is the fact they are PARENTS. How I would hate for them to be my mom if they spite a 4 month old baby like that . Well Karma is a bitch and it WILL catch up with them.

On another note, Taryn is getting her glasses on Friday. 1.45pm and we are expected to be there for an hour or so...so im not sure what to do about the older kids being at school, i might have to pick them up early that day and take them to the hospital appointment...5 kids at the hospital...oh fun...not. Im not sure if my mom can come in that day to look after the older ones either. urgh why cant they make appointments at better times.


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I was just reading through all mine and hubbys blog entries...and i came across the one where hubby announced my pregnancy with EJ...made me smile. I kinda miss it all again. But at the same time im finding it hard with 5 kids. I just honestly dont think i could handle a 6th. I'll stick with kittens i think LOL although hubby refuses to let me have another one LOL!!! But i still have EJ and Holly...they are my baby babies right now.

Not really much else to report right now. Trying to get our dog rehomed again, waiting for a reply from the rehoming warden. ]]> http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry080110-115416 2008-01-10T00:00:00Z 2008-01-10T00:00:00Z
It all started at 7.30pm when EJ started breathing very very fast. And she was wheezing extremely bad. I phoned the oncall doctor who advised me to take her straight to hospital, although he didnt feel there was any need for an ambulance.

Whilst in the waiting room at the hospital, EJ's lips started turning a bluey colour. I took her over to the receptionist who then took us straight to the consultant. It was a very busy night there and the only room they had available was the plaster room so we were put in there. The consultant checked her over and wasnt happy with her wheeze. He didnt seem concerned about anything else, but thats the UK health system for you i guess. He hooked her up to an oxygen machine that takes a reading and it came back at 81%. He then got a nurse to come and check and they both thought maybe the machine was faulty, so they got another one.

That reading on the new machine came back at 84%. So they put her straight on oxygen. The nurse held the oxygen mask over EJ's face and she screamed the place down. it was heart breaking :(

They got her oxygen up to 91% and then a cubicle became available so we moved into there. We were there for about an hour and her levels kept going between 80 and 94%. Her lips at that point started returning to their normal colour.

They then transferred us up to the childrens ward, where she was still on oxygen.

I came home at 11.30pm to get changed as EJ had puked over me whilst hubby stayed with EJ, I got back to the hospital about 12.30am and EJ was settled and asleep. Her wheeze had practically disappeared and her breathing was alot more normal.

I came back home about 2am under the instruction of hubby LOL. Im still suffering from this bug and feel like crap. If i had stayed i would of only have woke EJ up by coughing all night long. So i came home and hubby stayed with EJ, he told me when i went back that they shoved a tube up her nose to get a sample to test...i dont think i could of sat through that, watching my baby having tubes put in her like that :( im suprised hubby didnt lash out at the nurses to be honest coz hes so protective of his kids. Anyway, I fell asleep about 3.30 and woke at 5.15am. I couldnt stop being sick, im guessing from this bug, maybe from lack of sleep. After the 3rd time of puking i started feeling slightly better and got ready and made my way back to the hospital. By this time it was about 8.15am.

Just after i got there, the consultants were doing their rounds, so they came to check EJ and were happy her sats were much better then when she first came in. He said she was suffering from bronchiolitis and that usually takes a few weeks to recover from. Theres nothing they can give her to make it better :( just a case of riding it out. So they discharged her and said if we have any worries then to bring her straight back and they will check her over again.

She hasnt been too bad today, slightly wheezy but tons better then yesterday. She gave us a real fright. ]]> http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry080103-162752 2008-01-03T00:00:00Z 2008-01-03T00:00:00Z
Jackal had his xmas pressie a few weeks for xmas, a new laptop. Still feel kinda bad he didnt have anything to open on xmas day though. Still, remembering the look on his face was priceless when he opened it

I had 2 presents, a digital photo frame - ive wanted one for AGES. they are soooo cool. and a new kitty!!! yup thats right, we are now the proud owners of a 13 week old british shorthair kitten. Shes such a brilliant cat and i love her to pieces. We have called her Holly, the kids came up with that name.]]> http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry071228-122433 2007-12-28T00:00:00Z 2007-12-28T00:00:00Z
Plus theres the issue that we have 2 dogs that might not take kindly to having a cat around the place.


Not fair ]]> http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry071214-114253 2007-12-14T00:00:00Z 2007-12-14T00:00:00Z
Evie-Jo now weighs 9lb 14ozs so is still a tiny little thing. Shes so cute though.

Taryn has to go to see an eye specialist at the health centre as she has developed a squint in her left eye. its only noticeable when shes focusing and concentrating hard on things. This can either go 3 ways, could end up with her wearing glasses for a while, or a patch, or could end up having an operation to have the muscle surrounding her eye tightened or something along those lines. So we are now waiting for the appointment to come through.


I'm hoping after xmas we will get time to swap the bedrooms around and decorate the girls 'new' bedroom. Its almost time to get Reagan out of the cot and into a big girls bed and there is no room for another bed in the room they are currently in. ]]> http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry071201-083808 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry071123-071933 2007-11-23T00:00:00Z 2007-11-23T00:00:00Z
I also didnt do to bad lol been put on antidepressants again. we had a talk about contraceptives which was a waste of time as i already have the implant put back in..had it put in last week. but he said if i have any bleeding like last time or any problems then to go straight back to him. I think i'll be fine though. it lasts for 3 years then has to be replaced. although kinda hoping when its removed in 2010 we might try adding another addition to the family. we'll see though. 2010 is a loooooooong way off yet.

xmas around the corner again. we still have a few things to get. taryn and reagan need about 5 more things...georgia needs some games for her ds...cameron needs one more thing and then its time to concentrate on his birthday which is 3 days after xmas....and ej is more or less sorted...]]> http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry071110-112731 2007-11-10T00:00:00Z 2007-11-10T00:00:00Z
My kids also came out in a rash last week, one doctor thought it was measles...turned out to be slapped cheek/fifths disease. The only one that escaped it was Cameron!

Ive practically been awake for 48 hours. went to bed about 11.15 last night because i was falling asleep downstairs. Soon as i got up into bed i was wide awake...so lay there until about 2am just thinking about stuff. Then of course the kids woke up through the night...surprisingly though, i dont feel tired now. I did earlier. But thats gone now. This happened to me about 8 years ago. I didnt sleep for 3 nights in a row...then it became routine. I really hope that doesnt happen again. I used to stay online chatting to people all through the night...I suppose one good thing is i dont have anyone to chat too this time LOL everyone on my msn and chatrooms i use go to bed about 11pm. So maybe i will get bored enough and sleep hehe. ]]> http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry071106-115045 2007-11-06T00:00:00Z 2007-11-06T00:00:00Z
Seriously, the kids have been driving me nuts this week.

ok so i thought i would do a little catch up. Took taryn and Cameron to get their hair cut today, looks a lot better! Georgia turned 9 this monday just gone. Wow, im a mum to a 9 year old! Where does the time go

EJ is doing ok. Her weight is slow gaining so the health visitor is going to monitor it. At 4 weeks old she was only 7lb 15 ozs. Thats just 1 oz past her birth weight. No idea why shes gaining so slow as she eats like a pig!

She also gave us her first smile on wednesday. At exactly 4 weeks old!!

I think im finally getting over the not being pregnant thing. I really, really dont want another baby right now. ]]> http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry071026-075818 2007-10-26T00:00:00Z 2007-10-26T00:00:00Z
To cut it short. Right now, im really missing the whole pregnancy thing. I dont understand why im missing it so bad this time. I have always gotten broody after having my other 4, but this time its 10 times worse. Maybe because i had such an easy pregnancy, who knows. I cant really explain it, i just miss everything. Getting that first positive test, the scans, appointments, listening to the heartbeat, feeling the baby kick, hubby rubbing and hugging my big old bump. And yes, even the labour.

I'm only ever going to experience it once more. As 6 is our limit. But who knows, we may never even have a 6th. I'm not getting any younger. and in 3-4 years im going to be hitting 30. So you just never know. Baby number 5 might have been my last...so maybe thats another reason im missing the whole pregnancy thing so bad this time.

Dont get me wrong, i love the end result! Really enjoying having EJ here finally and watching her grow up,enjoying her. Shes a perfect baby. I wouldnt change her for the world.

Her pregnancy just went by so fast. It was the first really enjoyable pregnancy, with minimal complications.

She's 3 weeks old tomorrow. Time really is flying past us.


Maybe its just my hormones still all over the place. I just wish the whole 'wanting to be pregnant' stage would hurry up and go. maybe this week will kick me out of it as hubby is back to work tonight, so it'll be me alone with all 5 kids. ]]> http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry071016-072959 2007-10-16T00:00:00Z 2007-10-16T00:00:00Z see you in 2 years then' LMAO.

Unfortunately, I probably wont have her as a midwife with the next baby as shes retiring in just over 2 years. And hubby doesnt want another one for at least 3-4 years. So hoping I get a midwife as nice as her next time.

Tonight is Georgia, Cameron and Taryns parents evening. Oh fun. Hubby is also back at work tomorrow which im not looking forward too. Wishing he could have another week off...oh well.

Also, sickness bug has gone round this house again this past weekend. I spent yesterday puking and feeling like shit. Just what we all need. Feeling much better today though, still feel sick but not as bad as yesterday. ]]> http://www.ktuk.net/blog2/index.php?entry=entry071015-050002 2007-10-15T00:00:00Z 2007-10-15T00:00:00Z
She was weighed on Wednesday and still hasnt got to her birth weight, so the midwife didnt discharge us. She now weighs 7lb 8ozs. Her birth weight was 7lb 14ozs. So the midwife is going to check again on monday to see if shes put more on.

I have mastitis and a a womb infection. The first set of antibiotics didnt clear it up so i am now on 2 more lots. If these dont work then i have to go for a D&C to make sure there are no retained products.

Georgia Cameron and Taryn have parents evening next week. Should be interesting. G is doing well at school this year - so far - no more bullying problems. And i know C and T are doing great, so im hoping for a great report from their teachers this time around.

Ohhh and we finally started xmas shopping. Ive decided im not going to bother with big main presents this year. We just dont have the room for everyone having huge presents. And to be honest, they all seem to prefer playing with the smaller ones. And with the new baby....I just want to make this xmas as easy and smooth as possible.

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