Magic Words

At the end of May, Leilani came home with a pile of certificates - she had learnt all her magic words - including the first 100 and the next 100!!!!!! Usually they work on a specific colour at a time - starting with the 12 Golden Words, but she skipped through all of that and was tested on all 200 because she was reading so well. 

It was very exciting and Leilani was very proud to show us and tell us all about it! I will add a photo of her with all her certificates soon (when I take one!) 

She has been reading for quite a while now, she started in Kindergarten and picked it up really quickly. She can read most words and has a good go at sounding out the ones she has never seen before. It's a great help when she reads to Emily! She loves it!

May - Started Cooking Again!

It felt really good to start cooking again, the tablets are working great and I nearly feel normal again. It was nice to finally be able to have a play around with my Thermomix, which arrived a few days after the morning sickness began - so I had hardly touched it. 

Mick used it a fair bit so it wasn't left unused, but it was hard to even answer his questions about it because just thinking about food there for a while was a bit much!

 I tried out a few of the recipes in the Everyday Cookbook that comes with it and then started adapting my own recipes. This was a chicken curry pie and it was beautiful!!!! I pretty much just put all of the ingredients in - including the raw chicken, and 20 minutes later it was ready to go in the oven with the pastry!  

March & April

March and April were both tough months for us. I was stuck on the couch with terrible morning sickness for a lot of the time and Michael was beginning to feel the pressure of his upcoming exam.

At the beginning of March, Mick spent a week in Brisbane at an exam prep course and then took a few weeks off as annual leave so that he could concentrate on his study and prepare for his exam. Even though he was trying to study as much as possible it was a great help as he was able to get the kids ready in the mornings and get tea organised of an evening, which he wouldn't have been able to do if he was working as he usually leaves by 7am and doesn't get home until after 8pm if he stays back with his study group.  

The house was a mess most of the time and I got so sick of watching day time TV. Mum and Elle were great helps and the kids were really understanding as well. They never really complained and seemed to understand that I couldn't do much. I was so thankful when I went to my first appointment with the obstetrician and he gave me a prescription for some anti-nausea tablets. Even though they were really expensive they worked really well and I was able to start eating again. I would still feel quite unwell at times but compared to how I felt before I was on the tablets, it was great. 

The kids didn't get out much, but Mick took them to the park several times while he was on annual leave  which they loved!!!!!

They are such good girls and have been so caring and thoughtful towards me, especially while I have been sick. I got several cards a day saying 'Get well mum' 'I love you mum' and they always cheered me up!

On the 24th March Mick headed to Melbourne for the first part of his final exam. I had booked to go over with him but had to cancel because I was so unwell. 

It was a stressful and pretty full on couple of days for him. He had a 3 hour written exam in the morning  and another 3 hour written exam in the afternoon on the Friday and then had to go to a hospital the next day for a couple of hours of Medical Vivas - which is an oral examination. 

He was glad when it was over and then just had to wait (about 5 weeks) to find out if he was invited to sit the next part of the exam at the end of May.  

He received a letter in the mail at the end of April inviting him back to Melbourne to sit the second and final part of the exam, so we were all pretty happy about that! When we finally found out the dates of the exam we booked more flights back to melbourne and hoped I would make it this time! I was feeling a lot better and pretty confident that my tablets would help me get there!!!!!