I hope this doesnt mean that she will be too tired

Last night at 1.45 am I woke up and could tell that Evie was kicking my back.

Sh had woken up and started crying and because she wouldnt lie back down in her cot James bought her into bed with us...

...she was snuggling her muslin cloth so was tired but just not sleepy...

...so I asked her if she wanted some water and she said water so I gave her her cup and she took a couple of sips and I put it back on my side of the bed...

...but she still would not go to sleep!

As last night she fell asleep before she had her milk we asked her if she wanted milk and she said moot so James went down to heat her up some milk...

...I tried to carry her back into her bedroom so she could drink her milk in her cot but she was really crying so I sat on our bed with her resting her head on my shoulder and when James bought the warm milk up she drank some but was lying down and not willing to sit up.

So we carried her in her bedroom with her still crying and gently put her in her cot and I stroked her back and she fell asleep ;o)

This is just typical as we have our 2-3 year old session at 10.30 this morning, oh well hopefully she wont be too sleepy ;o)

they are in cahoots

You remember Evies nocturnal activities on Saturday morning, it seems that the other Mums have had similar goings on too!

We think that they are all in contact with each other (must check the sms messages on my phone to see if Evie has been texting the others) ;o)

Or perhaps she has set up her own facebook account (she cant be using mine as I dont have one!)

quarter to three

That was the time that Evie woke up yesterday morning!

I was already awake so Im guessing that my "Mummy senses" were in full swing ;o)

We tried to stroke Evies back to get her to drop off again but she wasnt having any of it, so James took her downstairs and ended up playing with her and reading books with her ;o)

He ended up bringing her back up at 5.30 am and she was lying on our bed and I could see that she was falling asleep so I put her back in her cot and she fell asleep ;o)  Me & James tried to get back to sleep too.

We ended up waking her up just before 7 am so that we could go out and then she fell asleep at 10 am and slept through to 12.30 pm.

 I was getting well tired by 2 pm and had a two hour nap and left James to look after Evie again ;o)

James ended up having his nap at 5 pm and he was then up at 2 am (so he tells me).

Evie fell asleep properly at 8pm and luckily slept through until 7 am ;o)

I still have the Mark Kermode podcast to listen to to see if my e-mail was read out so will do that tomorrow before Evie waked up ;o)

midnight run

Last night Evie fell asleep on me just after 7pm...

...I then took her up just before 9pm to change her nappy just before her last feed.

I gave her her feed and she slept through it and then started to wake up as I was taking her upstairs.

As she was awake by now I read her a book the next book in the pile was Mr Funny and I was doing so well reading it to her that she was laughing ;o)

She then wouldnt go to sleep so at 10.30 I took her downstairs so she could get tired again and left her with James so I could go to sleep.

She was still awake at 11.30 so we decided that we should perhaps take her out in the car so that she would drop off.

We finally got out just before midnight and had a drive to Boreham and Evie fell asleep in five minutes ;o)

I just hope that she sleeps better tonight.

They knew I was coming!

Firstly let me set the scene...

...its 2am and i cant sleep! I have the total opposite of writers block - I have lots of words just whizzing around my head, so if this keeps changing direction just bear with me ;o)

I guess your wondering did the sausage lady do my suggestion of the sausages with chocolate in? Well, I looked on the stall as we walked past, so James could check the book stall in the market (a different market to the farmers market), and there was no sign of my suggested sausages. I came back half an hour later, and I was told that she had done them (and they were different but really nice), but she had packed them in the wrong box, and were currently being enjoyed in Loughton! But shes going to make sure she brings some next week ;o) So like me you are going to have to wait another week before finding out what they taste like! Whod have thought that one of my suggestions would actually be made into sausages!

London was on heightened security last week because of the G20 summit. I was meeting my friends for lunch on Tuesday (we were going to their staff canteen), and I was met with this sign in the reception area ;o)

It always makes me laugh ;o) I may have not liked my name as I was growing up, but noone else has an alert named after them ;o)

On Wednesday we got to dress down, so we could blend in with the protesters. It wouldnt have surprised me if the protesters came into London wearing suits so they could blend in with the city workers! My boss took great delight (he braved it by wearing a suit) in yelling at anyone coming in to our office in casual gear "protester protester get out".

The Bank of England is about a 10 minute walk from where I work, so it wasnt surprising that there were so many security guards outside of the office buildings. Our building kept the front doors locked and told everyone to make sure we had our fobs with us so we could enter the building and not to let anyone come in behind us (unless they had a fob too).

The protesters were pretty close to where we were, but luckily they were in a contained area, the camp that was set up in Bishopsgate outside of the European Climate Exchange was on my normal route back to Liverpool Street Station, so I made sure walked a different route back. My boss decided to have a look at the camp on his way back but the police had cordened it off anyway.

I think lots of people decided to have Wednesday off, as the trains wernt nearly as full as they normally are and when I went shopping at lunchtime the shop was nearly empty and I just walked straight up to a cashier ;o) if only it could be like that normally...

On Thursday a protester decided to scale Lloyds, which is a minutes walk from our office, typically it happened before lunchtime so we didnt get to see it!

Anyway its 3.15 now and Im starting to feel tired so I will continue later ;o)

Its now 12.50 I ended up getting up at about 6am so hopefully I will sleep better tonight!

My Chocolate Tasting Club Easter Egg turned up during the week, I havent opened it yet, and am planning on having choc filled day next Sunday ;o) I also bought an Easter Egg Sandwich to eat too! And sorry James Im not sharing any of it...

...its all MINE ;o) Im currently working on some Aversion Therapy so he associates eggs with pain, thus doubly ensuring the safety of my Easter Eggs...

...Ive given him a special collar to wear, I think it is working as he has started saying "eggs are bad", although he is ok with fried and scrambled eggs, he just doesnt like anything that comes in shells ;o).

I weighed myself this morning and have lost another 300 grammes - Im please about this because I have had quite a few scrummy things over the past couple of weeks, and was sure that I had probably put some weight on!