Oh god not another one! *collective sigh*

That's what I'm expecting all my friends to be thinking.  Oh god, not another bloody blog by Mel.

Well, of course I never force anyone to read my blogs, I don't think they are particularly interesting, just a place for me to jot down my thoughts, and to read back over sometimes - see if I'm growing as a person, as a mother, as a wife, as a daughter.

So I got sick of having several blogs and decided to start another one. For all that I am.  One that I don't have to think about where I should write about a topic, I just write.  My parenting, dieting, paleo and pregnancy journeys are all part of who I am, so I thought I would combine them all.

So with that being said - here we go!

Last Friday, Coo turned 5.  In some ways I can't believe she's 5 already, but in other ways it almost feels she should be older.  She has changed so much in the last few years, she used to be so aggressive and such a bully to her siblings and a bit crazy like - now she's only really crazy if she has maccas or too many preservatives, so she's really growing into a nice little kid.  Has a bit of an attitude, but most of the time she doesn't exasperate me half as much as her younger sisters do!

I think she was happy with her presents - we follow the "something you want, something you need, something to wear and something to read" gift philosophy here.  So she got some Sylvanian families figures for her "want" (we got lucky and got a set for $30 on a website having a discount sale, instead of paying $90 for the same thing in the shops!), a new school bag, lunch box, drink bottle and some pencils and scrap book for her "need", a new outfit ("wear") and a set of books that came with a necklace, earrings (fake obviously) and a princess crown ("read").  I think she liked it!!

Elf Man and I took her to the movies the next day while my mum watched the other kids.  With so many kids all wanting your attention, its nice to be able to give one of the kids some one on one attention - even if its just for a few hours.

So we went and saw Epic, which we didn't get to see the end of because she was going nuts from maccas the night before and climbing the seats in the cinema, so we left and then got some lunch at a cafe.  Which she hardly ate and was busy climbing the seats there too - NO MORE MACCAS!!!!!

I think she had a good birthday though.

I also had a midwife appointment the same day as her birthday, and the baby isn't breech any more, however is sitting in an oblique position, which means his head is in my hip.  I've been trying some different things to turn him, but must make a chiro appointment and see if that helps.  Not going to be a very enjoyable home birth if he's trying to come out my hip!

My midwife also suggested switching my meals around because of my gall bladder attacks in the middle of the night - so for the last three nights I have had my normal lunch for dinner, and my dinners for lunch.  So far, so good.  The last couple of nights I have slept through and not been woken up at midnight with the shakes and the runs.  Which is good, at this time (34 weeks) I really need my sleep.

So today I'm having chicken and vegies for my lunch and will have either a chicken soup or a sandwich for dinner, depends how I feel when I get there.  The kids and Elf Man will have chicken and vegies for dinner obviously.

Well!  I think that is enough crapping on for the first entry, so better go and make sure that the two little girls I have at home today aren't killing each other, or off eating Gumption or something...