The leaves are starting to fall, the nights are certainly darker, and Daddy has had to turn the heating on once already this week, which must mean one thing.....nearly conference time!!!
This year will be our 3rd annual Turner Syndrome conference, and G's second. We are hoping it will be less eventful than her first - more than 2 hours sleep and less than 24/7 screaming, and it will indeed be roaring success!
I know I bang on about it every year, but it's the one place that I truly feel at home as a TS mum. It's also the one place that I gain knowledge, insight and medical information that I trust and value above and beyond everything else that I am told.
Tears, laughter, amazement, and a cooked breakfast every morning will be the order of the weekend. And knowing G, a tantrum or two aswell!
Given that we'll be well within the clutches of a new season by then, I'll fully expect an ear infection, or a cold at the very least. Let's hope not.
G is obsessed with babies at the moment. It could be due to the fact that we are currently surrounded by pregnant family/friends, and newborns. However it has led to many enquiries from our curious one, including how babies are made, how long it takes, and when daddy will next put a baby into my tummy.
Apparently G says she'll be a fantastic sister. We are in no doubt of this as she'd most certainly shower a new baby in love. I've no doubt that she'll make an amazing mother one day too, we just need her to understand that there are a lots of ways to become a mummy, and for her it may not be the conventional method. For now, she'll continue to proudly present her potbelly mummy tummy, and care for her twin dolls in the most adorable way.
In other news:
* We have an ENT appointment next week. Here's to hoping that there's no more bugs lurking up her nose. We'll also be discussing the pros and cons of being on antibiotics all winter to try and prevent the nasty ear infections that plague her each year.
* We have a community paeditraican appointment in 2 weeks time, where we will have the chance to bring up any social or behavioural worries, and discuss the run up to starting school next year. I'm hoping to go armed with information from the conference!
* Last weekend was spent with family at G's favourite caravan site. Sadly for G it was the last one of the year, that said though it was a superb weekend.
Beach, tree houses, slides, swimming, cheesy kids entertainment and lots of lager shandy ensured it was the classic family break that we've come to know and love.
* G is currently obsessed with watching foreign voiceovers of fireman sam. There are worse things to watch on Youtube I guess! She'll be fluent in Spanish and German before we know it.
* Weekly football training is still G's favourite activity. She's generally up before the crack of dawn and fully dressed in her kit hovering by my bed, but this week will she'll have to wait an hour longer (cue tantrum) as she moves up to the next group. Given her severe dislike of change, I'm hoping her love of football will be enough to get her by.
* G's one-to-one swimming lessons are finally paying off. Today her face went under the water briefly and it didn't result in her screaming to get out for the remainder of the lesson. Small steps...huge leaps :)
That's us for now. I need to tackle a mountain of ironing and devise some more answers for her increasingly difficult 'how babies are made' questions!
