Sorry.... it's been ages again! I know!!
You wouldn't believe the dramas we have had lately trying to figure out what car we can get that will accommodate 6 kids and 2 adults safely! I am so sick of thinking about it that I can't even go into the details now. It has taken me about two weeks of researching, asking questions, calling engineering places who do car modifications, reading reviews looking at cars and trying to figure out how the hell we can legally and safely add enough anchor bolts to a car. We have looked at just about every model of van and car out there and in the end I think we are almost at a solution. So far it's looking like a Toyota Hiace, modified to be a 12 seater so it can be driven on a normal license and adding 5 anchor points (the max. number we can get in the car) - not my ideal solution but the ONLY one out there for us! It appears that car manufacturers simply don't cater for families with so many young children (I guess just one more area of our lives where we are not 'normal')
The kids are all well at the moment (touch wood!) and doing well. The twins are really coming along with their pulling up and standing but nowhere near ready to walk yet.. I think they will be a few months off that yet! They still manage to get into everything though - grrr! I think I need to child proof a bit better around here because I just can't keep up with the two of them, especially when they head off in different directions to seek and destroy! They are really funny to watch but they are convinced they are just the funniest little things on earth and will laugh hysterically at you if you tell them 'no' or 'don't touch' - it's like you have just issued them a challenge and they are going to see who can do the naughty thing the fastest - LOL! As you can imagie they spend an awful lot of their day in the highchairs and the playpen - not so great for their walking development, hee hee!
They have a developmental appointment at PMH next month and this is the big one. It should tell us their developmental age now and if there is any problems or early intervention that might be needed. I have no specific concerns so I think they should do fine :)
I am travelling along ok too :) I am 16 and a half weeks now and have my big scan booked for the 11th July. We will most likely find out the sex of bubs since we have for all the others but I honestly feel at this point like I have no preference one way or the other. Of course I would like Niamh to have a sister but really there is no guarantee that they would grow up best of friends anyway and she is so close to all the boys now that I really feel it would make no difference. I will be happy to see the bub again though. I haven't felt any kicks yet and although it's early I would have expected to seeing as it's the 6th baby. I know I have an anterior placenta though so that would be making some difference. My belly is clearly growing though so I am not too concerned ;)
*sigh* oh well, I'd better go and do about 100 loads of washing... I will check back in when something exciting happens.
Marns
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