Be sure to let us know how she gets on won't you!?
it'll still be Erin's pet, so she'll be over the moon I'm sure! She wanted rats a while back but not really got anywhere to have them without the dogs getting to them - both would kill 'em given the chance - and not really got the spare money for a decent cage etc.
that way there is no associated jealousy. once baby is crawling/walking 
Adele our youngest is still playing up a little, but she's been copying the behaviour she's seen from fosling, so it'll settle in time I'm sure. 13st 4lb - very happy as I'm still eating too much so it's just down to cutting back fat content and eating more fruit etc. She did it 3 times but took water in the third.. hopefully we can get her to settle to it again! lol One £300 watch is now not working.. hope it's just the battery but I doubt it, as it was waterproof till the glass went! spoke to the life guards and hte manager about the glass, but they reckon it will likely have floated, we couldn't find it.. so hopefully they're right. They said the filter is designed to take things that big so hopefully that's the case, but at least I told them.
Have been bringing Thunder (my pony) in for the day - he's been loving the break in his stable I think - it's much cooler in there and the flies leave him alone too.
have already fished out a few baby fish that didn't make it.. and now I'm watching one of my plecs (sucking type fish), he's my most expensive fish and a bit fussy - he's now wedged in plants still breathing but looking like he's on his last legs.. or fins as it were. :cry:
I know there will be some casualties over the next week or so.. just hope it's not my fav's! But.. there we are.. not much I can do. We're trying to set up something in our bedroom that will beep or something if the elec goes - so that if it happens again we know about it.
hoping that breathing exercises etc will help with the birth in time.
I've applied for the part time course that is held 2 days a week so am hoping that there are less applicants for this being week days.
hope they listen to the heartbeat!! and lovely this evening after a busy day. I should explain it's an inflatable type big enough for the 4 of us though. Holds around 800 litres of water, and goes up to 40 degrees.
Will bring me comfort for sure. 
I'm ok with that, at least it will help keep me relaxed and if the kids are around they can join me! assuming my waters don't go or anything while i'm in there of course!
And he's right.. though I told my tummy not to get any ideas that it had to 'cook' till December! lol very pleased. Handy as anything too as I bought a breast pump after I had Erin to try and express as was struggling to get her to feed, didn't work.. but the blooming thing cost me £45!!!! it was 10 years ago mind you and from boots. lol
Great news as they've come on so far since eldest was born and being our own baby (not foster baby) we're ok to use re-usables. All better today. 
