Few weekend pics

Just a quickie! Been in the old caravan again to Settle. This time we went with Hayley, Colin and Harris. It was 2 weeks ago on that scorching weekend where summer arrived and went. They had their tent pitch next to us and Immie and Harris had loads of fun and got on really well together. We even had a barbie, the weather was fab.
Only another 3 weeks then we're off to Edinburgh with the van in tow. You lucky lot...bet ya can't wait to see the photos. Stayed tuned!

Imogen really didn't want to get her feet wet. Was darn cold though.

This is with Megan from Bolton. Had a few beers with Karen and Paul (mum and dad) on Sunday night. Fellow novice caravaners.

In Skipton

Time out from her hectic schedule.

Lucious lushes!

Feeding the quacks.

"What's that?"

Colin needs those tweezers for his banger!

Going to Leeds in September to have a consult for IVF again. Thought we'd take our 5 embryos out of the fridge, see what happens.

Ta ta for now.

Baz

Weekly blog update - Not!

Before I start, you may have had an email to state the blog is now updated. You see, I can put 10 people in the memory to automatically email on posting the blog. So if you got an email, you know I regard you in our top 10. If you discovered it without, you are either a stranger or I don't like you as much as you thought. (Joking)

Johnny - Llandudno

It takes an age to do this bloggin lark. It's the editing of images to make them a smaller file size that's the ball acher. That folks, is why the blog doesn't get done as often as it should. How do these anoraks manage to update a blog daily?
What ya want first? A) Immie's development update or B) what we've been doing type news? Ok, A it is.

Went to Alder Hey yesterday to see the neurological dude there to discuss her eating. Walked into the consultation and there were 7 big wigs. Crikey! Now I was thinking, between them, if there's no answers here, we're knackered. Any road, we're knackered. The consensus is naff all else to do but wait. Kind of resigned to that anyway. We had 30 mins of waffle and being told how great we are doing with Imogen, but that was it. We're alright with it though. Food costs are through the roof and to be fair, I could do with the extra dosh to fuel the motor. She is still at the same level of putting bits in her mouth and have bits of juice but that's it. The oxygen is still during the night and some nights she goes without so doing fine. She has been to her dietician today and she's lost weight. We're gonna give her extra milk through the day. She does look a bit puny.

Bloody freezin'

We have been to Ireland t'other week. It was wet! I had a stinking cold one day, backache another and gut rot another. Guinness was 5.50 euros (£4.30) a pint. We had a fab holiday. No, really we did. The weather didn't spoil it but would have been nice without it.

We set off on the Friday and stayed over night in Llandudno with friends, Zara and Gary and their kids, Jonnie and Tamla. That was the sunniest day we had. (first pic at top is Jonnie). We moved on to Holyhead on the Saturday for a quick trip on the seacat to Dublin. By now it was pissin down, (See pic below). It rained all the way down to Wexford where our bungalow was. It was about 80 miles south of Dublin in a town called Courtown. Little harbour type place.

The bungalow

The bungalow was really good - see pic taken on a reasonably sunny day. We pretty much took it easy most of the week and tried not to rush around. We had a run down to Waterford to go to the crystal factory. Now, we went a few years ago, but I thought it would be nice to get something to bring home. Didn't really consider how far it was from Courtown. It was a drag. About 80 miles, but remember there is no motorway. We managed to wangle a free trip round the factory as a nice lady told us to jump on the tour as one was just goung. That nice lady saved us 20 euros (£16 or 4 pints of guinness). After the tour, we looked round the shop. Lots of nice stuff to buy, but we couldn't afford owt. We took diddly squat home. Well miffed.

The beach in Courtown was nice and had a couple of trips to it. There was a kiddies fair nearby and Immie went on the train everyday. Two nights we went ten pin bowling. There was a bit of a competition between me and Linz with Linz suggesting the stake. I'll not divulge the details but I whooped her ass in the games - was a great evening!

The harbour with Mum and Immie.

Strike!!!

We were in the bungalow for 7 nights and left on the Saturday and headed back to Dublin. There we had a couple of nights in a hotel on the outskirts of town. Now, by chance it was the Irish Derby on the Sunday and I thought, well here's an opportunity. I broke it in gently during the week to the ball and chain. Bingo, all it took was a promise to Dublin zoo. Not a bad deal. So Saturday we went to the zoo. I'm not a zooey person but it was good.

Above - Imogen and mere cats

Right - Linz, lookin darn fine!

On the train ride round the zoo. Laughing at the chimps.

Mum and dad, taken by Immie at the Derby - Curragh.

Find the donkey!

Sunday evening in Dublin on the Liffey.




Me and linz have been in the restaurant on 2 previous trips to Dublin and have a photo on our bedroom wall at the same table.

We now have the complete version.

Temple bar, dirty stop out!

Chantelle, and Jenny and John at Kinmel Bay on way back through Wales.



You know that feeling when you get back off holiday and you need another to get over it. Well, 3 days after getting back from Ireland we tootled off to Clitheroe in the caravan.

That's all folks. Have a merry christmas and a happy new year! TTFN.

We are still alive and Imogen is 3

Just a quickie!Loads to tell but I'm off to work soon and tea's on t'table (dad's playing hell - private Dyson joke!).In brief, Immie had her 3rd birthday.We went to Hexham again.We have bought a caravan.Immie still doesn't eat.She has a wee on her potty.And erm... what else...I have a new shed (breaking news)So I'll cut the boring stuff and bang on a few pics. We are going on another hol tomorrow. Only across the bay to Flookborough in a static caravan for a few 5 days. It's a holiday park with entertainment and dancing for Immie at night. Seems daft to go static now we bought a caravan, but it was booked yonks ago.Any road, love ya all. (maybe not all of ya - don't take it personally)Baz


Me and Immie on a relic (no not Linz) at an Emu farm near Penrith.

Johnny did the kids faces at the birthday party.

The caravan. Bailey Ranger 460/4, 1300 KG, end bathroom, Bescot awning, remote control mover, central heating... are you all listening?

With a bucket on her head. Surely not ashamed of her red hair yet?

*Check out the pic on the right, gorgeous. It's in the genes ya know!
* Imogen got her wendy house that she wanted for her birthday.
*We took the annual birthday pic by the tree, but Immie had a cob on. Ya can tell.

*Check out the pic top right, bad hair day. She had just got up to open pressies.

Don't forget, click on image to enlarge

On Adams drum's next door. He is selling them for a grand to buy his annual membership at Heysham golf club. Offers around £900.

Update

Cleaning bears teeth

Rose "Mother" Makin, she's lovely

Andy Makin on left, So long and good luck with ya chick.

Harris, Col and Immie having a story.

How did that pic get there twice?

Hello,

I have been told by someone that I always start the blog saying "Sorry it's been a while...".

I am not sorry it's been a while, (no, I am sorry - see, couldn't help myself).

Well Immie Dee is still doin just tickety boo. Still off the oxygen through the day and goes back on at night when she goes to bed. We have just recently stored the concentrator under the stairs and out of the way. We'll keep it in case of emergency. Her oxy flow is very low now, (0.1 litre per min) and a cylinder is sufficient and lasts ages. Gone are the days of being on 0.5 litres 2 years ago and not been able to take time off.

Her feeding is still not too good. The odd nibble here and there which she has a tendancy to store food between her bottom front teeth and her gums. We are going to Alder Hey and Pendlebury to see more feeding specialists in the coming months. We are still feeding her by milk pump during the night into her "Gaz" gastrostomy. For the first time the other day, she took some orange flavoured medicine orally. Generally coz we made a big issue of it been yummy orange flavour.

Her speech is coming on and using bigger and bigger sentences. She was looking at an Argos catalogue and say to Mummy, "I go on the internet". She says some funny things. Sometimes often very adult talk.

Sometimes she has been sent to the naughty corner if she won't do something but it's rare. I'm glad to say she has never fallen into the terrible twos catagory. Can't imagine if we have another, we could be so lucky again!!

We are planning more hols this year. Imogen is fortunate to go on a few trips each year and this year is no exception. March we are off to Hexham house again for the respite care home. We think it will be our last time as she isn't really as deserving as some children and we feel guilty about going this next time, but we have been asked. In April we are going to the lakes with Grandma and Grandad for a few days in a static caravan on a Haven holiday park which should be fun (as along as mother in law behaves). Then June we are going in a cottage to Wexford, Ireland for 10 days. Hope the weather is good, never can tell. I'm sure there will be other trips to our many friends and relatives around the country too.

There are only a few pics this update. We have saved loads of pics on the comp from christmas and stuff during January, but I can't find them. So the pics are all in the last week.

Any ideas on feeding if your child has similar probs please let us know, glad to hear any ideas.

T'ra for now,

Love us lot. xx