Hey all

Been thinking on this post all day and had to do it asap as now I am home and settled I have some important things i wanted to say to my lovely Banda Pandas.

So im going to start with my apology. I cant have been easy to be around the last few months. Pregnancy is truly as bad for my mental health as my physical and i am not a huge fan of pregnant me. You ladies have put up with my ranting, my moaning and my mood swings with patience, good will and affection and I think you are amazing. Im sorry for being a grumpy hormonal prego for so long.

And now for my thanks. I do have some particularly special ones but first of all i want to send a huge thank you to every single one of you very special ladies. You make me smile when im down, you make me see sense when im irrational, you make me laugh when im ready to cry. You occupy my mind when im bored, you send me love and affection when i probably dont deserve it cos im being a grouch, each and every one of you occupies a very special place in my heart and i am so proud to be a Banda Panda as to me it means being a part of one of the most special commuities i have ever encountered.For people i have never met some of you know me more intimately than friends i see regularly and none of you judge me for any of it.

And id like to include 3 very special ladies for awards for dedication above and beyond the call of duty - Jen, Jo and Suse. I honestly believe you three ladies are the sole reason i didnt spend my last 3 months in a padded cell, with a strait jacket with a built in bump and nothing but a crayola crayon for drawing on the walls for company. Jen, my canadian big sis you are the most generous soul i have ever met, you care about people honestly and without reservation and are a truly beuatiful person. Without our nightly chats i might have been a complete basket case by the end. And Jo and Suse my daily text buddies your SMS's every morning set me up for the day. Even when i know you are both exhausted and fed up you take the time to ask after me and talk when im fed up, you are both such wonderful caring ladies and so much fun to be around and im priveleged to count you as my friends. Thanks for keeping me on track.

Please dont think im excluding anyone as i could list names all night-Gill, Meg, Tiggs, Olliesmammy, Mara etc you are all in there too as are the rest of you wonderful forum girls but i couldnt let these 3 special ladies go unoticed for all they have done for me.

I woke up this morning and finally felt like me again. Im tired and im sore but i am so happy and content. I feel like my life has been very blessed. Karma has rewarded me for two terrible pregnancies with two amazing children. My beautiful wonderful girls make my life complete. I have an amazing little newborn who has gone 8/9 hours with only one wake for a feed 2 nights out of the last 3 and is quite possible the most chilled content baby ive ever met-if she didnt squeak for food every now and again i wouldnt know she was there. Lying in bed this morning just watching her watching me made me so happy. And my gorgeous toddler makes me laugh so hard i could bust my stitches right now, shes happy and clever and affectionate and is such a brilliant big sister, watching her holding Awen and tell her she uffs her makes my heart want to burst with love and pride. Some times life is unfair as i know we all know right now but sometimes its also beautiful and those moments should be acknowledged too

So thanks ladies for getting me past the last few months and im back to me now-beware. Which also means the sappy crap above is never to be mentioned again. Love you f*ckers xxx

We all love you too, now snap out of it you soppy bugger !

Lol, you had a difficult pregnancy so it was to be expected that you weren't going to be 'happy happy joy joy!!' Glad to have the old you back though *fucker* Love you xxxxx

Ahh toots! No way will I accept an apology..you've done nothing to offer one up! Let me tell you that the friendship door swings both ways and you have done sooo much for myself and others even when you have been so sick. You have always managed( I don't know how) to sweep aside your low's to help pick up the pieces with other ladies. You are one amazing chicka and I am so honored to call you my friend! So stuff a sock in it fish face! xxxx

Oh Lise, firstly you have bugger all to be sorry for!! You have had such a rough time of it that no-one could blame you for being a grouch.

Secondly (and I'm typing this with tears in my eyes), you have been there for me so so much over the past 8 months and I really do consider you to be my best friend. I'm over the moon for you that Awen is such a relaxed chilled out baby and that C is being the C we all know and love, I'm so happy that you're feeling yourself again now and look forward to the piss taking/smirching

Love you too you fucker!! xxx

mario, i admire you in so many ways, you are an amazing person and an awsome mummy reading this brought tears to my eyes as you sound so content which is such a beautiful thing to hear, you have been a great online buddy and have given me great advice, love you lots xxxxxxx

We love you too lise, Your post made me cry again. You weren't a grouch you had a tough time and we all just wanted to be there for you.

Don't worry I will get my own back when I get my bfp, i am hormonal at the best of times, pregnant - you have all been warned lol

Love ya loads hun xxx

awww mario, you big daft sop, no one could get sick of you...tbh i didnt think you moaned anyway xxxx

hun, i'm so pleased little one arrived safe and sound, even though the journey was difficult,

and i can understand if you thought you were being a grouch, i feel like that right now lol

xx

AWWWWWWWWWW

Lise!!!

You've nothing to be sorry for and I know I've told you.

your an amazing lady mood swings and all.

Love you to fecker LOL

awwww hun what a lovely thing to say We love you no matter what mood you've been in, so no apologies needed. I am over the moon for you right now, because you have a gorgeous family and if you are happy and contented then so am I (and the rest of the panda's). You are a fabulous, big hearted and funny lady and you certainly deserve everything you worked and suffered for. Love u lots xxx

Now shurrup being soft and get practicing smirching

Hehe you've nothing to apologise for, you've been very entertaining and amusing throughout your pregnancy. You're always very helpful and very kind.

Enjoy, your beautiful family xx

Nothing to apologise for hun

Love you too fucker - normal service resumed (tee hee)

xxx

ah mario u dont need to apologise!!! were all here for each other when we need it most and thats wats important. im so happy for u and ure little family right now x

just to reiterate no need for apologies, you had a really tough time of it. Jen is overdue for her pal back for regular smirching and code brown activities.

you big soppy shite!!!!


love you too you fucker!!!

and told you this aft, you may have felt like yo were being grumpy but it never came across that way.

Now whens the next one

Lol the day they manage to overcome the scientific impossibilities of a sterilisation, an impending vasectomy and quite possibly triple condom layering

lol no need for the apologies, i didnt think you were that bad when you was preg..

but yay your back! i can see more Smirching happening now lol x

haha this made me laugh and cry at the same time...happiness and sadness come hand in hand!
you have nothing to be sorry for mario...pregnancy is a tough old cookie "normally" nevermind when it's as tough as yours have been!!
Well done for being such an amazing person, and giving me and other ladies such fantastic advice...
"f*cker* made me laarrrrrf

pinkyd wrote:

just to reiterate no need for apologies, you had a really tough time of it. Jen is overdue for her pal back for regular smirching and code brown activities.

LMAO..Yeah..Mario..get your smirch hat back on quick..these ladies are turning me into a big soft pile of mush! Need to smirch..now that you are back on the mend..open season is about to begin!

Awww, bless ya!

So... you keeping the fish or is it going into retirement? x

Lol no me fish has done far too little slapping in the last 9 months so you lot better stay in line or im coming to get ya

right now we have done the soppy stuff please can we resume normal service

BTW love you Lise

(need to sort my diary for another "work" visit in your direction

cant believe your apologising for that. if you cant have a good old rant and moan when your having a really shite pregnancy when can you!

glad awen is being a good baby. seems like 2nd babies are the way forward and are much calmer.

xxxx

stephandhannah wrote:

cant believe your apologising for that. if you cant have a good old rant and moan when your having a really shite pregnancy when can you!

glad awen is being a good baby. seems like 2nd babies are the way forward and are much calmer.

xxxx

you wanna bet........ there are a few on here that would disagree on that stpeh ( i am not one tho *whistles*)