PC kaputt!!

Mein komputer ist kranken!! It seems the weird noises my PC has been making for quite a considerable time may have been an indication that all was not well with the motherboard - quick dash to the PC hospital yesterday and at least another 4-5 days till I get the results of the healthcheck. I can't begin to describe how frustrating it is not being able to continue with my Scrapblog for Cala, especially as I have new photos just waiting to be 'played with'. I had also been working on some layouts for an album for Alfie too - I'm praying that I won't lose all the work I'd done before the PC 'died' - I did manage to sign on in 'safe mode' and, hopefully, copy most of my tag creations to my external hard drive, but there's no guarantee (sob). With every penny going towards our trip to Lanzarote on the 16th, I just cannot afford any lofty PC repair bills, so it could be quite a while before I'll be back to 'normal service'. Stacey has sent some more pics over and I'm dying to get at 'em, lol. Here's one I'll be adding to the album just as soon as I'm able.

After several lengthy phone calls with Stacey this week, I now have confirmation that Cala wasn't 8lbs, but actually 7lb 9oz - not a huge difference (unless you're the one giving birth!).  Cala is doing very well - she is now quite used to her brace, and both Stacey and Kevin have now got the hang of getting it on and off without too much of a drama.  Cala has an appointment with the doctor tomorrow so Stacey will ask some specific questions regarding the brace and the degree of Cala's hip dysplasia - fingers and toes all crossed!

I bought a few items at Bluewater (mall) yesterday to take with us - some anti-colic bottles and teething/colic powders, which they can't get over there.  I also HAD to buy some baby clothes - I must have spent at least an hour just in Monsoon Baby - the baby girl dresses were to die for!  I must resist temptation, but as Oscar Wilde said, "I can resist anything..... " etc. lol.  I'm now getting quite concerned over the amount of baby stuff I have to pack into my 20kg suitcase!  I am going to very frugal with my own clothes, but I'm still woried that our cases may be over the limit - I think I'll just have to persuade Luke that he only needs a couple of t-shirts and shorts for a fortnight, lol.  Anyway, I'm away to start on Sunday lunch - got mum-in-law over for dinner today so I'd better do a pudding too!  Auf wiedersehen meine freunde!