Is there space here for Aunties?
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Topic: Is there space here for Aunties?
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Subject: Is there space here for Aunties?
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 10:01pm
My Sister Donna (who is just as lovely as me  ) is keen to get involved in some kind of forum to meet new people as our family are recent Kiwis (From the UK).
Thing is... She's baby-less and plans to stay that way for a while so this isn't exactly the right place for her (even though I've told her she'd be made to feel very welcome by all of you lovely ladies (and gents) Her interests are being the best Auntie in the world  Dancing, singing, arts and crafts (she likes to do cross stitch but doesn't want to end up chatting to 80yr olds (no offence to any Nannas out there, but Donna is only 25)
Come on peeps get your thinking hats on and let us know if there are any forums she would like Thanks heaps Toni, Caitlin and Auntie Don Don  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 10:05pm
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Just for the record, I am the BEST AUNTY IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. Send her in! We could start up havig our E channel type threads in Gen chat again... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 10:10pm
ummm what?!?!?!? you lost me there hunnie  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 10:14pm
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I am sure there is alot of aunties on here too. I am finally an aunty to Dh son hes only 4 months older than Rhyley. What to post in she will have to feel her way and see what she wants to post in..... alls welcome in my books ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 10:15pm
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um, I'm the best aunty in the world, and like chatting to others who think they are the best aunties inthe world. She could come in here, to Oh Baby and maybe hang out in general chat, and we could start up our "top 5" threads again or something non baby to talk about? Clear as mud?? ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 10:18pm
ohhhh gotcha!  Blame the nappy brain (mine not her's lol)
I'll sign her up now. Be gentle ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 10:20pm
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hey I go to the Uk in a weeks time you can post a thing on best places to shop or things to see in Uk - although then that would all be for me so maybe just scrap that Idea LOL ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 10:23pm
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Hi Donna, Welcome! ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: AuntieDonDon
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 10:30pm
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yay my first ever post
Thanks for the lovely welcome. AnnC - where are you staying in the UK? We're from London (Eastenders )
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 10:32pm
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Hi Donna. We don't bite...
So, do tell us a bit about yourself... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: AuntieDonDon
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 10:49pm
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Hi Guys,
Well, um... I'm 25, just bought my first house ever!! With my fiance, and "baby" Rusty ( 4yr old red staffordshire bull terrier) tee hee (I don't know if that counts )
Decided to move to NZ after Toni's wedding, been here before but 1st time for Ben (Fiance). Fell in love with the place immediately, but the big seller was when we found out lil Caitlin was on the way.(no way was gonna miss out on that) It took alot of planning and paperwork but boy was it worth it!! I love it here, the scenery, the people, but just missing the social life (oooh and the REAL chinese that we have in the UK )
I work as an Event/Wedding Coordinator at The Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna, which is awesome. I finally get to do my dream job at helping people plan their weddings
Thats bout it from me, I really look forward to getting to know you guys abit more
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 10:57pm
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Hi Aunty don don aka Donna (?)
we are staying first in east london but just for the night then up to North east - Sunderland - my home town. We head back down to london for a week before flying out stay in Hamstead. My Dh has never been to the Uk so an eye opener - we are watching a movie on sky and its based in Newcastle so tellin him what places there are and that we will see it. Also i am Ann (not hard to work that one out) I have three kids (see below) and married to a kiwi (i am orginally from Uk as said before)Live in Taranaki, not many ppl in Auckland have been here but although quite compared to Uk - especially London - its really nice. I did my OE in uk and found it really hard to come back cause lack of night life but this is home now. ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 7:33am
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Hi and welcome. Have you say you have my dream job!!!!! I would loooove to do wedding co ordinating so Im very jealous.
My sister and her family have just moved to the UK, they are in Cambridge. Miss them heaps but webcam is fantastic, talk and see every couple of days. So does your fiance come from here? |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 10:11am
Welcome to OHbaby! Donna! I'm Emma and my wee gremlins play with Caitlin on occasion (actually Caitlin plays, the gremlins just watch amusedly ). My Mum's from London (Brixton  ) but has been out here since she was a kid. I went over a couple of years ago with Maya and my sister and we stayed in High Holborn (right opposite the Old Bailey) and caught the underground out to Brixton one day to see the house that Mum was born in (well not actually born in but you know what I mean ) and it certainly was a colorful place! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 3:13pm
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Hey Donna
I have a ben as well and I do a bit of cross stitch. My SIL is living in London at the moment but they are getting a bit home sick I think. |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 3:46pm
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So glad someone started this thread. Welcome Donna to Ohbaby and NZ. I'm an aunt to two beautiful girls, surogate aunt to many more I am the last of my friends and family to become a mum, which we are planning to do after our wedding in 11 months time. Feel free to come over to NZWP and offer advice.
I am in Palmy and there are a lot of expat Brits here. |
Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 4:15pm
Hi Aunty DonDon, Welcome!!!!
I am going to be an Aunty for the first time this coming Novemeber - YAY!!!!
You have such a cool job!!! ------------- My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 4:37pm
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Welcome to Oh Baby! I just became an Aunty for the first time on Fri!
Spent 2003,2004 living in west london (Ealing) and loved it! So miss the shopping! Lol! |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 5:41pm
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Welcome to ohbaby! I also suggest for you to join NZWP (aswell as here of course), I am sure your help will be appreciated over there, I just got married myself in February and am still on the NZWP forum!
I also used to live in London in Acton for a couple of years while on my O.E, but have been back home for 7 years now. Boy what a great place to party, they sure have some good places to enjoy a great social life We went back in 2005 to see if we could do another year there and save our butts off to be mortgage free when we got home, but 6 weeks later and I was outta there, couldn't save a penny, night life and more travel is just way to exciting! So decided to head back home to NZ, get married and have a baby - so that's what we've done!------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 5:54pm
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Definitely join http://www.nzweddingplanner.co.nz/ - NZWP , it is such a great community to share all the things leading up to marriage (and beyond!) And I am also very jealous of your job!
Welcome to NZ - I hope you are enjoying it, even if the weather is rotten at the moment. I lived in the UK for the 2 year OE thing and I loved it there! I also miss the shopping, and the ability to pop over to other countires on the smell of an oily rag. But it is a cruisy lifestyle here. How long have you been living here now? -------------  
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 8:54pm
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oooh I', busy planning my wedding, maybe I'll be cheeky and pick your brains... Jokes, I am a control freak. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 10:23pm
| of the topic but you know how sometimes when you read things fast you skip some letters etc.. well Annie I always read your name as farts-rock, dont know why but now its stuck in my head and makes me laugh everytime! |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 10:26pm
Lol me too!! ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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my2angels wrote:Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 10:48pm
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ditto my2angels LOL
did Aunty Don Don come back? ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 16 April 2007 at 1:49pm
actually it looks that way to me as well~ but Farts DO rock!
Aunty Don Don did we scare you away?? ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: SquishysMum
Date Posted: 16 April 2007 at 7:27pm
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Man, am I pleased this thread started! I've been lurking for a while, travelled over from NZWP when all you lovely ladies started having babies! And boy, did I get clucky, but we can't have kids yet for a few reasons, so you guys help me get my baby fix.
I am an aunty though, of two gorgeous boys aged 1 and 3. They are DH's brothers kids, so don't see a lot of them (being in TGA doesn't help either), but I love being an aunty and spoiling them rotten when I see them. So Donna - maybe we could be the OhBaby Aunty Brigade?!?!?! |
Posted By: AuntieDonDon
Date Posted: 16 April 2007 at 10:22pm
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Hi Guys,
Thanks so much for the warm welcome, I didn't realise there would be so many reples, its awesome .
Sorry I didn't log on yesterday, spent the day with bubs and was nackered afterwards, lil out of practice since I moved out. I will definately pop in to NZWP, and if I can help in any way please ask, although not sure if its allowed.
I think starting an OhBaby Auntie brigade is a fab idea, for us baby crazy peps who haven't got there yet, although v.v.v clucky at the mo. All the gorgeous photos...oooohhhh soooooooooo cute
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Posted By: MelanieAndBree
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 12:10am
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My favourite people are my neices and nephews lol.
I even made a thread about my neice hehe. I love being an aunty! WELCOME AUNTIE DON DON ------------- Melanie. Mum to Briahna Robyn, 3yrs |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 8:19am
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Welcome Catherine and Donna It is a great idea that this thread was started. My sister wanted to join up on OB a while ago as an aunty but didn't in the end. We thought it might not be a good idea but I will let her know that there is a special thread now. I'm sure she will be keen to join you ladies ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 11:31am
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It would be great to have an auntie, and clucky birds thread. I would like to be part of that, as I'm having to wait until our March 08 wedding before we TTC. Not very good at waiting for things.
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Posted By: AuntieSarah
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 8:36am
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Ooh me too *waves hand in the air* I'm an aunty and most definitely clucky...like you Fleury just waiting till after the wedding to try for first bubs
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 9:32am
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Just wanted to pop in and say thank you all for being so lovely to my sis (I knew you all would but it's still nice to say thanks)
And you don't have to be an Auntie to get clucky at all of the beautiful baby photos on here ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 3:19pm
| Hey toni theres a picture of Brad Pitt and Shiloh in the latest New idea and Caitlin and Shiloh look so alike its not funny |