Telling my parents the news

I am so lucky to have such an amazing family, they truely are remarkable.

I had told my parents that I had a few work meetings in Perth this week. When we arrived at my parent's house, I handed mum her birthday present a few days early. Inside the box were a few gifts I brought back from India, when mum opened the card, she started reading out loud.

"Dear Grandma, 


Happy Birthday!


We are both looking forward to meeting you and Grandad.


Love the Tilby Twins


P.S Dad has attached a couple of pictures of us for you"

It wasn't until they read the last sentence that it clicked, my parents didn't even know that I had snuck off to India for a week in June.  They were really thrilled, very supportive, and will be coming across with me to India early next year.

I told my neices and nephews the following day and they were very excited, one of my nephews, thinks that the twins are growing in my belly....... so I now can start eating for three.

My neices loved the Sari's I bought back for them, they couldn't wait to hop into them and dress up. I will upload some pictures when I get back to Canberra.

Congratulations to Richard and Simon on their three little girls.... They are just stunning.

A

7 weeks and the financial hiccup - update

Not too much to say today, bubs are both at around 7 weeks today.

However there has been a financial hiccup and I hope it can be rectified as soon as possible. I'm one of these people that always pays bills on time or earlier, so I feel a bit uneasy about the mix up.

This is what happened, last Tuesday I made my 6 week payment. A week passes and I don't hear whether the payment has been received, so I thought I would follow up with an email.  I received a response very quickly telling me that I had paid it into their old account and that account has now been closed.

So as you can imagine, I'm a tad stressed.

I am partly to blame as they did note that their account details had changed in their 6 week email to me,  but it was towards the end and I didn't pay any attention as it appeared stock standard wording, plus I'd already set them up as a regular payee. Though I am not sure why they wouldn't keep their old account open during a transition period.

So I logged into my Internet banking and the funds have not bounced back, so I have called and spoken to a few people at the bank and have been advised that I need to call back tomorrow when the 'International Team' is working. I'm worried that it will be a painful process to chase up the money and get it sent to the right account.

Hopefully this update will help prevent others from making the same mistake.

Adrian

Update 25th July 
Spoke to a number of people in the bank and they had sent me a secure email telling me the money had bounced (you think they would call for a large some of money- but then again if 5 days had passed they would have reconverted the funds and I would have lost out $1000) see below.

I have given them the correct details and the funds should be reissued in the next few days.

Phew!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We refer to your instruction to remit an International Payment for INR 536,968.18 on 18/07/2012, in favour of SCI HEALTHCARE VISHAL DUTT GOUR, which was sent under our reference xxxxxxx

The overseas bank is unable to make the payment in terms of your instructions and they have cancelled it, returning the funds to us (less their charges) as "UNABLE TO APPLY - 'BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT CLOSED".

We are presently holding the sum of -- INR 536,468.18 and seek you instructions for disposal.

If you would like to provide us with new information, we will send a new payment

Please confirm the amount for which you would like the payment to be resent

Original amount- INR 536,968.18.

(Please provide authority to debit your account with INR 500.00 being the difference amount)

Or

Returned amount- INR 536468.18

*** PLEASE NOTE: If no confirmation is received concerning the amount that needs to be re-effected, we will re-effect the payment for the returned amount ***

If you instruct us to return the funds to your ANZ account, we will convert at the current day's prevailing exchange rate.

If we do not receive your response by close of business 27/07/2012, we will credit your account using the current day's prevailing exchange rate.

As per current prevailing exchange rate the loss is AUD 950.00 

If you have any questions, you can make an enquiry via Secure Mail. Simply select Contact Us from the left-hand navigation menu of ANZ Internet Banking and choose International Enquiries.

We look forward to your reply.
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6 Weeks

Firstly, I just received my 6 week scan and the two singletons are doing well. Heartbeats were recorded at 128 and 132.

The scan also picked up another sac, that has no embryo. The email noted that the sac would naturally be absorbed into the body. This bit of extra info saved me from having to consult with Dr Google.

It has been a busy couple of weeks and I apologise for not blogging earlier. I've taken this time to reflect and expedite my plans to move back to Perth, to be closer to family. With twins I have realised that I will be flat off my feet, and the support I can receive from family will be a lifeline.

Originally, I was going to patiently stay in Canberra, until I could either get a transfer with work or a redundancy payment. My dilemma about moving back to Perth earlier was that I would possibly loose a number of entitlements that I have accrued over the years, as well as the excellent family working arrangements. However, one good thing is that my work will hold my job open for me in Canberra for 2 years and during this time I will apply for positions in the Perth office.

The other thing that has kept me busy is what should I do with the house? I haven't decided if I am going to sell it or rent it out and I'm in two minds about it. I do love this house and the market here at the moment is not that strong, so I am leaning towards renting it out for a couple of years and maybe buying something small in Perth.  I am keeping all my options open and already have a huge spruce-up-the-house to do list.

I'm also heading across to Perth in a couple of weeks to catch up with family and let my parents know that they have more grandchildren on the way. They will be fairly surprised, as I kept the trip to India a secret, but I know they will be supportive.

Well I need to get some sleep.

Adrian

Confirmation!

Great news!

Both my lovely surrogates are expecting.

Looking at the HCG levels of 101 and 180, I'm taking a wild guess (with some help of Dr Google) that I am having twin-singletons.

I am thrilled, estatic and over the moon.

Adrian 

How can 14 days take so long?

Well the 14 days is creeping up. Monday, 2nd of July is the day.

I am hoping for good news, but if it isn't, I will keep on trying.


I will keep you posted.

Adrian

Back from India

Well yesterday I got back to Australia from India. After 24 hours of travel it was so nice to be able to jump into a hot steaming bath without worrying about my sperm levels dropping.

I loved India, the people there are so lovely and welcoming (maybe not the tuk tuk drivers, but they wern't so bad after all if they rip you off it's only a dollar). I was told by a local that if you do have a problem with a tuk tuk just use your smart phone to take a picture of their number plate and they may be a little more accomadating.

I stayed in Jung pura extention at a furnished appartments that my freinds had rented. They just welcomed a new addition to their family on 5 June. Jung Pura is more of a neighbourhood area, though it does have local Markets and is in a central location. At first I felt a bit issolated being their but once I found my way around I fell in love with the place - it was also nice being out of some of the touristy spots where you could walk around in peace.

The local food there was amazing and so cheap, I loved the indian food and would always order far too much - However I found a good use to the left over butter naan; it goes really well with vegemite at breakfast.

Talking of food, I met up with Adrian and Jason one night and we all went out for dinner, we found a small chinese place at citywalk and we ordered the duck with chilli and garlic, I took a mouthfull and it literally tasted like fish, pretty bad fish, I tried to have some class as I chewed and tasted the flavours of 1000 dead fish bursting through my mouth, I couldn't keep it in and just had to spit it out. We have no idea where that duck came from, but I will be ducking the duck next time I'm in India.

I went shopping with a local on Saturday and she took me to a few malls and then to the emporium at CP. The emporium was amazing, many things to choose from all over india, good quality, fixed prices etc. I recommend it to anyone.

I wish I had been able to spend more time in India, I was quite sad to leave, but I am looking forward to returning.

Adrian

Packing for India

I'm off to India on Saturday and I can't wait.

If anyone else is going to be in town next week, let me know. It would be great to meet some other IP's.

Any advice on places or things I should see, eat or avoid let me know.

Adrian