Look who is getting bigger...

Hi there,

I took these picture of both girls on Tuesday last week (3rd July) as they were going to Thomas' Birthday Party. It is a bit hard to figure out who is more besotted with who.

On the weekend we bought ourselves a new high chair. The one that Maddie had used was a hand me down that had definitely seen better days. And we know now how long they actually use it for, so we indulged ourselves and bought a "fancy" one. As it reclines we decided to see if Sabrina liked it. (I can't believe she is already able to sit up in her high chair - she is getting to big, to fast!!! We are 12 weeks old today, time is definitely flying) See for yourselves her response.

On Sunday we finally got together with Phil, Jen and Ryan for lunch. It has been a saga trying to coordinate diaries... we have been trying for a couple of months now. We went to the Ettamogah Pub at Rouse Hill. Was a really good spot. On Sunday's at lunch time they have kid activities. So Mad's and Ryan got to play in the jumping castle and generally run around like mad kids. Good idea to let them burn off some energy.

I finally got my sheer curtains for the back room, which means I can now open the heavy curtains and the neighbours can't see in. We are also hoping that it will keep the temperature up a little. Besides this we have just been surviving. Hope you all are doing well.

Love

Annette

Sorry it has been a while

Hi all,

Yes we are still alive. Sorry that I haven't posted for a little while. We have been pretty busy in the past couple of weeks. I needed to get the diary out to see what we had done.

Okay... here goes.

Nathan update

Since my last blog Nath has become quite the jet setter. On Sunday 17th June he went to New Zealand for a day of meetings on the Monday and then came home that night. Makes for a pretty big week. Then on Sunday 24th he went to Melbourne for a week. Got back on Saturday. His girls are very happy to have him home. We have now decided that 1 week is way to long and hopefully he won't need to do another one. While he was in Melbourne us girls packed ourselves off for a holiday of our own. When the going gets tough... the tough go home to Mum and Dad's. We had a great time. I don't know about Mum and Dad though. There were times when Sabi was letting it rip that I am sure they would have preferred if we had stayed home. But I appreciated having some "grown ups" around to help with my sanity.

Maddie update

Maddie had a great week over at Nanna and Pop's she loves all the attention that she gets over there. The only problem for her is that she doesn't get away with anything. Because there is normally either Mum or I there to catch her out. She has got a cold at the moment so this is playing havoc with her, she is getting really tired at the moment and is going to bed really early for her.

More preschool dress up from last week. Every week at preschool this year the kids have been learning about a letter of the alphabet. Last weeks letter was "S" so the teachers decided to have a week of dress ups. (oh what fun!!! especially when you need to get completely organised because you are not staying at home.) Here is a picture of Maddie going on Thursday as a Star princess.



And here is Maddie on Friday going as a Singer... the ultimate in 'Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair'



Tomorrow one of Maddie's friends Thomas is having his 5th Birthday Party. (I can't believe that they are turning 5 this year). Thomas is having a McDonalds party. Maddie is really looking forward to it. Birthdays are really exciting when you are this age.

Sabrina update


We had our follow up visit to the paediatrician on the 21st June. He was really happy with her progress. She had put on 2Kg since discharge and had grown 7 cm. She behaved really well in his surgery. We were expecting her to scream the place down as he needed to strip her down to her singlet and normally she does NOT like this but fortunately she was fine and didn't even whimper. As the pead. is in the same building that Louise works at Sabrina did her required show and tell to all the nursing staff up in day surgery. Which at least lets them put a face to the stories that Lou goes and tells them. As she had been so good at the pead. we decided that we should take her for her 2 month immunisations as they were due on the 23rd. Any good behaviour that we had previously displayed went out the window. To be expected she was rather unhappy about the prospect of someone jabbing two needles into her legs and voiced her opposition. Need I say more. We then paid for the next 48-72 hours with a irritable little girl. But she has got over that now.

She has started to hold her head up by herself for extended periods of time and is beginning to recognise people that she knows. (You need to be seeing her daily for this) She waves her arms around and giggles and gives you big smiles. Completely makes your day when she does this. She has also started playing with her toys. She likes to bat them with her hands and watch them swing but gets frustrated with herself when she misses or can't coordinate to actually hit it.

Here are some up to date pics of the girls chilling out. Hope you enjoy.



I hope you are all keeping well and safe. Catch up soon.
Love
Annette