More Fun in the Sun

This weekend just been we had Riley's birthday party (hoepfully some more pics of that to come). He was very spoilt, as always, and one of his friends, Chisomo I think, bought him a spiderman mini boat and spiderman goggles. So of course when we got home from the party he just had to try them out. Riley and Daddy had a great time horsing around in the pool again and even Emily came out for a look to see what all the fuss was about. I am sure it will not be long before she too will be joining in with all the fun in the pool - just as soon as we can find swimmers small enough for her. Riley also got the board game Guess Who so we spent quite a lot of time playing that on Sunday afternoon as well. He is getting quite good at asking appropriate questions but he tends to look at his card and if his person has white hair he will ask if your person has white hair and in no time, through his questioning, you know exactly what card he has. He knows he is doing it and keeps on saying "Oh sorry bout that" very funny and lots of fun.

Fun in the Sun

As the weather warms up the pool is looking more and more inviting. At 24degrees it is still a bit cool for my liking but Brad and Riley have been enjoying themselves. The weekend before last we went out and bought Riley some pool toys. We couldn't go past the spiderman jetski and what would a summer be without supersoakers..... The boys loved the big super soakers and particularly enjoyed trying to shoot Mummy as I was trying to take pics of them.

7 Weeks Old Today

Well I don't know how I've managed to get this done today (considering I had two kids awake twice each at different times during the night) but here it is. Emily is 7 Weeks old today! She has, as always, grown and changed so much in the last week. She had her 6 week check up, and shots, last week and since birth she has grown 8cm making her 54cm long now! She has also broken the 4kg mark and as of last week weighs 4.08kgs! My baby loves her mummy's milk! She has been a little bit sick for the last week or so with a contagious virus that I am not even going to attempt to spell on here. She broke out in a rash that pretty well covered her face, head and neck. Not at all pretty and no doubt very uncomfortable also. With the virus she was also constipated, no fun for anyone, this was from Friday until this morning when dam number 2 broke and there was poo everywhere. All over her, all over me and well let's just say that Paul's (the landlord) couch will never be the same again...... Seeing as how she had only been doing wet nappies Riley asked if he could help me to change her this morning. He has obviously, as always, been watching me closely for the last 7 weeks and I must say he did a great job. He held her legs up correctly, he gave her a wipe and then put a clean nappy on her. Very sweet, I only wish I had videoed it. I will have to next time.

Almost Famous

A few weeks ago we got a flyer at school to go and visit with a photographer who was just starting her own studio and was throwing a "Little Faces Party". I thought it might be fun to get some pics of the kids together and, seeing as how it was free, if they didn't work out I wasn't too worried. Well they turned out beautifully (pics to come later to support this statement). Yesterday we received another invitation to her second "Little Faces Party" and I thought I would give you all a look at the invitation. See if you can recognise the kid in the middle on the bottom......what a handsome fellow!

Tiring Work

OK so just to show what a fair sport I am here is a pic of me not totally at my best (or maybe Brad would argue otherwise.......). Fair's Fair, I would definitely have published this pic if it was of Brad so....

I was trying to figure out Emily's sleep patterns and make them a little more 'Mummy Friendly'. Seems she must have known I was reading up and pulled herself into line and she is now only waking once a night, feeding and going back to sleep.

It's tiring work, this business of sleeping....... (In case you can't see the title of the book I am reading it is The Complete Sleep Guide for Contented Babies and Toddlers)

6 Weeks Old Today

HA! Finally I have been able to update on the day! It's amazing what more than an hour or two sleep a night can do for a girl. Emily is growing and changing so fast it's hard to keep up. She continues to become more and more alert every day. It is so nice to watch her seeing the world for the first time. She is still facinated with the curtains and they still continue to receive her biggest smiles although her new mobile on her cot is starting to give the curtains a run for their money..... Tomorrow is her 6 week check up and she will be getting her 6 week shots too so I am not looking forward to that at all, let's just hope she manages to breathe through it this time instead of turning lots of different colours. Photos are going to have to wait this time because blogger seems to be having trouble......AGAIN...... Ok so it is now the day after and finally the pics have made it onto the post ENJOY!!

Thanks Ethan, Cailyn, Lucas, Axel, Kai Kai & Ike

The birthday fun continues...... On his actual birthday we had a little afternoon tea here at home with his friends. They all got together and bought him a Spiderman Survival kit for his birthday. It consists of a tent, sleeping bag, binoculars and a compass. He absolutley loves it and had Brad set it up for him in the front yard over the weekend. So far we are not allowed to disassemble it so it is in our lounge room for the time being......hmmm will have to work out a plan to get it put away.........