Mum came down yesterday and looked after the girls all afternoon, evening and night for us while we had our first night away together since they were born. Lovely! We stayed at the Prince in St Kilda and had a stunning dinner at Circa. Even managed to see Indiana Jones at the movies!
Of course, even though we got home at 11 this morning, it already feels like it was weeks ago. Still, a fantastic break, if not quite long enough. I can't imagine when we'll get to do it again - I don't think we'll have too many people lining up to look after 3 kids under 4 in a hurry!
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
General update
Been a bit slack with the blog recently, sorry. Juliet's stopped having day naps, and by the time evening rolls around I'm ready for bed, which is limiting my computer time a bit!
Anyway, here's an update of the clan.
Juliet:
Had her first swimming "lesson" (actually an assessment to see if she'd freak out) last week. She wasn't too keen on the teacher holding her so there were a few tears, but she was pretty enthusiastic about it all in general. Especially the lollipop that she was given at the end! We're waiting to hear if she has a place for next term.
She's alternating between being extremely challenging and extremely sweet. I was complaining of being tired the other day. She said, "Here's what we'll do. You sit down and have a rest, and I'll tidy up the toys." How lovely is that?
Heidi:
Becoming increasingly cheeky and vocal. She has about 60 or so words now (at 18m). She's still easygoing but is finally suffering from a little bit of separation anxiety from me, for the first time. It's not terrible, though she has woken during the night a lot over the last week, wanting me to come and pat her back to sleep. She also follows me from room to room, as does Juliet still. I must admit it does get a bit annoying to have a trail of toddlers follow me all over the house. Still, I know one day I'll miss it. One day...
James:
Is pretty stressed about work. The big excitement in his life at the moment is his impending trip to visit the family in America. Lucky him!
Me:
Tired but happy. I'm suffering insomnia, which isn't brilliantly timed due to Heidi's night wakings. I fantasise about sleep. James and I are having our first night away from the girls on Saturday (well, it's my first night, not his). For my birthday this year I booked a night at a hotel with dinner at a fancy restaurant beforehand. Now I just have to try as hard as I can to not worry about Heidi waking up for me at 3am, and SLEEP!!!
I'm pretty sure I can already feel the baby kicking. I know it's early (14 weeks) but it's a pretty distinctive feeling. I have a suspicion that this one is going to be very active. God help us all!
Anyway, here's an update of the clan.
Juliet:
Had her first swimming "lesson" (actually an assessment to see if she'd freak out) last week. She wasn't too keen on the teacher holding her so there were a few tears, but she was pretty enthusiastic about it all in general. Especially the lollipop that she was given at the end! We're waiting to hear if she has a place for next term.
She's alternating between being extremely challenging and extremely sweet. I was complaining of being tired the other day. She said, "Here's what we'll do. You sit down and have a rest, and I'll tidy up the toys." How lovely is that?
Heidi:
Becoming increasingly cheeky and vocal. She has about 60 or so words now (at 18m). She's still easygoing but is finally suffering from a little bit of separation anxiety from me, for the first time. It's not terrible, though she has woken during the night a lot over the last week, wanting me to come and pat her back to sleep. She also follows me from room to room, as does Juliet still. I must admit it does get a bit annoying to have a trail of toddlers follow me all over the house. Still, I know one day I'll miss it. One day...
James:
Is pretty stressed about work. The big excitement in his life at the moment is his impending trip to visit the family in America. Lucky him!
Me:
Tired but happy. I'm suffering insomnia, which isn't brilliantly timed due to Heidi's night wakings. I fantasise about sleep. James and I are having our first night away from the girls on Saturday (well, it's my first night, not his). For my birthday this year I booked a night at a hotel with dinner at a fancy restaurant beforehand. Now I just have to try as hard as I can to not worry about Heidi waking up for me at 3am, and SLEEP!!!
I'm pretty sure I can already feel the baby kicking. I know it's early (14 weeks) but it's a pretty distinctive feeling. I have a suspicion that this one is going to be very active. God help us all!
Monday, June 09, 2008
Long weekend
It's a public holiday here today; I've appreciated having James around for an extra day. The weather is wet and cold, and we're running out of things to do with the girls. I took Juliet to the dinosaur exhibition at the Museum on Saturday, and the girls and James visited Dorothy this morning. It's hard work getting Juliet to be quiet during Heidi's nap, so James has taken her out for a walk in the rain somewhere. She loves getting rugged up in her gumboots and raincoat, so we're all happy.
Heidi has yet another cold. I should post when she doesn't have one - that's more the exception! She's been having some trouble sleeping and her appetite isn't great. She's happy enough though. She'll be turning 18 months next week - I can't believe it. She now walks all the time (albeit like a cowboy who has been in the saddle for a long time), and has about 50-60 words at a guess. The girls are definitely becoming more challenging. Juliet's turned into a rather full on loud, boundary-testing 3 year old, and the 2 of them fight all the time. Unfortunately Heidi is now old enough to want to do whatever it is that Juliet is doing (and vice versa), but they haven't quite mastered the sharing/turn taking yet.
Juliet is in the process of transitioning into kinder at the moment. She loves it, as we expected. It does mean that she is no longer with her favourite carer (who stays in the toddler room), but she's coping OK.
Heidi has yet another cold. I should post when she doesn't have one - that's more the exception! She's been having some trouble sleeping and her appetite isn't great. She's happy enough though. She'll be turning 18 months next week - I can't believe it. She now walks all the time (albeit like a cowboy who has been in the saddle for a long time), and has about 50-60 words at a guess. The girls are definitely becoming more challenging. Juliet's turned into a rather full on loud, boundary-testing 3 year old, and the 2 of them fight all the time. Unfortunately Heidi is now old enough to want to do whatever it is that Juliet is doing (and vice versa), but they haven't quite mastered the sharing/turn taking yet.
Juliet is in the process of transitioning into kinder at the moment. She loves it, as we expected. It does mean that she is no longer with her favourite carer (who stays in the toddler room), but she's coping OK.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Golden #3
It's time it was made official. There's another Golden on the way! Not quite planned, but obviously a very welcome addition. It's all very exciting.
I'm 12.5 weeks pregnant and everything is going well. The morning sickness has been pretty bad this time around, but seems to be easing off a bit now. My workplace knows, and strangely enough there is another girl who is due the same day as me -particularly odd given there are only 6 people in the company!
We'll be finding out the gender this time around, but not for another month and a half.
Time to drag out the baby name books again!
I'm 12.5 weeks pregnant and everything is going well. The morning sickness has been pretty bad this time around, but seems to be easing off a bit now. My workplace knows, and strangely enough there is another girl who is due the same day as me -particularly odd given there are only 6 people in the company!
We'll be finding out the gender this time around, but not for another month and a half.
Time to drag out the baby name books again!
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