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Three whole days






As last weekend was a long weekend, Ollie and I were thrilled to have Nick home with us for three whole days. We packed the weekend with lots of activities including catching up with lots of friends. One day we had lunch with our friends Rachel & Christian to talk about our exciting trip to Bali next year when they get married. On the next day we had our friends Ben & Cec over with their little boy Darcy who is only a few weeks older than Ollie. At one point the boys held the babies quite close together and they both let out big beaming smiles. The boys also cheekily put the babies in the port-a-cot together and made lots of jokes about it being a cage match. Fortunately the babies weren't in the mood for fighting.

Another lovely activity was going for a long walk as a family. Ollie and I normally go for a big walk in the pram most days to get us both out of the house and have some fresh air. But it was nice to have Nick join us on such a lovely day and we topped it off with a spot of breakfast at a local cafe.

I've included a pic of me playing Ollie's new favourite game - aeroplanes!! Nick tried it out with him the other week and since then it has been trotted out many times. Ollie thinks it is hilarious to zoom through the air above our heads. The one thing I am worried about is that lately he has been spewing lots so I figure it is only a matter of time before either Nick or I wear a big warm pile of puke on our faces. Fingers crossed it is Nick, and that I have the video camera out at the time - finalists on 'Funniest home videos' here we come.

Olliebear is also getting a lot more chatty. He makes the most gorgeous little throaty sounds and he have a great time taking turns to chat away in baby language. I'm being super careful to make sure I give him a chance to speak back to me as I know that I have a tendency to talk a bit (alright, I could talk underwater) and I don't want him to end up mute because of me. I can't wait for him to start making a few more sounds - one of the babies in our mother's group who is a bit older is making "mamamamama" sounds. I can't wait to hear that one!

As usual, an update on the sleep. Up until last night Ollie had been sleeping right through the night every night. The mornings had been getting a little bit earlier, with wake up around 5.30 am. But I couldn't really complain, especially after talking with the other mothers this week, some of whom are really suffering with babies who need feeding every 2-3 hours throughout the night. Last night Ollie didn't feed well when he went down which could account for him waking just after midnight for a feed. I'm not sure what to expect tonight - I suspect that the break in the pattern may mean we regress, but I'll just wait and see.

Finally, a big thank you to Nick for encouraging me to start an activity on my own each week. Last night I went to my first yoga class at a local yoga school. It is very serious yoga, a lot more so than any classes I have been to before. There was only five of us in the class so you get a lot of personal adjustment (which hurts - a lot!!). It felt great just to shut my mind off for 1 1/2 hours and I'm looking forward to improving over the next few classes, but I can tell you, it hurts like anything today. Lifting a 7kg baby all day with sore arms has been cruel!

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