Beautiful cupcake made by one of the mums (mums in the blurry background during our picnic!) It’s only Wednesday and already this week has been a roller coaster ride! Micah and I had a fairly big day on Monday. I went and took a blood test just to check my Iron and Vitamin D levels. Then we went and did our BIG weekly grocery shop, bigger than usual because I was hosting a casual dinner party on Monday night. I prepared a 3-course dinner but really I cheated – Entree was Pumpkin Soup from a can, Mains were Roast Lamb … Continue reading Week 16: A Picnic & Rolling Over

Micah and I went to our first Mums and Bubs Movie Session today with a few other mums from Mums Group. We saw “21 Jump Street” which was very funny but I had to “cover Micah’s ears” a few times because of all the swearing throughout the movie. Thankfully, Micah did not stay awake for very long. I started feeding him at the start of the movie and then put him back in his pram and minutes later he fell asleep. When the movie finished, he was STILL asleep! I don’t know how he slept through all that noise, the … Continue reading Week 15: A series of funny photos & a movie

This is the perfect poem for any new mother. Thanks to my dear friend Cat who posted this on Facebook today when I struggled with an unsettled Micah whilst stressing about the neverending list of chores. I was feeling so frustrated at Micah for being unsettled because I had to just hold him, entertain him, rock him and just focus my entire attention on him all morning and couldn’t get all the stuff I wanted to get done, done. Then this poem helped me get my priorities straight. Chores can wait, but my baby will not remain a baby for … Continue reading Babies Don’t Keep

Hubby and I have been involved in our church’s Alpha Course this year and we have been attending it (with Micah being the youngest ever Alpha participant, lol) every Tuesday night for the past 6 weeks. With 4 more weeks to go, part of the course is to spend a weekend away at camp and have more sessions and discussions “away from everything else”. It was a great weekend. We arrived on Friday night and had Fish N Chips for dinner. Then we had a Spoons Tournament – with 15 people playing it took FOREVER to finish so I “surrendered” … Continue reading Alpha Weekend Away 16-18 March 2012

Today at Mums Group we learnt Baby Massage! Micah was stripped completely and I got him some Baby Oil and he seems to not mind the massage at all! Can’t say he completely loves it.. he wasn’t cooing and smiling all the way or anything, lol. But he sure wasn’t fussing and seemed pretty content while I was massaging him so that’s good I guess! At Mums Group during the Baby Massage session 🙂 Micah and his friend Cooper at Mums Group I also bought a nappy bag today. It was crazy how I found “hidden energy” just at the … Continue reading Week 14: Baby Massage, Nappy Bag & Immunisation

No, our decking is not finished yet. I guess I was kinda hoping we’d be out shopping for a new BBQ and outdoor furniture tomorrow since it’s the long weekend and all.. but I guess that will have to be another weekend. PROGRESS is always good though! At least most of the hard work is out of the way and we are getting soooooo close to having a functional deck. How cute is our little rabbit Cookie! She’s been loving having a play under our deck. I think she will spend a lot of time hiding underneath it when it’s … Continue reading The Decking Project (Part 4)