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What a month

Chickie Little — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:33:31 +0000

Abby is a month old already can you believe! She has already grown out of some of her newborn clothes and there are still some unworn. It’s a bit sad that she won’t be this teeny for much longer but as long as she gets easier to handle I won’t be complaining (much). Can’t wait for that.

One month old already

Abby has been busy for someone who has only been in the world for a little over four weeks. She’s been to two bbqs, on a road trip from Wellington to Palmerston North then to Auckland, another road trip to Taupo before heading back to Wellington, she’s visited friends, been Christmas shopping and had her first Christmas with both sides of the family.

Pukeko in a yucca tree

Christmas was busy! Abby took up most of our time leading up to the day, and we ended up with a yucca as our Christmas tree, complete with a pukeko (although a ponga tree would’ve been more awesome of course). We had a full house with family staying in all the spare rooms, and one of my nieces came down with chicken pox on Christmas eve so spent her Christmas in quarantine away from the two newborns. Not so fun for her. I won’t be surprised if one of us gets it next but I hope it won’t be Abby.

Abby and her cousin Bridget (who is a day younger)

Fez was extremely well behaved. He got a bit freaked out with all the noise and kiddies wanting to play with him – understandable having mum and dad neglecting him so over the last month and all.

Abby and Fez having a Christmas nap

So, it’s been a busy month and as parents it’s been exhausting. Abby is still fussy with breast feeding so Mummy Milk Truck continues to deliver milk in a bottle. She has her good days among her bad days where she stays awake for hours on end and cries about being too tired (or hungry yet again). She’s an adorable little girl though, even when she’s bawling. She’s beginning to interact more and makes those cute baby sounds when you talk to her. We love her more each day and hopefully the next month will be much easier – fingers crossed.

Stuff I Luff

Chickie Little — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:09:17 +0000

Barbecues in the sun
Stuff from the 50s
Icecream
Christmas songs by Sir Cliff Richard :]
Katy Perry’s album One of the Boys.
You can hear the album on her website. The first song plays on arrival – if the volume’s been cranked up and the sound is coming through your stereo because you’ve just been watching movies on the projector, you’ll get a big fright.
Watching people smile while texting – so mischievious!
All the flowering pohutakawa reminding you that summer and Christmas is not far away…

Flowering pohutakawas are a sure sign of New Zealand summer

Mr Tit Award

Chickie Little — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:37:51 +0000

Today’s Mr Tit Award goes jointly to those employers who insist on having Christmas functions on a night where their staff have work the next day; and the employees who put their safety and the safety of others at risk by coming to work hungover.

It appears that these people are making Christmas cheer a workplace hazard.

Being hungover at work is a workplace hazard and a quarter of all injury claims are alcohol-related, ACC general manager of injury prevention Katie Sadleir said.

stuff.co.nz

Maybe employers should plan their Christmas dos for the end of the working week… and if staff have to work on the next day, then they should know better! Naughty!

Keep it merry!