Abby and her cousins riding the blanket

The kids got a real treat with chocolate, Twisties, cake and bubbles And they each got a giant ball to take home. Thanks to the lovely Omas and Aunty Alice!

Magical bubbles

Ta-da!

Abby is already 18 months old – that’s a year and a half. She’s turning into a real little girl and mummy just loves dressing her up. She’s getting back into allowing us to tie her hair up, which I love because she looks so much prettier and people won’t think she’s a boy.

My pretty little girl

She loves to read and can say and identify a lot of things in her books. She’s beginning to string words together more often, like “Baby cry” when Cameron is crying.

Story time

Six weeks have flown by so quickly. Cameron can smile and coo, and can lift his head and shoulders up during tummy time.

Me and my big little man

Cameron at five weeks old was 59cm and 5.7kg. The paediatrician’s response was “Holy moly!”. He also asked if I had taken home the right baby because I’m so little, lol! At 6 weeks Cameron weighed in at 5.97kg. He really is a growing boy!

Cameron getting chubby

Cameron slept for 7 hours straight last night, the longest uninterrupted sleep so far. He’s been doing 5 hour stretches in the last week, so I’m hoping this is progress and he’ll soon be sleeping through (as in at least 8 hours) by 8 weeks which is what Abby did. Fingers crossed!

And because sleeping babies are so cute, I have to share the below video with you. So cute!

Fez - he's a good boy sometimes

I have learnt this week…

• Fez cannot be trusted to stay put when the front door is open.
• Marshmallows make a great cupcake topper. However cupcakes still require a certain amount of frosting or they’ll taste quite boring.
• Never ever store precut/left-over onions in the fridge, or anywhere for that matter. They stink!
• There are actually some good bus drivers in Wellington. Two school girls were occupying a seat and pregnant me was standing in the aisle. The bus driver told them to give up their seat for me. Yay – someone noticed :)
• My dad can be hilarious at the museum. There was a scale model boat at Te Papa and mum commented on how small it looked. Dad says “People were much smaller back then”. I told him that the boat wasn’t real and it was just a small version for display. We then sat and watched the presentation that projected images of people onto the same boat, and the people were only centimetres high. Was it mean of me to exclaim “Look dad, there are those small people you were talking about!”?
• My three-day threshold for living with my parents still applies. They’re fun out and about, but when at home, I go a bit crazy after three days.
• Cutting down on dairy doesn’t make a bit of difference to my carpal tunnel syndrome, despite what the acupuncturist said. I didn’t have my usual bowl of cereal for breakfast for the six days my parents were visiting. Hands still hurt, even more so now.
• If you collect shells from the beach, remember to check if there’s still something living in them. Don’t leave them in a plastic bag for three days first or you will have to deal with a horrible pongy mess.
• Kapiti Black Doris Plum & Crème Fraiche icecream is da bomb! We took the parents to the Lindale Centre (as you do when visiting Wellington) and treated ourselves to some ice creams (as you do when visiting the Lindale Centre). It’s not a new flavour, but it was new to me, and it was so delicious. I want some now!