One Ange & One Infant

One more sleep until there is one Ange and one infant flying 2,512km in 3hours and 20minutes.

Charli helped me with the final touches of packing (just by looking cute of course) and as always I have that voice at the back of my head laughing at me for forgetting something(s) reasonably important. Baby, boobs and passports are really all that matters at the end of the day right!? Oh and we are very excited! (Except Bryce, Bryce might be sad that we are leaving him).

Baby bear and I had a moment today...all I could do was laugh and let the builders next door aware that the word 'poo' is a very strong part of my vocabulary these days.

"Whats that on your leg Charli? Dribble, no, spew!?, oh my gosh is that blood?, no surely not 'sniffs finger' IT"S POO!!! Oh dear god, its POO and it's everywhere" (Looks down to see poo dripping, yes dripping out of nappy).

 One Ange and one infant covered in delightful, runny baby poo. 

I must say it's pretty spectacular that once you have a baby it's a totally acceptable, expectable, and laughable matter to get pooped on. I stand there, stripped of clothing and covered in poo, yet one smile from the culprit makes it all worth it.

*Please note Charli will not be travelling via suitcase*

Pretty Pink Cherub

Little bear is sporting a dress I wore when I was a wee one. She looked so darn cute, they just don't make clothes the same these days. Bear and her outfit accompanied me to the hairdressers (after a lovely lazy morning of naps) to rectify the horrible whoopsie that occurred on the weekend (my do is now a stunning pale yellow & grey). 

Charli has continued with her leaning forward/trying to pull her self into a sitting position and at this rate, will have abs in no time.

Wee Chubba

Our last Sunday in Australia for a while and we spent it at home being only slightly productive.

Washing, packing, playing with Charli and sneezing.

I wanted to capture some of Charli's glorious baby chub, this led to big tiny person wees all over our bed... and more washing. Totally worth the extra load I say!

What Are You Up To?

Today we noticed Charli had some strange new moves. While searching for an explanation, Bryce charmingly asked if I had dropped her (I haven't). Little Bear has been trying to lean forward all day (like she is about to tuck in to a roll). In her bouncer or siting on us, she will lean forward starring at her feet. 

'FEET, wow those things are mine!?'

Charli Bear may have laughed for the first time today =D...I was wiggling her legs with enthusiastic noise...but once was enough or maybe I'm just not that funny.

In other news, Bryce and I thought it would be a good idea to save money and play hairdressers ourselves. All I have to say about this (not so smart) idea is, Lady.Gaga.Yellow. Oh thats right, thats why we pay professionals

Feels Like Monday

The day started with our Mum and Bub yoga.

We had a snuggly nap together.

Daddy came home and got spewed on.

Mexican Fush

Today being a public holiday (Lest we forget) meant the stores were closed... guess who ran out of nappies! Lucky we have Mums group, we were quickly informed of a shop that would be open and had several offers of nappy donations. Such lovely ladies I know!

After the nappy issue was solved,we hopped in the car and drove to Caboolture today to visit two lovely darlings known as Shari & Shawn. Yet again we were spoilt to a delicious feast of Mexican goodness, lots of love and even dessert! I got kitten & doggy cuddles, Shari got Charli cuddles (as well as spewed on) and Charli Bear got to check out little fishes for the first time. 

Nom

Something is definitely up with our Bear. Dribbling, fist munching, grizzling, "being weird" (as put by her father), rosie cheeks, nomming or desperately trying to nom on anything and everything that makes it way in or around her mouth. Hmmmm, sounds like those pearly whites are are their way.

Charli bear, you have just started to open your hands. I spot your little hands grabbing at your knees. You are now quite efficient at hand to mouth (without socking yourself if the face first). You are concentrating fiercely at grabbing your toys. I held my hand out and it looked like hard work, but you got that little hand to wrap around my finger all on your own. When you nurse, you now lay your hand  on me or grab my clothes. You are growing right before my eyes, changing every day! I just want to freeze time so you stay little forever, but then again I know I will love your little bum always and just as much. I can see your little personality already and baby you are pretty darn choice! xxx

Day Dreamer

I do believe my love for sleeping is rubbing off on my little girl.

This morning the cherub awoke to her Daddy's far to energetic bustling around the house at 5am. So I took advantage of the man in the shower and passed Charli in for a quick hose down. I made a smoothie, Charli kicked and punched under her play gym and then we went back to bed...much to my surprise, Charli bear slept until 11.30am. Impressive.

After our 'poonami' of the day we headed on down to our Mums group picnic under the shade of a tree. We dressed to impress but sadly Charli Bears amber bracelet was incredibly short lived. Thats right we lost it, first time! 

An incredibly exciting family outing took us to Woolworths tonight. I fed Charli in the Ergo while walking around, and I don't think a single person noticed =) I felt like a ninja. A breast feeding ninja.

A Glamorous Little Lady

Charli Bear and I went to New Farm Park today for a picnic with friends. Charli met Lotus (who is four months older) for the first time. There must be something very attractive about the hair on wee Charli's head as fellow babies just want to pull on it.

 I had some cute shots of Charli and Lotus together but, I just couldn't go past this one. Captured accidentally. This is what constantly goes on my tops, pants, carpet, towel after towel, my face, down my back, in my cleavage, on visitors, in between my toes, in Charli's neck crease, on the couch, my bed, Charli's bed, on every item of Charli's clothing, carseat, pram, ergo... you get the picture. 

What can I say, my Charli is a glamorous little lady!

From A to B

I had my first photo shoot since having Charli today. Bryce was on Daddy duty kitted out with boob milk, an 'emergency only' dummy, the pram and my number if all hell broke lose. It didn't (Hungry Charli only yelled at her Daddy a little). I got home to a happy little Bear just in time for boob and bed. I think this means more photo shoots are on the cards.

I wasn't home to photograph Daddy duty, so instead this is how Charli gets from A to B while I'm doing the washing. Oh how I love washing. 

Frills, Frogs & Bloomers

Charli Bear had fun modelling her gorgeous little froggie outfit from Shawn & Shari. Frills, frogs and bloomers! What more could you ask for!? It was like she was trying her darn hardest to laugh...with her whole body! We had wild little arms and legs flying around, big open smiles and happy noises. I think she must of felt as marvellous as she looked.

Sourced Grocer

This morning I was giving Charli an Aeroplane ride right above my head and you guessed it, she spewed. It had to happen sometime, right?

Charli Bear and I met up with our lovely friend Marine (She is a student midwife and was with us as Bear came into the world). In order to get from A to B, I braved these wild Australian roads and drove to Sourced Grocer in New Farm for our lunch date. Golly it was worth the test drive with Bryce a few weekends ago. The food was incredible, I had marvellous company and a very smiley bear. 

Hair. It Gets Pulled!

Yoga this morning. Charli wasn't nearly as into it as she was last week. We even did some baby yoga and usually she loves her little legs being wiggled...just not at that moment in time. I found myself attempting a variety of yoga poses with my baby in my arm(s)/between my legs/breast feeding/in the air/tucked in a body pretzel. I couldn't help but smile. I popped Charli on her little buddy Noah's playmat with him and Charli experienced first hand how it feels to get your hair pulled. I dont think she found it as funny as we all did. Little bear decided it was sleep time just in time for the end of the session, at least I learnt some new moves to practise at home. 

I created a facebook page for our Mums group, and on that I put a shout out for yoga. We had a very full class, plus we met some more ladies who are going to join us, (yeah, we are pretty awesome). After our 'class' we all went for lunch downstairs. What social butterflies we are. 

The lovely Emma (Noah's Mum) took this piccy for me, as Charli decided it was sleep time again just as everyone was ready to leave. Baby will do what baby's gotta do, when baby's gotta do it!

Rockin That Bottom Lip

We had that bottom lip drop a lot today (who would have thought an unhappy face could be so cute!)

I can see teeth but I can not for the life of me tell what they are up to!?!
 (making that bottom lip drop apparently)

We had a nice walk in the sunshine with some fellow Mumma's today and tonight Charli successfully went to and stayed asleep during an awfully loud thunderstorm. Of course, I had to stay with my baby keeping her safe and stroking her hair...even though she was sound asleep.

Now the best advice I got, re parenting was while I was pregnant and out for dinner with Kelsey and her parents. The funny thing was, it wasn't even really advice! They were just talking about raising their babies and how they simply 'enjoyed their children' at every age. This really stuck with me as too often you see people getting caught up in the stresses of everyday life, or waiting for the next mile stone, forgetting that this day will never happen again. This baby will never be this small, this baby will never be exactly this way, that she is today. Ever. Again. 

So every day I make it my priority to enjoy my beautiful child that is 'now', love my new family, appreciate my beautiful life and be thankful for how much joy is in this day. Everyday...EVEN the fussy days.

Happy Three Months

We had a Mummy's group picnic under the tree on the foreshore. 

Charli fell asleep in my arms twice today. Little bear has been far too busy taking the world in lately, and hasn't slept on me for what feels like forever. It was so lovely. That little lip tucked in just makes me want to eat her face!

Three months old today.

5.96kg & 61cm

You have started blowing little saliva bubbles 

You have quite the dislike for sleeves

You can now purposely put your fists in your mouth

You roll on to your side

You still don't like tummy time

You wear cloth nappies and sometimes you don't

You think the baby in the mirror is pretty spectacular ( then again, so do I)

You make sure everyone is aware that you are pooping (complete with facials and sound effects)

You smile a lot (just not for the camera)

You get called Charli Bear and Puppy (sorry baby)

When you get all excited, you jiggle around making the cutest noises 

You like to supervise me from your bouncer

You get sticky little hands and feet

Your sticky hands and feet still collect fluff

You can fall asleep yourself, though sometimes you prefer to nurse 

When we are out and really should be sleeping you prefer to see whats going on...but then you get cranky. I guess the world is pretty overwhelming!

Your hair is getting longer and less spiky (though you will always be a little rockstar in my eyes)

You love to chat away, your cooing makes my heart swell

You have started working your hands and trying to grab hanging toys

You wiggle around in 360's on the floor
You sight see or sleep while I walk
I can see your teeth through your gums

You sleep right next to me in your little bed

There are regular poosplosions
We do Mum & Bub yoga

You like to sit up on our laps or the couch

You stand and folk dance when I hold you up
You have been on your first boat

You put up with me kissing your face, a lot! - You even smile while I'm doing it

You let me sleep in while you nurse, chat and nap next to me

Your eyes were blue, they are currently looking more hazel
You are a officially a New Zealander
You make me want to have more babies

You are my absolute favourite little person, my gorgeous cheeky girl. 

You make life messier, happier, and more beautiful. Everyday.

I love you.

Rollin Rollin Rollin

Bear and I slept in this glorious Monday morning! I woke up to her chatting away to her sleepy Mumma, she is such a little gem.

I had a wee 'beauty' appointment today, I didn't think we would make it, due to a lot of noise coming out of a little creature in the car park. I'm glad I went anyway as this child of mine just sat patiently and supervised...clearly it wasn't incredibly exciting as sleep was where she decided to go instead.

After the worlds biggest nap, Hairy Mcleary came out to play and we practised some sweet rolly poly's.    Note to self: I must give Charli more tummy time (even if it does result in yelling) she will love it eventually.

On A Boat

It was Charli's very first time on a boat today. We didn't go anywhere, simply visiting grandaddy at his favourite place. I can't wait to go out on a trip! We just have to get a baby life jacket and eventually get on to swimming classes for little Bear (also very exciting). After a tired pup made it very clear she was ready for bed, we left to visit Nana and Uncle Diesel. Charli fell asleep on the way and Bryce and I were treated to another home cooked meal. Two nights in a row- this is the life!

Officially A Kiwi (And Possibly A Nudist)

We picked up Charli Bears passport with great excitement today. It makes me smile so much seeing that crazy haired little double chinned photo on such an important looking document. Charli now officially belongs to a country and can jump on a plane with her makers (pretty soon too). 

We had dinner at Tim & Sarah's and it was lovely! Charli however had quite a descent attempt at screaming the house down. I had not heard her cry like that since she was two weeks old. Nothing I did would stop her crying. I sung, I danced, I put boob in her mouth, I put the other boob in her mouth, I wrapped her, I unwrapped her, I burped her. Nothing worked until I took off her pants which got me smiles and cooing ??? Wow, just wow! You are one of a kind my darling child.

By the way, I made this for desert and it was pretty darn choice!

Damp Babies

Our walk with the 'ladies' is usually on Wednesday, however this week it was postponed until today due to weather. Boy did we get that wrong. Imagine five woman wearing bras with no underwire, pushing prams and running though a complete a utter down pour, I am not kidding! It rained so hard I couldn't see out of my own eyeballs. Thankfully I had put the rain cover on Charli when we started our walk as I felt like the wind was blowing right up her wee nose, some poor other mothers were not as lucky.We had some damp babies on the scene. 

While we were out, a courier left us a note... not the parcel sadly, but upon investigation I have a slight suspicion we will be picking up Charli's passport tomorrow =)

Now I do believe little bear is still in a growing patch due to more feeding, an unpredictable sleeping pattern and general 'I don't know what on earth it is that I want' noises. All I can say is thank goodness for boobies, they cure all...98.5% of the time. 

Yoga Baby

Today I was finally brave enough to start Mum & Bub yoga. Given that I am incredibly uncoordinated and babies tend to be unpredictable, I'd say we did rather well. Charli chilled on a mat for an hour while I stretched the living daylights out of my body. She lasted right up until the relaxing/silent/warm down part which is when Mummys boobies became simply irresistible.

I have been thinking for a while now (no it doesn't hurt) and I have come to the conclusion, that we will only use wooden/eco friendly or preloved toys for little bear (plastic really brings out the hulk in me). So upon 'googling' to see what I could find, I stumbled across the most fantastic wooden/eco toy website (have a looksey and see what I mean). Lets just say the wish list I have created is already huge!

After I finished my online window shop I went to check on the bear. Charli was in bed awake, just chilling. After I fed her she lay like this for a while, just chilling some more. Golly, I think we will go to yoga more often!

12th Week On Earth

Today we hit week number twelve! I can't believe how fast all of this precious time has gone. Apparently around this age, wee dots go through a growth/development spurt. Sure enough we had a gorgeous wee fusspot for many parts of the day BUT we also learnt some pretty sweet new tricks. It was hair washing day for me so I put on a pretty spectacular show for Charli who was front row in her bouncer. I must admit I ey I ey I oh'd the socks of her, complete with a rap break down of course. It seems I must be pretty a pretty rad entertainer as someone had nothing but smiles for me.

I noticed Charli just staring at her hands today, it was as if she had never seen them before. What silly billy parents! Her dangly toys have been just out of reach for the poor darling. As soon as I moved one down a notch, pup was desperately trying to work her hand touching, moving and downright whacking the toy, It keep her busy for ages! It really is incredible witnessing this little one grow, learn and just generally be all kinds of awesome! The best part is I get to keep her all to myself! (Well I do have to share a little)

Om Nom Nom

This morning we were up nice an early, I made a smoothie while Charli chatted away and munched on some fists- then we both had a nap. After getting up for the day a second time at 9am, we went for a big walk to explore our neighbourhood. Little bear was fast asleep when we got home. I wanted to shower therefore did not want to take her out of the pram, so up the stairs the pram went. It was not a smooth ride and I probably looked like a dork to our porch monkey neighbour, but I was successful! 

Charli has made several more trips to the mirror that didn't involve spewing. It is so adorable watching this little creature giving herself big cheesey grins. I wonder if she knows who the gorgeous, smiling (occasionally spewy) baby is.

Mums group on the foreshore again today. There were smiles, cries, poos, boobs, dribble, burps and spews coming from all directions and it was lovely! 

Social Piglet

It was cold last night! 

So cold that Bryce and I suited up in our onesies and little bear had her first night in her sleeping bag. It looks a bit like a padded glorified sack with sleeves, but toasty warm is a lovely place to be.

Charli and I went to Bulimba this morning to meet a new Mummy and her cruisey little man. It's so nice meeting all these new and lovely people! Who knew babies made you so social! After our coffee I got forcibly pulled into a store by some pretty awesome baby attire. I then by no choice of my own, left with it. Once we got home Baby bear had a wicked 3 hour nap and Daddy was home to greet her when she woke. After dinner, I decided I would very much like to be Mexican and funnily enough - once again, writing this and thinking about my baby has made my boobs leak. We are still waiting (ever so patiently I might add) for little bears passport to arrive. If you are by any chance reading this passport people, anytime this week suits us just fine.

Leaky

A lovely lazy Sunday was thoroughly enjoyed. Charli and I got up at 8.30am and then for Little Bears next sleep, I joined her. It was lovely. Daddy read to Charli for the first time and chose a Dr Suess book. I could not help but laugh at how tongue twisted he got, I do believe more practice is in order.

We all went for a drive to check out New Farm park, but it rained a lot so sadly, we stayed in the car. They apparently have great markets there that I really want to explore. 

Just looking at this photo and thinking about my baby made my boobs leak. The body and bond you have as a mother are truly incredible things! I love this little darling more and more each day!

Bath Time

Bath time has been neglected ever since we got Charli in the shower with us. The last time we bathed Charli she wasn't even smiling yet and she felt much more fragile than she does now. Needless to say there were super excited kicks and Daddy got wet.

Puppy

Over the last few weeks I have started calling Charli 'puppy'. It probably sounds weird but I can't help it. I think it came out one day as a mixture of 'bubby' and 'poppet' and now it's stuck...the poor child.

Speaking of Puppies, Charli and I went to visit Nana and Diesel today. Once again Little Bears legs got licked a lot - They must taste as scrumptious as they look. Diesel managed to calm his excitement down just a notch so Charli could get up close and personal with the furry creature (Nana took this photo for us). Come bedtime, Charli slept with her arms out of a swaddle for the first time and fell asleep sucking her tasty little fists.

Windy Smiles

Yesterday Charli was giving herself big smiles in the mirror, today was a different story. Little Bear took one look at herself in the mirror and then puked all over it! I could not help but laugh...a lot.

After that, I took Charli for a big walk down the waterfront and it ended in a run back to the car due to a change in the weather. As I was putting Charli in the car the wind blew the pram away with the breaks on and all, the radio then told us of a severe wind warning in our area.

Charli Bear loves her bouncer and spends quite a lot of time supervising me. When she is on the mat though,  she is squirming around and rolling onto her side with two fists simultaneously trying to get into her mouth. I don't think it will be long at all before this cherub has mastered the rolly polly. 

In other news, I am fairly certain I saw a baby snake in the grass when I was hanging out the washing (and taking this picture). I looked my hardest for legs to dub it a lizard but not a single leg in sight. eeeeeeekkk!

Little Cupcake

This morning I fed Charli in bed with me. While she was very awake chatting and smiling away next to me, I nodded off. About an hour later I woke and found a sleeping bear next to me, looking very cute. Thank you for letting me sleep in my darling girl.

After breaky we went for a long walk on the waterfront with some lovely ladies and I came home to find spew on the couch I didn't realise had been deposited prior to our departure. 

Charli spent a large portion of the day trying to get her fist in her mouth and we even got to Skype Oma and Uncle J-bird so they could witness the om nom nomnation =) 

Little bear got to wear her new onesie that her very talented Aunty Nicola gave her. 

You can check out Little Lane Clothing's blog or their etsy shop and you too may fall in love with the most adorable tiny human clothes!

Time Out

A very long weekend with Daddy has finally come to an end. 

Today we went to the mall and I was treated to a massage while Bryce looked after Charli. It turns out little bear didn't want to keep sleeping and spent a wee while screaming at her daddy in the parents room =( The poor wee dot and poor Daddy! When we got home Charli and I had big change table chats before her shower with Daddy and then she went off for a nap....I think she mistook it for her bed time as 5hours later she is still sleeping. It might be a long night tonight...or not... we never know.

Easter Bear

Sadly Aunty Nicola left us today, it was so great having that lovely lady here with us. Before she left, Nicola whipped up a breast feeding cover for me which I love love love! I popped Bear in her bunny suit to get a picture, it must have been super comfy as she fell asleep in my arms looking like the cutest thing I have ever seen in my life! We later went and had Dinner with Charlis granddaddy. I took a huge detour on the way there hoping she would fall asleep. HAHAHAHAHA fat chance mummy! The wee one was very awake for a long time, but at least she was giving out smiles =)