Entertained

 

Today was surprisingly productive! My Nana and Dad came around today to help pack. I am impressed at how much we achieved and so so so thankful I had such big helpers! No doubt I would still be at my three boxes without them. Charli bear did a fantastic job supervising, ate some quiche and was incredibly entertained with my hat! Oh baby chub,  how I love it! I can't wait for summer.
Oh, and for those of you interested/dying to know, Charli finally pooped today!(It's been a hot topic for conversation) It was big, it was bad, it was four days worth of poop and it was Bryce's turn ;)
Not to purposefully go from poop to food, but I made this last night and yumm! Yet another deliciously easy sweetling! She has so many beautiful recipes, if you are in to your wholefoods...even if you are not.

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Pumpkin & Packing (Minus the packing)

We move on Friday! If you know me, you will know I am a last minute person. Well this wee fact and having a Charli, is going to make moving fun! Little bear has become so busy! The little one has started trying to pull herself into a stand and sitting no longer cuts the mustard. Charli wants everything in sight and if it's not close enough, she launches herself onto all fours, eventually ends up on her tummy (which she HATES) and then absolutely cracks it! This started two days ago and now, it seems every time I turn around, my little love has beached herself.

26th August 2013

 

Today Mummy, I'm not going to sleep. At all. All day. Not even a little. However. I am going to look absolutely gorgeous so you don't lose your mind completely!

20th August 2013

 

We managed to leave the house at the time we were expected to be meeting our friends. Thankfully our friends are a Mum & Bub duo as well so luckily, we were in the same (slow) boat. We spent many hours chatting about life and cooing over our babies at New Farm park in both the shade and sunshine, watching the city cats glide past on the river. Little Alex is such a gorgeous wee man! I honestly thought He and Charli could pass as brother and sister! Charli was quite funny with him, touching his face...ever so sweetly.

16th August 2013

My baby, today you are seven months old. It feels like you are becoming less and less like a baby and much more 'yourself'. You are such good fun to have around and you always know how to get a giggle out of me.

You have two teeth
You have been eating food for a month now
You feed yourself
You have your own little language 
You grab, pull, eat, pinch, scratch and  touch anything you can get you wee hands on
You laugh at your Daddy alot
You giggle when we pretend to eat your side
You are ticklish
You sit up in the bath and like splashing
You have lots of thick hair on one side, and very little on the other
You love things your shouldn't really have
You have great skill at finding tags on clothes and toys
You lean forward onto you arms
You are a serious wee thing at first and once you have sussed out new people and places, you are a little clown
You have put your fingers directly into another baby's mouth, trying to grab their tongue
You like to sit and watch, taking the world in
You explore
You steady yourself when you are about to flop over
Your poo is become...rather unpleasant
You love to stand (supported)
You play the keyboard baby style
You still love boobie
You laugh so hard when daddy rubs his beard on your feet

We love you so very much little one. Thank you for making us laugh and love, everyday xxx

14th August 2013

 

Public holidays mean Daddy is home! Charli was giggling her heart out this morning having cuddles and playtime with her Daddy.
We met Some very special people at the boat club for lunch and headed to the park for a play and out came the camera. Bryce put Charli on the baby slide for the first time. The poor child wasn't sure what was going on!
A BBQ picnic was planned in the afternoon with our newest kiwi immigrants. It turned out to be the biggest fail. It was incredibly hot all day today, except when and where we set up to picnic. Wind and goosebumps sums it up fairly well. We had Charli bear wrapped up tight in a blanket and bits and pieces flying everywhere. Needless to say, it was the quickest picnic I have ever been on.

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13th August 2013

Just casually taking it all in at Mums group. Playing it cool.

9th August 2013

 

What's house hunting without swinging by the park?

6th August 2013

 

Oh baby! Your Nan left us today! Everyone always leaves! I wish they could stay! I wish all of our favourite people could move over and be more involved in your life, in our lives. Some times I think we should be back in New Zealand, but it doesn't make sense at this point in our lives. For now, you have us!  For now, there are phones, computers and planes and maybe one day we can all be close again. For now we just have to love the pants off you, visit and have visitors. For now we have adventures to go on and home to call often. Baby, I want you to know you are loved. Loved by more than just Daddy and I. Loved so very, very much.

4th August 2013

Charli baby, you have two very mean, very sharp, very naughty little teeth that have now cut through your gums. You didn't enjoy getting them one bit! (I can't say we did either). We went to Shorncliffe today and you cried the whole way back. Nan tried everything to make it all better but no such luck. Of course, you fell asleep just as we were coming in to our street.

3rd August 2013

 

Today we had Sushi, I did some baby baking (rusks and BLW cookies not the actual baking of babies) and then you had your first music lesson!
You have two little white lumps on your bottom gum. you are not the happiest of campers and tonight you screamed and screamed and out came tears (you had your first tears last night). Watery things, fuelled by pain and frustration. Coming from your eyes, wetting your cheeks and breaking my heart. Nothing could distract you, nothing would stop the pain. Nothing. Nothing until I took your little pants off. You my darling, are a very happy rudie bum!

1st August 2013

 

Charli's Nan arrived from NZ today, after I successfully managed to make it to the airport.
Leaving the airport was not as successful… I lost the car. We found it eventually after several floors and lift rides later. I felt like I was losing it!
Charli bear has recently been able to sit in the bath with out slip slopping about. We finally invested in a non slip bath mat and WOW what a difference, we no longer have a slippery slimy baby but one that sits and slaps the water, having the time of her life.

30th July 2013

Charli had her very first experience at lollipops playland with Mums group today. We decided it would be a marvellous idea to take our babies into the ball pit…Charli didn't agree (neither did the poor little crying boy who tried climbing up the slide for 10minutes because his landing pit was filled with mums and bubs). At Lollipops, there are children everywhere, that combined with loud music and lots of colour…it's an intense place…even for me…for a tired baby, I think it would seem pretty darn overwhelming So home for a nap we went.

29th July 2013

27th July 2013

By George! You were just a tad unimpressed with life today. Banging your toy with all your might while closing your eyes at the same time kept you entertained for a wee while so I could do the shower thing. You supervised me getting dressed and seemed to have find it boring. You literally started chucking your toy across the room and then yelling at me. Whoa Bubba! Turns out your teeth were giving you grief.

Suprise Suprise

Well, well well... no suprise that today did not go as plan. Bryce did not take Charli out so I could blog my heart out. Today we went to Redbank plains and hung out with some pretty cool kiwis. It is 10.13pm, we just got in the door and Bryce is quite a happy fellow (thanks Jim). Charli absolutely, did NOT like the ride home and needs to go to bed, so once again... I apologise, no photo's from me.

Whats cooking, good looking?

Hello, Happy Saturday (Night)!
Do you like the new look? Tommorrow, Im going to ask Bryce very, very sweetly if he can take cheeky Charli for a walk, so I can finally catch up on all of these missing posts! Sound good? (It's been at the back of my mind,  haunting me like homework I haven't done!)
Once we are all up to speed I plan on sharing more photos and words of our adventures, life and such as well as my usual Charli bear updates. Hopefully this will satisfy my creative being for a while and help solve the 'who am I/what do I want in life' issue that has also been making my hands itch!
I am quite excited for the freedom and hope you will still come and visit us ;)
P.s We may or may not have found our new house today! It's not far from a Vintage/organic cafe and has a park across the road! Changes mean exciting new paths that need to be explored.
Fingers crossed!