Back to work

I seem to have survived my first day in the office, although it’s not quite over yet. Worst moment? Having to give a talk to 200 students in a lecture theater an hour after starting work. Second worst moment? Realising that I remembered all the account code numbers we use for ordering books – you’d [...]

Birthday invite

Over the weekend I created an invite for Rose’s first birthday party. It was a lot of fun reflecting on all the highlights of the year. I can’t believe how much our lives have changed in such a short period of time!

Delaying the inevitable

Rose’s hair is getting really long. It’s started to hang in her eyes and generally get in the way. However, I refuse to cut it or have it cut. Sentimental old fool? That way well be the case, but at least I’ve come up with a solution that will delay action for another few months:

Lunchtime adventures

For the last week or so Rose’s mealtimes have suddenly become a lot less stressful. We’re pretty much moved to a ratio of 9 – 1 in favour of finger foods, and Rose definitely approves. She now eats rissoles, veggie sausages, felafel, roasted veggies, bits of loaf, pasta, fish fingers, sandwiches and her all time [...]

First day of childcare

Yesterday went really well. Rose only slept for five minutes in the morning (she was woken up by the sound of the door buzzer when Delwyn’s cleaner arrived), but she slept for 1h 40min in the middle of the day. I went over at midday to help with lunch, and Rose ate with gusto, which [...]

Red Letter Day

I just came back from dropping Rose off with Delwyn. I feel like crap. I’ve been crying on and off since then. I knew it was going to be hard to leave Rose with someone else, but I had no idea that I would be this upset. My baby, baby girl. I miss her so [...]

Giddy from too much conversation, wine

Last night I had my first ‘girls night’ out since Rose was born. I met up with the other mothers from my parents group (eight other women) at a local restaurant after our babies had gone to bed for the night. We had such a great evening! And one totally out of our usual routine! [...]

Not moving out yet

We got gazumped. Chris received a phone call from the real estate agent this morning and she said another person had made an offer $16,000 more than ours, so we’re going to miss out on the apartment.
Fortunately, I feel pretty philosophical about it. We were pretty clear about what we were prepared to pay for [...]

Which one is blue?

Delwyn and I were playing with Rose on Friday when she did something that amazed me: she took the green triangle-shaped block from her Tolo shape sorter, shook it around a little bit, and then put it on the corresponding green triangle hole.
I couldn’t believe it! For the last few weeks we’ve been working on [...]

Rose in someone else’s care

Rose had her first day of childcare on Friday. Starting in a few weeks I’ll be back at work on Thursdays and Fridays; Chris is going to look after Rose on Thursdays and our friend Delwyn will look after her on Fridays. Delwyn is a sweet, kind person, and a fantastic mother. The other great [...]