Hiding!

Rose is at such an adorable age right now. Her language skills have taken a big leap, and has also discovered how talking can get her out of a tight spot. Lately I’ve been letting her walk home when we’ve been up at play group. She knows that she has to stay close to me [...]

She just laughed!

So I was just sitting with Tess in my lap sharing a joke with Rose, and Tess threw her head back, opened her mouth wide and gave a very hearty chuckle. Oh my gosh, my heart simultaneously melted and broke apart at the same time. Such a gorgeous girl.
And phew, it’s Sunday. That means we’ve [...]

Closer

I just got a lovely email from my mate Tom. I’m sure he won’t mind me sharing, here’s what he said:
First up, no blame no shame. I’m sure you know that, even though you may not be feeling it right now.
Secondly, our children are lucky to be living now rather than when we were kids. [...]

Our Perfect Girl

How do I write about this? I don’t want to write about this. I don’t want it to be true.
Our darling Tessa, our perfect baby girl has blindness in one eye. I noticed a problem ages ago, that she had differently coloured eyes. I asked the pediatrician at the 6-week checkup, he said it was [...]

Birthday party season

Rose had her second birthday party with her other friends at the parents group today. Oh my gosh, she’s nearly TWO! Rose had a great time, and so much more independent than this time last year. She was able to play by herself and engage her friends in play. I listened in to her talking [...]

Time to wake up

It’s funny how when you’re sleep deprived and then you suddenly get quite a good night’s sleep you wake up more tired than ever. I feel spacey when I’m really tired. I’ve been feeling spacey a lot. When I’m tired it means I’m not so tired. Hmm, now what was I saying?
Yes, back to sleeping. [...]

Up little bunnies!

The girls have recovered from their various illnesses remarkably. Rose’s vomiting bug was just a brief flirtation with sickness, really, it didn’t last much more than 24 hours. Tess has perked up considerably since the antibiotics kicked in. The only problem is that she has diarrhoea from the antibiotics, the poor thing. She has to [...]

Sick and tired

We’ve had a rough few days. Tess has been sick all week first with a cold and then a persistent fever. I took her to the doctors twice, each time she showed no signs of infection in her ears, nose, throat, chest, etc. The doctor thought that it was likely a urinary tract infection. Uh-oh! [...]

School Days

Chris got a phone call this afternoon from Rose’s day care. Apparently she was having a bad day; she’d been crying a lot, didn’t have much of a sleep and not much lunch. Their advice was to come and collect her.When Chris got their she seemed okay, but was a bit anxious about having her [...]

Memories

Time is going by so fast. Tess turned four months old yesterday. Four months! I remember time going by very slowly with Rose; since we’ve been a family of four I can’t keep up.
I want to catch hold of the moments. I don’t seem to have enough time to savour them, or even to process [...]