Yum Yum

Isla's latest trick is to stick this toy in her mouth like it's a lollypop or something and wander around. It's quite funny to watch. She hunts it out of the toybox, sticks it in her mouth and off she goes. If it drops, she will stop... pick it up... stick it back in her mouth before moving on to her next destination.

A day in the sunshine

Come join me!

Boing!

Boing!

Boing!

Summer is fast approaching... YAY! It's great to finally see some sunshine and feel some warmth again. Isla's toes have discovered grass and her chubby legs are getting the chance to see some sunlight :) We were in Palmy North last weekend and it was such a beautiful day that we pulled the Jolly Jumper out and spent some time in Nana & Pa's garden. Primo!

8 months

Playtime
Where's the baby?

Hmmm... you're supposed to be sleeping!

Someone doesn't look very sleepy

Watching TV

Happy (Belated) Birthday Aunty Sachi

It's 3 days late... but HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNTY SACHI!

Hope you got our present that we only just mailed yesterday (hehe!). We miss you lots and can't wait to see you again xx

Happy Birthday Caleb

The amazing (and delicious!) birthday cake made by Molly

Isla loves her cousin Caleb

Yup - that's grounded... it's a try!

5th Sept... Isla turns 7months & Caleb turns 8!

Caleb turned 8 on 5th September. He celebrated with 25 friends at tenpin bowling & minigolf followed by a lunch at Burger King. After that, the family headed back to Molly & Mark's house to have a bbq & and a few drinks. Caleb got loads of cool presents & he had a super day. It was extra special cos Aunty Nina came from USA and Uncle Lima surprised us with a visit from Sydney!

On a sadder note...Poor Isla ended up in Starship Childrens Hospital the next day with a high fever & suspected bladder infection. She had a catheter inserted (ouch!) and fortunately it wasn't a bladder infection rather just a viral throat infection. She was really fussy & grumpy for a few days and is only just coming right now. Bit of a scare for us... but Isla seemed to take it all in her stride!

Where is Isla?

Peekaboo!

Where did she go?

The crucifix pose!

Isla has been swaddled since birth to help her sleep. Now that she is becoming more mobile we are trying to wean her off the swaddle... with some difficulty! We have tried pretty much everything books & experts have recommended. We tried one arm out, one arm swaddled - only to wake up the next morning to scratches & cuts all down one side of her head from her scratching all night! We finally decided to just go 'cold turkey' and have been putting her to sleep without any swaddle. It's taking a while for her to get used to having her arms free... which leads to some really funny poses! She's waking up more during the night but we'll persevere and hopefully she'll get the hang of it quickly!

Eating, Rolling & Sitting

Frozen fruity iceblocks... yum!

This is what happens when Daddy feeds me!

Mmmmm....

Isla is now 6 and a half months old... where has the time gone?

She has started eating solids - we noticed that she was gnawing her fingers after being fed and stuffing anything she could get her hands on into her mouth! So we tried her on some rice cereal and she gobbled it up! Since then we have tried apple, pear, pumpkin, carrot, kumara and now banana. I think Isla is a 'savoury' girl as she prefers veggies to fruit... altho now that her teeth are bothering her we give her frozen pieces of fruit puree and SHE LOVES IT! Fruity iceblocks - yum!

Isla is a real pro at rolling now... it is her preferred method of getting from A to B and she will often do multiple rolls at once! It was a bit of a shock to the system when I put her on the mat and went to the kitchen to get her food ready and when I came back she was over by the speakers! She will start crawling any day now... uh oh, time to 'baby proof' the house!