A late update

Well I can't quite believe that it is Friday already!

Last weekend was fairly quite, the weather was not particularly nice so we decided not to go out anywhere. We caught up on house work and shopping on Saturday and on Sunday we went over to Dave's manager's house for drinks. It was nice to be able to put faces to all the names I've heard over the last 7 months or so. Christian, Dave's manager, lives on 10 acres and has horses, chickens, ducks, and dogs. Needless to say Matthew was in his element and was entertained most of the day by Christian's daughter, Anna, who's 12.

This week has been quite busy. On Monday, Matthew, Sophie, and I went over to Abi's for morning tea. Sue was there with her daughter India, and Julia, with her son Josh. I don't know if I've mentioned this but I met Julia at the playgroup I take Matthew to on a Thursday. We got chatting and discovered that we had both lived in Northampton, a strange enough coincidence. I spoke to Julia a few days later and it turned out that she is best friends with Martin's (Davies) sister! We were both absolutely amazed that I'd come half way around the world only to meet someone with such a close connection!!

Anyway, Tuesday was the children's swimming lesson. Matthew is doing really well and should be swimming on his own within the next couple of months. Sophie absolutely loved the pool and had a great time. She went under the water a couple of times and didn't seem too phased! I'll take some pictures next week and post them. Wednesday, Matthew had the day with Mum and Dad and I tried to get some chores done, although Sophie wasn't being too compliant. Thursday we had playgroup in the morning and then I took Matthew and Sophie to the little playground that is around the corner from us. Matthew has now discovered the joys of climbing! By the time we left (after an hour) he was completely grubby having tried to rearrange all the bark chippings that they have around the equipment. Such a boy. We met the girls from Sophies post natal group in Noosa for a walk this morning. Absolutely beautiful. I had to pass on lunch as both my monsters weren't having any of it!

Dave has had a pretty busy week at work and has been in early a few days. At least it's keeping him out of trouble. He is still managing to wear his shorts to work even though it is quite chilly in the mornings.

Matthew is doing really well and his skin is getting used to the dry winter weather. He has his 'terrible twos' moments every now and again, but we're trying to be united in our approach and it seems to be working so far. His vocabulary is getting better, but he'll spend five minutes deep in jibberish coversation with me expecting some kind of response. It is funny trying to figure out what he is trying to say. As you can imagine he knows how to say water, beer, more, biscuit and pie, amongst other things!!!

Sophie has started to roll around and is definitely getting frustrated at not being able to move. She follows Matthew around the room and all I can say is God help us when the two of them are running around! I think she has started teething and is definitely getting hungrier. I've started to introduce a couple of formula feeds during the day and she can't drink them quick enough!

Both children are wonderful and I'm really enjoying being with them. I do have days when neither of them are very willing to settle and spend most of the day grizzling. Needless to say as soon as Dave gets home from work they are both full of giggles and gurgles for him!