Apologies again....

Not entirely sure why my run of keeping this blog updated has slowed down, but you can rest assured that I will be making more of an effort.

Things have been pretty busy this month. We had Martin and Andrea with us for a few days at the beginning of the month, before they set off on their honeymoon to Cairns, Sydney and then onto New Zealand. It was nice to see them both.

Matthew has had his appointment with the allergy specialist in Brisbane and he has confirmed that Matthew has a pretty severe allergy to peanuts and all tree nuts and also raw egg. He said that we don't need an epipen just yet but will go back to see him in 2 years time for a retest and then take it from there. Matthew was very very brave and didn't complain once, bless him. Dad came with us, so we headed into the city for a YumCha lunch. It was fantastic and Matthew even had a go with chopsticks.

Mum and Dad are now having Matthew and Sophie on a Friday so I get a day to catchup on jobs and hopefully, at some point, take it easy. It's nice to be able to get around a little quicker although I do miss not having them around with me!

It was Dave's birthday on the 10th and he and I went out for a meal with Chris and Judy. There is a lovely restaurant called the Boat Shed which is right on the Maroochy River in Cotton Tree. Lovely. The food was fantastic and it was nice to out for dinner with friends and no children!

The children are doing really well with their swimming. Sophie is completely relaxed in the water now and Ron, the teacher, no lets go of her to see if she'll get herself up to the surface. Matthew is a little fish and you can't turn your back on him for a second. He's constantly jumping or pushing himself off the side. Ron has said that he should be swimming by himself by Christmas.

As well as crawling all over the place, Sophie is now standing herself up, both in her cot and in the bath! It seems that she is pretty eager to get out there and chase after her brother. She is now sitting herself up too. Both children are doing really really well. Matthew is finding things a little easier to deal with now that he can communicate and is being lovely with Sophie. They now sit in the toy corner and will happily play together for 20/30 minutes before they get bored. Great for me!

I see Abi, Julia and Sue each week for our morning tea. The children are all getting on really well and don't need too much attention from us which is great and means we usually get an hour or so of gossip before we have to deal with them again!

Matthew and Jett, next door, play with each other pretty much every day, either this side of the fence or Lisa and Andrew's. They play really well and it's nice to see them growing up together. Lisa and I try to get out for a walk in the mornings, which is great for us to catch up on the gossip and the boys to check out what each other has for munchies for the journey! Lisa and I are already discussing our next weekend escape. Feels like it's been months since we went away for our long weekend.

Justine has emailed to say that she is coming over for a very short visit at the end of November for a couple of weeks. It'll be lovely to see her. Frank and Heidi will be with us for Christmas which will be great. Lots of children running around the garden and drinking partners for the grown ups. I think Mum and Dad can expect to be on baby sitting duties for a few weeks!!!!

Matthew with his mate Jett (Andrew and Lisa's son) Sophie with Sam (Judy and Chris' son) Sophie looking very happy after eating her first English ruskSophie having a comfortable(!) napMatthew helping his Daddy lower Sophie's cotSophie in the ball pit Matthew at the playground in Mooloolaba Sophie discovered the tunnel!