6 months old

 Last week marked Lulu's 6 month birthday.

Wow, how time flies.

Here is where our little sweet cheeks is at - 

She has started rolling from back to front, almost immediately after you put her down she rolls over.

She has started solids as of last week - actually the day she turned 6 months!

Lucy just love love loves to be held and snuggled - she adores being kissed and the centre of our attention

She is a quiet and more serious baby so far, she will throw out lots big gummy smiles, but is a little more reserved with her giggles - we really have to work for them.

She is very strong 

She loves the bath and splashes and thrashes about for a good 20 minutes every night - sometimes with her sister and brother in the bath too!

She loves to make sounds and gurgle that sweet baby tune

She sleeps mostly through the night, but is lately waking for her dummy. We are doing the nightly walk through the house to pop the dummy back in 2-3 times a night at the moment.

She will normally sleep 7pm-7am

She loves being read to before bed - part of our bed time ritual.

She loves lying in the playroom watching Holly and Harry.

She is fully formula fed now :( - as of 6 months.

She is much more aware of people and well and truly knows the sound of my voice above a crowd.

She is a gorgeous little placid girl who barely cries and is happy to be carted around where ever we go without a fuss.

We love you SO much Lucy xx

Buon Appetito!

 Lucys very first mouth full of food!

Lulu is eating, but not really all that interested.  She started a week ago and is having one meal a day. We started on rice cereal and have moved onto pumpkin, sweet potato and apple.

I think she will take a bit longer to warm up to the whole eating thing.

Holly and Harry were the first to feed her. They were so excited to feed her, and they did a stella job!

Lucy 5 months old

Happy 5 months Lulu!

Time has just flown and it feel like little Lulu is not a little fragile baby any more. She is sitting up in the bumbo, jumping around in the jolly jumper and chatting all day long!  She is seriously the most easy going baby, she barely cries and just loves watching Holly and Harry.  She sleeps like a baby (ha ha!), 7pm-7am, lately she will wake in the night with her head jammed up against the cot rail, she spins around in her sleep and wakes herself up when she hits the edge! When I pick more her back to the middle, she doesn't even flinch and is asleep with in minutes. She is such a beautiful baby and I could kiss and stare at her all day long ... if only I had the time!  She rolled for the first time the other day, from back to front. She smiles and laughs and is just perfect xx

 Its funny on how everyone has an opinion on who your children look like.

However this close up could very easily be Harry.  I see a lot of Harry in Lucy now.  She looked a lot like Holly when she was born. I also think she is a lot like Katie as a baby and Mia?

Genetics are an amazing thing!

 On the bottle and almost off the boob ... how sad.

 Our little baby doll being wheeled around the house!

 Could be twins! Leopard and Lucy.

Did I ever mention how glad I am that I never had twins?

 loving that Jolly Jumper. Its such a good spot for it too. The doorway between the kitchen and playroom.

Lucy developed a strawberry spot when she was around 2 weeks old. From what we have been told and read up on, they seem to grow and then disappear around the age of two. I think its kind of cute.

Ready Steady Go!

 Harry had his first lesson at Ready Steady Go on Wednesday.  It is an indoor sports program that focuses on a different sport each week.  We were lucky enough to secure a spot in the 3-4 year old group (so I could look after Lucy and not go in with him) and he was a little star!  He listened intently to every word his teacher (Dawn) said and followed all instructions perfectly.  He loved it! They did soccer and he had a ball!

Swimming milestone

 Harry has just graduated to the next level in swimming! The kids are usually held back and encouraged to swim with a parent until 3, however they moved him up this week.  He was a champion! Absolutely no problems at all, and if i do say so myself (not bias at all!) he was probably better than the other 2 3+ year olds in his class. Proud? Very much!

Lucy 4 months

 Miss Lucy is now 4 months old.

She is such an inquisitive little girl, always watching us and following us all with her eyes. She seems to take everything in.  She loves to be read to which I have only just started doing.  She has the biggest gummiest grin, and when she flashes that smile it makes the sleepless nights all worthwhile.  She is actually sleeping pretty well, she seems to sleep 12 hours for 3 or 4 nights then for the next few nights will wake at 3.

She gurgles and goo's and gaa's and giggles.  The other day at her 4 month injections the nurse was trying to administer the oral medication (part of the immunization) and she had trouble giving it to her and she was giggling so much it kept coming out. Poor little munchkin had no idea what was coming next - I swear she would have sworn at me if she had of know the words!

Holly has mastered - NO TRAINING WHEELS!!!

 A few weeks ago Hol asked us to take off her training wheels, she was so determind to ride that bike by herself.  She went outside just about everyday and tried and tried and then last week, it just clicked! It was so funny, she caught herself riding alone after about 2 laps of the deck and started laughing and cheering "I'M DOING IT!!!!" We couldn't have been prouder of her, and either could she!
Oh and when I say mastered, she rode all the way to Harrys kindy and back yesterday! 1 hour and 45 minute return trip!

Our daughters .... at the same age

Lucy - 3 months old

 Our teeny tiny little girl is 3 months old already! She is not so teeny tiny any more - she has just hit 5kgs. She is out of newborn nappies and had a growth spurt.  According to the health nurse she is "long and lean".  Her stats are almost identical to Holly's at the same age.

Lucy is just an angel. She is the most gorgeous baby and is still smothered with kisses and cuddles from all of us.

She is smiling a lot now and will smile on cue when you ask her. She is so placid and we can already tell has a very soft nature.  She slept through the night 7-7 at 12 weeks for 4 nights in a row, however has woken for a 3am feed for the past 3 nights??? Fingers crosses she remembers how to do it again real soon!  Lulu is so easy going - she barely cries and just loves to be held and talked too.  She is getting quite good at talking back to us now to and goo's and gaa's when we chat to her.

We love you Luce - Happy 3 months xx

HARRY! two and eight months

 Our little man at 2 and 8 months, where did the time go??

The most delicious boy in the "whole wide world" (this is Harrys favourite saying at the moment! Everything is the Best or his Favourite "in the whole wide world"

 This is a terrible iphone photo (even for an iphone!) but last week Harry took to putting on empty glasses everytime he picked up a book!!!

At St Kilda Fest on Sunday - Chillin watching a band (the Kazoos! - not exactly what Mum and Dad had in mind when they were heading to the festival!)

First day at Billanook - Pre Prep

 Our beautiful Holly had her first day at Billanook College on Wednesday.  She has started pre prep there and will be going 3 days a week 8.45 - 3pm. 

She was SO excited and had "so much fun!".  She happily waved goodbye and gave both Harry, Lucy and I a kiss and hug and walked off and sat on the mat with the other kids.  When I picked her up, she talked the whole way home (25 minutes!) and seemed like she had grown up by about 3 years!  She made a few friends on the first day and has had a ball every other day. 

She was telling me about something really funny that had happened in the sports class and said "it was SOOOO funny Mama, I totally laughed my hips out!!" I think she meant, laugh her head off!  Holly had the funniest way of mixing up sayings at the moment and Andrew and I are constantly laughing at what she comes out with.

Her Teacher is Miss Hollie, and at dinner time on her first day, she asked if she could change her name and spell it like Miss Hollies!  I think she is going to have a great year and be well and truly ready for Prep in 2013!