New Year and Week 14-15

Well the last 2 weeks we've been up north staying at Greg's parents farm. We had the first few days with Matt and Cris and have taken Madeline to the beach twice.. .and she's been asleep both times. She has been rolling from her back to her tummy now which makes sleep times interesting and that means we have to hold onto her until she nods off enough not to roll onto her tummy. if she rolls she gets stuck against the side of the porta cot and starts to call out for help... very cute but has interrupted a number of games of settlers ;o)

She has also taken to holding onto her toes this week so lots of things happening developmentally. Her feeding has been really sporadic this week and i have decided to just go with the flow a bit more. So we don't fight any more if she's not interested i just let her calm down and then try again. it was taking up to 2 hours to feed her but now i am managing to at least feed her every 4 to 4 1/2 hours which is a huge improvement... although no idea how her weight gain is going. She'll have to go back to the pead. when we get home.

Greg's played about 3 rounds of golf, been water skiing and is off out to fish tonight hopefully (weather permitting). He's also been putting in a new vanity in Grandma and Poppa's bathroom and has helped redo some flooring as well... so he's been pretty busy playing. I have read some Cuisine magazine finished some cross words and read a book so all in all quite a successful holiday really!

Also managed to play pool against Greg last night and he beat me 3-2 in our best of 5 competition... it was a very tightly contested match which is super surprising as normally I'm pretty hopeless but motherhood must make you a better pool player i think :o)

Cuddles with Aunty Cris

13 Pukeko eggs and a baby puke broken out of one - Shelley found in a bunch of salt rushes in a paddock
All smiles - enjoying grabbing hold of her toys and munching on them pretty hard!

Loving her holiday