| I'm thoroughly enjoying Egg. I think third time around is easier because there are less shocking surprises! Sleepless nights are tough, but the random babble in the middle of the night can be very amusing! How many times Steve and I have frantically searched the bed for the baby, I've lost count! She's always in her bassinet of course, but that rational realisation rarely comes to fruition for at least a panicky 10 minutes! We're now in colic time. I remember pacing the hall in tears with Moons, demanding a cure from the Dr with Pip, but this time around its mostly a bit annoying - I'm trying to listen to the news! And I know it'll only last for another couple of months at the moment its coming like clockwork, from 5pm - 8pm. Its not all Johnsons baby lotion and little jackets with rabbit ears though. I do get tearful sometimes and right now my nipples feel like they've been done over with sandpaper. My left one actually bleeds! I've taken to pumping now, its far healthier to scream obscenities at Avent, then at poor little Egg's hungry head! We have a new live in, another Austrian girl. She doesn't speak much English, but she's just incredible with the girls. They adore her. She's extremely active and so warm, I started to worry that people like that didn't exist. She's got a lot of experience (she's been a kindergarten teacher). We just love having her around. Its school holidays at the moment, so she's really been thrown in the deep end. We have arranged an afternoon Nanny though, just for this month, so the live in has more time to adjust to the time difference and its been demanding having to spend the day with a whole new language. I would love to have kept the older temp Nanny on as well because I really miss her. But she needs more hours then I can give her. This temporary afternoon Nanny is a bit of a nazi in comparison to the Austrian girl. The poor little dudes have quite a contrast! But for us its worked out extremely well because Pip has so many upcoming appointments this month. Its just a month, and then things will resume there normal course. Egg has been weighed, she's at 5kg's now (was born 4 weeks ago weighing 3.6kg)! Not bad for a breastfed baby! She's looking very stocky indeed! As is Sam, who is turning into a very good looking dog. I must remember to get some pictures on here of him. I have a court date of Oct 22. This is for me to appeal the infringement of the orange light. Something so petty I know, but I refuse to bend over and take it up the butty for some jumped up cop. If the Judge agrees with him, then I shall gracefully admit defeat. But its an impartial authority that needs to make that judgement. I've consulted with a lawyer and it seems it'll basically come down to how the Judge is feeling on the day. Even the Cop's subsequent mistakes with paperwork could do little to help my case. Ah well, we shall see. I will leave NZ knowing their tenancy laws and road traffic laws by heart!! I should be a lawyer myself! Steve's decided to lodge our application to Canada off his own back. We have consulted with a few immigration agencies, but unless they can guarantee our residency AND speed it up - which of course they can't, we might as well do the leg work ourselves and save ourselves a few grand. Egg's birth certificate has been returned - with no apology for the mistakes either, so it'll be time to get her passport first. I need it all lodged before the end of the year, so I know the clock has begun ticking away. I'm bored. I want to travel somewhere! |