Tummy time!

Here are some pics of Liam playing on his tummy ... he is getting very good at it!

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Immunisation time :(

Liam had three needles on Tuesday for his scheduled four-month-old vaccinations. The poor little lamb cried and cried and it took me a good ten minutes to calm him down. I've attached a picture of him after we got home ... as you can see it didn't take long for him to recover! I've also attached a pic of his tootsies because they're just so cute!

We went and had lunch with Zane and Brent yesterday on Park Road, which was lovely. And today I went into the city to take Liam to see Dr Beer. Busy busy! I think I will have to stay home tomorrow to catch up on my household chores.

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Exciting times

I've had one of those fabulous weeks where everything couldn't go any better if you planned it. It started with the Kylie concert on Saturday night (it was excellent), then lunch with Kerrie and Toby and afternoon tea with Kerryn at James Street on Monday, Mum's Group at Kalinga Park on Tuesday (pics attached), a visit from Jacki and Chae on Thursday, and morning tea with Kerryn and Rachel Allara and afternoon tea with Juanita today. So the week has flown by.

Zane went to day two of the Ashes at the 'Gabba today and is out for dinner tonight with Paul and Brent and three Pommy clients. Should be interesting! I've told him to at least try and be quiet when he gets in. Who knows what time that will be? So while he is out "working", I'm quietly at home racking up brownie points. Which will be needed over the next few weeks I'm sure!

Liam had his four month check-up yesterday. All is good. He is 7.8kg! A very healthy baby. He seems to be learning something new every day now and I am sure he is going to start rolling over any minute. He has become very communicative and looks intently at me whilst talking in his baby language. He must be telling me something very important because he takes it very seriously. He is still sleeping through the night, hurrah!

Here are the pics of mum's group this week. The bubs are Liam, Frederick, Lucas and Samuel.















Now this next picture will shock my Brisbane readers. But before you call the water police ... the water came from our neighbours who have to empty their 10,000 litre rainwater tank for repairs. They don't have a garden yet so we are the lucky recipients of the unwanted water!




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Birthday Celebrations at Romeos

On Monday night we had a family dinner at Romeo's Italian restaurant to celebrate Paul's 60th. It was an 11 course degustation menu -! I gave up after about course 7 but a faithful few bravely continued until the bitter (or should I say sweet) end - chocolate birthday cake.

Attached are a selection of the best pics of the night. The first one is of Jacki and Chae, the next is all the Scorpios in the room (L to R - Steve Pellegrino, Gianni, Genya, Lenny, Paul and Peter), next is "The Knight Girls" - Lorraine, me, Sarah and Jacki, and finally Mavis with Brent and Zane.

We took Liam along to join in the celebrations and he slept soundly in his pram all night. What a good boy he is! He is still sleeping through every night from 7am to 7pm.

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Liam being cute

I just had to share these pictures that I took of Liam on his playmat yesterday. He is just so unbearably cute sometimes!!!

There is also one taken of afternoon tea at Kerrie and Rick's house. The tea cosy doubled as a hat for Liam... very handy.

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Happy 60th Paul!

On Saturday night we attended a black tie function at Gianni's Portside in Hamilton to celebrate Zane's Dad's 60th birthday. A great time was had by all, especially Zane who didn't make it home until 4.30am!!!

Kerrie kindly volunteered for babysitting duties - I now owe her big time so am hoping she has a few functions coming up where I can return the favour. Kerrie assured me that Liam was a little angel while we were gone.

It was so nice getting all dressed up for a change and getting out of my frumpy mummy clothes! Zane looked very handsome in his tux.

I've attached some pics of our night out, together with some recent ones of Liam.

Oh and in breaking news - Liam is now picking things up!!! Of course everything he manages to grab on to goes straight in his gob. He is having a great time exploring new tastes and textures.

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Weekend at Jason & Juanita's

Liam had his first look at the ocean on the weekend when we went up to stay with Jason and Juanita at their new home in Buddina Beach (near Kawana). We had a fabulous time and their place is only a 2 minute walk to the beach. Alex is six months old now and a real little character. You cannot wipe the grin off his face!

On Saturday night Glenn & Stacey came over for dinner with their kids Ella (3) and Georgia (6 months). Georgia weighs less than Liam ... he's a very bonny baby.

Liam has now slept through for the last four nights - including our stay at J&J's - so I think we have a breakthrough - hallelujah!!!!

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Pics are now attached

Liam's venture into the secret world of men

On Sunday, Zane and Liam enjoyed an all-important male-bonding activity - cooking on the barbie. Rick and Kerrie kindly provided the snags and bbq on their new deck, which is totally fabulous. Liam had a great time inspecting the flurry of activity around him from his bugaboo.

On Tuesday morning we went to a morning tea at Roma St parklands with the mother's group and a whole lot of other mums and bubs that I hadn't met before. The weather was beautiful and it was very pleasant. When I left the morning tea I visited the public toilets and was just strolling off with Liam in tow when two Japanese tourists kindly informed me that I had my skirt tucked into the back of my knickers! Mental note - never leave a public toilet without checking your behind. It's a good thing that I am already used to experiencing complete humiliation and loss of dignity, having given birth.

After my cheeks stopped burning, I hopped in the car and went to Sisco, the cafe owned and run by our family friends Vicki and Kelly Jones. It's on Boundary St, Spring Hill, just across the road from the Cheers pub. The food is delicious and the coffee is fab. Please visit! They have just opened for Saturday brekky as well from 8am to 2pm. So tell all your friends.

Next stop was Qld Ambulance, where I had the capsule taken out of the car and Chloe & Katie's car seat installed. A momentous occasion! Liam LOVES his new seat.

In other exciting developments, we are trialling a new regime for Liam developed by Tizzie Hall. Kate, a girl from mother's group, told me about it. Well after our first day and night on the "Tizzie Regime" (it's very strict), Liam went to bed at 7.30pm and didn't wake up until 6.45 this morning!!!!! Pop the champers corks, there is light at the end of the tunnel! Hail Queen Tizzie!

PS - I've attached pics of the bbq, Liam before the morning tea, and Liam in his Jolly Jumper (which he loves).

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