Your little Quirks

Bubba G, you are becoming your own little person even at the age of seven weeks. 

You absolutely and truly love to be swaddled (in your straight jacket as Daddy says) and you refuse to get to sleep unless you are tightly wrapped.  This of course does make it a bit hard when your Mama takes you out to the shops and you are in the pram un swaddled.  I've tried to introduce you to the world of the Baby Bjorn and so far you are not sure of what to make of it.  We need to get you in it everyday for at least 5 or 10 minutes so that you can get a bit more used to it, otherwise going on a plane with you is going to be extremely stressful! 

You are slowly entering the "cat napping" stage as you are starting to wake up mid sleeping time, but hopefully our routine will continue and this is just a phase (fingers crossed!).  You do however give us the biggest yawns ever! I think you are like me in this regard as I love to sleep and I too yawn like a trooper. 

poos....ok you are doing some great poos of late! no explosive ones yet but I can always tell when you are going to do one because you scrunch your body and go red in the face and make funny noises as you poo your little heart out, love these moments (until you poo on me then we will see!)

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iphone baby?

I think I need to buy bubba G this little onesie....poor kid is going to grow up with an iphone camera shoved in her face.  But what is one to do when the grandparents are not in the same city :(

Happy Australia Day!

Daddy, Bubba G and I headed to the botanical gardens today to celebrate Australia day with friends.  We had a great afternoon with friends, lots of prams, kids, food and drink.  It was very Australian with lamingtons and anzac biscuits. 

It was also Bubba G's first picnic in the park :)

Hellooooo Mothers Group

Now I don't want to get too excited (but secretly I am) but I have joined a mother's group in my local area and I love it! For those who don't know, in Australia the local council organises for first time mum's in the local area to meet and get to know each other through a structured six week program.  Yesterday I attended the second meeting and it was great.  All us mum's are bonding over prams, crying babies and routines and its great to know that most of us are in a similar boat and our little ones are very close in age. 

A few of us were talking at the start of the session and mentioning that we didn't want to be the "first mum to have a crying baby during the session"....well...as I knew it Bubba G was unsettled for about an hour and Mama had to walk around the hall rocking and trying to entertain the little one while the nurse was giving us a talk about settling babies...mmm..oops wasn't able to listen to that one. But my little one just wanted Mama to give her cuddles and just hold her because within half hour my gorgeous princess was asleep in my shoulders and I was able to to continue to enjoy the company of the mum's and bubs.

Bubba G and I look forward to Thursday afternoons where we can do some socialising with the local mums and bubs, and we are both hoping that we can start to bond with a few of them so we can meet up with them regularly and go for walks around the park and have coffee (the coffee is for me of course)

Our first smile!

Its taken me a while to load this video on the blog but alas here it is....Bubba G smiling to the camera.  Poor thing will grow up with an iphone camera on her face...La Mama is constantly taking videos and photos.

Daddy and I have watched this video what feels like a thousand times and we never get sick of it!

Terms of Endearment

As I walked the streets of Yarraville this morning with my soy cappuccino in hand I was thinking of all the names I call Bubba G. Best I note them on the blog before she gets too old and won't let me call her:

Baby Cakes
Mi amor
Mi nina linda
my princess/princessa
Sweetness
My little sweet

The look of an angel

Are these not the most beautiful pictures? I've had them on my iphone and thought I better capture them on the blog.  My little princess is just adorable and we are falling more and more in love with her each day!