Too much

WOW! where does the time go. I have been wanting to do a better job at updating this blog and especially keeping track of what the girls are up to. Obviously I have been doing a lousy job with both. I will try to hit some of the highlights, or lowlights!

October - One of the big issues that we have had to deal with is that I am suffering with postnatal depression. I was diagnosed in October last year and I am now much improved.
December - We had a great Christmas with my family. JA, Kristen and their boys as well as our family spent the holidays with my parents at their home. There was not much space and it took about 3 days to open all the gifts (I am not exaggerating!) We all hated to get back to our "normal" lives.

February - we celebrated David's birthday. We had a early celebration when we were, again, with my family so that David could attend a men's day. We had another small celebration at home on his birthday. Then at the end of February we were back with my family again as my Grandad turned 90! We had a great time together, as always.

This month we have been just as busy. The girls had a tummy bug and were vomiting, mostly over David! The washing machine was never empty and the whole house smelled of vomit and poop. I got a little bit of the bug as well but was not sick like the girls were. In the middle of the month we all got together in Aberdeen to not only celebrate my birthday and mothers day but an early celebration for my dad's birthday as well. After Church we went to the Homemade Hamburger restaurant for lunch (they were having a mothers eat free for mothers day). My dad had the great idea of the men taking the kids home for naps/quiet time and the 3 ladies got to look around the mall and have a coffee. Needless to say we had a blast and all got at least one new top. Then it was back to JA and Kristen's house were we had nibbles and birthday cake as well as presents. We got home and put the kids straight to bed, they were so tired.

Now that you have an idea of what we have been up to lets focus in on the girls.......

Abby is amazing! She is the best big sister in the world and loves to make her sister laugh. She helps me set the table for dinner and can get snacks for herself and Anna Jane if I ask her. She is also learning how to write letters and numbers and spends a great deal of her time doing this. Often times when I call her name I hear a sweet little reply from the other room "Yes, mama?". If I do something for her or even a few times after dinner she will often say "sanks mama". Other things that we are hearing a lot right now - "What were you saying just now?". When she is lying in her bed if she wants as to cuddle with her she says "come here you mama/dada" with laughter in her voice and arms outstretched. She loves to sing little songs and learns them so fast. At the moment the one that cracks us up is when see sings "IIIIII like you very much, IIIII like your style" but the style part is in a completely different key to the rest :)

Anna Jane is so sweet and loves her sister more than anyone else in the world. She is 9 months now! Over the last few months she has learned to sit by herself, she has her first tooth, she eats almost anything you give her and loves it when she gets to eat the same as her big sis. She loves to be on her feet and wants to be able to follow her sister everywhere, the unfortunate thing is that means we have to walk bent over with her hanging on our fingers. Her reflux is really settling down now and we are down to 1-2 breastfeeds a day. She sleeps pretty well most nights, about 11-12 hours, and her naps are okay but they can vary a lot in length. She goes into her cot awake and gets herself off to sleep. One of our issues is trying to deal with her extremely short temper! She loves music/noise and can bust a move when the mood takes her.

That is all for now as it is late, late, late! I will post pictures of the last few months soon. Here is one to make sure you come back for more....