Hi!

Just been reading 5 pages of messages catching up!

Leasha - so sorry about your mastitis Massaging the sore area in the shower helped me but mainly just needed 24 hours of antibiotics to start feeling better *hugs*

squidipa - glad the nipple shields are helping! Give Josh some time and I'm sure all that extra food will be going to good use!

Vic - yay for N's weight gain!

thepixie - glad you had a great trip! Jealous of the hot weather and you going swimming

So we (DH, E and I) made an unexpected trip to Wellington by plane and came back last night. Our friend's almost 3 year old daughter has been fighting cancer and was almost officially in remission but it came back with a vengeance and was given only a few days to live They moved up her 3rd birthday to Saturday and had THE biggest party ever for it. Was much better flying down for her party than for her funeral so we made a quick decision to go. You can read about it here if you want: kyahsjourney The party made the front page of the Sunday paper.

E was FANTASTIC on the plane - slept the entire way down and almost the entire trip up. We hired a car with a carseat and took his bed (a portacot) and stroller with us. I uploaded a pic of us on the plane here