Katie - oh poor you. I can imagine it must be heart breaking. my mom always says, she hopes she is dead when we move back to Oz (great emotional blackmail, huh?). But I know what she means... Wolf and Zara really love her and she has seen them both from birth. At the same time I know it's hard for MIL that we are in Europe and they only get to see the kids 2-3 times a year (well, still that's pretty good for such a long distance). I actually think if you add it up, MIL sees the kids more than my own parents, because my parents only come for a few days, or we drive up for a long weekend or so, whereas we are here now for 7 weeks and they came for like 5 weeks at xmas (FIL even for 7 weeks)
But it is hard.
It's funny, when I was younger, I never thought twice about having an international relationship.. didn't see any problems with me living overseas etc. But when you have kids, things change. And grandparents love their grandkids so much (well, in most cases at least) and it all gets so complicated.
Lara - I hope Mylo will sleep better soon. It's so tyring with a newborn who wakes so often at night. (oh kinda dreading that phase... though I love the newborn phase in general... just not the broken nights)
Me - all good. Zara is a stubborn little monkey as usual. You should have seen the tantrums she has thrown her. Bashed me up with a thong in Warringah Mall the other day. People were staring at this little monster, who was SCREAMING and rolling on the floor. I was just laughing (what else can you do.. cry maybe...)
She is definitely speaking more and more. When I ask her where Papa is she says "Papa go away in a car" (cause that's the last she saw of him - he of course took a plane to London but we didn't all go to the airport)
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