Hello lovelies,

Shell, both your girls are beautiful! I wish I had more pics of me and Claire. They all seem to be of just Claire or Claire and DH.

Sarah, yah I can see how the FDC lady had some difficulties with her circumstances. I'm sure you are doing a great job with your son - there are intervention/help/support programs out there and they really can be so helpful. Friends of ours have a 4 y.o boy with Aspergers and since using the intervention thingo he has come such a long way. and yeah some of the names they give these 'disorders' sound a bit yukky dont they. I got into uni to study nursing. I'm planning on studying part time to begin with, and I am really looking forward to starting. Just waiting for my enrolment package to arrive so I can choose my subjects. Yay! I'm sure Ari will get settled into daycare. Youve got a couple more weeks till school/work starts again for you, right?

Mel, congrats to your friend! We have a pram that folds down really small although not an umbrella style. Its more like a flat rectangle and we just chuck it on the back seat in the car when we got out.

Cass good on you for being so environmentally conscious! (sorry I probably soelt that wrong, but I hope you know what i mean) How cute about the litle girl in the supermarket.

just thought I'd give an update about my silly workplace! :
My boss rang me today at home and basically told me that he is not willing to let me work part time as it will be bad for the compnay. Its silly though. My job before I went on maternity leave was administration assistant and I used to type up all the insurance policy documents (its an insurance company). Anyway, they have absolutely nobody doing it now so they are very behind and have heaps that need doing. For some reason they think its better for them if they go out and recruit someone else, spend time training them (putting them even further behind, and getting another person behind in their work because they have to take time away to train the newbie) rather than having me back part time. I'm confident that I wont need to be retrained (the job is such a no -brainer, its just that you have to learn the computer system) and with me being there they wont be so behind. I dont get their logic!!

Other than that I am loving how much Claire is learning and changing every day now. The other day she took 2 steps!! Then she fell over into daddys arms. She'll take more steps if we hold her hands. She loves it and laughs like crazy when she tries to walk. I went to see the ECHN as she asked me to come in and talk to her about something, and then she kept on telling me that I must be so proud and happy to have such a lovely happy baby. I was thinking geez there must be lots of shockers tht come to see her! Apparently Claire is at the bottom of the scale for weight and height, and in the middle for head size. I always thought she still had the big head small body look. Its not hugely big, but its more noticeble when she is naked (eg in the bath). I guess she just takes after her big head daddy!

I've just discovered a new food Claire absolutely loves. Rockmelon! I cut a slice for her and she will grab it off me and munch on it. She loves it.