Cass, yay on the bargains on the clothes and stuff for Oskar. Never heard about the kids and baby markets here in Syd - I might have to look out for them too.. The smile picture is gorgeous! What a cute little guy he is.

Sarah, yay on finishing your assignment! how do you find the time!

JoMarie, the smiles are soooo beautiful. i still get so excited everytime I see Claire smile! I hope Nics reflux settles down - poor little thing. Must be so frustrating for them.

Cass blob, wow how scary re the car incident. Cant believe the other car didnt even stop - what a jerk! Glad to know you two are ok though.

Sonia, i am not so sure about going back to work either, but I told my colleagues I want to, lol. Hunter valley was nice - but soooo cold! Much colder than I expected and I didnt bring enough warm clothes! Claire was so cranky though! I have been feeling off lately, but i think for me, the reason is that I am so tired and dehydrated. My skin looks terrible at the moment.

Claire had such a big weekend. First, a two hour car trip to hubbys parents, then when we got there everyone wanted to cuddle even though she was cranky and tired - I think I was as cranky as her because she was getting passed around lots. Then we went out to do some family photo thing ... Claire wasnt interested at all, and was way more interested in my boob than having her photo taken, so we are not in many of the photos. I seriously thought the photographer was going to photograph her on my boob though. She then tells me to take Claire off my boob so the rest of the photos can be done!! OMG lady, do you have kids at all?? You'd be anoyed if I took you away from your lunch half way through and made you pose for photos... plus she's only 8 weeks old. btw the portaits weren't my idea. Anyway, poor thing - the camera just got her more worked up and people just kept passing her around and all she wanted was to cuddle with me or her daddy. Then we were back in the car another two times before we went out to the restaurant for hubbys mums birthday. There was 70 people there and soooo much noise and it was quite cold.... poor Claire, she had definately had enough by that stage and just cried the entire time. I ended up spending like an hour out in the car feeding and cuddling her to sleep. I dont blame her - I'd have been as cranky as her too!
I ended up having her in the bed with me last night because it was so cold, so we co-slept all night. It was sooooo nice actually, I really enjoyed it, but hubby wont let me do it. He is so scared of her rolling out of bed or him squashing her because he's a biggish guy and a heavy sleeper. She was then cranky on the way home this afternoon so we stopped on the freeway and moved all the stuff fro the back seat to the front so I could sit next to Claire, and she fell asleep almost immediately. Just wanted compnay I suppose.

ok wow I just rambled on so much there. I dont want more weekends like that - you can expect such a little baby to co-operate like that! Hoping that she'll have a good sleep tonight.

sooo tired, need to eat, then have a nice long sleep i think. Maybe a bath as well.

take care!