we've gone all quiet again!

Not surprising given the stage our bubs are at - definitely keep us on our toes, huh?

Well, still a few weeks until we go to NZ. I am really looking forward to it, although it will be freezing! Hoping to get Zac's sleeping sorted out before we go too, because at the moment it's very anti-social. We are back to him not being able to get to sleep without high levels of intervention - if he's exhausted he will fall asleep on a feed, but otherwise I need to lie down with him, rock him, etc etc. Some nights he's like the blasted duracell bunny - just keeps going and going! We've had 9pm and 10pm several times, and he's been awake for 5+ hours... He has also been sleeping most of the night (ie from about midnight onwards) with me, which wouldn't be so bad, but some nights he's very restless, and then last night he fell out of bed god I felt so awful. He must have been asleep and very relaxed - he got a fright when he hit the floor, but as soon as I picked him up he pretty much went straight back to sleep!

Poor wee man had a tough day yesterday - doing a lot of adventuring, like all our babies are, and DH wasn't quite quick enough and Zac fell head first off the sofa. Got a big bump on his head, a grazed cheek, and a bit of a bleeding nose. But, how good is Arnica??? You can barely see a bruise today! So DH feels awful, I feel bad... Zac is still rampaging around ;-)

I suppose there will be plenty more bumps and falls to come...

re first birthdays - well, obviously we are heading to NZ, but that will be a very small little celebration - just us, the grandparents, and my sister. We'll have another little one here for DH's sister plus a very close friend. The biggest thing is that our mothers' group is having a combined first birthday party - we're holding it at our community centre, so the babies can play in the playgroup room. We're having a Kris Kringle type of present exchange. Should be great fun and completely chaotic!

Well, that's probably enough of a brain dump from me I hope everyone is doing well.