I wanted to wish all our bubba's very happy birthdays! It's so hard to believe that they're toddlers now isn't it... The last year has just flown by!

Sarah I'm so glad to hear Corey had such a lovely day! I couldn't help but think of you guys because I remember we both shared 1 July as our due dates.

Heva it sounds like Isaac had a lovely time at swimming! It's so much fun isn't it, mind you yours does sound a little pricey FWIW, ours is only $10 per week, mind you it is a direct debit arrangement so we pay all year round but we can use the pool at any time. You're right about the 1 year old mollars, Ash has got his coming through at the moment, they take forever to cut through and he is super drooly!

Storm I'm glad to hear you and Hayley had such a lovely time away.

Well we have had a big couple of weeks around here. We had Ash's birthday party last weekend. We just had family around, but it was lots of fun. We splashed out and got him this very cool train cake. He was so excited blowing the candles out, but then got hysterical when I took it away and started cutting it up. I think he thought it was a toy LOL!

He also started childcare this week. We did an hour of orientation one day and then he had a half day the next day. He was fine when I left, but then they called me a couple of hours to say they thought we should cut it short because he had woken up from his nap very upset and they hadn't been able to cheer him up Apparently he was fine before he had his nap and went to sleep without a problem, so I guess that is something. But he was terribly upset when I got there and it took me a good 5 minutes to calm him down.

When I got him home I thought he was a little warm and checked his temp and it was around 37.5, but I figured he was probably just getting a cold cos half the bubs in his group had snotty noses. By the next morning his temp was up to 39 and he was hysterical, so I managed to get straight into the doctors and it turns out the poor thing has an ear infection. I feel so horrible for leaving him at childcare when he must've been starting to feel miserable.

So, the last couple of days (and nights) have been pretty tough. He's been in a lot of pain and we've been having to give him panadol and nurofen to keep him comfortable, but this afternoon he did seem to be perking up a little bit... Hopefully he'll ( and we'll) get a good nights sleep tonight and be feeling much better tomorrow. I'm really hoping to go into the childcare centre for a play a couple of times this week before he does his next half day so he can get a bit more comfortable with it iykwim?

Anyway, I think I've rambled on enough for tonight. Hope everyone is well and enjoying seeing their LO's turn one (so exciting!)