Ewwwwww Tecopa! You carried your placenta around? Don't tell me you kept it in the fridge??? Yuk-o-rama. I accidentally looked at the placenta in the birth suite (the midwife sais something while she was checking it) and that was gross enough for me.
Seirously though, the ceremony sounds good. It must be wonderful to have such good friends involved in raising your family. (And gunkle is hot. Why are the spunkiest guys always gay?)
Poppy had a few hellish days last week. This week things seem to have changed, although she does have her moments. I never thought I'd say this -- but the dummy is my new best friend. She really seems to enjoy it. She sucks it so vigorously and complains if she knocks it out of her mouth. Did you have a look at that link to the happy baby website that someone else posted? The shushing worked well when Poppy was getting upset over nothing. DP was quite loud. I would never have tried it that loudly if I hadn't seen it work for him.
Oh, and the pics of Tess and Elliot are just adorable. They've both changed so much in the past few weeks, haven't they?
Heather, all three of your kids have a cheeky look. I bet you have a lot of fun together.
Hi Shades, I had that "only sleeping when held" thing for a while. Thankfully she seems to have grown out of it. I wonder if it was something to do with wind. Last week Poppy was quite wiggly and this week she seems a lot calmer. Maybe it's just part of getting used to being on the outside. I hope your baby settled soon.
PBR - how's things? Are you going to post some of your photos? I would love to get some professional (Ann Geddes type) photos taken while Poppy still has the froggy curl but I just don't know when I will get paid again so I really have to watch the pennies.
Hi to everyone else.
As for us... Poppy seems to be a lot more settled this week. I am still so much happier to be out of pain. It was very tiring.
I think Poppy is set for a political career. She is already making speeches about the indignity of being offered a dummy when she ordered milk. She spends quite a while going "ahm ahm ahm" which roughly translates to "I ordered milk. This is not milk. What is wrong with the service around here. What's the point of being ruler of everything if I can't get milk when I want it? I tell you if I could sack you incompetent people I would."
Heather, it looks like Tess's hair has grown a bit. Poppy's has too but it's growing straight up in the air. She looks like a toothbrush!
We're supposed to be going to Brisbane today for a few nights in a b&b. I'll upload some pics while I wait for DP to finish watering the garden. So they should be here in a few minutes: Picasa Web Albums - GoingtobebiginAsia - Getting bigger