hi all

Just jumping on to say a quick hello should be ironing for the trip but hey this is much more fun!

Art you are not wrong with the obsession with animals. Sam just follows our dogs every move that he can see and reaches out to touch him when he comes near. He just laughs and laughs when the dog does something silly. The dog is very good with him and likes giving him little licks. I am sure the dog is hanging out for when we take the next step on solids when he will be required to help clean up! Well done Miss A with regards to solids. Hope she continues to like everything you are giving her.

Easha congrats on Jaida liking and taking to solids. BLS must be so like breast feeding with not knowing how much they are actually taking. Glad to hear you are both being social butterlfys!

Taurean hope things are good with you and that you have recovered from the storm. Bummer about the cars so hope it won't cost too much to repair.

Kelly keeping my fingers crossed for you regarding the non wrapping. Sounds like you are slowly but surely getting there. Sam was great with getting used to it really quickly. The Merino sleep sack sounds lovely and cuddly. And I hadn't heard about the mittens before. Guess our weather has been pretty warm here so we haven't had to worry about cold. We put air con into his room (yes I know very spoilt baby) so even when it is very hot or cold we can keep temp the same. I know what you mean about some feeds being more snack like. If I count every time I offer Sam is probably still taking six feeds most days. Maybe even 7 on some. Guess this could be put down to six month growth spurt though? I am trying now to stretch him out inbetween his feeds to see if he will feed better though little tyke still doesn't really like to let you know if he is hungry or not. Oh and he obviously gave up on the early morning idea as has now gone back to waking at somthing with a 7 in it.

Sangi and Sanchez hope you and bubs are both good. Anything exciting to talk about on your ends?

Nicola has your amber necklace arrived yet and is it doing any good.

AFU. Well only two days to go now. Frantically trying to pack and make sure that I am thinking of everything we need. Hopefully little Sambo will like the plane and will be a good little boy and sleep lots for us. Everyone at home is very excited about the trip but I don't think that either my husband or myself feature in any of their excitement. Its all about Sam but I guess I might as well get used to that - will be that way for the rest of our lives!

Will have some access when i'm away but not as much so hope you and your bubs keep good and look forward to catching up with you all on our return.