hi girls!!

sorry have been MIA we have been super duper busy and then the last couple of days have been stressful with the cyclone and all that jazz (my mum is up in townsville). but i am back in action lol!

Cherished: it sounds like such a difficult and tumultous time. i am with you on feeling really wrecked emotionally when you dont know where you are going to be or what you are going to be doing. it really does build up alot of pressure xx try to be really gentle on yourselves and dont feel that you all need to make any hard and fast decisions right now about your family...things are just too stressful to make good and informed decisions IYKWIM. you and DH will reconnect again. stress is a mega mojo killer and is insidious as it makes everyone extra tired and cranky, but remember it is not a sign of how things are ITMS, you guys will get through this, one thing that i have noticed over the last year and a bit is the connection that you and DH have. it will be strong enough

thanks for the info on the banana! i read up on it after you mentioned it (on BLS blogs etc) and it would seem that there are conflicting approaches (who da thought ). i guess what i will do is just monitor closely for now. i have mashed it up for her as well as she seems to like it...it's just that she really prefers to hold a slice lol.

MamaS: oh man! to be left hanging like that!! do you have any plans for after the redundancy...any plan B? the family daycare does sound lovely...if you think it could work, i would opt for that! smaller numbers and all that jazz. of course, being a friend though it will take some consideration as you dont want to find yourself in a situation where you might not be able to feel like you can say no/complain etc etc. BUT family daycare just sounds soooo lovely...

HPL: are ya UTD lol??!!

AFM: well as i mentioned we have been so busy. had a lovely daytrip to ocean grove to swim at the beach. marta loved the swim! she "oohhhhed" and "aahhhhhed" everytime the waves washed over her legs and feet and she kicked like crazy lol. although the sand eating was *interesting* lol.
i am riding on a high lately too as Marta has had 2 nights in a row of sleeping through . in shock lol. no doubt it is a passing phase, but i have been enjoying it lol.
she also enjoyed our sushi night out the other night. she only had a bit of rice and a cucumber stick to munch on but she loves it! i think what she likes is hanging out with us at the table and "sharing" lol!

thought i would share a pic of here in her highchair loving up the food: Marta pics!

(ok, being a mama i couldnt choose one...so ya'll have got dumped with them all )