Our beautiful daughter...

A photo of Addi. Just because...

Addi rolls! 5.28kg at almost 16 weeks

Today Addi rolled over from her front to back! Interesting to note she achieved this a full nine days earlier than both the boys - how clever!

She is now 5.28kg and is well on the way to doubling her birth weight at four months (an important indicator of a healthy growth rate)...

What's not so good, is that she has decided to stop sleeping through the night. So for the last few nights we have had a pretty bad run, resulting in tired and cranky days...

In other news, Nan and Grandad visited and we had a lovely time; unfortunately they each caught a cold and felt miserable towards the end of their visit!

Lincoln has started AFL and joined a team with some of his friends from school; one match down and so far he loves it. Both boys are still doing Martial Arts, but we're not sure they're as enthusiastic as they were at the start... too bad, we've already paid $400 for the term...!

General update - Addi 4.88kg

Addi is now 12 weeks old, and is growing so fast (gaining 330g in two weeks as at last weigh-in!). We are loving having her in our lives, and couldn't imagine our family without her. She is so much more relaxed than both of the boys were; aside from a period of intense grumbling most nights, she is a really happy baby, and continues to sleep around eight hours a night! She loves the boys, giving them heaps of smiles (they are keeping a smile count, and having a competition for the most smiles) and the boys just adore her. We are also reminded of how lucky we are to have this big fantastic house, where all family members can have their own space - our previous house in Dunlop would not have been anywhere near as accommodating!

The reason for the lack of posts is that life has been....normal... not much to report. The boys are back at school tomorrow after a pretty standard school holidays; we didn't go anywhere, or do anything special, but Mum has done a great job of keeping them entertained each day. Having said that, we are looking forward to Nan and Grandad visiting next week! We are also planning a holiday in July, but not sure what we'll do yet; we are even considering taking the new car to the Gold Coast!

Oh, on the new car; it's going really well, and is a joy to drive. It's also a big safe car, which is at the forefront of our minds presently, given our dear friends had a car accident on Friday night and wrote off their Commodore Sportwagon. Luckily all came away with almost no injuries.

Autumn is proving to be most enjoyable, with lovely warm days, and mild nights - we still haven't even used the heater yet!

Beautiful girls!

Happy Easter everyone!

Addi 8 weeks old!

We are absolutely loving having little Addi in our lives. She is so beautiful, which is lucky, because the negative effect on our sleep has been rather profound - it's definitely harder to cope with than when we were 30, that's for sure! But, and I'd hate to jinx it, she has slept 8 hours straight for the last three nights straight...!

We weighed Addi recently, and she had put on 485 grams, which is fantastic... So everything is going swimmingly...

7 weeks old

8 weeks old

Impossible not to smile at these photos...!