Happy New Year! It’s been another week of late nights, but with Dad’s work closed, it’s been a rare treat to have the extra time to spend with family. Today was the first day back at work, and so it’s been an adjustment to change gears from full-time dad over to working dad.
Some of the highlights of the time off. Dad has an enthusiasm for heading up to the Blue Mountains whenever possible, and so – despite a busy week for Dad, preparing a seminar and two sermons – we made some time to trek up there.
We spent some time wandering around Leura, including lunch at the cafe where Mum and Dad went on the day Dad proposed marriage to Mum – Wayzgoose cafe. Puff enjoyed a smoothie.
On Thursday, we headed down to Austinmer, where Puff had the chance to spend time with baby R, and play with his foot keyboard. He slept through dinner, and then was wide awake for the car trip home somewhere around 11pm.
He’s had some problems with blocked ears over the last little while. The doctor said that Cerumol ear drops were the way to go – you put the drops in his ears, and then cover them with cotton wool. The trouble is that he needs to stay still for 10-20 minutes. How do we make that happen? He plays games on Dad’s old iPhone.
Another high point for Puff this week was meeting Aunty C and Uncle J’s new kitten – Slinky. Here’s the first hold.
A few too many eating shots this week perhaps. Mum made an epic breakfast on Saturday (for Puff it was a second breakfast) of eggs and bacon. He made a good effort, but Dad had to finish off a few pieces. And then head to Yum Cha with Uncle J and Cathy.
There have been a lot of babycinos this week. To help make the most of Dad’s last day of holidays, we went to a cafe for breakfast, and was pretty excited when the marshmallows came out.
We’re getting closer and closer to the arrival of Huff, and trying to savour these last few times where it’s just the three of us. Becoming a family of four is going to be really exciting, but it’s a daunting prospect too.
Without photos, we spent New Year’s Eve at S&K’s house where a tired Puff had his first chance to sleep on a bed – he lasted a little while, but then woke up and climbed back down. From there, we went to the airport to pick up one of Mum’s uncles, and then – still before midnight – he went back to sleep.
Thanks also to the Mills family who this week helped us with our horribly overrun backyard (bringing it back to a usable space), and especially to C&J, who had the chance to frolic with Puff’s bubble machine (a gift from Aunty C & Uncle J).