Sorry I've not been so hot at keeping the blog as up-to-date as I used to, but then I wasn't so good at it! After returning from our month long trip to the UK, I just didn't have the energy or the inclination to think posts for the blog and now I've got to think of what we've been up to.
We were very lucky and got an invitation to help to celebrate Belinda and James's wedding on 1st November. It was a lovely day, our first Australian wedding and it was a really nice to be involved.
I also took Jacob to his first "kids" entertainment thing - The Dorothy the Dinosaur tour! We met Kerry & Ella and Tracey & Ciara there and the children really enjoyed dancing to the music and then it started! Each child fell back into our laps and watched the show, they weren't too sure about it to begin with. Towards the end Ciara got up and danced, Jacob stayed in my lap and Ella fell asleep. Was good fun though and loads better than I expected. I'll have to keep my eyes open for another show, maybe the Wiggles this time.
The following weekend we joined Kel and their family and friends to celebrate her 30th birthday. It was a great day, weather wise, Kel looked fab in her dress and certainly didn't look 30! We also got to catch up with our antenatal group friends and Jacob also had his first pass the parcel game. He managed to get a lolly pop, open it and stick it in his mouth - his mouth then turned red and sticky - nice!
We went camping to Manning Point, near Taree. Our first Australian camping experience and we went with Tracey, Ant, Ciara, Kerry, Steve and Ella. The sun did shine, we managed a trip to the beach and also experienced a thunder storm! It was great fun and hopefully not the last camping trip.
We've also done the usual walking and coffee trips, playground playdates, beach playdates and have started our swimming lessons again. This time we are in the next group up which involves more structured time in the pool and Jacob gets to wear floats and arm bands. I was impressed with his last lesson, as he was happy to float there without any assistance from me.
During the last week of November, Dave had the week off and we travelled several hours south of Sydney (about 5 hours drive from Newcastle) and stopped in a friend's cabin. The site was right by the beach, in the middle of bushland with loads of kangaroos and some amazing birds and we had a nice relaxing time. I wasn't so well for the beginning of our holiday, so Dave and Jacob had loads of time to bond, walk, play and stroke the roos! On the last day I managed to get the rainbow lorikeets to come and feed off our balcony and out of my hand, Jacob thought it was great and would have loved to get his hand on a bird!
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