Baby Lily Davis

2007-07-08T10:57:00.000+10:00

Spot
With mum, dad and baby Olivia
Getting dressed for her big day
Cutting the cake
Racing the chooks

2007-07-08T09:51:00.000+10:00

Crawling to her presents
Going for a ride in her new bike
Yummy birthday cake
I want this bit
first present on her big day

LILY IS ONE YEAR OLD

Who would have thought that one year ago our little princess was born. It has been a fun 12 months and we look forward to many more years of enjoyment with our littlest lady.

Over the past month Lily has been achieving milestones left right and centre. She was behind other kids her age in gross motor skills and crawling so we took her to a physio who played with her to see what she could do and taught mum exercises to strengthen her tummy muscles. Low and behold Lily decided to start crawling 2 days later. It was incredible how she went from not even being close to crawling one day to crawling the next. (i suspect nan nan had a bit to do with it though). Now Lily crawls everywhere and finds it much more fun to play in the lounge room as she doesnt have to cry out to be moved to other toys.

Along with the new found skill of crawling Lily decided that she would catch up to all her peers in milestones and started pulling her self up onto furniture etc and then started to walk along the furniture holding on to it for support. James and Heather from the little town of Mt Hunter were here with their little daughter Olivia while all these milestones were occuring and believe they are the good luck charms. If we end up behind in milestones again we will be inviting them back for another visit. We think the crawling craze wont last long and Lil will be walking around be fore we know it. Looks like some serious baby proofing will occur in our house before too long.

Lily's birthday party was really fun. Lily enjoyed all the attention she received and loves opening presents. Lots and lots of toys to play with especially Little People toys which seem to be a favourite of hers. She had visitors from Ingleburn, The Oaks, Adelong, Gosford, Central Wagga, Lake Albert, Kooringal, Turvey Park and Glenfield Park. The weather ended up being quite good and the rain stayed away long enough for dad to cook the barbie with plenty of advice from the blokes who came out to watch. Lily's cake was in the shape of Spot the dog and was lovingly made by mum and Lily though it was TOPS. As you can see in the pictures above Lily liked the icing. (Lollies were generously donated by Sweet Prescriptions at The Old Pharmacy in Adelong) By the end of the day Lily was zonked out and had a looooong sleep to recharge for the next day.

Other new thngs that Lily has begun to do this month include washing her own hair and face in the bath, waving to everyone when we leave shops, saying hello especially on the phone, blows kisses, crawling away when mummy says it is bedtime or time to get out of the bath. Standing up in her cot and yelling when she is awake or when we have first put her to bed and she thinks it isnt time for bed yet. Her teeth total has reached 12 with molars coming through and our option of checking her mouth with our fingers a thing of the past. Fake sneezing is one of her favourite things to do when she is showing off in front of people

The littlest lady contiues to make our lives so much fun. We wouldnt swap her for anything. Not even a block of chocolate.

2007-05-25T13:17:00.000+10:00

Playing with her new balls

riding her bike on the new back deck

Hugs for a special Grandad

Lily playing with her Mummy

Just a quick update to let you know how the little lady is going. She has turned in to a rather funny little bugger. Her latest faze is to perform fake sneezes (very funny to watch).

We are still going to a an OT (occ therapist) roughly every 2-4 weeks to work on crawling, Lily has had HUGE improvements. She now gets into the crawling position and rocks but hasnt moved forward as yet.. but were close.

Lilys current favourite things to do are: Wave to EVERYONE, brushing hair, brushing teeth and dancing whilst standing. She is a very loveable girl who always manages to get smiles out of everyone.. We couldnt imagine life without her.

2007-05-03T16:05:00.000+10:00

Lily loved the Adelong Fair, especially the bells we bought her.
Lily in mum's Glenquarie towing shirt from when she was a little tacker

What a busy time for the Little Lily. We have sold and moved from our Maple rd house to another house in Lake Albert. The new house is in Gregory Cres and is bigger than the previous house. Lily doesnt seem to miss the other house as she can sit at the glass doors and talk to the dogs, has plenty of room to move around in the lounge room and has a huuuuuuge bath to splash around in at bath time.

Lily seemed to have no problems during the move. Her first night in the new house went by with no worries. I'm sure she cant wait to have a swim in the pool when it is warm enough to do that sort of thing.

Recently we went to the Adelong Fair. We bought Lily a bells on handle toy and she loved it. She would not let it go the entire time we were there and had great delight in shaking it to get other peoples attention. Grandma and Grandad Taylor are moving back to Adelong soon so Lily will be able to annoy them in the shop as she grows up and visits them. They will need to put the lollies on higher shelves soon because when she starts walking i reckon we are in for trouble. Dad was a terrible toddler and i'm sure we have a mini me in the making.

Lily continues to enjoy herself and is always happy to play pick a boo with anyone who is willing. We are lucky to have such a top little tot.

2007-04-10T19:23:00.000+10:00

Lily and one of her favourite toys
Yummy easter presents
Just relaxing

2007-04-07T09:40:00.000+10:00

Lily in her dressing gown
Someone loves their daddy
Lily loves her pyjamas
Loch Lily monster
Clap clap clap

Well it has been a month since the last entry and Lily has changed a lot. We have been house hunting and this has taken a lot of our time hence the few blogs lately.

Finally we found a house with 4 bedrooms, a pool, and a biiiiiiiig kitchen. Lily seems to like it and it will be interesting to see how she goes in the bathroom that can only be described as............. different.

Lily has started seeing an Occupational Therapist as she has not mastered the art of crawling yet. The OT said that Lily is too strong in the extender phase and needs to build up her reflex muscle strength. We have been given exercises to build up these muscles as well as practice the crawling actions.

Lily is now eating lots of new things and is willing to eat anything except bananas. Interesting that dad doesnt like bananas either. The Sao's are a favourite and vegemite toast for breakfast is what she loves.

At present Lily loves her outings and going to the lagoon to feed the ducks gives her greatest joy. Walking around the shops in the pouch with dad is always fun and hanging out out of the pram is her new trick when close to the shelves, plenty of items have been snavelled by the little lady.

We have recently bought her a swing that has been under the carport for her to swing in and look at the dogs while mum and dad do things in the backyard. Lily could spend all day in the swing if given the chance. I'm sure Monty would love to protect her too for the whole day.

We had a garage sale recently to try and offload some of our unwanted stuff to unsuspecting buyers. Lily helped mum in selling some of the goods but we didnt sell everything so Lily had to talk the local furniture man into buying the rest of the stuff off us.

Lily has been such a happy littlest lady lately and is getting really good at clapping and waving at others. We are lucky to have such a happy baby girl.

2007-03-06T20:17:00.000+11:00

What shall i throw on the floor next?
Lily loves telling jokes
This lambskin feels really good
Hi there!!
The tall girl

2007-03-06T19:53:00.000+11:00

Hello Mummy!!!
Having a bath while down the coast
Eeeny meeny miney mo.
What a happy little vegemite
Lovely Lily

Lily had a fun trip down to Dolphin Point to celebrate Grandad Ray's 60th birthday. It was a surprise party and Lily did very well not telling Grandad about it. lily had a ball down the coast and was fairly well behaved in the car. She slept in the same room as mum and dad without too much grunting and snoring.

lily had some photos taken at the Wagga Wagga marketplace and enjoyed the experience. She put on her best smiles and loved the lambskin she was seated on for the photos looks like we will have to get her one to lay on during winter. Im sure mum will enjoy laying on it too.

We have been house hunting and Lily lets us know if she likes the houses by laughing and playing or by grunting and whinging. She's funny like that.

2007-02-20T14:20:00.000+11:00

Lily loves her books
Playing in the park with mum

Playing with grandma

2007-02-19T19:26:00.000+11:00

The two B E A utiful ladies
Hello daddy
The local sheep.
The ants go marching one by one horrah horrah
I went to the animal fair

Lil has been doing new things all the time.

She is now pretty quick moving around on her back and needs to have an eye kept on her or she will disappear under something. When encouraged she oves to have a clap, especially to music or an ad on TV.

A sheep was spotted eating our front lawn the other week and the trees of the little old lady across the road. That is where it is heading in the photo. It comes from the house across Maple Rd and doesnt seem to mind the green grass. Beats eating rocks n the paddock.

while dad was in Sydney for work Lily went to the aprk with grandma and mum. she had heaps of fun on the playground equipment and meeting other kids.

Sparky continues to be a great friend of Lily and they think up lots of mischef together.

2007-02-06T10:28:00.000+11:00

I love my new hat!
and my new head band
Mum and dad like how I cant pull it off my head
Playing in dad's office

Lily has started with a couple more words. She has started saying mum mum mum mum and pup pup pup when she wants to see Sparky, Grandma Taylor's dog.

She went to dad's work yesterday and had heaps of fun playing with his keyboard and business cards. She looked veeeeeeeerrrrry cute in her headband. It has been very hot in Wagga latley and Lily has been suffering a bit. Her teeth are also giving her a bit of grief. She wakes sometimes in the night for a few short cries then stright back to sleep.

On Sunday mum had a lunch for one of her friends so Lily and dad got to spend some time together. Lily wa sin the pouch and dad walked around the shops. Lily loves doing this as she gets to look at all the lights and pictures around the shops. It also tires her out immensely which keeps mum and dad happy becuase she sleeps for about 2 hours once we get home.

She continues to give lots of smiles to mum and dad as they enter rooms which keeps us excited to see her every time we come home. She is a great little lady and keeps us amused all the time.

2007-01-30T19:42:00.000+11:00

Resting after a tiring ride
What shall I throw on the floor next?
Yay for my bike trailer
They capture you every time you look into them dont they.
In travelling mode

Lily has said her first word.

Much to mum's disgust it was 'daddy'. She said it twice within about half an hour and dad was very happy with her little Lily. Mum was happy that she had said something just would have preferred a mum mum or something similar. So it looks like she's a daddy's girl.

Lily has also started to have about 3 more teeth cutting through. She has been very grouchy the last few days and chewing more than usual on her teething toys.

Day care has been going great. Today Mum got into trouble because Lily was trying to eat the other kids food. She loves her food but we didnt think that much. Looks like we will have to pack more food for her on Tuesdays. Lily was very happy to see her mum arrive to pick her up today. Mum loves to see her little lady get excited to see her. It gives her happy tingles.

2007-01-24T14:52:00.000+11:00

Lily checking out Nellie's tag
The Truckie and Tina turner

(How did that picture get in here?)
Lily likes to have control of the remote
Sucking on watermelon is the best.
The happy little girl

Mum and dad have bought a trailer for dad's bike so Lily can come for rides. She doesn’t seem to mind it but prefers to be in snugly as she is a little lady and can be moved around a bit by the bumps. Pictures to come.

Lily has been going really well at day care and is now on a full day. She has fun and is very interested in what the big kids are doing especially Cooper, a 3 year old boy. A little young for boyfriends yet though.

We have put all her toys for the lounge room in a yellow bucket and Lily loves pulling them all out and getting us to put them back in so she can pull them all out again. This keeps her happy and out of trouble. Although when she is really enjoying herself she loves to do screams of delight. They are LOUD and frequent when they occur.

2007-01-17T15:50:00.000+11:00

Enjoying the bouncer
Loving the noises on her jolly jumper mat

2007-01-16T10:20:00.000+11:00

Our brown eyed girl
Playing on her lounge with her toys
The little princess
Busted!!!!!
Having fun with the bathroom mirror

It has been a long time between blog entries

Lily has been growing up every day. She has started sitting up by herself, has rolled from her back to her front (even if mum and dad missed it happening) and has been to the pool for several swims.

Lily loves sitting up by herself and playing with her toys. She still struggles a little with balance when reaching for some things but overall has been really good at sitting and paying. She loves sitting in her swing chair for her solids and doesnt mind the pureed fruit for dessert when she can get it. Today she had her first go in the high chair for breakfast and palyed with some measuring cups while waiting for it to be prepared. The game she found out straight away was that dad would get any cups that fell on the floor so any cups were thrown on the floor as soon as they were in her hand. Funny stuff.................... For her.

The other day she rolled from her back to her front for the first time. Mum and dad didnt see it happen and Lily looked a little shocked herslef when we found her on her front. We are proud of her though because it didnt look like she was going to do it. She has decided the best way to get around is on her back and pushing herself around with her heels and head. She can be quite quick in this mode of travel as Sparky (Granny Taylor's dog) has found out.

Mum has started taking Lily to the Oasis pool in Wagga Wagga. Lily loves going for a swim and has a good time sitting in her seat floaty or being held in the water. She has a tendency to want to look at her feet and copping a face full of water though.

The first day of day care was last week as mum had to start back at work. Lily seemed to cope ok. Mum had a little trouble letting her baby spend time with the day care mum but Lily was fine and had fun playing with the other kids and slept well when put down for a sleep. Lets hope it continues to be a happy time and mum gets used to it too.

2006-12-31T17:24:00.000+11:00

Opening presents at the Davis house

Showing Dad her presents

Riding the bike given to her by Great Nanny Ballantine

Pushing the cart full of blocks

Lazin about the house

Well Christmas has finally come and gone. Lily was a very lucky girl over the Christmas period and was given many special gifts from the family. Our first part of xmas was spent travelling to the Oaks (last time for a fair while, travelling long distances with a baby is not all it's cracked up to be). Whilst at the Oaks Lily and Mum spent xmas eve at Ingleburn playing with the cousins and getting to know baby Cammy more... On the Saturday night Mum and Dad went and had dinner with friends James, Heather, Benny and his new gal Sarah. Mum and Dad had a great time but Lily decided to put Grandma and Grandad Davis to the test whilst being looked after by them. We all woke up on xmas day at the oaks and lily loved all the wrapping paper that her gifts were wrapped in. Lily was lucky enought to get a toy box, a musical snail and a few other toys/clothes from the Davis/Parry clan.

Christmas night we left and headed for Adelong. Once we got there the excitment of more presents hit and we all stayed up late and opened our gifts off the Taylor grannys. Lily got so much that, by the time her presents off aunty shar and G.Nanny came it took 2 car loads to get it home (mum and dad did pretty well too). Over boxing day and the 27th we spent time in Adelong with the Taylor/ Ballantine family's and lily delighted everyone with her laughing and funny quirks. When we finally got back home Lily opened the last of her gifts from mum and dad. Now mum and dad are busy finding homes for all the new bits and pieces (thank heavens for the toy box). Last night was New Years Eve and we all went to a party at the Smith's house. Lily played with her mate's Olivia and Austin before retiring for a big snooze. Mum and Dad were very pleased as she was so well behaved and even slept through drums being played and party poppers.

On an overall scale Lily is coming along great, she has continued her wonderful sleep patterns including two big sleeps during the day and a 1 hour nap in the late afternoon and sleeping all night long. Mum and Dad have started her on solids (so we have an established routine by the time mum goes back to work). Lily thinks mum's cooking is tops as she enjoys two meals daily consisting of fruit/yogurt for breakfast and vegies for tea. Lily is now sitting up on her own and loves the sound of her own (high pitched) voice.

All in all we had a wonderful 1st Christmas together and as always Lily has been a wonderful girl. Christmas seems to have such a wonderful feel about it again as we have such a special person to share its delights with.

2006-12-16T18:45:00.000+11:00

aaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy
kisses from mum at dolphin point
shopping with grandma at clints
beating mum at mini golf

Lily has had some fun lately. She went for a biiiig drive to The Oaks which she wasnt too fond of and cracked some major tantrums on the way. That wasnt fun for her or her mum and dad. Once at The Oaks she was reaquainted with cousin James and they had a bit of a play on grandma Davis' toy mats. Lily struggled with the humidity in the Sydney area and had a bit of a sleeping trouble but was pretty good and had fun with her Davis family.

On Sunday she went to the Ballantine side of the family while mum and dad went to Aussie stadium to watch Robbie Williams. She had great fun cracking up to mum's uncle Jamie and cousin Bee. Mum and dad had fun at Robbie and mum even saw Robbie on stage a couple of times.

After we picked her up on Monday we drove all the way down to Dolphin Point to stay in Bec's mum and dads cabin. Lily had a great time but still struggled a bit with the humidity. She went shopping in Ulladulla and beat mum at mini golf with a bit of help from dad. Lily had a little swim in a rock pool and enjoyed it immensely. She bought some sunnies and thinks she is pretty cool when she wears them.

Next weekend is christmas and Lily is sure to get plenty of presents. I think dad will have to hire a truck to get them all home. she should enjoy herself though especially the wrapping paper.

2006-12-04T19:53:00.000+11:00

lily having her first rusk
lily the red nose reindeer
Surprise!!!!

2006-12-01T15:11:00.000+11:00

Lily being jolly in her jumper
Lazing around in the pool
The Lil Mermaid
At Olivia's christening celebration
I could get used to this

Lily has had an exciting week or so. She got to try out her new inflatable pool in the lovely swimmers grandma and grandad Davis got her. she quite enjoyed just laying back in the pool on a hot Wagga Wagga day while dad moved her car seat.

On Sunday 26th November Lily went to Olivia Hunts Christening and was quite vocal during the ceremony and had fun playing with other babies during the celebration afterwards. I think she enjoyed it most because people were fussinng over her. Typical female, loves all the attention.

Mum bought her a jolly jumper to have a bit of a bounce in. Lily loves playing with the junk mail with her feet while in the jolly jumper.

Lily is getting very very cheeky and is close to blowing real rasberries not just spit rasberries. funny girl. not long until christmas now and Lily wil be able to play with all the wrapping paper she can handle. She went to see Santa and thought he was a crack up and stuck her tongue out at him.

2006-11-20T19:41:00.000+11:00

Holding hands with James
with Grandad and Grandma
In her new swimsuit With aunty Dee
Having fun with cousin James and dad

On the weekend Lily had a holiday in sunny Young. She went to Young to attend a 60th party for Mike's Uncle Jim. She was one of 3 babies that were passed around for most of the night and fussed over by plenty of people. We stayed in a motel and Lily was very well behaved and only woke at 5.30am for a little while before sleeping through until 6.30am.

On Sunday we went to the JJ Granger residence for a Welcome home party for cousin Sarah. Lots of photo's were taken and some are above. Lily tried on the swimsuit given to her by Grandma Davis but wasnt too keen on the pool as the water was quite cold. She didnt have a good drive home as she cracked it about 2/3 of the way home and needed to be talked to for the rest of the trip.

Lily has started to stick her tongue out at people and had fun holding hands with cousin James. She seems to have the front to back rolling worked out but the back to front roll is proving a challenge. She enjoys saying hummmm and chewing on her bottom lip. Mum thinks she is saying mummm. That suits dad fine as she will be calling out to mum at night before too long and dad can get more sleep.

2006-11-13T19:24:00.000+11:00

In training
With her teddy friends
I love Grandad

2006-11-11T16:13:00.000+11:00

Lily seeing bubbles for the first time
Enjoying her toys

Lily has had a pretty good week. She has been up to her usual tricks of waking and talking to herself at 5am in the morning, chatting most of the day when awake and she has now increased her bottles to 200ml (approx). She loves going to the gym with mum and having some time in the creche while mum does her fitness work. Mum enjoys seeing Lily have a good time too. we think she may be teething a bit more as she has some huge tantrums that seem to come out of the blue.

Today she went for her first garage saling trip. She wa sin the middle of one of her tantrums so wasnt too impressed but I'm sure she will be a regular with her mum when she gets a little older and dad is at golf. Next weekend is the family gathering for Uncle Jim's 60th. Lily will see all her family again and get to know them a bit more.

2006-11-09T12:55:00.000+11:00

Lily taking over Grandad Taylor's chair
The Little Cutie

Lily has had a visit to her grandparents in Adelong. She stayed the night after the Melbourne cup and mum and dad went out to dinner. She missed our For Sale sign and tree on the corner of our block being burnt. Bizzaire occurance and if the little punks get caught by dad theyll pay for it. So after some tree surgery by dad and a phone call to the real estate to replace the sign all is well at 54 Maple rd.

With her new teeth Lily has taken to putting everything she can hold in her mouth. Hurts when that thing is your finger. They are sharp little teeth. She has decided that day sleeps are boring and just lies in her cot talking to herself when put down for a sleep. At least she is happy and healthy. That is all that matters.

2006-11-06T09:29:00.000+11:00

Lily's new lounge she will be getting for christmas.
She's a little monster!!

Lily had her 4 month needles on Friday 3rd November and didnt like them one little bit. She had a huge cry and didnt want to look at the nurse that gave them after she had had them. Every time the nurse came near her after the needles Lily started crying at her loudest until the nurse was out of her sight. We also had her weighed and measured. She was 6.47kg and 61cms.

On Saturday Mum and dad had a look in an open house just around the corner from our house at the moment and Lily got to ride in the pouch facing out. She loved it as she could look at everything. On Sunday we went to Carly and Paul Hood's for a BBQ and look at their photos from the trip to Europe. Lily and olivia Hunt got to spend some time together and seemed to get on well for most of the arvo but Lily got scared at one stage by Olivia and had a big crying match. They had a sleep and forgot about it all though.

2006-11-01T18:39:00.000+11:00

This photo was in the Daily Advertiser on 1 November 2006. It is our little family at the Outdoor and Leisure show that was at the Botanic Gardens in Wagga Wagga on the weekend. They asked us to pose for the photo because Bec had a sausage sanga in her hand and we were a young family which they reckon is what the whole show was all about. The picture took up most of a page of the paper. Pretty impressive hey.

2006-10-31T19:24:00.000+11:00

She's got Lily Davis eyes
Tummy time
Flirting with the boys at the races
in her car seat

2006-10-30T10:51:00.000+11:00

very tired and sleeping on dad
not long after waking up and still a little sleep drunk

2006-10-24T17:52:00.000+10:00

3 best friends at the races
mum is good for sleeping on
telling dad a joke
the prettiest baby in Maple rd
At the races

On Saturday Lily went for her first trip to the races. It was a positive having Lily there as we got to go in quickly instead of lining up with all the uni students for about 20 minutes. Once inside Lily liked looking at the horses getting ready for their races. She met Blake (Tania Smith's little boy) who was infatuated with Lily. They played together for a lot of the afternoon. Olivia also came to the races as well as Austin. They had some photos together and did really well being passed around and not having too many cries. Lily had one trip out to the front of the races but was a little scared of all the loud and slightly intoxicated uni students.

On Monday she took Aunty Viv and Uncle Geoff their birthday presents and showed them that she is a happy little lassie.

She continues to make mum and dad proud parents and seems to be a happy lady.

2006-10-20T16:32:00.000+10:00

Lily having a chat with Grandad Taylor

BIG NEWS!!!!!!!

Lily has had her 2nd tooth break through right next to the other one. Sharp little things they are too. Lily is pretty proud of them and likes rubbing her bottom lip over them. As you can see in the photo above she loves to have a chew on her hand. We have bought teething rings but her hand always seems tastier.

2006-10-19T12:55:00.000+10:00

feeling a little sad
playing with Mr Butterfly (one of her favourite toys)

Lily went to the gym with mum on Wednesday and spent an hour in the creche there. She fell asleep for 30mins of it so wasnt too impressed with the gym but can now boast that she has been to the gym. From the look of her musclely arms she may have been working out with mum without dad knowing.

Lily has been very happy lately and loves staring at mum and dad. I'm sure we dont have anything on our faces but she stares all the same. She loves going shopping so shecan look at everything going on down town. We will have to get a photo of her in her new inflatable pool.

Mum thinks Lily is just the best baby going around and loves her to bits. Dad thinks she is pretty tops too.

2006-10-16T09:43:00.000+10:00

Lily and mum in dresses on a hot Wagga Wagga day

Lily has had a good week. She has kept to her 9pm to 6am sleeps but does wake for a 1 hour chat to herself around 4am. She doesnt whinge at all just has a chat, not sure if she is talking to her toys or to herself but she seems to enjoy herself whilst doing it.

The hot weather hasnt been great for her. She hasnt liked being wrapped up for a sleep in the heat but loves having minimal clothes on. As she gets older dad will ensure she keeps her clothes on though. We can be sure of that. She likes to fight her way out of her wrap when sleeping and has a good old whinge during the day to try and stay awake and in the least amount of clothes possible.

Mum was very proud of her little lady on Friday 13th as Lily had her first tooth come through. Mum's first tooth came through at a similar age. Unsure of dad's first tooth though. Dad didnt believe it but soon found out when giving Lily a suck on his finger and Lily trying to bite through with her toothy bit. Sharp little thing it is too.

Lily had another trip to a pub. She went to the Black Swan for a farwewell for a Rivcoll player and spent some time with her friends Austin and Olivia. Tania Smith loves seeing Lily and having a hold and a chat.

House hunting is still going on and Lily puts up with being carried around by dad through all the houses. She hasnt claimed any rooms yet as kids are prone to doing when going through houses but im sure shell speak up soon. We cant shut her up any other time.

With christmas coming up it looks like she'll be getting heaps of toys etc from family and i reckon we'll have to fill the inflatable baby pool a fair bit to cool her down.

2006-10-09T09:17:00.000+10:00

Lily with the toys she won at the Wagga Wagga Show

Last week Lily had her first trip to the Wagga Wagga Show. She was amazed by the lights and loud noises coming from the rides and amusement games like the clowns. Her eyes were wide (as usual) trying to take it all in. After a while she got tired and fell asleep in the pouch. Mum and dad checked out the scones which didnt look that great, dad could win that competition if he was organised enough.

Before she went to the show she went and visited Austin at his house. Lily had a big stare at Austin while she was there. He was having a feed.

Lily has started to talk a bit while she is having her bottle. She will just start talking in her own little language with the bottle still in her mouth. It is a funny thing to see but not a good omen for dad. I have a feeling Lily is going to be Little Miss Chatterbox. Please help me. She has also started to grip her toys a lot more firmly in the past week too which dad is very proud of.

All in all she is a very happy little lady and is growing well and keeping her mum and dad amused whenever she is awake.

2006-10-04T19:17:00.000+10:00

Lily enjoying herself in the car seat.
Wanting to look like mum.

Lily has really started to imitate our actions. When we make a purring noise Lily makes a gurgling sound in the back of her throat. When we blow rasberries at her she sticks her tongue out too. She is a smart little tacker.

Lily really enjoys going for a drive and as you can see in the above photo gets right into it. she regularly falls asleep on the drive from home to downtown Wagga Wagga. But loves being awake and looking everywhere when in the pouch walking around the shops. Does that bode well for futre trips to the shops? If so she will always be going shopping with her mum.

2006-10-03T13:07:00.000+10:00

Lily in a nice little dress at the dinner for Uncle Geoff's birthday.

Lily has had an interesting weekend. She has been helping mum and dad get the house ready for an inspection by the real estate agents. We are selling the house to look for a bigger house that will hopefully fit all our stuff. Lily sat out the back in her portable basinette and talked to mum and dad.

The car is finally back from the smash repairers and looking a treat with the bonnet and light protectors. Lily loves going for a drive and mum likes driving the Ford better than the bomb we had as a courtesy car.

2006-09-27T20:10:00.000+10:00

getting ready to go to the grand final
helping mum with the gardening
enjoying her favourite toy
striking a pose

2006-09-25T16:30:00.000+10:00

Lily spent the first night by herself with her mum on Friday night. Dad was at The Oaks for a dinner on the Saturday night. From all reports the night went off without a hitch and Lily was a little angel (as always). The only problem for mum was the windy weather that kept the dogs awake and in turn kept mum awake. Lily thought it was all boring and slept through it all.

The station wagon is being repaired after the accident in early August so mum has a courtesy bomb from the smash repairers to drive herslef and Lily around in. Hopefully we can get our car back real soon.

Lily is spending today at mothers group. Probably talking their ears off again. After mothers group she will be going to visit her new friend Austin Wilkinson who was born on Sunday night to Matt and Mich Wilkinson. Now there is plenty of babies to play with each other as they grow up.

2006-09-21T12:14:00.000+10:00

Yesterday Lily had a huge giggling session. Her mum was poking her tongue out at her and Lily thought it was the funniest thing she had ever seen. Great entertainment for mum and dad. She is a happy little lady most of the time. Just dont take the bottle away from her before she has finished. Boy you cop it then.

2006-09-19T09:06:00.000+10:00

Having a cuddle with Grandma Sue
Looking beautiful in her denim skirt (i think the flash stunned her a bit)
Having a bath with Grandma Lynn
Waking up in mum and dad's room
Enough said.

Lily has continued on her extended sleeps and hopefully (pleasssssse) she has stopped the 4 hourly feeds at night. Her record so far is 7.30pm to 6am.

After her 4am feeds lately she has decided to chat to herself for 45 minutes before going to sleep. She is funny when she does this talking in her own language. She certainly sounds happy while she is doing it.

It is now time for mum and dad to keep more of an eye on her as she is getting very good at moving herself around by kicking and dragging with her heels. She is now being strapped into the bouncer and wakes up at the very bottom of her basinette after moving so much when she wakes and chats to herslef.

2006-09-14T15:43:00.000+10:00

Liliy's favourite toy at the moment

2006-09-14T09:50:00.000+10:00

Lily went to be weighed on Tuesday at the community nurse's place. She was 5.4kg with clothes on which is an increase of 400g in the past 2 weeks. She is polishing off her bottles really well these days with minimal spews after she finishes.

Lily's favourite toy and the moment is her play gym which she lays in and hits the toy animals that hang down. She is a talkative little lady and will always chat with new people she has not met before.

She must have an alarm clock in her room because no matter what time she goes to sleep she is always waking at 4.30am for a chat to herself before she cries out for a feed.

2006-09-10T15:15:00.000+10:00

Lily really does love her mum despite the face she is pulling here
What a happy little lady
a drawing by grandma Lynn of Lily in the pot.

Lily went to Mike's cousin Jono's 30th party at the Magpie's Nest and met a lot of new people. She was very good and slept through most of the evening. At bottle time she got to be passed around by plenty of people and Jono was taught how to hold a baby by Aunty Jane.

Today we went to watch the runners and riders finish the Lake to Lagoon fun run. Mum is keen to ride the race next year with Lily in a seat or trailer on the back of dads bike. Sounds interesting.

Lily has continued her 7-8 hour sleeping period each night which is great for mum and dad. Lets hope she continues. She has started waking at 4am and talking to herself for about 30 mins before having a whinge for a feed. Funny little girl she is.

2006-09-05T19:12:00.000+10:00

Here is a picture of Lily and her cousin James taken at their grandparents place at The Oaks. Lily is being a bit of a snob and James is telling her about how he carries canoes.

2006-09-04T09:54:00.000+10:00

Lily has had a good week. She has been having a lot more play time during the day. No option for mum and dad, Lily wants to play and will not sleep until she has had some. This extra playtime though does make for longer sleeps so there is a positive out of the extra awake time. Lily slept from 7pm to 6am on Friday night giving mum a nice birthday present of a full nights sleep. The painting of her hands and feet is for mums birthday present. Dad and Lily had lots of fun painting the picture.

On mums birthday was rugby grand final day and Lily and mum came to watch the 2nd grade Rivcoll team win the premiership for the 4th year in a row. Lily wore the jumper made for her by Mike's Aunty Jane. She looked really good in it too.

For Fathers day Lily spent most of her time sleeping. We did have a bit of play time and she talked and talked and talked.

2006-08-29T09:13:00.000+10:00

Above is what Lily and Mum did at Mother's group yesterday. Dad has put it up in his office at Mission Australia. In a more detailed report, the other mothers were doing the 'my baby can do this and my baby can do that' routine but their babies were all quiet and docile. Bec didnt have to say a thing about Lily because she was saying it all for her. Apparently Lily didn't shut up and was talking for about 30 mins solid making all the other mums jealous and amazed as to how talkative she was.

Seeing as Lily was the youngest baby there it was an amazing effort.

2006-08-28T15:25:00.000+10:00

Lily has been pretty good lately. She has been increasing her feeds and is taking the extra milk pretty well. Lets see if she will have a growth spurt soon. She can be very cheeky at times too. Who does she get that from? Her Mum or her Dad?

Today she went to a Parents as teachers mothers group and apparently (in a report from mum) was very talkative the whole time telling anyone who wanted to listen how she was in her own language. They did some craft today. It will be interesting to see what they come up with.

2006-08-25T10:12:00.000+10:00

A lovely little family

2006-08-25T10:02:00.000+10:00

Lily survived her immunisations. I'm not sure who made the most noise her or her mum but Lily certainly gave a mighty cry when she had the needle jabbed into her legs. Lucky dad was the holder of Lily while she was jabbed and as soon as we left the room where the nurses were doing the jabbing Lily turned off the tears and settled into looking at all the lights in the civic centre. She met her friend Calli-ann who is the baby of a set of parents from our ante natal classes.

After such a tramatic event Lily thought she would sleep from 7.30pm to 6.30am when dad woke her up to see if she was ok. She told dad that she was fine and just wanted a feed.

That is it for jabs until the next lot of needles in 2 months time

2006-08-24T14:46:00.000+10:00

Breaking news!!!!!!!!

Lily slept from 7.30pm to 4.30am!! That is officially her longest sleep since emerging into the world. Mum and Dad are quite impressed especially when she wanted to go back to sleep for another stint.

Tonight Lily has her 8 week immunisations and mum is worried the little lady wont like it. Dad has been charged with holding the little lady while it happens. Im sure mum will be outside cringing for her.

An update to come on the needles

2006-08-22T18:40:00.000+10:00

2006-08-21T14:35:00.000+10:00

The lovely Lily went to see the paediatrician last week and was given a good report. Mum was told that she is a bright little baby that requires a lot of variety in her surroundings otherwise she will get bored and restless. This made mum very happy to hear she is a bright baby.

On Thursday night dad and Lily made a present for mum's birthday. We put an imprint of Lily's hands and feet on a canvas for mum to hang in the house somewhere. We put the words I LOVE MY MUM under the imprints. Mum loved it and cant wait to put it on the wall.

Sleeping is becoming better and she has been moved into her own room and doesnt seem to mind a bit. She really enjoys looking at the moving pictures on the tv and looking outside at anything that moves.

She had a visit from Geoff and Viv on Saturday arvo and then went to their place for dinner on Saturday night. She found it really boring and slept pretty much the whole time.

On Sunday she had a visit from Clint, Michelle and Lachlan who is 1.5 years old (could he be a future beau?)

Lets hope she continues to sleep well and loves her mum and dad

2006-08-14T11:22:00.000+10:00

Lily has had an exciting few days.

She visited her new 2nd cousin, Miriam, at Calvary hospital. Miriam is Mike's cousins Steve's newest addition to his family.

On Saturday night Lily went to the rugby at Connolly Park to watch Reddies play tumut in a semi final. Reddies lost in the dying seconds which was a little disappointing but Lily found it boring as she slept through most of it.

After the footy Lily visited Olivia at her new house in Tatton. They had a mini sleepover while mum and dad checked out the Hunt's new house. Both girls seemed fairly comfortable with each other. Lets hope that they become good friends and have many sleepovers.

On Sunday night Lily went to Adelong for a night with granny and grandpa Taylor. Today she has a six week paediatrician appointment with Dr Thambapillay. Mum and dad got in trouble off him at the hospital for the dryness of her skin so lets hope we get a better report card today.

2006-08-10T09:08:00.000+10:00

We went to the community nurse yesterday for a weighing and measuring.

The stats as of 9.8.06 are

Weight: 4400g (9lb 7oz)
Length: 52.5cm

What a little lady.

2006-08-07T19:57:00.000+10:00

Lily had her first big drive this weekend. Unfortunately we had a car accident on Friday night just north of Bookham. Everyone was ok but it was a scary time.

Dad had to go to Sydney for some training with work so Lily got to go to the Davis grandparents to stay for the weekend. She slept in her own room for a couple of nights and was a good girl for most of the time. Both Pauly pop and granny Sue loved having a hold of The lovely little lady.

On Friday and Saturday she visited the cousins and great nan Balantine up Ingleburn, Mac Fields way. On Saturday night she went to the pub for a meal with James and Heather.

Below is a picture of Lily with the bears on the lounge. Can you find Lily amonst all those bears?

2006-08-07T08:27:00.000+10:00

2006-08-02T11:59:00.000+10:00

Lily stayed the night at Grandma Taylor's and was lucky enough to have a teddy party.

2006-08-01T16:36:00.000+10:00

2006-07-31T15:34:00.000+10:00

Lily had a good weekend.

On Friday she had lots of trips in the car which she doesnt seem to mind. She likes to look around and often she likes to sleep in her car seat. She had her first rip to the RTA to register the car, went to the doctors with mum, did some shopping at marketplace where we ran into Ann from CRS and had some good sleeps at home.

On Saturday she went out to Adelong again as granny Lynn was worried Lily was going to forget who she was as Dad has to go to training in Sydney this week. So mum and dad went to the movies and had a good sleep while Lily kept the Taylor grandparents awake during the night.

On Sunday mum and dad picked her up from Adelong and we went grocery shopping. Lily was in the pouch and spent the whole time looking at lights on the ceiling. She is fascinated by them. We also saw a baby from parents who were in our ante natal classes. She was out getting photos for her grandparents brag books. Lily had a bit of an unsettled night having a bit of a whinge while she dozed off but come 6am she was pining for mum and dads room and once in there she went straight to sleep. She is a little con artist with strong little fingers. Dad is certainly wrapped around them.

2006-07-27T12:25:00.000+10:00

Lily has been learning the art of sleeping to a routine. It was all going really well until last night when she thought she'd go back to old times and frustrate mum and dad with no sleep.

Yesterday she went to the community nurse for weighing and a little check up (because she is only little).

She weighed in at 3980g and was 52cm long.

After the check up we did a bit of shopping and then went to Sporties for lunch. Lily just looked at the lights and amused herself.

2006-07-24T16:49:00.000+10:00

Lily has had a pretty good weekend. She has started to get a little more regular in her sleeping and is lowing down with her drinking of her bottles.

On Saturday she went and cheered on the Rivcoll Red Chicks, apparently she got 1 point in their best and fairest picks so she has donewell and looks like being a netball whiz when she grows up. On Sunday she went on her first big drive out to Adelong so she could spend the night with grandma and grandad Taylor. She slept pretty much the whole way out to Adelong and all reports were that she had a good nights of sleeping and feeding. No real worries.

The above photo was taken at Red Rooster in Wagga while mum was in buying dinner for mum and dad. Lily like to look at bright lights.

2006-07-20T19:56:00.000+10:00

2006-07-20T14:57:00.000+10:00

What a big day for the little lady.

After a fairly good night of sleeping and feeding Lily had a huuuuuge sleep during the day much to the delight of her mum who was worried about her little girl not being able to sleep. The 12 hour awake period the day before was not helping the situation.

In the afternoon Lily visited the CRS Australia office and was fussed over by Linda, Robyn, Anna bel and Laurie. From there mum went to the doctors so Lily and dad went for a walk aroud Glenfield shoping centre to fill in the time. After the doctors we went to Centrelink so Mum could show off her bundle of joy to her co workers. They all seemed impressed by the beautiful little girl and commented on the fine job done by mum and dad to produce such a beautiful little girl.

After her big day of visiting people Lily had a good night of sleeping and feeding. Lets hope that all continues.

2006-07-18T09:05:00.000+10:00

Yesterday Liliy went to her first class. It was asettling class so mum and baby could learn some tips on being settled during the day and night. Funnily enough Lily slept through pretty much the whole class. Typical.

Last night was a shocker though. she didnt sleep much at all. maybe she should have been awake during the class. As a consequence mum and dad and Granny Lynn didnt sleep much either. At least i can sleep at work. dont tell the boss.

Tonight Lily and Dad will be watching the tour stage 15 up the alps. cant wait.

2006-07-16T14:57:00.000+10:00

a cake made of nappies given to Lily by her Great GrandNan Rita. It also has some booties, a dummy, safety pins and singlets on it.

2006-07-16T14:50:00.000+10:00

well it has been a while since the last entry. sorry about that folks

Lily has been doing her best to deprive mum and dad of sleep. if there was a competition for doing it she would be world champion.

Lily thinks that day is night and night is day. This makes it really hard for mum and dad who actually know which is which and are suffering her misunderstanding of the two.

We have had some more visitors since the last blog. Isaac and Chantel came and had a hold of the little lady.

Lets hope the next few nights she gets the idea of sleeping times.

2006-07-13T15:47:00.000+10:00

2006-07-11T16:47:00.000+10:00

Lily had a very unsettled day today and tried mums nerves out. There was plenty of crying (from lily) and screaming (also from Lily).

Lily got to meet her cousins Tamara and Jake from up sydney way who were here with their dad Mick and partner Debbie.

For dinner we went to Hogs Breath with Dee, Dan, Geoff, Viv and Steve and miraculously Lily and James both slept through the entire meal. Lily must have been exhausted from all the crying and screaming during the day.

She is a little cutie.

2006-07-10T11:20:00.000+10:00

What a busy weekend for Lily.

On Saturday morning she had a visit from the Granny Lynn, the Ross family and Great Aunty Maureen and Great Granny Margaret. Saturday afternoon she had a visit from cousin james, Aunty Deanna and Uncle Dan. They had travelled from haberfield to visit the little lady. Other visitors today were Steve, Lisa, Lara and Rose Granger

On Sunday we went to geoff and Viv's to visit cousin james and we went downtown with both babies enjoying it immensely. Lily spent pretty much the whole time in the pouch on dads chest. she's a good little sleeper when she wants to be. After a long day out on the town and some photos of the two babies we came back home and had an early night. lily was a bit unsettled tonight having a bit of a whinge.

2006-07-07T19:35:00.000+10:00

giving mum a kiss
time for a sleep

2006-07-07T19:29:00.000+10:00

Today Lily had a big day.

She slept pretty well during the day between feeds and had a visit from plenty of people.

Shar, Cassie, Bianca, Cameron, Maureen and Great Granny Margaret came for a hold twice today. Understandable as they had travelled from Ingleburn to see Lilly.

Carly Hood came to visit on the way home from work and had a hold and a chat with mum and dad.

Lets hope tonight she sleeps like she did last night and gives mum and dad a bit of a sleep too.

2006-07-07T09:57:00.000+10:00

Lily and mum got to come home on the 6/7/2006.

Mum was stressing about expressing and coping with burping the littleone when she was by herself so, in consultation with the peadeatrician we decided that we will have to go with feeding Lily formula as Becs milk is taking way too long to arrive. The paediatrician said it is important that mum be healthy and unstressed too and the stress caused by the feeding, expressing and burping whilst alone was not worth it.

Dad drove his two girls home and met Granny Taylor there as he had to go to work. Lynn helped becduring the day showing her some do's and dont's of looking after a little girl.

Dad got home at 5pm and Lily was fast asleep. He wasnt allowed to hold her until she stirred around 7pm. We then bathed her, changed the nappy and cleaned up after an impromptu poo whilst changing the nappy. She copped a feed and then took a while to settle and burp.

a fun night was had by all with only 3 feeds. Not too bad.

2006-07-06T13:24:00.000+10:00

Dressed and ready to go home to Maple Rd

2006-07-05T19:32:00.000+10:00

Mike got to spend his first full day at the hospital today (if you dont count the day of labour) and got to witness Lily have some of her screaming episodes.

we gave her a bath and she had plenty of feeds. Mike got to carry Lily aroud in a pouch for a couple of hours while Bec had a snooze and Lily had a snooze too.

Uncle Geoff and Aunty Viv had a visit as well as Shoody who had come from work to visit the little lady.

At 5pm Mike went to Romanos to have some celebratory drinks with the CRS crew for the birth of Lily and farwell drinks for Mike leaving CRS.

Mike will bring the ladies home tomorrow morning and then all the fun begins.

2006-07-04T21:42:00.000+10:00

Lily has been a bad girl today.

She isnt feeding for long enough. She likes to just latch on and fall asleep. This isnt helping Bec either as she isnt producing enough milk because of it. Plenty of crying is the order because she isnt feeding so she is still hungry.

Hymee and Tanya visited today as well as granny taylor and Sam and Amanda.

Lets hope tonight is a better one.

2006-07-03T21:41:00.000+10:00

Today Bec had plenty of visitors. Jeff and Jane Granger came and Jeff tried to take Lily home with him. Uncle geoff and Aunty Viv are quickly becoming the visitors of the month and both seem to enjoy having a hold and a cuddle.

Grandma and Grandad Davis had one last visit before they headed back to The oaks for a week or so. Pete,Stacey and Olivia Hunt had a visit along with Tania and Craig Smith. Matt and Mich came and had a hold before their ante natal classes which started at 7pm

After people had left the nurses helped mum (and dad) with a bath and then they watched Bec give Lily a feed and they were impressed with the ease bec has doing it. Apparently the mum across the hall is struggling big time to get her baby boy to breast feed.

Mike sent a fair few emails today to people lettting them know of the birth. He must be a real proud dad.

2006-07-03T21:30:00.000+10:00

not liking a bath at all
snuggled up for a cuddle
sucking on her knuckle telling mum it is time for a feed not a photo

2006-07-03T21:14:00.000+10:00

2006-07-03T14:02:00.000+10:00

Lily about 5 mins old

2006-07-02T21:53:00.000+10:00

Please welcome into the world Lily (Jane) Davis a beautiful little girl born on July 1 2006 at 8.55pm at Calvary hospital.

She was 50cm long and 7lb 13oz.

mum and baby are doing great.

Bec is in room 9 of the maternity ward and her phone number is 69232389 for those who wish to ring her.

2006-07-02T21:33:00.000+10:00

Photos to come tomorrow.

2006-07-02T21:04:00.000+10:00

Here is the story of the last couple of days.

Friday night at 10.46pm Bec started to get some contractions that were about 20 mins apart. Becs water broke at 12.41am on July 1. I know what you are all thinking. She waited for the new financial year to start her journey into the world. well if she did she is one smart cookie and will surely be great manager material in the future. The amazing thing about Becs water breaking was the classic catch bec did of the towel and water as she ran to the toilet. not one drop spilt. very impressive. If Bec might say so herself.

Contractions continued to happen and they started to become a little more regular and the midwife at Calvary hospital told us to come into the hospital. we arrived there at 2.05am on July 1. The contractions continued to increase in intensity and at 5.30 - 6.20am Bec had a hot shower to try and ease the pain.

At 7am there was no baby but a change of midwives occured. Pauline was replaced by Peta.

at 7.45am Mike made the ultimate sacrifice and cancelled his round of golf. Lily had better remeber that in the future.

By 9.03am Bec was starting to get sick of the pain and starting sucking on the gas to aid her through the contractions. The contractions started to get more and more intense as the day went on. Mike helped by supporting her weight during the contractions and acting as a squeezing ball as well.

Becs mum Lynn came and got queasy several times and was given plenty of jobs to do by the mid wife to get her out of the room and into fresh air. Paul, Sue, Geoff and Viv Davis arrived at around 6pm and were great support. The Davii and Lynn waited just outside the labour ward for up to 2 hours waiting for a baby to emerge.

At 7pm Bec was fully dilated and was ready to begin pushing. (dont tell Dr Angus but Bec confessed to pushing before she was fully dilated) Bec was pushing during her contractions for a full 1 hour and then Dr Angus arrived, assessed the situation and decided that Bec was going to need a spinal injection to allow him to aid the birth with forceps. The anethetist arrived at 8.30pm and was dressed up to the nines explained to us that she just left a romantic dinner and got prepared to do her stuff.

Bec was given the spinal injuection( apparently the spinal injection isnt as severe as an epidural and not as risky either, anyway it did the job) to numb the pain from T12 down.

It was now time for Bec and Dr Angus to work together by pushing(Bec) and pulling with forceps(Dr Angus) during each contraction. Within 5 minutes a beautiful little baby girl was born, after she had a good loud cry and Mike cut the cord before she was placed on her mums chest and fussed over by all in the birthing suite.

Mike went out all emotional and exhausted from no sleep for 38 hours and aiding the 22 hours of contractions and labour and told those waiting the great news. After Lily copped a bath, weighing/measuring and her first suck of the breast she was then fussed over by Granny Taylor, Granny and Grandpa Davis and Uncle Geoff and Aunty Viv.

Bec was stuck on the bed having to wait for the effects of the spinal injection to wear off. By 5am she was right to get off the bed and have a shower and get moved to her room.

Oh what a long time for her labour but it was certainly worth it.

2006-06-30T18:44:00.000+10:00

This baby is certainly being a stubborn little thing. Still no real contractions but a lot of back pian for mum and its a struggle to move anywhere quickly (funny to watch too).

At least it has decided to wait until after June 30 so oue baby bonus will be $4000 instead of $3000. One bonus i suppose.

Waiting Waiting Waiting

2006-06-29T19:15:00.000+10:00

Come on little tacker. Time to come out. come on you can do it.

The babay still hasnt come. Bec has been bouncing on the ball and walking all day. Nothing to report in the way of contractions. Bec reckons it is being stubborn like its dad.

2006-06-28T18:53:00.000+10:00

Today Bec had her appointment with Dr Angus. He did an inspection and not long after getting home Bec had her 'Show'. Since then Bec has had a few pains but no real big ones.

Dr Angus is going on holidays on Sunday. If it doesnt come by then it will have to stay in until he comes back.

2006-06-27T18:45:00.000+10:00

Still no baby. You must be thinking we are making the pregnancy up.

We went for a big walk along the river bank today and strolled around the shops to try and coax the labour to begin. Nothing has happened yet.

All we can do is wait.........

I hate waiting.

2006-06-26T19:22:00.000+10:00

Today is the due date

a bit of movement and a few pains today but no baby has come out yet.

Bec has been bouncing on the ball, and being quite active but it hasnt helped bring on the contractions.

So starts the waiting game.

2006-06-25T18:05:00.000+10:00

A couple of days since the last post but nothing to report in regards to a birth. sorry.

On Friday Mike went to Sydney to attend a training day for his new job. after 4 hours in the air and a refuel at Wollongong due to a thick fog in Sydney Mike got to the training 4 hours late. his return flight to Wagga was also delayed due to fog at Wagga airport. Bec was a little frantic as she thought she Mike might miss the birth if she started getting contractions. it ended up all ok.

saturday was spent watching wagga city and waratahs play at connolly park before dinner at Uncle Geff's to see mum and dad Davis.

Today Bec has had a few pains. we went for a big walk around town and the botanic gardens to try and start something but no luck. Bec is now resting after a big day.

2006-06-22T18:48:00.000+10:00

Bec had a quiet today with little pain.

Mike got a new job today and has to go to Sydney for some training tomorrow. So Bec will have to cross her legs and the little tacker will have to wait until Mike returns. or else.

2006-06-21T18:49:00.000+10:00

Last night Bec had a very restless night with false contractions and plenty of movement from the little tacker. Mike thought the birth was going to happen for sure.

it didn't.

Bec went to see Dr Angus for her weekly appointment today. He said it still looks like it will come early next week. I'm sure Bec wont mind if it comes any time soon.

2006-06-20T20:18:00.000+10:00

Bec has asked Mike to put his poem to the baby on the site.

Here tis.

Two, four, six, eight
Time to come out
Mum can't wait

2006-06-20T19:41:00.000+10:00

Here is the latest picture of the baby.

2006-06-20T18:44:00.000+10:00

Bec is really feeling uncomfortablewith the baby moving closer to engaging. she now drives the car only when she has to but is really enjoying cooking during her time at home. The baby is quite active.

2006-06-19T19:13:00.000+10:00

Today Bec has been very uncomfortable with a sore back and reckons the little tacker is headbutting her pelvis when she walks. Mike is going ok. no pain for him. Lots of back rubs are the order from the pregnant one.

2006-06-18T16:55:00.000+10:00

For those who dont remember us here is a picture of the lovely parents of the little tacker

2006-06-18T14:44:00.000+10:00

no udpate yesterday. bec has had a few more intense false contractions and was woken last night by some tightening of stomach. still no serious contractions but they cant be too far away.

We saw Dr Angus while grocery shopping this morning. I didnt think obstetricians had days off. today after shopping Bec has been for a walk and has been resting for the upcoming hardwork at the hospital.

2006-06-16T18:48:00.000+10:00

Bag is now packed for the hospital. Today bec had some false contractions during lunch that almost made her stop eating lunch. as if that would happen. Still no real contractions but lots of movement. Bec thinks she has more room around her stomach now and is breathing a lot better. not long to go.

2006-06-15T19:34:00.000+10:00

today was a quiet day with mum relaxing at home. There was the regular kicks and movements (by the baby not bec) Bec's family scared her last night on the phone saying that they reckoned she was going to go into labour at 3.30am last night. False alarm.

2006-06-14T20:28:00.000+10:00

This is the last ultrasound picture we have from when Bec was in hospital after a scare at 24 weeks of pregnancy. The placenta tore and forced Bec to have 2 1/2 weeks in hospital and then a further 2 1/2 weeks of complete bedrest. Scary times.

2006-06-14T20:19:00.000+10:00

This was the 2nd ultrasound taken by doctor Angus on 18.12.2005. Almost looks like a baby if you look hard and squint a little.

2006-06-14T20:10:00.000+10:00

This was the first ultrasound of the little tacker. It was done on 10/11/2005.

2006-06-14T19:06:00.000+10:00

Obstetrician appointment today. Dr Angus is happy with progress and reckons that June 26 is the likely pop time. He did however say to pack the bag as the baby could decide to come at any time.