Hard to believe, but Amy is indeed 4 months old today. She really is the most brilliant child on the planet, so advanced and yada yada yada – seriously, she is pretty cute but I would be deluding myself and everyone else if I said she were the best! At the moment she is at the stage of reaching out deliberately to touch my face, or grab a dangling toy. And she delivers the most delightful smiles. Her sleeping patterns over the last week have left a lot to be desired, and so today I bought some formula to give her in a bottle, as I think that maybe she just wasn’t getting enough from me. It has been so hot of late and I dread a lot of feeds because of the pool of sweat I end in. We’ll see how the bottle goes tonight and if is is successful Ill be heading out on the weekend with Rach with no strings attached. Bring it on!

Today the kids and I met Mum and Lisa at the mall and we got school shoes and school bag for Holly and some super comfy sandals for Meg to wear to pre-school. Haircuts are next week. Holly is having her hearing tested tomorrow because I swear that sometimes she doesn’t hear a word I say. She can even be sitting right in front of me and have no idea what I said. Fancy the mother being an Audiologist and none of the kids ever having their ears checked – ooops!

We’ve just had a huge swim with Rach and the kids and Lisa and Hamish. It is so refreshing on such a yukky hot day. On Saturday night there was a fire up behind our house on the mountain and the smoke was so horrible. We had to close all the windows and be hot rather than choke from the smoke. The fire was put out promptly but could have been a lot worse.

Had Jessie’s hips tested for dysplasia last week. She had an x-ray which showed that all was OK. They didn’t suggested testing her via ultrasound when she was born because she passed the dislocation test, but it was only when checked at 6 weeks that Amy’s was picked up and she passed that test too. So after a nervous wait, I was thrilled to hear that Jess was all right.

I have to dash to get the dinner on – we are all starving.

Cheers