Final Roast for 2007

Dec 16^th we went to the pub up the street for a roast with Beau and Sunny, Stephen and Tony Thorne before he headed back to Oz forever, well for the foreseeable future.

It was great to get out for me as it was really the first time I had gone out with friends. We had been out for roast with my folks before but family is one thing and breast feeding in front of people I have worked with is another but all went off without to much of a hiccup. We will see how much venturing out I can manage in the new year. I didn’t take a pic of the event but here is a pic of Liadan first Sunday Roast that we did with my parents and Andrews sister Fiona and cousin Alice and our flatmate Chris.

First Bottle

On Dec 12 Andrew attempted to give Liadan her first bottle with expressed milk.. in my attempts to get a little more roaming room from her cause we seem to be on a pretty tight feeding every two hours which makes doing things a little difficult.

I cleared the room so there would be no confusion and he went to it.. and she took the whole thing without too much fuss.. Fabulous!!

However she was just filling us with some false hope because since then she has refused all attempts of bottle feeding. We tried a couple times her in London and then again while we were in Vancouver but no go.. we tried silicone, latex of all various shapes and sizes but nothing really took so I guess it’s the flesh for now. We will keep trying I think so if there is any progress you know I’ll let you know

Here is a funny pic I like of one off her faces from over the holidays

Andrews Birthday

November 20^th Andrew turned the big 32.

We had a ready meal from Marks and Spencers and Apple Pie with Ice Cream yum!

Here is a picture of the handsome father

More Medical updates for Liadan

We went in for our 6 week check up.. which was about 9 weeks ago now and Liadan was measured and looked over and weighed. Guess what she was about double her weight from birth.. so that was good to know especially since newborns often loose weight at first it must be all my fatty breast milk.

She has also had a couple rounds of vaccination on top of the TB one which I hate cause she always cries – like so – she was just a month old in this pic. but this is kind of what her face looks like when we take her for her shots. We had a set of shots while we were in Victoria from a family friend of the Lawsons and she was still climbing the charts for gains.

We have more shots to come tomorrow so more tears to come – her poor thighs.

Uncle Mark Pops the Question

So other news to catch people up on that happened at the end of last year is that Andrews brother Mark proposed to his girlfriend Sarah.

Congratulations guys we are so happy for you and we cannot wait to come back this summer for the wedding. Maybe this was all just an elaborate plan to have us bring Liadan back for another visit .. hmm

Unfortunately I do not have a picture of the lovely couple together so instead here is a range of Marks fashion faces – why is this kid not on the cover of GQ yet?

Just adding a Blog

just a quick one .. i have added Rock and Penny's blog to the list of ones on the side
They are on a big trip for several months
Have a wonderful trip guys

and the New Year begins

Okay Happy New Year Everyone sorry for the absence in the blog over the holidays but we went to Vancouver for a month to visit the family.. so I’ll get you caught up on what we have been doing and Liadans progress.

At the end of last year we had been trying to encourage Liadan to suck her thumb since it seems to sooth her back to sleep or to calm down when she is crying but she had not really grasped it totally. She did make progress on November 19^th she was napping and I heard all this sucking and smacking noises and I took a peak and she had it.. her thumb and her thumb only in her mouth while she gave it some loving kisses. It was so cute though it didn’t catch on.. but now a month and half or so later she can do it .. if you are halding her over your shoulder.. and she will suck on her phone for ages and slobber till your whole arm is wet – this position can been seen here. And here is another fuzzy pic of her sucking her thumb and her finger hooked over her nose.. its funny when she pokes her self in the eyes and doesn’t know who is doing it.

Hope the new year brings lots of adventures..stay tuned