October
3 October 2005
We have a very nice weekend, on Saturday we went to the RSPCA open day. They had lots of activities, like sheep sheering, repile exhibit, horses getting new shoes and a jumping castle. The jumping castle was Kim’s favourite she rushed to it, and even though David was standing in line she went past everyone else in line, so I had to go and get her. She was a bit unsure at first as there were a lot of older kids jumping very high so I went to stand next to the jumping castle and held her hand. We had a great day and got chips for lunch on the way home, the line up for sausages was so long and we found out that they ran out of bread so we gave it a miss.
On Sunday we put together a cabinet that we bought from Ikea (Kimbelry was a very good help, and kept saying that she was fixing it). After that we had a picnic lunch at the local park, and Por Por and Gong Gong came over to visit in the afternoon.
18 October 2005
How my priorities in life have changed, today I reviewed my mental to do list and it consisted of mopping the floors, dusting the house, cutting Katelyn’s nails (I did Kimberly’s this morning before she headed off to Kindle), going to the library and doing yet another load of laundry. These things seem insignificant compared to my to do list when I was at work, which consisted of review million dollar investments. But the funny thing is that I find as much satisfaction from my day to day house chores as I did when I was at Telstra (if not more). I know that the things that I am doing at home are for my family, if I don’t keep the floors clean the chances are Kimberly will drop some food and pick it straight up and put it in her mouth. I have become almost paranoid about keep the house clean, and will most likely become more so when Katelyn starts crawling.
We had a German au pair Pauli, come to stay with us on Wednesday, it was interesting having someone share the house with us but I must admit that it’s nice to have the house back to ourselves. We took Pauli to the beach on Saturday, even though it was sunny the water was still very cold but this didn’t phase Kimberly. She was happy to splash about in the water and didn’t want to leave. We had fish and chips for lunch. Kimberly only had a half hour sleep in the car and continued with her water play in the pool (which was also very cold).
On Sunday we took Pauli to the airport for her 11.45 flight and then caught up with Tai Mah and Uncle Rob for yum cha (it was uncle Rob’s birthday). Poor Tai Mah in her haste to get out of the house locked her keys inside and because no one had a spare set of keys we had to call for the locksmith to open the doors.
25 October 2005
Katelyn is growing more adorable by the day, she has the biggest and most adorable smile. The mos retime I spend with her the harder it is for me to return to work, she is very easy to care for and really is such a joy. To be honest a little part of me was disappointed when I was told at my second ultra sound that I would be having another girl, but even before I held Katelyn in my arms for the first time I was as in love with her as I am with Kimberly. Kimberly gave me a glimpse of how I would give and get love from my daughter. I can honestly say that I would not trade Katelyn for the word, not for 100 perfect little baby boys. She is my special special baby girl, and each day as I observe in wonder how she is developing, I am a little saddened by how quick the days are passing and that each milestone will be the very last for me.
I could not be happier with my two perfect daughters but I am a little saddened by the pace in which both my girls grow. Someimtes when I explain things to Kimberly she will tell me “I know, Mummy” and she really does know. I am constantly amazed by some of the things that come out of her mouth;
“that’s a bit difficult” she doesn’t use the word hard anymore
“that’s annoying”
“disgusting”
“I’m all tangled up”
and much much more.
There are so many aspects of Katelyn that remind me of Kimbelry when she was a baby, but she is also completely different. Some of her features are similar to Kim’s and yet her little face is hers alone, her personality is also very much hers alone. I thought Kimberly was stubborn but Kim is like a push over compared to Katie, and yet Katie is a lot more tolerant than Kimberly as a baby.
The weekend that past we spend Saturday at home, Kimberly helped her Daddy in the garden. On Sunday we went to the zoo for Family Week, as well as seeing the animals we also got to see Dorothy perform, yet again. David and I have agreed that we’d prefer not to see Dorothy again until the December concert.
Kimberly was very cute, once again she managed to find a position right in front of the stage, she enjoyed dancing along and didn’t seem to mind whether or not I was beside her.
We have a very nice weekend, on Saturday we went to the RSPCA open day. They had lots of activities, like sheep sheering, repile exhibit, horses getting new shoes and a jumping castle. The jumping castle was Kim’s favourite she rushed to it, and even though David was standing in line she went past everyone else in line, so I had to go and get her. She was a bit unsure at first as there were a lot of older kids jumping very high so I went to stand next to the jumping castle and held her hand. We had a great day and got chips for lunch on the way home, the line up for sausages was so long and we found out that they ran out of bread so we gave it a miss.
On Sunday we put together a cabinet that we bought from Ikea (Kimbelry was a very good help, and kept saying that she was fixing it). After that we had a picnic lunch at the local park, and Por Por and Gong Gong came over to visit in the afternoon.
18 October 2005
How my priorities in life have changed, today I reviewed my mental to do list and it consisted of mopping the floors, dusting the house, cutting Katelyn’s nails (I did Kimberly’s this morning before she headed off to Kindle), going to the library and doing yet another load of laundry. These things seem insignificant compared to my to do list when I was at work, which consisted of review million dollar investments. But the funny thing is that I find as much satisfaction from my day to day house chores as I did when I was at Telstra (if not more). I know that the things that I am doing at home are for my family, if I don’t keep the floors clean the chances are Kimberly will drop some food and pick it straight up and put it in her mouth. I have become almost paranoid about keep the house clean, and will most likely become more so when Katelyn starts crawling.
We had a German au pair Pauli, come to stay with us on Wednesday, it was interesting having someone share the house with us but I must admit that it’s nice to have the house back to ourselves. We took Pauli to the beach on Saturday, even though it was sunny the water was still very cold but this didn’t phase Kimberly. She was happy to splash about in the water and didn’t want to leave. We had fish and chips for lunch. Kimberly only had a half hour sleep in the car and continued with her water play in the pool (which was also very cold).
On Sunday we took Pauli to the airport for her 11.45 flight and then caught up with Tai Mah and Uncle Rob for yum cha (it was uncle Rob’s birthday). Poor Tai Mah in her haste to get out of the house locked her keys inside and because no one had a spare set of keys we had to call for the locksmith to open the doors.
25 October 2005
Katelyn is growing more adorable by the day, she has the biggest and most adorable smile. The mos retime I spend with her the harder it is for me to return to work, she is very easy to care for and really is such a joy. To be honest a little part of me was disappointed when I was told at my second ultra sound that I would be having another girl, but even before I held Katelyn in my arms for the first time I was as in love with her as I am with Kimberly. Kimberly gave me a glimpse of how I would give and get love from my daughter. I can honestly say that I would not trade Katelyn for the word, not for 100 perfect little baby boys. She is my special special baby girl, and each day as I observe in wonder how she is developing, I am a little saddened by how quick the days are passing and that each milestone will be the very last for me.
I could not be happier with my two perfect daughters but I am a little saddened by the pace in which both my girls grow. Someimtes when I explain things to Kimberly she will tell me “I know, Mummy” and she really does know. I am constantly amazed by some of the things that come out of her mouth;
“that’s a bit difficult” she doesn’t use the word hard anymore
“that’s annoying”
“disgusting”
“I’m all tangled up”
and much much more.
There are so many aspects of Katelyn that remind me of Kimbelry when she was a baby, but she is also completely different. Some of her features are similar to Kim’s and yet her little face is hers alone, her personality is also very much hers alone. I thought Kimberly was stubborn but Kim is like a push over compared to Katie, and yet Katie is a lot more tolerant than Kimberly as a baby.
The weekend that past we spend Saturday at home, Kimberly helped her Daddy in the garden. On Sunday we went to the zoo for Family Week, as well as seeing the animals we also got to see Dorothy perform, yet again. David and I have agreed that we’d prefer not to see Dorothy again until the December concert.
Kimberly was very cute, once again she managed to find a position right in front of the stage, she enjoyed dancing along and didn’t seem to mind whether or not I was beside her.
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