March

March has been a busy month for us. Bron had to go to Sydney for work for a few days, but didn't want to go without Lilah, so Eric and Lilah both came along for the trip.

Lilah did really well, but it was quite a challenging expedition - babies don't really understand the concept in a plane that 'this is our seat, that seat is for a perfect stranger who doesn't necessarily want you to touch their lunch or headphones and isn't probably thrilled about being kicked or climbed on'...

Anyway, we coped ok and just tried to keep her occupied as much as possible.

One very cute moment - there was a baby on the other side of the plane, a little older than Lilah. They kept smiling at each other throughout the trip. Then, all of a sudden, Lilah waved at her, and she waved back. The whole aisle went 'ooohhh ahhhh'. It was very cute!

When we got to Sydney we had to catch the train to the hotel, because we didn't want to take Lilah in a taxi without a seatbelt. So, by that time she was beside herself with tiredness, and finally fell asleep for a short while.

When we got to the hotel, we all went for a swim and it was really lovely. The pool was several stories up, so we had a great view of the city, and there was no one else swimming - we had it all to ourselves. Lilah is a little water baby, she loves to swim, kick, splash and go under the water. If you stop moving, she tries to kick off on her own.

During the day Eric and Lilah explored the city while Bron was in meetings, and they had a pretty good time. On the 3rd day though, they had to check out at 11am, and I didn't finish until 5pm, so they were very tired after walking around Sydney all day long together with Eric as the jungle gym. When we got back home we were all exhausted for several days, and Lilah hasn't gotten back into her good sleeping routine from before the trip still because she then decided to stand up in her cot instead of sleeping every nap time, but we're getting there.




















I took a few more photos at crawling club this week. The light and colours there are really good, so it's a good opportunity. Lilah had a great time - she is definitely one of the smallest babies there though - our little 'delicate joy'.























She loved these little green balls. She crawled around everywhere with them, and if she saw another baby with one she would crawl over and take it off them!