Update

We've been in Raglan a month now and have finally managed to spend another whole weekend here :) Ember seems to really like it, she's settled down well and is sleeping better (most of the time). It's lovely to have Amber up the road with her 2 boys (Shea, 6 and Seb, 18 months) and she's just found out that surprise baby number three is actually twin girls! So I'll be trying to help her out as much as possible once the girls arrive.

Ember has suddenly leaped forward with her talking and tries to copy a lot of things we say. She has a few definite words now, if you know what you are listening for. She definitely knows dog (aka 'dogga'), ball, bubble, daddy, mummy, banana, uh oh, what's that.. oh and of course 'no' which is her favourite word at the moment! She can also make a lion, monkey, chicken and sheep noise on cue, can point to her nose (or sometimes up it) when asked, and if you say 'choice' she does a thumbs up! Poppa John will be so proud. Her comprehension is actually good all round - if you ask her something she will usually respond appropriately - eg if you ask where teddy is, she'll look for it, if you ask her if she'd like a story she gets a book etc.

Creche continues to be a good place to be and she is now starting to look after the little babies which is sweet. She loves playing with the older kids too, but she does still have an unfortunate hair-pulling habit. She had time out twice on Saturday for pulling Seb's hair, but he got his own back later by thwacking her over the head with her shape sorter when she was lying down!

Si is continuing to get a steady amount of work rolling in, and has created a pretty impressive pirate ship at the Magical Garden (where we used to live). He's got three shows lined up next year with Hamilton Operatic, one confirmed in Auckland and about 3 fairly definites, as well as more work at the Magical Garden, so it's all going well.

I'm enjoying my job, even re-entry (long story!), and looking forward to starting my Masters shortly. We had a bit of a drama with our car (another long story) the upshot being that we now have a newer, better car (on finance, but never mind) which copes with the drive in and out a lot better too. It's a Nissan Cube, an either love-it-or-hate-it car, which we love and have named Pablo.

Have had a good weekend, but am not going to post about it now as I'm going to bed! Will try to be more diligent about updating the blog... :)