Hello everyone!!!! Sorry I have been AWOL for so long!! I have been following posts but my new phone isn't great for posting, and I was also in South Africa for 3 weeks. We had a fantastic time!! Went to a game reserve for 3 days, did white water rafting and had a go on segways (not Erin haha), went to a water park, out for dinner/shopping lots, playparks, miniature farms, fruit picking etc. Erin was loved by the in laws and she had a fab time running around exploring their massive house and garden. They have 2 jack Russells and 2 cats which she wouldn't leave alone; poor animals by the end they were just running away when she ran towards them, think they were glad to have some peace and quiet when we left!!! Sad goodbyes though, really hard with Erin especially, my MIL was in bits
She recognises them on Skype though and can name them all on there, and was giving hi 5's to their hands on the screen when they put them up which is really nice.
Feeling so unorganised for Christmas. We have our tree and decs up, but Christmas shopping is appallingly behind. This weekend is going to be focused on that!!! Last year was great being on maternity leave...OH said to me yesterday "but we were so organised last year" I was like "Yes IIII was so organised because IIII wasn't working lol" Are you all looking forward to the big day? Is everyone else organised?
So exciting on getting your section date Trix! Won't be long now. Are you still feeling uncomfortable? I can't believe you're nearly going to have your second. And wow that's an expensive pram lol.
Stranj, great to hear that Giada is getting on well with the swimming lessons. We don't take Erin swimming nearly enough, next year I'm going to make more of an effort to go. Great that she's doing well with her toddler bed, we haven't made the move yet but I'm thinking we should do it soon.
Hispirits, sounds like you have a very good little boy!! Erin was a nightmare when we tried to wean, and was barely eating any solid food until about 12 months, so great that he's doing well and fab picture of him. Aw so lovely about enjoying this Christmas with Frazer.
Hope everyone else is ok.
We are going through a bit of a tough time with sleep, she is not going down to bed well again and keeps waking in the night. She had a bad cold so we were going to her all the time and brought her in our bed a couple of times and so she's got used to that. So hard with working though so we're going to try and tackle that over the next few days.
We're going to a birthday party tomorrow for her bestest friend at nursery, they get on so well and are such monkeys together. She also has a Christmas party at nursery next Thursday, super cute!
Here's a few photos from our trip to SA. Would love to see some pics from everyone
Christmas cheer to everyone xxx
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SHe has taken another two weeks of swimming and is finally liking it! She still won't really kick or paddle, but her breath control is really good. They glide her down to the bottom on the shallow end and she grabs toys off the floor. It makes me a bit nervous, but she seems to do really well at it. Her speech is still the same. I keep waiting for that language explosion!!! 
