The final packing has been done and we have had dinner. The last thing to do is bath the baby and head to the airport! Yay! We are very excited to start our adventure and can’t wait to actually arrive!

I hope to share some of our adventures with you as they happen. But if life gets too busy then I hope you have a fantastic 2 weeks!!

Here is my gorgeous girl showing her awesome mothering skills! Baby is in bed and is now being rocked to sleep

My baby girl is growing up too fast Every day she is doing something new that both amazes and scares me! She is becoming so smart. Here is what she has been up to over the last few days:

• She now likes to put her baby doll to bed and rock her. I bought her a really old wooden dolls bed and high chair off Trade Me that needs a paint job, but she is having fun playing with it still. It’s really cute to watch, she puts the doll in the bed, covers her with a blanket and then rocks it! A few weeks ago she wouldn’t even touch the doll!
• She is really into wearing bracelets. She loves finding them and asking me to put them on her wrist. She is even trying to stay the word bracelet!
• She understands so much, this morning I asked her to find a book called “Perky the Pukeko”, so she went over to her bookcase and grabbed it. I thought she must have just gotten lucky so I asked her to find her “Growl” book. Back she went to her bookcase and found it right away! Not only did she know what I was asking her to do, but she recognises and remembers books!
• This morning we dropped our darling cat off at the cattery. Catching Ella is always fun, but I have learnt to get her into her carry cage in the bathroom cause she can’t hide if she gets away. Miss D got most upset that we were shut in there without her, and then did not like what I was doing to Ella! In the car Miss D spent the whole time talking to Ella and said goodbye to her when we left her at the cattery. When we got back in the car Miss D looked to her left and said “Ella?” and I reminded her we had said goodbye to Ella, she then waved her hand and said goodbye again! But when we got home she started asking for Ella… she knows she is missing which is amazing!
• And finally she has been attempting to let go of my hands if we are “walking” together! She has managed to stand by herself a few times for about 2 seconds, but she thinks she is very clever! So I think it wont be long till she is off running

I think that is all for now. See what I mean about growing up too fast! But I love her so much and I can’t wait to see what awesome new skill she develops!

Miss Delightful has finally learnt what to do with her Buzzy Bee toy! Since she can’t walk yet, she has figure out how to crawl away holding on to the string and then pull the bee towards her! It is so cute to watch, she concentrates very hard on what she is doing!

PS. It was just about bath time after a very messy dinner… hence the lack of pants! And the photo was taken on my phone, so it’s not very good!

I am hoping that I will have time to keep blogging while we are away… but I know that we might be having too much fun!

Tonight I am hiding in the study as Mr Wonderful is hosting the men from our Homegroup. So I am using the time to set up a few posts to happen all by themselves. Just in case I don’t get to blog that often, there will still be something for you to read

And at the same time I am staring at our suitcases trying to think of what else needs to go in them. Mine is looking good, Miss D’s is looking ok but very empty and Mr W’s is completely empty! Guess what he is doing tomorrow night? I am now getting even more excited for our big adventure… only 4 more sleeps!!!

I didn’t actually make anything… but when I got into bed I thought of something I should make.

Have you ever had this happen to you? You get into bed and try to get warm, but by the time you get comfortable you realise that your pajama pants are all the way up by your knees? Then you have to wriggle and squirm to try and get them back down to your ankles, and when that is done you have lost your comfy position.

Well this happens to me every single night! And it drives me mad.. if I wanted my pants to end at my knees I would wear them that way! So I said to Mr Wonderful “I need pants with feet” and his reply was “like a baby’s onsie?”. Then I cracked up laughing cause the image of myself in a onsie was just too funny.

So while I came up with a great idea, pajama pants with feet, I don’t think I will actually be rushing off to make them (however tempting it may be!).