8 weeks=needles

On Thursday I took Amelie to get her first round of immunisations... I guess I assumed that they would give all the medicine in one needle, so was quite shocked when the nurse pulled out three. I mean its pretty hard for most adults to face one needle, let alone three. But Amelie was a champion, only cried for a minute or so. And to be truthful while most mums freak out a little when they first hear the'I'm in pain and I might be dying..' cry (according to the nurse), I actually found it really cute!! Anyway it turns out Amelie is a bit of a giant... she's now 62cm...yes thats a massive 4cm of growth since her 6 week check up, putting her in the top 5% of her age group for a girl. It must be something going around because every baby I know seems to be about that size.

And of course there were friends to meet

Amelie got to meet lots of people, but being a terrible photographer I constantly forget to take photos. But here is one of her visit with Aunty Kate...very proficient at the baby holding thing! And one of her meeting Eli for the first time.

Amelie and Nanna

We also made a trip so Amelie could meet her scottish great-grandmother (on Dan's mum's side), Nanna. Hopefully we'll be able to head north about Easter time next year so Amelie can meet the rest of the family.

meeting the family

One of the big benefits of getting to sydney last week was of course getting to introduce Amelie to a whole bunch of people. Here is some shots of her meeting her Uncle Aaron and her cousins Conrad and Caleb... Aunty Joey was also there, but escaped the photos (except one really bad head cut in half shot clearly taken by me!!).

Leaving on a jet plane

This last week we took a trip to sydney for the wedding of Stu and Katie. This of course was Amelie's first time on an airplane. She was awesome..slept the whole way in the baby carrier.

Amelie vs Turdle

Recently some guys from sydney came to town and gave us Turdle. It seems Amelie and he had some issues and it turned into a bit of a smack down... I think Amelie won and they are getting along better since

7 weeks yesterday..

6 weeks and still growing

Amelie went to the doctors for her 6 week check up last thursday, and she is now 5.1kgs and 58cm or what I would like to call the awkward between sizes phase. For example 000 clothes generally go up to 56cm, but 00 is for more like 64cm. Likewise huggies newborn nappies are up to 5kgs, but the crawler nappies are from 6-11kgs....what about the poor kids lingering in the gap between 5-6kgs? I don't know about you but to me there is nothing worse than a pair of undies that don't fit properly! But she seems happy enough.

My new threads

This week an NYI team from Sydney stayed with us, so i thought what better opportunity to show off my new threads that I can now fit in. For those who don't speak German, the orange shirt says 'yes, it must be this loud'- thanks Aunty Andrea!! It was also my first experience with jeans. I know I don't look happy but it was just that dang rash... which cleared up a little a few days later.