I really should be cleaning...

Jarvis is napping, the house is looking kind of like a tornado has whipped round the lounge, but instead of tidying it up I keep being drawn to the computer...

Loving the new car. My back in particular is loving the new car. I don't think my chiropractor will be so enthusiastic (from a health perspective he will be, but I'm sure he'll be missing the daily transactions!).

It was also pretty cool being able to go up the whareratas without having to drop to second gear. After my internet man comes to give me a proper reliable connection this afternoon I will be sure to post car photos! In the tradition of Barack Obama & his jeans, it is most definitely a 'Mom Car', but being that I am now a 'Mom' I figure it's just perfect.

We attempted to go walking yesterday, but it was a total disappointment. I loved walking for a couple of hours along the path by the beach in Napier, we did it almost every day we were there. I think we'll be back to walking along our road & back again after yesterdays effort, we drove to the botanical gardens (where I'd never actually been before), got out the pram, bundled in the boy, and after exploring every possible pathway were back at the car within fifteen minutes. Any handy hints for nice places to walk in Gisborne are appreciated! Please!

A New Car!

A superb day in Hawkes Bay! After realising our little car was posing a health hazard to Jarvis & I, we decided a new (to us) car was in order. I found a fantastic one online, & it happened to be in Hastings - perfect! Or not...I arranged to see this car on Sunday, called the man on Saturday evening & he's already sold it...Grrrr!!!!! Many passive aggressive exclaimation points!!!

Anyhow, after much ranting & raving about the bad man who sold my car, I formulated a new plan which involved scouring Hawke's Bay for a car. Mum, Jarvis & I set out on Sunday afternoon in the howling wind to check out the caryards. This involved Mum & Jarvis playing in the car while I ran around like a crazy lady with my notebook & pen.

I thought I'd found something which would work & was super excited. Then I got home, did my mandatory safety check on the LTSA website & found that it was horribly unsafe & possibly a death trap. Crossed off the list.

This morning we took a new approach. Jarvis went into his pram all rugged up, and we marched around Napier checking out cars. He thought this was quite enjoyable. Or it may have been the new dangly toy thingee on his pram.

After a whole lot of failure we found a great car, but it was too expensive. Thank goodness for the buyers market - I told the car yard man that it was perfect but I just couldn't stretch to that, so he knocked a thousand dollars off the price, got it AA checked for me, & even offered to get a carseat bolt installed if it was all to my liking. Done.

Can't wait for tomorrow!

Nappies!

A fantastic visit from the courier this afternoon - my clever sister made these gorgeous nappies for the little guy! The prototype nappy (she made one as a test run before going into production!) is better than any of the hideously expensive ones I bought, and far cooler :) Yay!

Oh how we've grown...

I was just watching Jarvis playing on the floor with his favourite cow Bepanthen (as she was dubiously renamed by my husband...I'm sure her name used to be Claribelle?) and realised she's an excellent measuring stick for just how big he is! The second photo is from April 27th, when Jarvis was exactly a month old, the first one I took this morning, he's now 3 1/2 months. Back then the cow was bigger than the baby!

We've been contemplating our little person's speedy growth this week, with him having to shift out of his bassinette and into his cot, out of the pram and into the pushchair. Fortunately he seems to love his new bed and sleeps with his arms stretched out as far as they will go, just because he can! He woke up this morning & had a conversation with his new bed for about half an hour before he wanted more stimulating company.

He's less certain about the new pram arrangement, I had to take the sunshade off so he could look straight up & see me! I think he quite liked being able to see out once he got used to it, still kept glancing up to check I hadn't run off though...Next mission - how to get the thing into the car!