On Saturday we were invited over to our friends Astrid & Lukas' place for a BBQ for their housewarming. We were up early on Saturday morning with Darian, who seems to think that it's better waking up at 6am on a Saturday but during the week wants to sleep in and we have to guiltily wake him (as was the case this beautiful Monday morning). Nonetheless, Cameron asked me to bake a ham to take along with us which I had done on Friday night but I also had a grand idea to bake a cake that morning to take along with us, so I baked a yummy chocolate cake too. Both went down as a great hit which I just have to add (no modesty here... LOL)! We finally got to Astrid & Lukas' place that afternoon and had a wonderful time with our friends whom we haven't seen in ages. Nessa & Sean are busy planning their wedding (July in Ireland), Jess & Josh are enjoying their relationship and have since moved in together, Astrid & Lukas seem to be on the verge of starting a family (that was all the talk on Saturday) and Adam & Helen are loving their growing family with Charlie now 3 and Lily at 6 months. We haven't seen this group of people in such a long time so it was good to catch up.
Astrid & Lukas have a lovely new home with a swimming pool and a spa so they asked us to come with out togs ready for a swim. After a good catch up and lovely BBQ lunch we had all the kids in the pool and cos it was a bit cool we put the littlies in the spa pool. Darian loved every minute of it. He was splashing around and having the time of his life in the pool. We just have to get our little water baby into the pool more often and I seriously have to get him swimming lessons as soon as he is of age. He thought it was just the best thing ever and thoroughly enjoyed playing with little Charlie. He chuckled and squealed everytime Charlie would play and splash about with him.
He was such a joy and everyone was totally enamoured with him. He was so tired that he konked out on the way home in the car and went from his car seat to the cot, totally undisturbed. All that splashing about did him good. On Sunday we headed to church and afterwards went to do some grocery shopping. When mum was with us we would leave Darian with her and just go to the store on our own but now we've got to take him with us, and this is the second time we've done a full grocery shop with him and all I can say is, Darian is a handful. He is so full of energy that he can't stay strapped into the trolley for too long and just wants to grab everything. By the time we got home we were so exhausted from the shopping trip and he was still bouncing off the walls.
When it was time for bed I decided I will try something different. You see mum spoiled Darian by rocking him to sleep every night and it's been a battle to get him out of that habit. So last night I decided I would just put him in his cot and keep him there until he fell asleep. It took 45 minutes (from 8pm to 8:45pm) but he fell asleep on his own, in his cot, without any rocking for the first time in his life! Needless to say I was totally knackered by then but I have to keep reminding myself that it's for the best, for him & me in the long run. Everytime he would get up I would put him right back, cover him and say "it's sleep time now" so he can understand that "sleep time" means close your eyes and sleep! LOL! Oh well, we'll learn for next time! Granny totally spoiled this little munchkin!
It was a wonderful weekend spent with friends and my gorgeous two guys, I couldn't have asked for a better weekend.
On a side note: I've got Cherie's wedding coming up in just under 5 weeks and I'm on a mission to lose a few kg's so I can look my best on the day. I'm on week 2 of Weightwatchers and today started my pilates again. Last week I started going for lunchtime walks on the waterfront and lost a total of 2.6kg's so far. I have to keep at it otherwise I'll be the fat bridesmaid, and no one wants that. My goal is to get back to at least pre-pregnancy weight by then, I'm sure if I keep this up for the next 5 weeks I'll get there. I just have 6kg's to lose to get there so.... Wish me luck guys!
