Orange stains

Today Michaela had carrots for the first time. And amazingly, she was even opening her mouth for the next spoonful to get in! She didn't take much, but she seemed to enjoy it far better than the baby rice. But now the spoon and her bib are stained orange - not looking forward to what might come out the other end tomorrow.....

And for other new things, this weekend mom is going away..........alone! So dad will have Michaela all to himself from Friday afternoon until Sunday night. Both parents are looking forward to the weekend and are nervous about it at the same time. We're sure it'll all be fine, but just a bit strange for the both of us (and for Michaela too). Then dad goes away on Monday morning until Friday night, so that'll be mom's first time alone with Michaela. Here's hoping she'll be a little angel for us.

Special thanks to Lesley for being the photographer today and to Nic for the plastic bib/shirt.

Getting the first one over!

Okay, this is our first time trying to post a blog, so here goes. We've set this up really as a site for friends and family members to link on to see what we've been up to, or more importantly, what Michaela has been up to.

So, what can we say? Michaela's now 24 and a half weeks old and is doing great. She can sit up, roll over, blow raspberries, laugh, play on her own for a bit and has just started eating solids (see photo above).

People told us the time will go by fast and we didn't ever believe them, especially in those first few weeks when it was lots of crying and little sleep! But to think she's nearly six months old is amazing. It's almost hard to remember what life was like before she arrived.

Anyway, this is too late at night to keep going on. Hopefully we'll keep updating at least once a week - we'll see..............