Howdy Everyone!

Hi everyone - hope you are well, happy and having fun. We are good - Seth has turned 3 and Willow is now 6 months.

Seth still seemed 2ish after he turned 3 but now he just amazes us every time he opens his mouth. He is no longer a baby at all and it is really hard to con him into anything - but easier to reason with him all at the same time. He is in the Wallabies room with his best buds (trust me - he told me the other day that they are his best friends so I am not making it up!) Ryan and Jayden (collectively referred to as Ryanjayden by Seth all the time). He is doing really well there and most days he is happy to go. He had a great birthday party (actually in the style of Seth several birthday parties!) with all the kids running around - Mum, Todd and I were absolutely wiped out afterwards so we may be hitting Maccas next year instead.

Willow is just gorgeous - a happy, smiley, laughing little thing. Now that all the visitors have gone (Mum, Troy, Linley & Derek) and she is back in her own room she is back to sleeping right through the night. She has started (very successfully) on solids and stays sitting up if you put her there. She loves me but Todd and Seth are the lights of her life and she is just so happy when they are around. We also go every week to Baby Club where we see about 12 other bubs & mums on average and both of us are making good friends there.

Todd and I are fine - we moved house back in May and survived. We now have a bigger house than we ever thought possible (trust me - lots of cleaning) but we are still by the water so it is lovely (particularly on sunset). I've been back at work part time since Willow was 3 months - just from home using remote access. So far this has worked pretty well but we may need to make some adjustments once Willow starts moving. Todd's work is as full on as ever but they are hopefully taking steps to make it a bit better for him. We like it here and don't want to move but we also have to be happy if you know what I mean!

Bye for now. Love Amanda