May in motion

"We like to move it, move it.."

Nathy's moving moments
1. His hair moved downwards - we said goodbye to his cute baby sticky-upy spikes and hello to longer, flatter, boy-like hair :o(

2. His teeth moved outwards - we said hello to two more teeth that popped out (all without me noticing til a friend pointed them out!)

3. His legs pushed upwards - bathtime is now a very closely watched event as Nathy insists on pulling himself up to standing at the side of the bath for 90% of the time he's in there! And to make matters worse he thinks it's hilarious when his little feet start slipping backwards and he loses his balance!

3. His body moved forwards - and the most momentous movement was Nathy finally starting to crawl. Yes I miss the peace of knowing he is restricted to one fixed abode but it is very cute seeing him dart across the room, with a cheeky look on his face, in a vein attempt to grab the remotes. What is with males and remotes? Whenever I hear him excitedly babbling in the lounge then I know what he's managed to get in his hot little hands!

Glen's mammoth movements
On a similar 'movement' style, Glen also ran his first official fun run - racing the Puffing Billy Steam Train over a 13km cross country style course. Yeah, yeah we know it was only 13km, but it had a lot of steep hills! Glen ran it with our friend Richard, and left Danielle and myself to do the hard part - get our kids in our cars and meet our husbands at the finish line. Sounds easy. It was NOT! We got stuck in horrendous traffic and then our tired hubbies (once they walked to us in the traffic jam) made US do the u-turns in the banked up traffic! Apparently they had wobbly tired legs :o)

Our final move involves the whole house. Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to this lovely house that we have called home for the first 18 months as Australian Residents. The new owners of the house have decided to move in and start their renovations, so we are moving out. Fortunately we have found a new house of similar size and only 2 mins from World Vision for Glen. Unfortunately the kitchen is nothing compared to my current one :o( However I tell myself it was better to have a big house with a small kitchen than a small house with a great kitchen (another house we got offered). It wouldn't do to have all the kids toys and computer desk in the kitchen now would it!

And in a trans-tasman 'move', myself and the kids will be back in Aotearoa for a few weeks starting 26 June. The flight time of the cheap airfares 'happened' to coincide with my birthday and also coincidentally allows me to visit a few new babies that have been born :o)

Julia