Just For The Record

Not only does this blog let distant family and friends see what we are up to and watch our girls grow but it also serves as a diary for us. So seeing though we started this blog around Ella's first b'day we missed out on recording lots of little things that she progressed through in that first year. Of course we remember those major milestone - when she first slept though the night (6 weeks ish), first steps (early march 08) but it's all the small details that you seem to forget which shows what life really was like.  Hence the purpose of this entry.

A Day in the Life of Katy and Nat with guest appearances from Ella and Andy (Friday 17th July)

• Day began fairly early with Katy waking up at 12.50am and Andy on duty for bottle feed.
• Andy's back in bed by 2am after watching the end of the tour.
• Katy wakes up at 6.15am for breastfeed and is back in bed semi asleep with Andy by 7am.
• Ella wakes up at 6.30am plays around until Nat gets her milk at 7am.
• Nat packs Ella's lunch and feeds her breakfast.
• Katy wakes up Andy at 7.30am and both finally get out of bed.
• Dress both girls.
• Andy and Ella out of the door by 8.15am to catch the bus.
• Nat has a shower.
• Katy wants another feed at 8.30am.
• Nat calls Yarralumla Nursery to see if anyone handed in her car keys and HOORAY they had.
• 9.15am Katy, Pippa and Nat head out for a walk (Extended Henry Half)
• Drop past the Cook IGA for supplies - milk, bread, paper and chocolate mud cake (packet mix)
• Back home by 10.15am make cake and while that's cooking unpack dishwasher, put on load of washing and do a general tidy up.
• 11.30am still waiting for Katy to wake up so check email, surf net and read some of the paper.
• 12.15pm Katy finally stirs and feeds.
• Head off to nursery at 1.15pm and on way home stop at Yarralumla Bakery to buy a steak and mushroom pie and lemon tart - YUM.
• Arrive home by 2pm, eat lunch while doing the sudoku and focus.
• Katy wakes for a feed at 2.30pm.
• 3ish put out washing, fold some washing up, ice cake and prep dinner.
• Nan (Andy's mum) drops in on her bike at 3.30pm for afternoon tea.  Katy impresses her with her smiles and cooing.
• 4ish leave for Jase's. Have some more afternoon tea as well as play time with Abby and Zoe.
• Katy is hungry again just before 5pm.
• Leave at 5.30pm to pick up Ella and Andy.
• Decide to have a quick beer and some chips with Andy's colleagues at the uni shop.
• Back home by 6.30pm to heat up some macaroni cheese for Ella.
• Bathtime for both girls at 7ish.
• Milk, story and both girls in bed by 7.45pm.
• Eat our dinner at 8.15pm.
• Katy wakes at 8.45pm so Andy bottle feeds while watching a recorded episode of Miss Marple.
• Katy back in bed at 9.45pm.
• Nat expresses then goes to bed at 10.30pm and Andy joins her at 11.30pm after doing some work.
• Ella wakes up in hysterics (bad dream about mummy?) at 11.45pm.
• All quiet by 12.20am.
• Katy is up again for more milk at 2.20am and another day begins :)