Still sick!

Not only Auron is sick but Aarahi has been really sick this week also, he came home from work on Friday at about 11 am, and went straight to bed and we didn't see him again until 7pm that night. Auron still hasnt been able to shake his cold completely other than a nasty cough he seems fine, no temperature or grizzly crying, apart from when we went to do the groceries and he had a meltdown about having to go in his pram, lucky daddy was there to carry him around. Auron actually looked pretty pleased with himself, getting his own way and all.

The missionaries came over last night to help give Aarahi and Auron a blessing which was nice, Auron didn't know what was happening and wouldn't keep still.

After a week of pushing himself along the floor on his forehead Auron thought he would finally roll over. About time! He is also sitting up pretty well, until he gets too excited or goes to grab a toy that's a little too far away and he topples over, which he also finds to be funny and just laughs.

The two sickies having a nap

Oh how I love Blue Blankie

A Sick Little Pukeko

Yep Auron is sick...or teething, most likely both I think. He doesn't seem too bothered by it though, hes still a happy bubba, just a bit cuddly not his usual rough and tumble self. Aside from a sick Pukeko we also have a sick Daddy in our house too. Poor Aarahi timed it wrong because now work has picked up and hes working longer hours.

We have a new baby! Ellie had a beautiful baby boy earlier this week which they have named Ensign Ngamahinganui. I think he was 9pound 3ounces which is pretty impressive, no wonder Eleanor looked like a whale. But well done Ellie you did good! you too Aidan.

This week i embarked on sewing project number 2, a nappy changing thing for my and bag. I usually just throw everything in my bag, and come time to change baby and it takes me forever to find everything and the nappies are usually covered in allsorts of stuff that seems to accumulate in the bottom of my bag. So I made this thing that has a place for the wipes a few nappies and a matching change mat. My description sucks but the finished product worked out well.

Baby Ensign all fresh and new! Isn't he so yummy!

Nana and grand-graeme with great grandchild number 8!

 Look at those LIPS!

Tryna show off my cool hair style but the its too hard to see

Nappy change thing folded up

Open with its compartments on each side

And matching change mat with a nice soft side and a cool colourful matching side

Family Home Wii-vening

We finally bought a Wii!!!! and boy has it been fun! We both have been sore and achy since we got it, so it must be doing something i guess. I am totally uncoordinated and pretty much useless at the majority of the games but I can thrash Aarahi at doing the hula. 

Auron is still his cute self, hes managed to worm his way back into our bed. Hes a pretty easy going baby, doesn't mind being dragged around by the kids at church or taken shopping or just watching you do housework. He LOVES the vaccume cleaner! Today he has learnt how to take his dummy out and put it back in. He seems pretty pleased with this new achievement. We started to read to Auron everyday, so far his favourite book is The wheels on the bus - New Zealand edition, i think he likes it because it has lots of actions and funny voices. 

We went to see the last Harry Potter this week also. It was fantastic! we saw it in 3D which was even better. Aarahi and I are lucky that Auron is so easy going and lets be able to still enjoy going out to movies and dinner etc. 

Our little caterpillar wrapped up and ready for bed.

 Waiting in the car for Daddy to make the straps on my carseat bigger.

 This is as far as tummy time goes. I hate hate hate lying on my tummy.

 Me and my friend penguin.

 Ahhh this is my new favourite toy! an empty M & M's bag.

A few new things...

The past few weeks have been relatively boring and uneventful, just the same old same old. Aarahis had some time off work which is nice. We have decided to start our "alphabet dates"  again. Went into the city to have Yum Cha for our Y date at this little restaurant that we saw had pretty good reviews but when we got there it was closed, only open for dinner so we settled for fish n chips and Xmen DVD for X date.

We started Auron on solid foods a few days ago. It's a little early but his constant hunger was driving us mad...me in particular. Just gave him a little to start with to make sure his tummy was ok with it. He loved it and had no problem digesting it and we are loving our happy baby who is back to feeding only every 2-3 hours instead of every 90 mins

We have also discovered this week that Auron has developed an attachment to his blue mickey mouse blankie, which is strange because it has kind of a funky smell to it...maybe thats its appeal. We learnt the hard way when Blue Blankie had to go to the wash this week and Auron refused to go to bed or sleep without it.

This past weekend we got stuff for Aurons bedroom, not that hes going in it anytime soon but my Nana is coming to stay for a bit so we needed to get a bed for her so decided to get the stuff for his room now. Hopefully she doesnt mind alien sheets and bunk beds.

Auron like mummy and daddy is eagerly awaiting his new cousin which hopefully will come any day now. Good luck to Ellie and Aidan!

 Pukeko has out grown his baby bath, this was his first bath in a big bath, thanks Aunty Kristen for my bath seat, I loved it.

 Mmmm yummy food.... so much better than milk,

  This is me and blue blankie, I mostly just love to suck him and rub my face with him.

Kung fu panda!

We have done a few fun things this week. The best was going to Kung fu Panda! Aarahi got some free tickets from work for being a hard worker which was a nice treat. Auron loved the movies, slept for maybe 15 mins but other than that his eyes were glued to the screen, no crying or complaining at all just happy smiles.
My friend Kim and her boyfriend Chris just moved to Melbourne last week so on Wednesday Auron and I trekked into the city to do a bit of shopping and catch up with them. It was really good to see them and for them to meet Auron. Auron wasnt too impressed by Chris and burst into tears which freaked Chris out.
Auron is getting bigger by the day and new clothes were in order this week so Mr Pukeko got a new wardrobe, not that he cares too much about it though, but he is looking super cute in his new clothes.
It was a busy day at church yesterday as it was ward conference. The good thing about ward conference though is that they put on a huge lunch. Following ward conference we had a baptism for one of the girls in primary. Baptisms here a HUGE deals, the whole ward turns up and the family put on a big dinner for the ward. So yes we were WELL fed at church yesterday. I quite like sundays because the girls in my primary class and the Young women come and entertain baby for us.
Finally today Aarahi didnt go to work so we spend the day together baking and making the Pukeko a playmat. (Aarahi bought me a sewing machine on the weekend). It was nice to just spend the day together working on a project.

 Sitting at the movies...he even wore his panda top!

 Our turtle playmat....his head needs some work but auron seems to think its ok

This was my very first movie!

Aurons Hospital Visit

Today we went to the Royal Childrens Hospital for Auron's appointment about his wonky head. He was very well behaved even smiling for the doctors as he was examined. The verdict was that his misshapeded head is a result of his traumatic delivery, and probably caused by the forceps. They said it should correct itself over time but we need to encourage him to sleep on that side or else his forehead may come forward too much. Check-up in 3 months to make sure is correcting itself and has a symmetrical head.

Aside from our hospital visit with Mcdonalds afterwards...who puts Mcdonalds in a hospital its far too tempting, our week has been pretty boring. Auron has learnt a few new things, such as "talking" he loves to babble away to anyone and anything that will listen, his favourite friends are his carseat, the bathroom, the laptop and daddy of course. His other new trick is standing up while you hold his hands. He loves it! Hes never been a lying down baby anyway. Loves to be sitting up or standing and jumping. Who can blame him, theres not too much to see lying down. On the down side though I'm not sure if hes ever going to roll over lol. He wont lay on the floor for more that 2mins, but sit him up on the couch and hes fine for a good 30mins.

There is a video at the very end, i'm not sure if you are able to see it from your emails but if you go to the blog site http://matthewswhanau.blogspot.com/ you can see it here.

Look at me doing my standing, im sooooo happy!

Just relaxing with my blankie and watching a bit of TV

Practicing my sitting trick, I think its going to take me awhile to master it but im well on my way.

Having my bath next to the nice warm heater, its probably one of my favourite things to do, i cant wait until im big enough to fit the swimming nappies so we can go to the big pools!

Having a talk with daddy while waiting for our appointment.

Queens Birthday - Zoo Trip

Today was Queens Birthday here in Australia and I was determined that we get out and do something. We've been watching the Zoo series on tv so thought the Zoo would be a good day out. So we picked up 3 of my cousins and hopped on the train in to the city. We spent most of the day there and had heaps of fun. Auron wasnt too impressed by any of it, prefering to sleep.

The Zoo had heaps of new babies which were SOOOOOOO cute, especially the baby elephants and orangatans.

 We got there just in time to see the lions being fed. When we took this photo we were only a metre or two away from them, was amazing to see them climbing the trees to get their food

 Hehe me and my darling. We are lacking photos of both of us these days.

 Mr Pukeko fast asleep, he slept for a good part of the trip. He doesnt like to lay down in his pram, likes to see whats going on.

 Kisses for Mr Lion.

 Someone decided to wake up just in time for the Giraffes and Zebra.

 Totally unimpressed by daddys funny faces.

 Can you see the Koala behind me? they were hard to get photos of because they were crawling all over the place. They were sooo close you could almost touch them. They werent really in enclosures just out in the open with some logs you had to stand behind. The dingos and emus were just walking around.

 Group photo!

 On the way to see the elephants.  Walking there was really cool you had to go through a big "forest" walk to get there.

 In the butterfly enclosure. There were HEAPS of different butterflies flying free. Some would even land on you. This was one of the prettiest butterflies.

Pretty much our only photo of all of us.