Bebe Alive

I guess I am a fully fledged parent now - Lucy got her first Baby Alive last week. Thinking about it, it would probably have been worthwhile buying it when Audrey was born so Lucy would have a baby to take care of too. We ending up choosing - wait for the naff name - 'Wet n Wiggles'. This baby drinks from a bottle, squeals, wriggles and then wets herself. In theory, this sounded perfect but for the past week I've been cleaning up little puddles around the house left by Bébé. So essentially, I now have three kids to care for.

Today, while listening to Keith Urban (gotta love a bit of country, very calming for A-types like me), I've been sewing clothes for Bébé. The patterns I made are minuscule, like 10cm from shoulder to hem! I decided against a set-in sleeve for that reason... Now Lucy's baby is not whining about the cold, and her nappies are dry so there'll be no more puddles. Well, for a while, at least.




Audrey checks out her competition...

The Evian Ad

Okay, if someone had described this advertisement to me I would have thought 'blech, not another freakin' baby ad'! But I laughed to the point of tears. I especially like the moonwalker. Brilliant!

sibling gift

This is far too cute.

cold weather Lucy

It's getting pretty cold in our neck of the woods, though South Islander's would laugh at us Aucklanders saying that. There is a quiet rivalry/mockery between the Islands here. Auckland seems to get a lot of coverage in the news, and in local mags, so we get labelled as hoity and self-important. Quite mean of the rest of the country really. People outside of Auckland think that people in Auckland think nothing exists south of the Bombay Hills (most of New Zealand is south of the Bombay Hills). My father actually calls it SoBBBH (south of the bl**dy Bombay Hills, seeing as all his children are held hostage North of them).


Anyway, as I mentioned, it's getting pretty cold here yet Lucy gets quite stroppy at being dressed in all the neutral woollens I have sewn for her. Left to her own devices the other day, she came up with her own outfit. She chose the purple boots (over the dark grey I wanted to buy her, but I have warmed to the purple), and she thinks some of the darker spots on her shorts are pieces of chocolate. Excellent imagination (or just very hopeful)!



And Audrey is a few days away from being 5 months. 5 months! Unreal how fast it has gone. She got her first two teeth at 4.5 mths, which is pretty early. Lucy got hers right on 6 months. Audrey is a very happy baby, but still getting me up during the night. Once is okay, several times during the night turns me into Cruella de Vil. I would much rather wake up Mary Poppins. I get an inkling Lucy and Audrey feel the same way.

on my mind

The price one woman has paid for her Doctor's misdiagnosis. I hope that for most of us we will learn from what this woman is going through rather than go through it ourselves. I'm still dwelling on it. Very sad, yet well worth watching.

It's 12 mins long, and you can watch it here.

Betty

I hadn't visited Betty's blog for a while. When I stopped by the other day I found some incredible (and incredibly simple) summer outfits. Betty seems to look good in everything she wears. She even looks polished in distressed jeans and faded t-shirts. And the surprising thing is, a fair amount seems to be American Apparel, Topshop, H&M...

I think her secret, apart from super hair and porcelain skin, is the way she accessorises. I mean the bow-tie necklace?! I am so making Lucy a bow-tie sweatshirt now. I don't wear much jewelry (I generally wear only a necklace and a ring) but Betty is inspiring me to wear more, especially the cuffs.