Dear Family and Friends,
Cameron is now 4 weeks old and we have adjusted to the new family dynamic well. He is a really good baby and we're enjoying getting to know him.
Mum went back to England at the end of August and immediately following that Iain took 2 weeks off, one week just with Cameron and me and one week Amelia was off childcare and so we spent time as the four of us.
It was a wonderful 2 weeks, like living in a little bubble and it was very sad when reality hit and Iain had to go back to work. We enjoyed some good weather and were able to take Amelia to the park and spend some time in the garden. We also had a day at the Royal Adelaide Show which was here in early September. Amelia had a ball seeing the animals and going on the rides and we had a ball taking her. Cameron enjoyed sleeping all day in his comfy pram!
So this is now my second week of it just being Cameron and I. Last week was really busy just getting stuck into all the jobs on my to do list. Which is now longer because it includes the task - find another job! Yes folks, I have been made redundant again. This is redundancy number 4!
Following the merger with Australian Unity, lots of roles at Lifeplan are being made redundant and I am one of many.
So I have also been busy getting stuck in to updating my resume and using the outplacement service to refresh myself on job hunting.
Because of this and not knowing how long I'll be home for on a full time basis from this week we are taking Amelia out of childcare 3 days a week so from this week Cameron and I will enjoy Amelia's company for part of the week.
This week is already shaping up to be full and busy with Cameron and I having lunch with the managing director of the advertising agency I used at work today, then a board meeting and AGM at the disability organisation I am on the board of this afternoon. Tomorrow we are off to a birthday party, one of Amelia's friends from childcare is 3 tomorrow. Thursday I have meetings with recruiters and an appointment with my outplacement consultant and Friday the 3 of us are having lunch with a friend I used to work with at SKYCITY.
So I'm actually not sure when I managed to fit work in!!
Spring is here, except for today when it thundered and bucketed down all day and we are getting into the garden and planting various herbs, fruits and vegetables to see what we can grow. This weekend we planted tomato seeds and did a big clean up of the entertaining area and the BBQ in the hope that soon the weather will be reliable enough to have our first BBQ of the season.
We want to have one to get to know the neighbours a bit more. We've met them all a few times but since we moved in here in November I've been pregnant so we haven't done much entertaining. Now we have new neighbours on one side who are doing lots of work on their house and seem lovely. They have 2 kids. The neighbours at the back had a baby a week after Cameron was born, a little girl and we all got together with another neighbour for a big pow wow at the bottom of the garden last week and decided it was time for us to get together socially.
We have 2 weddings to go to in October which we are looking forward to. One is a massive Polish/Greek wedding at the National Wine Centre and the other a more intimate wedding at a house with views of the ocean south of Adelaide. We're not taking the kids to the Polish/Greek one, James is babysitting and we are going to get dressed up and have our first day out just the 2 of us in a very long time! I have 1 dress that fits me, unless I manage to lose the baby weight miraculously in 2 weeks which of course, is doubtful, but fortunately it is a lovely dress and will be just right for a wedding. We're very excited!
Well that's all for now - we're also looking forward to visits from Brandon and Nicole in October, our out of town friends.
Hope everyone is well - much love to you all
Caroline, Iain, Amelia and Cameron
xxxxx
Amelia at Warrawong Sanctuary
Here we are at the Royal Adelaide Show
Amelia was allowed one showbag from the show and she chose "In the Midnight Garden" which had an 'iggle piggle' hat
Cameron slept all day long missing out on the ice cream and the rides :-)
Amelia riding on a mini tractor
Amelia is holding a one day old chick in this photo
James and Amelia reading
Amelia in the Alpaca/Goat pavilion at the Show
At the playground
Cameron - 3 weeks old
Amelia (and Iain) enjoying a ride on the Carousel at the Show
On a Sunday walk
Holding her brother
In front of a beautiful spring flowering bush at the Mount Lofty Botanic Garden
Mount Lofty Botanic Garden
Cameron is now 4 weeks old and we have adjusted to the new family dynamic well. He is a really good baby and we're enjoying getting to know him.
Mum went back to England at the end of August and immediately following that Iain took 2 weeks off, one week just with Cameron and me and one week Amelia was off childcare and so we spent time as the four of us.
It was a wonderful 2 weeks, like living in a little bubble and it was very sad when reality hit and Iain had to go back to work. We enjoyed some good weather and were able to take Amelia to the park and spend some time in the garden. We also had a day at the Royal Adelaide Show which was here in early September. Amelia had a ball seeing the animals and going on the rides and we had a ball taking her. Cameron enjoyed sleeping all day in his comfy pram!
So this is now my second week of it just being Cameron and I. Last week was really busy just getting stuck into all the jobs on my to do list. Which is now longer because it includes the task - find another job! Yes folks, I have been made redundant again. This is redundancy number 4!
Following the merger with Australian Unity, lots of roles at Lifeplan are being made redundant and I am one of many.
So I have also been busy getting stuck in to updating my resume and using the outplacement service to refresh myself on job hunting.
Because of this and not knowing how long I'll be home for on a full time basis from this week we are taking Amelia out of childcare 3 days a week so from this week Cameron and I will enjoy Amelia's company for part of the week.
This week is already shaping up to be full and busy with Cameron and I having lunch with the managing director of the advertising agency I used at work today, then a board meeting and AGM at the disability organisation I am on the board of this afternoon. Tomorrow we are off to a birthday party, one of Amelia's friends from childcare is 3 tomorrow. Thursday I have meetings with recruiters and an appointment with my outplacement consultant and Friday the 3 of us are having lunch with a friend I used to work with at SKYCITY.
So I'm actually not sure when I managed to fit work in!!
Spring is here, except for today when it thundered and bucketed down all day and we are getting into the garden and planting various herbs, fruits and vegetables to see what we can grow. This weekend we planted tomato seeds and did a big clean up of the entertaining area and the BBQ in the hope that soon the weather will be reliable enough to have our first BBQ of the season.
We want to have one to get to know the neighbours a bit more. We've met them all a few times but since we moved in here in November I've been pregnant so we haven't done much entertaining. Now we have new neighbours on one side who are doing lots of work on their house and seem lovely. They have 2 kids. The neighbours at the back had a baby a week after Cameron was born, a little girl and we all got together with another neighbour for a big pow wow at the bottom of the garden last week and decided it was time for us to get together socially.
We have 2 weddings to go to in October which we are looking forward to. One is a massive Polish/Greek wedding at the National Wine Centre and the other a more intimate wedding at a house with views of the ocean south of Adelaide. We're not taking the kids to the Polish/Greek one, James is babysitting and we are going to get dressed up and have our first day out just the 2 of us in a very long time! I have 1 dress that fits me, unless I manage to lose the baby weight miraculously in 2 weeks which of course, is doubtful, but fortunately it is a lovely dress and will be just right for a wedding. We're very excited!
Well that's all for now - we're also looking forward to visits from Brandon and Nicole in October, our out of town friends.
Hope everyone is well - much love to you all
Caroline, Iain, Amelia and Cameron
xxxxx
Amelia at Warrawong Sanctuary
Here we are at the Royal Adelaide Show
Amelia was allowed one showbag from the show and she chose "In the Midnight Garden" which had an 'iggle piggle' hat
Cameron slept all day long missing out on the ice cream and the rides :-)
Amelia riding on a mini tractor
Amelia is holding a one day old chick in this photo
James and Amelia reading
Amelia in the Alpaca/Goat pavilion at the Show
At the playground
Cameron - 3 weeks old
Amelia (and Iain) enjoying a ride on the Carousel at the Show
On a Sunday walk
Holding her brother
In front of a beautiful spring flowering bush at the Mount Lofty Botanic Garden
Mount Lofty Botanic Garden
