Our Anniversary

Julia and I have been married for six years and on Saturday we celebrated our Anniversary. We arranged a babysitter (thank you Nicole!) and went out for dinner at a Thai Restaurant in Moonee Ponds (a suburb just 10 minutes away from us). It was quite a fancy Thai meal - the green curry we shared had mussels, scallops, prawns and barramundi in it. After our meal we found a cafe across the road that served amazing churros (Spanish style doughnuts) and chocolate sauce. We were completely stuffed.

churros!

For the most part, the last couple of weeks have been very quiet for us. Julia has been catching up with friends and family (she had a trip up to Ballarat with Isla) and going to doctors appointments and the mothers group. I have been sorting out my arrangements for work and have had a few meetings around Melbourne. I am very glad to say that I am starting work this Wednesday! Thank goodness. I am looking forward to putting yet another long hiatus from work behind me and getting on with normal life. Julia is also looking forward to having a more normal routine which doesn't involve me hanging round the house with her and Isla all day. Though it has taken what feels like a long time to get back to work, I am really appreciative of all the extra time I've had to hang out with Julia and Isla. I feel like I've got to know Isla properly over the last few months and am confident doing most things with her (I will admit that changing a pooey nappy still gives me the boke though). I've been able to enjoy watching her change from day to day and week to week and I will miss that when I'm back at work.

Isla has been busy discovering her feet recently and the very sight of her little toes wiggling about can fill her with great excitement. She is good at chatting and likes to sing along with me and Julia (for some reason her favorite tunes at present are hits from the 80s, especially Karma Chameleon and Take On Me).

The weather has been unusually mild for Autumn (or so I'm told) and it is still in the mid 20s most days with lots of sunshine, though some of the trees round here have started to turn. And this weekend it is Easter - yes, Easter in Autumn! Easter is a much bigger holiday here in Oz than it is in Scotland and there is going to be lots of Easter egg hunts and family meals. I might even try a roast!