Firstly I will start with the house. Things are slowly coming together regarding settling in and unpacking. Almost all the rooms are now unpacked. The problem I am having is the lack of storage shelves and bookshelves etc. I have 5 or 6 boxes of books to unpack but I can't yet as I don't have a bookshelf to put them on. David's parents have a bookshelf they are giving us but I am not sure when they are bringing it down so my boxes of books will have to wait until then. My retreat is unpacked, the master bedroom is almost all unpacked (we need some more shelving in there too), the spare bedroom is basically done, Mia's room is done, the toy room is done, the kitchen is done, the media room is done, the dining room is done, the family room is done and then there is David's study. Lets just say that it has barely even been started. He has SO many boxes of stuff to go through and decide what to keep and what to throw out. It is quite ridiculous!!! I am not touching any of that though. That is his job. The gardens out the front of the house are almost done...
David's parents just have to bring 1 more load of mulch up so we can finish off the last of it and then it is done. Flowers are blooming...
and nothing has died so far so I guess that is a good sign!!! The main problem we are having right now with the house is drainage in the backyard. When we get major rain we get some localised flooding. We have worked out where the drains need to go so that is another task for David and his parents to do. We had a MAJOR storm the other night and it looks like there is a problem with our stormwater pipe because water was gushing out where it shouldn't be...
and flooding the backyard...
I have placed a call to the builder and they are sending their plumber out as soon as possible.
Right, now onto Mia. Her finger seems to be healing nicely. She did lose the nail but it appears that another one has started to grow in it's place. A few people have asked if I took any photos of her finger. Of course I did!! If you don't want to see scroll down and close your eyes...
This is after about 5 weeks. All the skin was dying off and the doctor said to keep the bandage off to air out the finger and allow the dead skin to fall off...
This is when all the dead skin had fallen off and her nail was about to fall off...
It is looking WAY better than the photos above now. You can barely see a mark on the back of her finger where the sever was. We have our next appointment at the hospital on the 14th so I am anxious to see what the doctor thinks. She had her 18month injection today and was an absolute trooper!! She only cried for about 5 seconds and then proceeded to walk out of the treatment room and charm all the people in the waiting room. She is so cheeky! People can't help but smile when she is around! She is growing as well. I had her weighed and measured yesterday and at 18 months she is now 11.48kg (25lbs 4oz) and is 82.5cm in length. She only gained 40grams over the last 2 months and gained 1.5cm in length so she appears to be growing up and not out. The nurse isn't worried though because she eats like a HORSE!!!! She must have her daddy's metabolism!! She is also talking up a storm. She says so many words but her favs at the moment are "no way" and "hello". She can also identify most of her body parts. Check out my videos on Facebook to see her in action! She is no longer my baby girl though. She is really started to grow up and look like a little lady...
I am doing well. I am at the gym 5 mornings a week and in the last 2 weeks I have lost 1.5kg (3.3lbs) so I am pleased with that. Lots more to lose but I am getting there. I have also managed to find time to do some scrapbooking in the evenings and when David is home. Here are a few of my latest creations...
Other than that I am getting very excited for Mia and I to head off to Hawaii in less than 3 weeks. For those that don't know, we are meeting my parents there for a 10 day holiday. David, sadly, has to stay behind and work so it will be just us girls. Our flight from Brisbane to Sydney is 1 hour and then we have a 9.5hour flight from Sydney to Honolulu. I hope Mia behaves herself or it will be a lllloooonnnng flight!!!
Well I had better get going. Lots to do. Hope you are all well out there in blogger land!!
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