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Happy New Tooth!

Happy New Year! Lucie's playhouse arrived and Michael & Uncle Ants put it together. She LOVES it!! Thank you to all Lucie's Santas!!! We still need to finish painting it but it look great (see photo on our blog). She now has a tooth finally (bottom left) and I think more are on their way.
We had a lovely holiday in Te Kaha. We stayed at the Beach Resort which had lovely views that reminded us of our apartment. Michael caught lots of Snapper on his new boat and they caught a 15kg Kingfish!
Lucie's vocabulary and pronunciation is getting much better. Her favourite words are chocolate & dummy! She is in the 'posting' phase so we keep finding objects which have been 'posted' in strange places. Not good if you can't find your keys/mobile phone/wedding ring etc. She can run and has hysterical laughing fits especially after a dose of chocolate!
The new Baby Locke is getting big a quite uncomforatble. He's still very active and is depleting me of Iron. My last day of work is on 20th and I'm going to miss it terribly. Michael starts back on 12th so he has been busy looking after Lucie and doing a great job!

New Boat

The boys (Michael, Anthony & Steve) have bought a new boat! An 18.5ft Bermuda 565 and we're naming it LADS & ME which is an anagram of all our initials.
Lucie is talking much more and repeats all the words you tell her in her own language of course. She says Thank You too.
She loves the chocolate advent calendar she got from Grandma Locke, is fascinated by the Christmas tree baubles and is addicted to watching DVD's in her armchair. (more photos on our blog page)
There is no more crawling for her now and she can get up to a good canter, almost running. Her first tooth is almost here on the right at the top. Granny & Grandpa Locke got her the cutest Elf outfit for Christmas from Oz.
The second baby locke is doing well. We still haven't chosen a name for him (see our poll on our blog page). His head is now pointing downwards and so his movements have quietened with the lack of space, thank goodness.
The weather is very humid and hot at the moment. Lucie is enjoying being outside, the cool ice blocks (ice lollys) and swimming in Jenni's (her carer's) pool. Her Wendy House has arrived, we just have to paint it and put it together - see our blog page if you like to make a contribution!

Dancing Baby

Lucie is walking! And along with her new found talent she has developed her own dancing style too!

All is well here. We have all had colds but recovering. The weather is getting warmer and we're looking forward to Christmas and a hot summer at the beach. We took Lucie for a picnic at Rainbow Springs which she loved! We've already received a gift for the new baby (thank you Amanda) and I have been out buying little blue clothes and struggling with a baby brain to try and figure how old he will be in which season? I'm still in shock over the price of a double buggy too!!

It's a BOY!

Had our 20 week scan today and we are having a little boy!! We are sooo happy! Everything is fine and doing what it should be. I have been eating like crazy and the baby has been moving heaps. Lucie has been taking a few steps. Still no teeth. She had her first trip (and last I hope) in an ambulance. Our child genius managed too get the childproof lid off a bottle of liquid paracetamol and was downing the strawberry flavoured syrup when I caught her. She thankfully didn't get much so we have put it down to 'self medication'. She is now recovering from an ear infection but is fine. She can say lots more words but my favourite is "peek-a-boo" (currently our answerphone message). Work is going well for both of us. Michael got a $1000 bonus and will hopefully get another before Christmas! We are over the moon my brother Ryan and angel girlfriend Aimee have decided to tie the knot next March but gutted we won't be able to make the wedding as our little boy is arriving at the same time. Maybe we'll have to call him Ryan in their honour?

First Birthday

Lucie's birthday party was a great success. She LOVES her new swing and all of the hundreds of toys & gifts she received. Her Duck cake turned out great, can't believe I made it! She stood from sitting for the first time too. And she is now taking one step before landing on her bottom. He animal noises have improved and she has added sheep to her repertoire. She can say light, tap, car, boat, turtle, recognises lots of animals, and points at everything wanting to know it's name. I had a lovely birthday too. Along with many gifts I got a fabulous Moochi dress from Michael, making all the girls jealous! Our outside 'pagola with roof' is finished and was a such a blessing for the party when the rain came! We have now given Grandpa his next project for Christmas... a Wendy House!

Baby Locke

Went for my scan today and everything is ok with the baby.

Lucie is now walking when you hold her hands but is still very wobbly. She has added a pig to her animal noises which is so funny!
Michael's Dad is building us a kind of pagola with roof over our patio. So Michael has been busy undercoating and painting wood.
We have decided on a small family BBQ with a few close friends for a joint Erin & Lucie Birthday and Housewarming Party on Saturday 27th September.
Work is going well for both of us. Michael is exceeding his targets and everyone I see tells me it's great to have me back!