House of Pink

I can’t believe I have abandoned this blog for almost a month! 

It’s not like I’ve been busy.  Well, I have, but if you were to ask me what I have been doing, the answer would probably be “nothing much”.  Having 3 young girls to look after certainly keeps me on my toes, but life outside these 4 walls is pretty much non-existant.  I’m not complaining though.  The fun that goes on within these 4 walls is enough to keep me going.  Seriously, having all girls is totally awesome (please remind me of this when the girls reach their teenage years, lol).  I love only having to buy pretty girly things, I love pink, and I love my girls to the moon and back. 

I did manage to get us all out of the house and up to Melbourne for a few days this week, which was refreshing.  Mum & Dave returned from their 3 month holiday and came to see us last Thursday, then they took Hails home with them the following day.  I drove up with Brooklyn & Isabella on Monday. 

We met up with some of the Melb EB photography & Flickr girls at Montsalvat, Eltham on Tuesday, and we all had such a wonderful time!  There were quite a few of us (I didn’t count) which made for an interesting day.  The buildings at Montsalvat are extraordinarily beautiful!  It was like stepping back in time, somewhere in France, with the old churches, pool, ponds and gorgeous flora.  There was some gorgeous lilac coloured wisteria near the pool area which I wanted to photograph, but never got the chance to, as Brooke was too busy trying to climb onto the wall surrounding the pool, lol.  I will definitely go back there one day; probably over summer.

Also, while we were up that way, we finally made it to the Ringwood Centro to see our photo on display for their Smile! competition.  We didn’t win the local comp, or the national prize, but I’m still happy enough to have been chosen as a finalist!

In other news (lol), tday was “D” day with trying to get Isabella into a better sleeping routine, and so far it has been a success!  Since she was born, she has had her daytime naps in the loungeroom in her bouncer, after being breastfed to sleep.  It was working a treat, but now that she’s older (and the kids are louder, lol), I thought maybe it was time to change our habits.  Brooklyn was always breastfed to sleep, and it took until she was almost 2 years old before she started sleeping through the night without a breastfeed – OMG!  I am NOT in a hurry to repeat that whole “breast/sleep” thing again!

I put Isabella down in her bassinette this morning after feeding her (she was still awake), turned some soothing music on, and left the room.  She cried out a few times, so I just went in and let her know I was still here before leaving again.  At one point she started fretting a little, so I gave the bassinette a little rock until she was dozey, then left the room.  She went to sleep on her own after that – even though it was only a 1/2 hour sleep (as opposed to her usual 45 mins), but it’s progress.

I did the same again tonight.  It took a little more persevearance (sp?), but I didn’t have to feed her to sleep, so I am stoked!  She has been asleep for a little over 2.5 hours now YAY!  I just hope we can BOTH continue this (I am such a sucker and usually give in too easily!).

Probabl boring you now, but I am just happy that it’s working out .