Babies and other gadgets

There are upsides to parenthood, apart from the blindingly obvious.

Braeden attended his first funeral yesterday (if you don't count the six he attended last year in utero, one of which was on his due date). He was asleep to start with, but the minister droned on and on and on (as it is their job to do.. LOL the pagan in me coming out I guess, but I have little patience for having any religion crammed down my neck just because I'm part of a captive audience), and Braeden woke up. He enjoyed the hymns but finished his bottle in record time and started to fuss a little, wanting the boob.

Um.. no.. not here, munchkin! The average age in the room is 110 and I think half of them would fall out of their walkers in shock!

Nothing for it but to navigate his stroller out of the congretation and go walkies. Magically, we managed to make it back just in time for the last moments of the service, which we observed solemnly from the back row.

(No I did NOT pinch the baby to make him fuss.. LOL)

...oo0oo...

You can run from committee obligations, but it seems you can't hide. SRRC need a secretary to fill in until the AGM, so back I go into my old job until August. Taking minutes while juggling a very active 7.6 kilo wriggle monkey is going to be interesting to say the least. Might have to play "pass the parcel" at the meetings, with the clear instruction being "do NOT remove a layer unless you're changing that nappy for me!"

...oo0oo...

And to end on the best news of the week, Adrienne has had her baby!!! Poppy Dallas made her entrance on 1st February, and all the pictures indicate that she is a totally gorgeous child and is already adept at melting every heart in cooee. Can't wait to hear more from Adrienne, but in the mean time, Congratulations Adrienne and Fred, and WELCOME baby Poppy!
(I'd post the pics Fred sent but this is their special news to share so I'll leave that particular pleasure to them, and fervently hope we get lots more!)