Our shipment has arrived!

Woohoo!! More boxes!!!

As you can see, the Bad Baby is super excited that all our stuff has arrived. Now he as a giant box to sit in:

The dad doesn't care too much because his beloved Cowboys are on TV:

I, on the other hand, have to deal with this:

I think it might take a while. But it is a little like Christmas when we open packages and have no idea what's in them! And also like Christmas when we open a package and think, "what the hell is this and why did I pay money to bring it halfway around the world?"

Umm guys? You aren't going to leave me here are you?

Kiama

It's starting to seem like I post the same thing over and over again. Maybe that's because I do the same thing over and over again. Only this time, we caught the train!

Seriously? You're making me wear this hat again?

Our trip was nicely timed so that BB could have a sleep on the train. I assumed the gentle rocking would lull him to sleep. It did, in the last 5 minutes of a 50 minute trip.

Oh, you thought I was going to sleep?

So I got off the train with a sleeping boy and met the cousins, aunty, and Grandma. I had to keep Picey and Loo away because they are very very loud. And they love to look at BB and climb on his stroller. We had lunch, then went down to the park next to the beach. Grandma looked after BB while I took Picey down to test the water. It was a really hot day and the water looked very inviting, but alas, it didn't feel as inviting as it looked. I would describe it as bitterly cold. I sure hope it warms up a bit before the summer, or BB will probably look the same as I did many years ago on one of my first trips to the beach:
















After the beach we went back to the cousins' house, where BB had what appears to be a showdown with their cat. The cat retaliated by chasing a bird in the window. It flew around for a minute or two before the brave aunty managed to get it in a towel and take it outside. It sure is unfortunate I don't have any photos of that incident. I was doing my best to protect my poor fragile son from the bird. Either that or I was scared of it and using him as an excuse. 

An eventful day.

Cool-dude shoes

I bought BB some new shoes for whenever he decides to start walking around/to keep the sun off his little feet. They look like Converse but were much much cheaper and more crappily made. I'm definitely not going to spend a bunch of money on something that will probably be thrown out of the stroller in the near future. They sure do look cute.

I love the swing!

Another wonderful toy

Apparently, watching the washing go around and around and around in the machine is the most exciting thing in the world. Except for when the light in the laundry is off, and then it's pretty scary.

I'm so excited my hands can't even stay still!

Neighbourhood walk

I still hadn't walked around Wollongong harbour, so while the dad was away at baseball, I took BB and off we went. It was probably the hottest day this spring so far, and there were lots of people swimming at the beach. A little way south of the nice harbour is what is known as the 'Outer harbour', where the steelworks are. The dad hates the steelworks with a passion because apparently the view is always ruined by them. He doesn't realise that all you have to do is not look over there!

Beach from above at the lighthouse.

And the real view, complete with lovely steelworks in the background

Yep, he got the mole gene alright.

Maybe if I eat the hat she won't make me wear it again...

Back toward the land (with no steelworks).

So many captions...

'Are you seriously taking another photo?'
'How dare you interrupt my standing time!'
'I am looking deep into your soul.'

Ok that's all I have for now.

Bath fun time!

The Bad Baby (mostly) still loves his bath. He is starting to not like lying down anymore, but today he was participating in the photo session.

In the process of what we like to call 'being a vampire'
(furiously sucking water out of the cloth)

Here are my teeth!