Family

Late December was pretty good for catching up with or meeting some of the relatives - it was great!

Grandma Heather


Great Grandma Thelma



Great Uncle Micheal



Great Aunt Elaine




and then I cracked the sads for cousin Kate - , and of course cousin Tom was sayin' no photos! ;-)

HO HO HO !!

Happy Christmas Everyone!! :-)

Strawberry Patch

Well here's a nuffy House Elf J.




Explanation :


We all went to the local Sunday market where House ELf J waited in the hot sun til the strawberries came down to 4 punnetts for $6. (I'd tell you House Elf L was in the hot chips que, but I'd get put to be sans dessert for that..)

The Shopaholic House Elves bought so much at the market that I was ousted from my pram and it got loaded up with goodies, including the bargain Strawbs - not happy Jan!

On returning home House Elf J declared that we'd been ripped off as there were only 3 punnetts in the bag.

One week later, after the pram had been folded up in the boot of the car in the hot sun, the HouseElves were heard to comment the I was a bit whiffy. in the pram. Sort of an off- fruity smell really.

I protested my innocence stridently , and demanded a recount. This turned up the rather embarrassing fact that the House Elves had not been ripped off, they just hadn't unpacked the pram well enough, and I was lying in a delicate bed of overripe strawberry pulp. from the missing 4th punnett...

Betrayal

Bad Naughty House Elves!!!

Just when I'm getting over my dislocated shoulder they tell me they signed me up for some Jabbing trial with some Insutitute of Child "Health".

Apparently, in my new role as Benji the Human Guineapig I'm doing my bit for Science by trialing a Menigicoccal Y immunisation that's not yet available in Australia.

So on Monday last a nice nurse with sharp pointy hidden things in her soft sneaky handses came a visitin'.

I've spent the week punishing the House Elves by reading up on all the possible side effects and performing them for my captive audience.

Hah - even if they don't ask for an encore I give 'em one!

So if you're in town don't miss my new Show - Little Shot of Horrors.

As Mike from Monster's Inc says "I 'm here til Tuesday...try the Veal..."

And by the way... I've worked out what to hit with my new found fists - the dirty rotten House elves!

C'mon Get Happy!

But just in case you thought I'm just a Bundle of Grumps at the mo' check out me in Happy Mode...

Xmas Sads

Here's what happend when House Elf L told me Santa only gives presents to good little babies...

Holy Chiropractic, Batman

Well its been a loooong couple of weeks. I have been getting grottier and grottier and my House Elves are going batty. Everyone is telling them its just the 6 week "growth spurt" but I'm 7 1/2 weeks old now and still grumpy.

The peaditrician upped my dosage of Losec to deal with the reflux and I'm still knoking back the lactezee to deal with the "lactose intolerance" - I reckon about $40 worth of potions a week!

Finally the House elves listened to our friendly next neighbour Lactation Consultant Mary ( how good is that?!) and took me to a Paediatric Chiropractor...or a Chiropractic paediatrician ...not sure which.

Paul ( the ChiroPaed) is lovely and he noted 4 minor issues - starting with the fact that I have a dislocated left shoulder and seemingly have had for several bloody weeks....(the House Elves noticed my tummy seemed a bit lopsided after a big feed 4 weeks ago...)

...and that means my little spine is bent like a bannana away from the shoulder pain, ....and that means the sacem in my lower back is "out" a bit ... and that means all the nerves attached to the sacem that surround my lower bowel are tingling ... and that means my bowel spasms and constricts... and that means I get wind too.

Bugger!

But Paul stared off by putting my dislocated shoulder back in (oh did the House Elves look scared while I was having that snapped back in - just a little tike on a great big massage table I was.

But I didn't cry. Quite the contrary. I came home had a bath and slept for 8 1/2 hours. Of course that threw out house Elf L's milk supply, so I spent the day after that yelling at everyone again.

But I've been back to the Chiro and I'm making progress - my reflexes are even on both sides now and there's more movement in my shoulder, and my spine is straighter.

"6 week growth spurt" I don't think!

So here's a pic of how I've generally been feeling for the last few weeks. I call it "Dazed and Confused". Quick! break out the Nivea , I'm getting frown lines!




But things are looking up - I've discovered that I can suck a fist, and also hit things with it. I just dunno who that fist belongs to yet...