Happy Birthday Phoebe and Sophia!

On Phoebe and Sophia's birthday 11.01.11 our suburb was flooded and we had to evacuate. We didn't have power for a week and the beautiful park we planned to have their party at was covered in muddy water! Thankfully our property was not flooded and we were able to celebrate the girls' birthday a couple of weeks later at our home.

Our gorgeous girls were all grown up! They walked, talked and giggled just like all the other toddlers. I was actually getting the Huggies moments I had been dreaming of for so long. They drank a full bottle for the first time in their lives and they both slept through for 5 nights in a row (this record is yet to be broken!). Most importantly they were HAPPY! And happy babies make for a happy mummy.

8-11 Months

At around 8 months my life seemed to gain some kind of normality. I wasn't housebound and I could actually get a few things done (e.g. the washing up!) while the girls were awake. My house was starting to look more livable, I was having regular showers and on the odd occasion I had the opportunity to style my hair. I stopped walking the girls in the pram for 2 hours in the afternoon to keep them happy and went to the shopping centre or a friends place instead. This didn't help my weight loss efforts! Instead of burning off calories by walking the girls and starving in the afternoon (never had time to pack a snack for myself) I was downing iced coffees and biscuity snacks.

It was around this time I joined a gym. I left the girls in the care of complete strangers (the creche workers) for the first time. They settled pretty well at the creche and I was able to have some baby free time. The best thing about going to the gym was being able to shower and get dressed without fear of waking a child or having to listen to them protest at my unavailability!

Being able to crawl around was fantastic for the girls because they could finally get up to some mischief! They loved to do things like ....fossick through the kitchen cupboard, smash open a packet of chocolate buttons and nibble on them.