monday 24th dec

during percy's morning nap we drove to paul's parents home in wollongong. the little car was packed to the rafters! we had borrowed from my brother a travel cot, this along with a bag of clothes for us, a bag of clothes for percy, her change bag, some toys and books, presents, two eskies full of seafood, a box of food, formula, bowls, spoons etc for percy, a couple of hats and the beach bag of towels and swimmers left no room for breathing!

the day was spent chatting and relaxing with paul's relatives out from britain for the first visit in 20 years. plus playing with the present we gave to paul's father for his birthday (we have a number of birthdays in december/ january) -a set of remote controlled cars. one police car and one "drifter" decked out in red flames on a black background. very clearly the "bad" car. if the police car is lined up correctly it boasts an immobiliser that can stop the drifter.

percy quite enjoyed all the attention. she didn't go so well with the sleeping tho. how surprising, hey? i don't recall how long her afternoon nap lasted but i do recall getting no more than four hours sleep through the night. unfortunately she didn't take to the travel cot and probably all the new people and stimulus kept her brain wired. i fed her four times and rocked her between 1am and 2:15am. bllrrgghhhh.... finally the mid morning hours seemed to bring some sleep- until a mobile phone (not one of ours!) received a message at 6:15am accompanied by loud music. why oh why do people need to have mobile phone ring and message tones that could fill a concert theatre and silence an entire public school???!! anyways, percy was awake and up. meaning i was too. paul had asked for the nite off so he could enjoy a few drinks with his cousins. i was happy to say yes. what i sort of figured was that he'd be fully functional the following day and i could have a bit of a break. paul sized hang-overs don't result in functional pauls the following day. oh well. it was 20 years between drinks...
plus this morning was now christmas morning!!