General Life Update

While there has certainly been stuff happening, nothing lately has been exciting enough to warrant a blog post. But I figured I'd just do a general update anyway.

Ben continues to make it all pretty easy on us. We like to joke that it's just because we're such awesome parents, but we're very much aware that it's just the luck of the draw.

Last Sunday was beautiful weather, so I took Ben to Carlton Gardens. It was our first real "outing" with just the two of us. We packed up the nappy bag, loaded up the pram and jumped on the tram.

I had been meaning to check out the gardens for a while, so pushing a pram around was a great excuse. After we got bored with that, we set up the picnic rug and Ben got to check out the trees, and the grass and the sticks. Then he fell asleep and I lay in the shade and read my book.

Of course, he's not perfect. Apparently he has a "moderately server" flattening of the back of his head. At the maternal health nurse's suggestion, we took Ben to see the flat headed baby doctor. She said that it looks like it's starting to fix itself (which is what usually happens), and to come back in 6 weeks. But it's not a huge deal - the worst that will happen is that he might have to wear a helmet for 3-6 months.

I'm still enjoying working at Kapish. I work with some great people, and I get to do all sorts of different stuff. Plus, of the three proposals I've written, 2 have been accepted and the third one probably will be. I've been doing a lot of ICE work lately, which has been good, but it will be nice to get onto something else.

I'm still loving living in Melbourne. So many great cafes and food places. Such a good public transport network (compared to Canberra at least). As the weather gets nicer and the days get longer, I'm guessing we'll be out and about in the evenings a lot more. I'm really looking forward to it!