Busy week

Here is me and Daisy having exercise time. As you can see, she's pretty good at reverse crunches. Her baby push ups are coming along nicely and we've made a good start on rolling for beginners.

Julia stayed from Tuesday until Friday and we had a busy week. On Wednesday we went to my work for lunch. It was really nice to see everyone and Daisy enjoyed meeting them all. I'm still missing work so it was nice to see how everyone is doing. Next time I go in I think Daisy will be getting left at home so I can enjoy a few drinks! Andy and I took advantage of our onsite babysitter on Wednesday night and went out for cocktails then dinner which was very nice.

Thursday was a scorcher (well, 26 degrees which is pretty hot) so we spent the afternoon having a picnic by the pond on Wandsworth Common. We kept Daisy's delicate skin out of the sun but it was lovely to spend an afternoon relaxing outside. On Thursday night we again left Daisy is Grandma's capable hands and had a lovely night at The Classical Brits at The Royal Albert Hall. Placido Domingo was the star of the night but all the performers were very good.

On Friday we went to Northcote Road for a bit of shopping and lunch at GBK. Daisy loves pulling her dress up so spent most of the time we were there flashing her knickers at the table next to us. Tsk! She now has much better control over her hands and feet and loves to pull her blankets and muslins over her face so we have to keep an eye on her. She's now also very fond of clapping her feet in the bath. After GBK we went to Starbucks for coffee and to give Daisy her bottle. Doing a 2pm bottle makes going out much easier which is great.

Toby is staying for the weekend and him and Andy have just headed off to Harrods with Daisy to pick up some accessories for her Bugaboo. A foot muff and parasol to be precise. A girl needs warm tootsies and a shaded face if she's to look her best.

I've been finding things a little tough the past couple of weeks. Now it's been over three months since I had Daisy I feel like I should be back in shape and on form and to not be is frustrating. I also feel like I should be getting more done round the house and garden. Daisy is wonderful and lots of fun but she doesn't sleep much during the day (40 minutes in the morning, about an hour at lunch and 40 minutes in the afternoon) so most of my day is spent entertaining her and trying to come up with fun, educational and new things to do. She's the top priority so I know I shouldn't worry so much about the other stuff but it's depressing being at home with everything I haven't achieved during the day all around me. Things have gotten a lot easier but it's still really hard work and I'm beginning to wonder if this is as easy as it's going to get until she goes to nursery which is a daunting thought. I know that I'm really lucky to have her and also really lucky that she sleeps through the night and that thanks to my mother that we get plenty of nights out so feeling down makes me feel guilty which in turn doesn't help. Woe! I wouldn't change any of it for the world but being a stay at home mother is bloody hard work.

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