Week 51 (I can hardly believe we've made it to this!!) was pretty much back to normal with all out guests having left. However, Joseph did do four days at Bear Park (rather than his usual three) and Dan picked him up two days in a row as I was busy at work.

Joseph has got much more familiar with his new shower and now we have to race him to the shower to get his clothes off before he climbs straight in shower!

It has been quite hot here thanks to our late arriving summer and Joseph has been a bit unsettled at night. This culminated on Wednesday night when he just wouldn't go to sleep and at 10pm he was still awake and having a great time playing downstairs. We ended up giving him an "illegal" bottle at 10pm to knock him out and then he woke at 2.30am for another little feed - what a guts! All that night time partying meant that he was very tired on Thursday morning and I had to wake him at 7.10am so that I could make my 8am pilates class! I felt a bit bad dropping him off at Bear Park not having had a breakfast bottle nor his weet bix! Here's a pic of Joseph asleep in his cot just before I woke him.

Our busy week ended with a trip to Hamilton to see my cousin, Dinah, and her daughter, Olivia. Olivia was swimming in the NZ Age Group Championships and we got to see her swim in her heat of the 200m individual medley - she came second. It was amazing to see her swim and witness the level of dedication both she and Dinah have to the sport.