Week 86 saw us back in Auckland and rushing around like crazy. Joseph has been waking up at 3.30am/4am for quite a few weeks now and we decided to do “sleep bootcamp” this week. Unfortunately, Dan’s Nana (his father’s mother) died this week and Dan had to travel to Christchurch for the funeral. This meant I did bootcamp by myself (sleeping downstairs in the spare room with the door shut whilst Joseph cried for 20 mins!).

The highlight of the weekend was when Dan got back on Saturday night and we went to the zoo on Sunday afternoon with three other couples from Mother’s Group (Matt and Anne with Taylor; Phil and Jo with Lizzie; Cameron and Kelly with William). We all had such a great time – the animals were cool and the kids really funny. Joseph did lots of roaring and we saw the tiger, the lions, the cheetah, the sea lion and a few hippos. No elephants though which was a bit of a disaapointment. Both Dan and I joined “Friends of the Zoo” so expect lots of zoo photos over the next year!!




Joseph continued his hardwork by helping Dan mow the lawns and water the garden. He really loved to help out (he doesn’t mind a bit of sweeping or doing the dishes either!).