Oof-oof!

A real mixed day of emotions. Over night the flood reached its peak, I was almost tempted to stick out my big toe to feel if there was any water on the floor but we were fine and so were the surrounding suburbs. The water didn't reach the level expected but the devastation is unbelieveable, it's heartbreaking. After a quick drive to the river to check on Aunty's place on the other side we decided to head down the coast to make the most of Daddy's last day off.

The ferry terminal and walkway underwater, but Aunty is fine.

We had a quick wonder around Surfers, a bit of lunch and then drove up to the spit. Lydibug doesn't mind wearing her hat and actually kept on her sunnies. On the beach we saw a few dogs bounding about. A labrador came to say hello and Lydi whispered her first "Oof-oof", it was so cute! She also had her first paddle in the sea and loved it. I swear if I had let her go she would have swam off, I'll try and upload the video tomorrow.



Mummy and Lydi at the spit







Why a blog?

Before Lydi was born I was given a diary to record all the usual pregnancy and baby appointments. But as soon as she arrived I began recording our daily lives, places we went, people we saw and of course all her milestones and achievements. As the year came to an end I began flicking back through the diary and it was amazing to see just how much Lydibug had done. I'll admit there were a few gaps and some days my scrawl is toatally illegible, but reading it bought back so many memories, did it all really happen in just 11 months?.

I thought about buying a new diary for the new year but didn't want the pressure of writing something everyday. My next idea was to use a beautiful notebook but this would be hard to share with my family and friends back in the UK. My dear partner (DP) suggested a blog, he is full of bright ideas. A friend of mine had just started one and even though I'm no expert I thought how hard could it be so here it is. Enjoy