Theres another piece of me down there too!

Erika has discovered that she has feet and apparently they taste good... Her cousin Ryan knew this already, having tasted them not long after she was born and he tries to go back for another chew whenever he can get anywhere near them.

Can you resist this?

This wee drama queen shot was Erikas attempt to make her Dad pick her up. It didnt work to begin with so she spun herself into a major hissy fit and eventually got what she wanted.

Having become quite adept at rolling, Erika wont stay on her back for long and falls into this gorgeous pose whenever she is concentrating on something.

This was Erikas first try of solids ... not her favorite thing but we are having a go each night and she is getting used to it. She first tried baby rice and sad to say - shes right, its quite revolting. No bloody wonder they dont take to it. I gave her mashed kumara tonight and she seemed to like that a lot more. I have started to wean her off daytime feeds and put her on formula, and she has taken well to a bottle for her morning feed. I still go to daycare to feed her in the afternoon but will try to wean her off that next week...

All is going well. Would be better if we could get her sleeping through the night shes not good at that yet, but we are working on it.....

Hi Dee Hi Campers...

Heres our happy camper on her Aunties knee, on her first camping trip to Orere Point Holiday Park. She is a week short of 5 months old.

This is her preferred position. She believes she can stand up. I just balance her - she stands herself up, shes got very strong legs. We are sitting under a tree on Orere Point beach watching Dylan swimming in the sea with Deen, Mike and a blow up boat.

Our tent site was pretty near the owners bedroom window at the camp but the first time the owner met Erika was when we were leaving. She was so quiet the whole time, they didnt even know she was there! She doesnt cry at night at all.

We camped with Andrie, Mike, Dylan and Ryan - they are Erikas Aunty, Uncle and cousins and we stayed all together in one tent for 6 days and had a great time. Her Nana joined us on the second day in her own tent and stayed for the rest of our trip and Erika had a nice time getting to know her relatives better :)


Erika takes a nap on Nanas knee down by the swimming hole at the river in the camp ground while Dylan swims again with Deen and Penny. We had such a good time that we are all going back next year.