Guess What?

Guess what?  Elijah's having his Hickman line out today!  I'm so excited.  It's going to be baths every night from now on.  I love clean babies, haha.  We just found out yesterday that he should be getting it done about 1:30pm today, finally!  So we'll be heading off to Starship soon.

Apart from the odd day Elijah's just been doing so well and I've been getting that proud parent feeling as Elijah makes his little advances and discoveries, like when he discovered self-will and the moment he discovered he had nostrils and that he could blow raspberries again and, how can I write it?, brr brr brr with his little fingers against his lips.... arrh it just warms my heart:)  But none of those discoveries compare to the major advancement he had the other day when I put him on his back on the mat and gave him a little push in the opposite direction to the side in which he usually rolls.  A little light bulb went on somewhere in there and a few minutes later after a few strained grunts and groans he had it down and just started rolling back and forth non-stop.  We were all so excited, Elijah was loving it and you could tell he was very pleased with himself.  I had to laugh as later on that night when he woke up and was letting us know he wasn't happy he went into this chaotic screeching rolling frenzy like he couldn't wait to try out his new trick in defiant mode!

Ok, on another note, I have a confession to make.  I was planning it all out in my head of giving an update on the blood donor situation along with a list of people who've donated blood so far and I was going to proudly put my name right at the top of the list but sadly, folks, this won't be the case.  I'm embarrassed to say that I'm not eligible to donate my blood until the end of the year which would be 5 years after leaving South Africa where I lived for a year which is a high risk country for Aids... you can imagine my disappointment.  My mum couldn't donate because she has a bad cough and it seems like there are actually a lot of different reasons why people aren't able to donate their blood which leaves the list a little short at the moment.  Here's who we've got so far:

1. Ruth Wigglesworth

2. Tim Twigden

3. Rachael Trengrove

You guys are legends.  That leaves 4 more people and only 11 days.  Come on people, any more takers?  Don't make me resort to the phone!   

Anyway, I better get my skates on.  I don't have any new photo's for you at the moment but I'll work on that.  Have a great day.