July - quite a month!

July was an eventful busy month, with many highlights!

• We kicked off the month, celebrating our 16th wedding anniversary. To celebrate the 3 of us headed south to Brighton, yes the pebble beach, for a well deserved day out!! We dined at 'Due South' a seafood restaurant right on the beach with lobster and champagne. We strolled the boulevard, walked along the pier and generally enjoyed ourselves.
• We then had Inara's annointing (pre baptism ceremony), where the parents & kids are called up during mass, introduced to the community & then annointed with oil. We all dressed up, Inara the cutest of course & then afterwards headed out for lunch.
• The following week, was Inara's baptism & it was a fabulous day! The church ceremony went really well & Inara was a good little girl & didnt get upset when her hair was wet! We then had a luncheon party at home, where all the fam in the UK helped us celebrate.
• A few days after that & I was celebrating my 39th bday. Yes, getting on, but feeling great & really enjoying this time of my life. I sometimes cant believe I've been on this planet for 39 yrs, dont feel like I know enough, have so much more to do & just hitting my stride... well looking forward to big 40 (new 30's right!!)
• Then we had to say goodbye to mum, who has been with us for the past 6 weeks. Mum was a big help and she & Inara got to spend some quality Nana & granddaughter time! Inara pouted at the airport, cute but sad. She definitely knew something was going on!

Quite a month!! Inara is doing well, growing fast, 5mths now and still our little cutie pie. She has started teething, so a few painful days, poor little thing. No teeth yet tho'. Only another month to go before she is in nursery & I am back at work, so making sure I enjoy every moment with her.

Hope all in Oz, is well!! Well done to Weber, 1st win in 8yrs!! Not so good for our cricket team at the Ashes:(