3 months

How is it that another month has passed?

I think with each subsequent child time has sped up.

Liam is now officially passed 3 months, so I can breathe a little and not be AS paranoid that his siblings/ cousins will give him some bug that will land him in hospital.

And of course as soon as he hit 3 months he caught his first cold. The poor kid... runny nose in the day and then a stuffy blocked nose at night.

Life is starting to settle since Liam was born. Annika and Madison are quite loving towards their brother and I'm happy they don't seem to be overly jealous of him. Annika does clamour for my attention more than Madison but she's easily distracted.

Work has been a good distraction and it's tempting to do more. The good thing with retrospect and experience is that this time I know I'm going to take it slow and spend the time with the kids. The clinic can wait and hopefully the work will come back once we are ready. I think it helps from the business end that Chris is also helping so I feel the pressure less.

Novena house is finally progressing well, and the end is in sight. The walls have started to appear and the roof is apparently up. We are hoping for a completed house by year's end.

As for us, the final permit finally came through last week .Of course this doesn't mean much because we are still waiting for the structural engineer's permit before work can start. I hope this isn't the start of our nightmare.

The end of the year is approaching fast. Wish I was headed for a snowy ski holiday somewhere but I doubt we're going to be able to take any until Liam is older and the house is ready. Chris and I always toy with a trip away without the kids, but he doubts I'd be able to do it!