I've been back at work part-time since December just 2 days a week but as of next week it will be 3 days a week. This week went really fast because one of my 2 work days was a public holiday - Australia Day. It's now the weekend already.
Last weekend we went away for for a couple of days to a farmstay up near Bendigo. I thought it would be nice for Emma to be on a farm and see the animals. The owners were really nice and showed us their farm all for Emma's benefit. The best thing we did was to go out in the paddock in our 4wd's and round up the sheep - all for Emma's benefit. It was also the first time Emma had been in the front of the car and got really excited about the buttons on the dashboard and no amount of us going 'look look' pointing at the sheep, could stop her from starring at the buttons.
I mentioned on my first post for the year that it took six months to decide on a name for our baby. Patrick and I had very different ideas about names and really struggled to find one we both could agree on. When she turned exactly six months old we had to have a name or we would miss out on the baby bonus. We were up until 3:00 am thrashing it through until we picked Emma Sarina Frances. Emma being the only name we both had in common on our short lists. Sarina was my maternal Granmother's name and Frances came from both sides of Patrick's family. Unforturnately in the rush to get the registration in, we forgot to put Emma on the form and I only found out in the process of getting a passport for her. So it took another 2 months to get that all sorted out.
Funnily enough we did get her medicare card and a bank account in the name of Emma before the mistake was discovered and almost also got the passport done but had it rejected not because of the name error but because the referee's details on the passport form was in blue ink instead of black. Had that not been the case, it is likely the passport would have been accepted with the worng name on it as the interviewer at the post office didn't seem to notice either. A scenario most criminals could only dream of.
Anyway it was a great relief to be able to call her by a name. Within my family I was calling her Eliana which was the name I originally liked best (Hebrew name meaning G-d has answered me) but between Patrick and myself we referred to her as 'the baby'. 'Hey did you see what the baby did today' Yes it was a huge relief to finally call her Emma and now I can't imagine her being called anything else.
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It was just unbelievable that you did not have a name for her even before she was born,
You know that you were going to be Daniella, you were born to be Daniella, then Mum looked at you, she said "I think Anita fits her better, I liked the name as well, so you had no problem, we managed to name 2 babies, I do hope that you are happy with the name we have picked for you,
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