Summary of the day – terrible morning, good afternoon. Ok terrible is probably a bit overboard. Cold still bothering me and Lydia – another bad night. Then we made our way to the Alaska Zoo after breakfast. Both girls seemed grumpy to be in the car and I started to regret choosing to do this trip today. Once there the first part of the visit was fun and Naomi was particularly excited about the polar bears. But once it got time to feed Lydia I spent ages trying to figure out where I could feed her, finally found somewhere and tried to keep Naomi entertained with some food which didn't work, and then Lydia refused to eat (I think she'd got overtired as it was so late by the time I started the feed). Lydia ended up gagging on one mouthful and throwing up everything I'd given her. Green mush the second time round wasn't great! By the time we got back to the hotel Naomi was exhausted from walking round the zoo and went into meltdown mode. So although there was screaming from both her and me we did end up having a nice cuddle before she went down for her nap.
Amongst all of this Pete had heard about the house. They didn't accept our low offer but did come back with a counter offer in-between. Sparked another whole decision process and eventually we decided we would take it. Took me some time to get excited as I had doubts but as the day wore on I started remembering how amazing the house is and started planning where all our stuff would go and now I can't wait to get in there.
Spent the afternoon in the hotel with Naomi watching Mary Poppins (her new favourite although when she plays doctors now she does say she has rum punch as this is a line before the 'spoonful of sugar' song! Strangers are going to think we're the worst parents who give our daughter cocktails!) We also got to speak to Mum & Dad & Debi & Zac & Jed on Skype which was great. Was a hectic call but so nice to visually see them all. Thank goodness for modern technology.
Pete took Naomi swimming this evening in the hotel pool. Lydia and I watched. She has loads of confidence in the water now. She puts her head in to blow bubbles and kicks her legs. But most impressive (to me anyway) is how she jumps in from the side. She no longer needs to hold on to Pete's hands before she leaves the side. She just throws herself in, completely trusting that Pete will catch her. They then sit in the spa together at the end of their swim and relax. Very cute watching her become quieter and more still in the spa. She knows it's a calmer part of the pool.
Pete and I spent the evening watching TV and figuring out which cable package we're going to get. We're going to have so many channels. Hopefully we'll remember to have a social life as well!
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