I return

Boy it has been a few months since I wrote. Our baby girl is 5 months this Thursday, incredible! She is doing so well and just so adorable. In the last few weeks she has discovered her toes (they were even in her mouth today), she has discovered she can shout when she needs something, this hilarious hoarse shout that often ends with her coughing, and she has discovered food, other than milk from mom. She chewed on her first chicken bone last weekend and today she had her first meal of rice cereal. We wanted to keep her going til 6 months just on breast milk but she seems to wake every 3 hours (remember how I told you all to enjoy sleep – well I mean it even more now!) So today I sat her in a Bumbo seat which she enjoyed as she could drum her hands on the little table joined to it, and tested to see how she would react to the cereal. All the books say your baby may not enjoy it at first and will probably spit it out, but this young lady couldn’t seem to get enough of it. I am so grateful to the Lord for that as I imagined it would be quite a task.
Matt has built a deck out the front of the house. It was planned long ago and has finally started taking shape. There is a roof still to come, but already it is a spot we are drawn to at the end of the day to watch the sunset. I can see many a happy moment happening out there. Daniella was out there on her doughnut this afternoon watching the wind in the leaves.

At the time of me writing this Daniella is fast asleep and Matt has just arrived back from a day of church meeting and golf – his newest hobby that he is enjoying very much. The sweet little golf course in Juliasdale offers a round of golf that gets him the practice he needs!

oh i nearly forgot...there are hyenas around here at the moment. We haven't seen or heard them but they have been heard at night from the shade house and they have taken a few livestock in the area. Quite exciting to think we have such wildlife around our home!!!