Showing posts with label Beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beach. Show all posts

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Beach fun!


Spring is here! Okay so it seems silly saying that, when it was bucketing down with rain outside, a couple of hours ago - but Friday & Saturday it was definately here!


Friday me & Gaby went out to Sumner for an hour or two - to kill some time before we had to pick Nan up at the airport. It was a glorious day - the sun was shining, there wasn't any wind, it was just really really awesome weather! Gaby loved playing with the sand, and running around, like a lunatic, but I think her favourite part was playing in the little rocky cave area!!!!!! She was exploring, climbing all over the place - she never really stopped! After we had finished playing in the cave & sand - it was time for an ice cream!!!! Needless to say Gaby got verrrrrry messy & sticky -but she had such a fun time eating it, and I got some great photos! After we left Sumner, we took a quick detour out to Lyttelton, so Gaby could go through the tunnel, and see the big ships at the harbour - she loved it too, kept telling everyone that she'd been through the tunnel, and it was 'cool'.


Saturday Jason was here, and we decided it would be nice to take Gaby out to the beach again - so we took her out to New Brighton. She ran around, built sand castles & dug holes, then we had a quick play on the playground - and went for a walk along the Pier.. I think Gaby thought it was pretty cool, being above the water. We watched a couple of surfers for awhile, but the water was too calm & I think we saw them riding one wave! We had another play on the playground on the way back to the car, and then headed to the Palms (mall)! All that activity obviously did its trick, because on the way home from the Palms, Gaby fell asleep - and proceeded to have an 80 minute nap!

Of course after getting used to the nice, warm, sunny weather - it is now grey & cold outside... typical!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Drool Drool Droooooool


Gaby was never really a drooly baby - a lot less than other babies it seemed. I expected that it would only improve - not get worse... BUT with these 2yo molars starting to make their appearance[s], she seems to have a large puddle of drool surrounding her at all times! Crazy the effects these little toofs can have!


We went to the beach this morning & Gaby had a lot of fun - I'm glad we went so early because it's quite warm out now. She didn't get as wet as she did last time (thank goodness), and she didn't eat any sand (hoorah!) but she certainly enjoyed running around and playing with the sand. She is a bit anxious around the water, but that doesn't really upset me - at least I know she isn't going to go running into the water without me watching! She was quite happy if I was holding her & walking in the water, but no way would she let her little toes enter that water!


We got home & she had a nap at midday - VERY unlike Gaby, when she got up she was shaking like a leaf & had a temperature of 38.7... We had a bit of a cuddle and I gave her some pamol and ibuprofen (pamol for the temp, ibuprofen for the pain), and the temp started going down a little (to 38.5) & she's now in bed again, so hopefully when she wakes up she'll be quite a bit cooler. Scary when she burns up like that! She doesn't appear to be sick, so I am pretty sure the fever is related to teething - especially taking into consideration all the drool and the bright red cheeks!