Emilia

It's been over two months since I last posted.  That makes me more of a rare occasion blogger than the irregular one I thought I had become.  I think I might become a special occasion blogger as I would like to continue to record special occasion.  My blog has been a great resource when I've tried to remember what happened when and just today I could refer back to a post in 2010 to find the name of a church.

While I was at it, I checked when my first blog post had been - 23 January, 2009.  Happy co-incidence!

That's what it was until I wandered off to do something else and forgot about this post.  I also said happy birthday to a brother on our sister's birthday. 

Ah well.  That's how life is these days.

Christmas came and was happily celebrated in a quiet-ish fashion.  The family was a bit scattered this time - Bernie had not yet arrived from Brasil and Justine and family were celebrating with Bill's family in Canada.   They had a wonderful time in the snow, too.

The pace of life picked up in the new year with the arrival of Bernie, Roberta and Emilia.  Little Emilia caught a cold somewhere between her home and here and was miserable for a few days. I think jet lag also played a part.  She loves water but didn't have any enthusiasm for catching tiny baby sea creatures in the little tidal creek that runs off from the beach at Waipu.   She just sat on the sand, looking unhappy, and watched her father trying to catch some for her.

For a child who rarely sits still, she was happier letting her father bury her in the warm sand.  Although she denied it, I think she drifted off to sleep for a while.

 The quiet Emilia was short lived.  Within a few days she was back to her lively, noisy self.