2011 Family holiday

 Tuckered out in Singapore. Our flight to LHR left at 11:59pm Singapore time, which is 1:59am Brisbane time. Tilda didn't sleep on the way to SIN, so she flaked out while we waited for the boarding call.

 Trying to get comfy on board, before takeoff. Very hard to have a tired wee person and keep them happy while *not* reclining their seat. Eventually got her comfy enough, and reclined the seat as soon as I could.

 Upgrades for the family! Spoiling everyone, including Grandma and Grandad on their first trip to Europe.

 Getting comfy before takeoff (still trying)

 You know what, Mum? This makes a pretty comfy little cubby.

 We are in Paris and it is spring!

Wandering around near our apartment (in the 4th), our first afternoon.

 Grandad takes almost as many photos as Mama. (This pic taken by M)

 Lovely carousel outside the Hotel de Ville.

 This is the purple jumper that was lost somewhere in the Paris metro, apparently. Could have done with this layer on the morning of the Dawn Service. Here, we are on our way to the Eiffel Tower.

 Waiting for the first lift.

 A view from the tower.

 Happy fmaily snap (M wanted to be climbing stairs)

Cheers!

Grandma and Grandad atop the tower

Back from the beach, off to Melbourne!

We're back from our first family vacation to Rainbow Beach. While there, M had lots of cuddles with Great-Gran Caroline, ate sand, started moving lots more, continued to dislike tinned veges (much prefers Daddy's home cooked veges), started having a bottle feed in the afternoon (and then started refusing it!). A plaque to M's Great-Gramps (my Gramps) was unveiled during the Anzac Day commemorations, and we had a big Taylor family lunch at the Sports & Rec club afterwards. While we were away, I also found out M might have a spot for two days a week at a childcare centre near Mincom central. The news made going back to work seem so soon!
Tomorrow, we're off to Melbourne for a few days for the AODC conference. M's first plane flight - woo hoo! Our flights are at sleep time, so hopefully that will be a good thing ... we'll soon find out. Lots of warm clothes are ready to be packed, and M and Daddy will be having lots of fun together in Melbourne. And I might be spending a bit more time with M than at the conference if the bottle refusal continues ... just because I thought the bottle would go well, she's been having maybe one bottle a week practically since birth ... oh well! :)