Dads and babies

The kid and I went to a first birthday party on the weekend. Embarrassingly enough we hadn't received our invite (nor done any investigation to find out why not) and so only had 24 hours notice about the party. Anyhow, we went, it was nice, the food was fabulous, my friends had the slightly frazzled look of people who have put all their energy into throwing a good party rather than dialling in pizza... their kid looked gorgeous in her national Korean outfit. My kid tried to kiss her (they go to childcare together) but she snubbed his kiss and would only deign to touch hands with him. Whilst there, I can't say I added a whole lot of social value to the party other than enthusiastically eating all the food, accidentally getting into some of the photos now on Facebook and make silent judgements about dads wearing baby bjorn carriers, puffa jackets and cool sneakers, sipping independent label ales. It is such a prevalent look in the circles I mix in! One of these dads was even talking about house renovations and tips to purchasing an old house to do up and live in. Oh, I could have joined in with personal experience, but was too busy eating food. I did make small talk with a friendly couple who had a cute 3 year old that my kid briefly kicked the soccer ball with, and another Mum that was despairing about her son's refusal to drink anything other than breast milk, now that's he's 14 months old. Could relate to that, given the kid has decided for the past week that he wants to be nursed ALL NIGHT and my husband agrees that I need to go away somewhere nice for a few days (Perth would be good-that's far away) so they can work through the issue together. The kid even puts his hand down my husbands top and laughs at the absence.

On the house front, we can actually pick a move in date. We may not having hot water, or even a functioning stove/oven (microwave, kettle and outdoor BBQ are to suffice) but we will have white walls, polished floorboards, a new leather couch and weeks ahead of happy auction hunting/browsing. And a shit load of bills to juggle-but everyone has that! I've been reading Kerryn Goldsworthy who also settled here and the showcasing of Daniel & Emma on the design files, also highlights the gems of my new region. On the downside, one can bemoan the lack of a development solution that integrates community history and cultural history, leading to loss of good things like boat wharves.

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