Some of us are getting chubby

at great speeds... and Sienna is looking rather plump in the cheeks too!

We're nearing the end of our home alone adventure... and to be honest I do think it's actually starting to get a little bit easier... Don't get me wrong, I will be VERY happy to have my other half back on Monday morning!


The wee one napping peacefully after her 3rd breakfast yesterday.


This one is a bit blurry but you can see more full on squoogyness! Double chins, just like mum!

So she's 3 months old now and 5,78 kilos and a whopping 58cm... she's nearly doubled her birthweight and grown nearly 10cm in length. I guess that's what all the napping and eating will get you! The picture above shows her in her new wee (but acutually too big for her hat) having a hat here is kind of a staple as the sun is almost always out and its pretty strong.

We shall mostly be sporting our very best party dresses tonight as we are going to stop in to help auntie vero celebrate her 40th! We won't be staying out late though... we simply must keep up with our beauty sleep!

I know I'm getting ahead of myself...

But while speaking to mum yesterday we discussed how that there are so many tempting naughty things for me in Canada as there are so many prepared foods... Here you've pretty much got to make most things from scratch which is MUCH healthier... however every time I go home I inevitably indluge in every junkie incarnation possible... not so good for the waist line... I swear I can pack on 10lbs in the span of a few weeks there... lord help me if I ever moved back... I would be a right porker!!!

However with this in mind I am mostly looking forward to taking fredu to these most luxurious establishments...

Licks burgers (ahh nature burger and guk sauce!)

Taco bell!

Si yo quiero taco bell!!! Mi bariga non pero... dar egual.

I have miraculously...

Made it to day eight on my own here in baby central... this is a great acomplishment as there have been moments where I seriously thought I would fall asleep on my feet. I had one of those episodes yesterday as sleep deprevation started to take hold. I luckily manged to ring my mum who chatted with me to keep me awake... Luckily not long after, the wee one finally fell asleep and I quickly followed suit.

The job search has commenced and I'm hoping that something interesting will pop up... or of course there is always the lotto that my mum plans on winning this Friday!?!?!?

Miss Chiara is off today on her coffee date with a new 'friend' the date happens to be taking place in Amsterdam... we are liking the sound of this suitor. I hope she has a wonderful time!

We have a holiday here in Barcelona and most of Spain today... most people are taking tomorrow off as well as a bridge day and thus enjoying a very long weekend. I will however be joining suit as I'm counting down the four more sleeps until Fredu returns from the deep south... I tell you, sometimes abscence can most definately make the heart grow fonder!

Until then, walkies it shall be... I can see Lilli hiding from me already... time to gather the troops and head out!

The fantabulous Ana...

Came by last Saturday to hang out with the girls and I. We lunched and then went for one of my long walkies. We of course had to stop and have some icecream... at which point we shot some photos with her fab little camera. I have a sneaking suspicion that she may have been quite generous to me in the photoshop re-touching side of things but hey... she's the graphic designer after all!


I swear I am not that tanned... Ana start explaining!?!?!


Ana and Lilli looking most prestigous!

Today I am mostly being greatful

For the beautiful sunshine we had as well as for my fabulous neighbour who very graciously signed Sienna's passport pictures for us. He is a doctor you see and the Canadian embassy would only accept someone with a medical degree... either that or it would have had to have beeen the mayor!?!? Of course I know the mayor personally for the last 2 years!?!? The British embassy were not so fussy as to who signed that picture... but we aim to please no?

The sunshine did a good job today of roasting up the remaining people who did not turn lobster red the day before... I swear you would think that these people who fly in here for the weekend would know better... sun screen does not seem to be a well recognised concept for most northern Europeans... Sigh... I was covered under hat and slathered in sun screen and I think I still got a touch of colour regardless...

I'm just finishing up day 4 of holding down the fort on my own as Fredu is off down south for another 7 days working... All I can say is that I have a great amount of respect to single mothers or anyone out there minding a small baby on their own... it's a heck of a lot of work and let me tell you, not made much easier by an almost 3 month old child who has decided to live up to her name 'wonderchild 17' by starting to cut her teeth early! We're back to waking up at 3 and at 6... it's been hairy and exhausing. Mind you, I still have had enough fight to pack up the crew and do a 2h walk with both Sienna and Lilli every day.... so yes, yea me!

The job search has re-commenced as it turns out that it will be unlikely that my services at the budgening danish porn empire will be needed very much or if at all in the coming months... Pretty disapointing really as i think it was honestly the first job I really have ever enjoyed. Ah well perhaps they will have something come up again in the future and I can return to work with them... I just hope I can find something that doesn't drive me mad... (ie. avoid agency work). I keep my mind open and am trying not to panic... instead I am staying very quiet to see if I can hear what the fates are whispering to me about my future... shhh!