Visitors! Green and Catherine

So Green and Catherine were in town and stayed near by. This was their first trip to Melbourne in a while and spent a bit of time with us on Friday evening and then all day Saturday and Sunday. It was great to see them.

Naina was very excited around Green and Catherine, putting her best smiles on show for our guests. As always, what a pleaser. She's so good at putting her best foot forward already, leaving the cranky baby act for when there's only Deepti or me around. I'm starting to get suspicious...

Saturday we went to the city by train, which prompted Naina to sleep. She got a bit raucous at CHocolate Buddha and distinctly unhappy in the cold on Bourke Street Mall and then in David Jones as well. She settled thereafter in QV (out of the cold) and was an angel for the rest of the afternoon. Perhaps it was the aroma of slowly mixing chocolate at Max Brenner. For anyone coming to Melbourne, this place is the best on a cold morning.

Sunday was strange, Naina started screaming whenever Deepti lay her flat (e.g., in bed, or in the car capsule). As a result, Naina was dosed with her first bit of simethicone to help relieve any pain. I find it surreal when Naina is screaming as she has always been and is even now, a fairly relaxed and calm child, even if Deepti and I are making too much noise or not in the room with her.

This meant that Green and Catherine and I went to Chapel St alone. It was a fairly truncated day. We struggle to get out of the house before 11am, with massage bath and then Deepti and I getting ready. So we only reached Chapel St around 12 and did breakfast, Virgin Megastore and Borders. We then picked up Deepti and Naina, who by now was much calmer and happier and went off to sleep in the pram on our walk to Nando's.