{"id":16824,"date":"2019-01-09T21:17:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T10:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=16824"},"modified":"2019-01-29T22:18:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T11:18:17","slug":"goodbye-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/goodbye-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye beach"},"content":{"rendered":"We’re back home and I think even Emby feels that slightly hollow feeling after a holiday because she kept waking up crying in the night. After some good naps and play with grandmu and opa hopefully tonight is better. I made sure I got the ocean white noise cued up, fingers crossed it does the trick.\n\nSo I thought I’d just post all the last couple of days images to savour the last fragments of beach holiday vibes.\n\nEmber’s return home seems to have coincided with another mental leap. She’s started really concentrating on her mmm sounds. Mmmmmm… Ma…. Mmmmmm…Mum is it too early at just under 6 months for her to be calling out for me with outstretched arms? She’s also started getting clingy and wanting mama in the evening. Oh oh, so glad I extended my maternity leave to May to slowly ease her into childcare. For both our sakes!\n\n\"DSCF7017\"\n\n
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\"DSCF7162\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\nOn our last day while everyone sweltered in 40+ temperatures in Melbourne it was 10 degrees cooler down the coast, but still too hot to do much more than enjoy a cool bath in a bucket. Her new toy submarine is made from recycled milk bottles, but still not as eco as marigolds from the garden.\n\nDada Dylan had to exit the festivities early to rescue Phil who had ridden an hour from home and shredded his tire. Early rumours that his tires actually melted from the heat turned out to be unfounded, which was a disappointment to all. Especially those who thought it was madness to ride out at all in the heat.\n\nThe cycling tomfoolery was not at an end though, because while Ember was reclining on her cushion with nothing but a nappy keeping her decent three hot and hyperventilating cyclists fell at Anne\u2019s doorstep begging shelter and refreshment from the heat. I think Emby was the wisest of the bunch, cool as a cucumber under her ceiling fan.\n\n
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Ember made sure she kept uncle Bevan\u2019s favourite couch corner warm in his absence. It will be interesting who wins the coveted spot when she\u2019s older. She does have cuteness on her side and tears and a quivering lip won\u2019t hurt either. She also polished Nanny Annie\u2019s floors scrupulously everyday. Sometimes on a small purple cushion, but her favourite was the hilariously long patchwork cushion that had at least two body lengths on her. Another novelty was riding on Phil\u2019s toy cow. Why does a grown man have a toy cow you ask? No not one toy cow, he has two! Of course the answer is disappointingly mundane, he won them in a bike race. Snore!\u00a0<\/figure>Our last day we went for a little walk in the bush out the back because it doesn\u2019t feel like you\u2019ve done grey river properly without it. The bush was alive with orange butterflies so thick that battered softly against our faces as we passed through to Emby\u2019s amazement. She rode on Dylan\u2019s shoulder on the way back, still too small to grab on. The coastline sparkled below us as we said goodbye, until next time holidays.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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