Tilly pics for Granny ;)

Here are a few recent-ish pics of Matilda…especially for Granny… mwah!

Pulling funny faces-

Applying ‘face cream’ (taziki dip lol)-

Just because she’s cute! -

She is saying so many things now. She picks up new things all the time and remembers so much. She is beginning to use her imagination too and loves to jump around like a kangaroo and like a rabbit with little hands in place or paws and ears. So cute! It’s hard to believe that she will be 2 in about 3 weeks. I really need to get organised and get her birthday plans sorted. We have her presents already and we are moving her out of the cot and into a single bed for her birthday as well so thats a bit exciting.
Some of her favourite things right now are- ‘Bananas in Pj’s’, ‘Wiggles’, painting, playing outside, dancing, listening to music and singing songs and reading books (her fav is ‘who sank the boat’). She is getting closer to being able to ride her own bike and enjoys playing on the swings and slide outside and in her new sandpit. We are beginning to run out of clothes for her as she is getting too tall for size one clothes but her waist is too small for size two. So we make sure we buy with adjustable waists and roll up the bottoms for now Tilly is growing in leaps and bounds when it comes to toilet training and spends a good part of most days with no pants on (just ‘undies’ that she insists on wearing). She still has a few accidents and I am not pushing the issue as I was planning on waiting till summer and after bub arrived to tackle that stage. I guess Matilda has other plans. We will continue to follow her lead in that department and she how things go.

I have reached 33 weeks in this pregnancy now and am feeling a bit tired again of late. Otherwise all is going well. Here are a couple of pics Israel took at 28 weeks -

Scrap layout share

Here are a few recent layouts that I’ve done -

I’m really enjoying scrapping at the mo

Bons Cyber Crop

I’ll be there… will you?!

Bon’s Weeklong CC – starts tonight Tuesday 26th….

7:30- Bon’s colour challenge.
7:45- A sketch
8:05- bingo
8:30- A blind challenge

Pick your bingo words HERE….
http://www.bonsscraps.com.au/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6667

Hints and Chat HERE….
http://www.bonsscraps.com.au/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=108

It’s a LOT of fun – the girls are a friendly bunch and warmly welcome new Ladies to the forum!!!

Hope to see you there!!!

Introducing…

my gorgeous new nephew…

Beau James. Born 16th May, weighing 7pd 12 oz.  He’s a real cutie. Mum and bub are both doing great. Congrats Tammie and Brett, he’s just adorable!!!

GIVE AWAY…

Yep thats right, you read correctly. My mate Dannii is having a great give away to launch her brand spanking new photography blog for Kipindy photography. To be in the draw to win a prize, all you have to do is go and leave a comment on her new blog here. It is open to all residents of Australia and will be open until Saturday 9th May 7pm AEST. Dannii will announce the prize winners in time for Mothers Day! What an awesome opportunity to win yourself some goodies. Be sure to check it out! You can even see some of the awesome pics she took for us last year here and here.

We love your work babe. Good luck with the launch and your ever growing business, we think your photos are amazing !!!!!

The Apron

Just a couple of pics to share of Tilly wearing her new apron that I made for her this week out of a tea towel I bought from Aldis.

Detail-

Tilly trying to take a photo on my phone of me taking a photo of her lol-

It’s a bit long but it should last her a while so thats ok. I love how it turned out and she loves wearing it and helping me cook. So cute. xx

22 weeks!

I know I’m behind but I just wanted to share a few piccies I took on Easter sunday when we caught up with the family at Lillydale lake for a BBQ.

Here is Tilly and her huge egg that she got from her cousins Amy & Nick-

Don’t worry, she didn’t eat that much of this one (she did happen to sneakily finish off one of Braydon or Tessa’s though

Here are two piccies from the lake of Tilly and Granny-

I am now 22 weeks through the pregnancy and have officially passed halfway. I am feeling pretty good and just suffer from a bit of heartburn and the occasional sore back. Nights are starting to get a little more sleepless as I feel a bit uncomfortable and achy if I sleep in one spot for too long. Here is a photo of my belly last week (21 weeks) -

I have been feeling bubby move a lot more these last two weeks. I have even felt movement from the outside, now just to get Shannon there when bubby is kicking to feel it too.

We took the side off Matilda’s cot this week. We want to move her into a big bed for her birthday. This will allow us to have bubby in our room in the bassinette until Christmas time then we can put bubs in the cot. That should hopefully be long enough for Matilda to settle into her bed and forget about the cot being hers before bubs gets it. She has done really well so far. The first night she got out of bed at 6:10am but I took her back to bed and she slept til 7:30am. Her day sleep was a little more interesting trying to get her to stay in bed. I only went into her twice though and then she cried for about 2 mins and was asleep (I wasn’t game enough to open the door though to see if she actually stayed on the bed or slept on the folded blanket beside her bed… but she did stay asleep for a little over 1.5 hours so thats great). Last night she got up at 5:45am and I put her back to bed and she woke up at 7:20am for breaky. It’s almost time for her sleep today now so it will be interesting to see how she goes today.

Shannon got up bright and early this morning to head into the city to attend the dawn service for ANZAC day. There were apparently about 40 000 people in attendence this year. He wasn’t able to get any good photos to share as it was too dark to get a clear shot.

I bought Matilda a teatowel yesterday and converted it into a cute little apron for her to wear when she helps me cook now. It turned out great and I am really happy with it. I will take a pic and add it later when I get the camera back. Matilda loves to help me cook but often ends up with stuff all down her front so an apron was just what she needed.

I will be back another time with a photo for you. xxx

We’re Pregnant! (again)

I realised the other day that I hadn’t even officially announced on my blog that we are expecting baby No.2. How slack of me. We found out Christmas day and the morning sickness began at 5 weeks 1 day. I have passed the halfway mark now and am 21 weeks tomorrow. Bubby is due at the end of August (estimated 28th) but will probably arrive early september is my guess. All is going well and bubby is growing and moving around just nicely now. I was quite sick early on but that has eased off a lot now and I only have rare and random attacks of sickness now which is much more manageable.

I first felt bubby move at about 14 and a half weeks but hadn’t felt much since then. I am beginning to feel a lot more now though. We had the 20 weeks scan today and found out that my placenta is actually lining the front of my uterus which is why I haven’t felt bubs a great deal. It was difficult to get any good profile pics of the little one as the baby kept rolling around and laying on it’s tummy. Here are a couple that we did get though –

(the thing above bubs nose is the umbilical cord floating there)

Bubby waving hello -

A little foot-

Here is also a photo taken with my big sister Tammie who is due about 3 months ahead of me in May-

(taken 2/4/09)

Shannon celebrated his 28th birthday earlier this month and I bought him a bass guitar and amp. He is teaching himself how to play and is doing a great job. I will try to get some pics later of his new toy for you to see. Anyhow, I need to go get a few more things done while Matilda is sleeping. Toodles xox

Shannon is BALD!

Today at work they had a fundraiser for The world’s Greatest Shave. The kids asked teachers and students to volunteer to shave their heads if they raised ‘x’ amount of money. Shannon said he would shave his hair for $2000 (thinking he would be safe lol). Well they ended up raising over $4500! So off it all came and he came home BALD! They clipped it REALLY short with clippers, so we had to finish the job with a razor when he came home and here is the end result…

I guess it’s all for a good cause lol.

Introducing Mr & Mrs Adams…

Here is a little ‘entree’ of the photos taken by my darling Hubby at his sister Phoebe’s wedding. She was married on Saturday the 7th of Feb (also now know as Black Saturday due to all of the devastating fires that swept through Victoria). It was such a hot day but the bride still managed to look absolutely gorgeous…

Don’t they look so happy?!

Oh and here some of my gorgeous girl who was one of 5 flower girls (and who wouldn’t stand still for a decent photo all day!. These photos were taken by someone else as we didn’t end up with any decent shots of her…

You can see how red her little cheeks were. It was such a hot day. Ok, i’ll leave it there for now. xxx