November

Was full of...

Bailey,

A new home,

My men,

Hide,

And seek,

A little bit of... I'll have what he's having!

I just love my daddy!

Visiters,

Playing,

Eating,

Togetherness at our makeshift dinning set...

Love...

For the newest member of the family,

Exhaustion,

More exhaustion,

A RASH... that wouldn't go away!

Setting up for Christmas,

Thank you Aunty Vienna, Daddy

and kids for making it great!

My little man growing up...

And then some more exhaustion!

October 2010

My Little man!

The most excited cousin.

Something from dad's side (thumb)

Breast-feeding his Teddy

Breast is best... anywhere, anytime!

This little man having a ball with mamar, poppy and uncle Maxi.

His hair was crazy with all the static after that!

Growing up, you never think as much of your parents as you should.

I have always loved my parents but the older I get the more gratitude I feel for them and all the sacrifices they made for us. This clip goes out in gratitude to my mum who had six children under the age of five 24/7

... no dates, no breaks.

(try finding a baby-sitter for this lot on a zero budget)

Adalia 4, Chloe 4, Malachi 3, Lachlan 2, Chase 1 and Bailey 1 month.

And this was the easy part with all of them strapped in, the park was more 'fun' even though Stephannie, Vienna and I were all there to chase after and keep track of them. (Not to mention Chloe 'It's ok, I'll get him' as Chase is running toward the water and next thing we see is Chase pinned to the ground with Chloe on top...)

Sometimes I wonder how she did it and came out on the other end mostly sane!

I LOVE YOU MUM, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!

Bailey Cashe

A few photos of our Bailey and his birth.

The fun part...

... and worth every minute to finally meet him!

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10... PHEW!

9 & 1/2 pounds of perfection.

His first bath, equally enjoyed by Chase.

Our precious little Bailey

How blessed we are to have him in our family!

Spring

We have been privileged to live in a home that is coming alive on all sides.

I do my drive by 'oh that's pretty' but I've not really taken the time to have a nice walk with the camera and appreciate all the beauty that is part of this home.

So here are some photos from our garden...

Slumber Party

With Jony having some work up at the great lakes and needing to leave the trailer at Mum and Dad's for half the day, he thought it might be nice if we all went over to spend some time with the family and stay the night!

Fish for dinner, which I love but can't cook (I seem to have to make sure it's really dead). Jony loved having his electric heat blanket back and Chase slept surprisingly well considering he was wrapped and on a single mattress on the floor. (He is still in the cot at home)

Check out that bed hair!

The next morning he got to help Poppy feed the Little Lambies, which aren't so little anymore!

How bogan does he look still wearing that hair-do along with clothes that are too small and boots that are too big. But at least he was dressed, I was still in my flannels, Maxi's crocs and a big coat while taking the photo...

His day sleep wasn't so successful, he faugh being wrapped and let himself out of bed several times before I took him to the lounge and lay with him 'wrapped' in my arms. Poor little guy woke up soaking wet and thirsty... but at least we got rid of that morning hair!

It's nice to have a lazy visit sometimes and just hang out, Thanks for having us!

PS. Vienna, belly is in the back ground! (36 or 37 weeks)

Picking Apples

Picking apples...

Well, it's more like selecting but he enjoyed it all the same!

At the end of my street is an Orchid selling 10 kilos of apples for $10. In my freezer, a whole pile of cherries and blackberries given to me. In the corner of a spare room sat a dehydrator with 14 racks...

Fruit leather was calling!!!

(I was expecting seconds but they turned out to be much nicer than recent apples from the store)

So Stephannie and I got together and turned 10 kilos of fruit into 1 or 2 kilos of very tasty leather, next time we'll strain the seeds out of the black berries to get rid of the 'crunch' but the cherrie one was a winner for Chase!!!

Although Stephannie and I did most of it with little interest from the kids, they did love making twirly-whirly apples and eating as much as they liked.

(All photos are at Stephannie's.)

A Day at the Snow

On the 28th of August we headed to the snow with some of the family.

My parents made a little snowman first thing while Jony's priority was elsewhere...

SNOW CONES!

Then at some point Jony and Dad decided to turn the place into Wonka's out door factory!

And with no objections, Chase too helped himself... continuously!

Max and Jony had a heap of fun... which was nice for the both of them.

(I'm not a good sport when it comes to ice in my clothes, so I'm glad they had each other to save any temptation headed in my direction!)

This little tike just watched and laughed at them most of the time!

He tried to join in but his little fist-fulls of snow were no match for the big boys' snow balls.

We were even lucky enough to meet one of the locals!

And of course we wanted to see if some snow would make it home with us, so Jony placed a lump of snow on our windscreen and off we went... Well he lasted all the way home and overnight, but we lost him on the Highway the next morning!

It was a nice day with the family, some hot chocolates and lots of snow!

Unfortunately no photos of Mammar and Poppy to post, but I'm sure they will.

(I'm still looking forward to Summer sun, beaches and Fish & Chips, that I could do every weekend...)