This is Sam and Amy having their first little play together. Amy kept swatting Sam in the face with her wayward arm swinging so had to be removed for some time out!!
Loose Tooth
Posted onHolly ran to me late night announcing something was wrong with her tooth – it was wobbley!
This is the first one to get loose and I have to admit that I got all goose bumpy and tears welled in my eyes. I just am in awe that this little girl, now 6, used to be my baby who had no teeth, then when the first one peeped through (the same one that is loose now) we called everyone in excitement. And now they are beggining to fall out – it took so long to get them and we had many sleepness nights and sore gums and tubes of bonjella while the others cut that it hardly seems fair that they now have to be replaced!
On a related note, Jacob got his first tooth last week – well done my gorgeous nephew 🙂 and he is crawling!!
Homemade Bailey’s
Posted onI’ve had a few requests so I thought I’d pop it up here so you can all have a go at it. So easy and so Yummy.
1 Cup Whisky
300ml cream
1 can Evapourated milk
2 tablespoons chocolate topping
1/4 tsp coconut essence
3 eggs
1/2 can condensed milk
Put it all in together into a blender, and whizz up on a high speed for one minute. Pour it into bottles. Makes about a litre. It says to let it stand for a week before consuming but I dare you to let it go that long!
Enjoy. MMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Day 7 of the New Year
Posted onOne week down and it has been a blur of activity. I just waved off James and Ro who stayed here last night with gorgeous baby Oscar and now I’m preparing for the next lot of visitors on Friday. Tania, Brian and Bronte arrive from Perth for Amy’s Christening on Sunday and I can’t wait to see them.
Over the past few days we’ve been trying to get out and about as a family before Justin goes back to work tomorrow. We’ve been to the Zoo (I used those passes Lin and Adas, but it was touch and go as the girl asked me for ID and I had to pretend I left my purse in the car and had nothing proving I was the name on the card!! She gave in reluctantly 🙂 ); we’ve been to Yass for a day trip; the Cotter; Tidbinbilla Deep Space Tracking Centre; had a picnic by the lake for dinner one night; had morning tea by the other lake while the kids rode their bikes along the path; Screen Sound Australia; visits to Nanna & Pa and a few paydates for Holly. Rach and Moi and their families came for dinner on Friday night and it was so much fun. the kids had a swim, we had a delicious dinner and then they watched movies while we drank some great wine, had lots of laughs and polished off the rest of the homemade Baileys.
Phew – I’m really tired and it’s no wonder. Justin just asked what we were going to do today and I begged for a day at home to recouperate.
It is Holly’s 6th birthday tomorrow. She is getting so tall and so pretty, and with each passing day her hair gets curlier. She is wise and then I see glimses of a shy little girl still. She can draw like a 13 yr old and read and write like a 7yr old and I am so proud of her. I still remember the day she was born and she will always be so precious to me.
In other news – I’m starting on a regime of better eating and exercising after putting on weight after Amy was born and after Christmas. I want to lose at least 5 kilos and I’m challenging myself to have 3 of those gone by the time Amy gets her brace off in a month. I walked this morning and am determined to watch how much I eat (that is my main problem – we eat good food but I just eat too much of it).
Amy is going along well. She is 3 and a half months now and is sleeping like a dream during the day and night. While Justin has been home we have weaned her off the dummy and that has proved to be the best thing ever. Most of her constant waking was because of the dummy falling out. So now when she lies down her little thumb assumes the position of sticking up and in it goes – suck suck suck. Ahh Bless – so instead of dummy issues we’ll have orthodontic bills! She goes to sleep between 7 and 8pm, then wakes around 1am. She still needs 2 feeds in the night, but that is done within 10 minutes and then she is back to sleep again until 4 hours later. I’m hoping that another feed will be dropped soon to give me an even longer stretch of sleep.
I’m wondering why it is so quiet here – the girls must be up to mischief. Holly has 3 friends coming over tomorrow for the birthday so I’d better get cleaned up and a bit organised. Swimming lessons also start tomorrow and go all week. Looks like another busy week for us.
Happy New Year 🙂
Christmas Antics
Posted onPhew – this has been the busiest week of my life, but I have had an absolute ball. I’ve enjoyed this christmas so much and loved having the family here. The non-stop activity of the past few days has been the best fun, and now that I have time to rest and relax (and clean up) it is even better!
Christmas Eve Kate and Rohan arrived with bags and loads of presents. We went to Mass where we met up with Moi and her family. The children were asked to sit down the front to see a Nativity play of the Gospel. All was going well until I saw a lady grab Jess by the scruff of the neck and give her a talking to. I raced down to see what was going on and Jess had been tackling other kids to the ground in all the excitement, mainly poor old Roisin. No harm done and peace restored I returned to my seat. Then heard squeals of delight as Meg saw a friend from daycare sitting right behind us. It was non-stop action I can tell you.
AMy was quite restless that night and I was up to her every few minutes and then half hour. I was exhausted and in sheer frustration sat on the floor in her room and cried till 4.30am when I finally felt she was asleep and got into bed myself. Justin woke me at 6.30am ad the kids were up to see what Santa had bought at 7am. Justin’s Mum came over at 7.30am to see the kids open their presents and give them a few herself. Kate and Rohan emerged at 9am at which point I put myself back to bed for an hour or so. The family started to arrive here at 11am for an absolute marathon present exchange. There were kids and paper and ribbons and babies everywhere. It was magical.
For lunch we had 3 trestle tables set out in the playroom and a kids table, and 24 of us sat around and had a most delicious lunch. It was so thoroughly enjoyable.
On Boxing Day we went to Mum’s where James and Sascha had arrived with Zoe and had another delicious meal and more presents. The next day we hit the shops for some sales bargains (got towels, shoes, some clothes and presents for Holly’s upcoming birthday!). That night everyone came back here for dinner where Justin excelled in delivering Nigella’s Coca-cola Ham.
On the way home from the shops Amy was heard doing some explosive poo’s in her capsule. When we got home I was dismayed to see that they had escaped the nappy and were all over the capsule furry lining and her harness. Oh well, it had to come off and have a wash, and while we were at it, she had to have a bath! SHe loved it and was kicking her legs all over the place and laughing. The harness took ages to dry so she had a sleep without it.
Today has been a day of cleaning up and putting things back in their places and finding homes for all the things that the kids got. I have to say that I was delighted with the kids presents becasue they got mainly activites and games and books, rather than clothes and toys with which they have enough already. They have been captivated with dressing paper dolls, colouring books, reading new stories and wearing their new sunglasses. Thanks everyone – these kids are totally spolit, but we love you for it!
And finally, this morning we got a delivery of a new dining table and chairs. The old ones were falling apart and the table was my nanna’s. This new one is so delicious – seats 8, and looks like a real family table. I can see us all around it for the next 30 years.
So that it it for now. My shoulders are sore from typing. I’m sure to have forgotton lots of things I should have said, but I’ll catch up on that in the next post.
Happy New Year everyone. May 2007 make all your dreams come true.
part 2
Posted ongot sidetracked there….
That’s it for now. Can’t wait for Christmas Day and the 23 people here for lunch. I’ve made Baileys Irish Creme (but at the rate Jus and I are going through it I’ll have to make some more) and can’t wait to have Kate and Rohan sleeping over for a few nights. Yippeee – it is nearly here.
Mery Christmas everyone :0)
Couple of pics
Posted onTime for an update of some photos of what we have been up to n the last few weeks.
Gotta take her to school now, but I’ve got a few more photos to put up later.
7 More weeks
Posted onYep, that is what the Specialist said about Amy’s hip harness. No million dollars for him!
So now we are looking at early February – not happy Jan.
Busy, Busy, Busy
Posted onThe weekend was chaotic – a first birthday party, guys from the office here for a work BBQ, a Christening, Meg to a friends house and and Engagement Party. Oh – and a few hours at the mall getting the kids Christmas gifts sorted out. Is it any wonder I am so exhausted? Had Meg at the eye Specialist yesterday and she got a stable result, so at least no new glasses prescription this time. Got Amy at the hip Specialist this afternoon and even though he is not going to say “Let’s take this harness off her”, I would give hime a million dollars if he did! Tomorrow Meg has her 4 yr old immunization, to make her ready for preschool, and I have primed her up to expect the needle and bribed her with something special afterwards!
I saw a news piece on the weekend about a woman who was jogging with her 5 month old baby in the pram. She got a phone call on her mobile and turned away from the pram to talk and jot a number down on her leg. When she turned back the pram was gone, and she was frantic that someone had taken the pram and kidnapped the child. She was hysterical with worry. 20 minutes later, they checked the nearby river and the pram had rolled down the embankment, into the water. The baby was there, still strapped in, but not alive. The mother was so distraught. It was so terrible to see it all played out and I felt for that woman with every motherly cell in my body. She’ll never get over that. Her Christmas’s will never be the same, she’ll never be the same. I ran upstairs and kissed Amy on the head, and gave each of my girls an extra big kiss and hug. I want to tell that woman how sorry I am for what happened to her. I hope she is going to be OK.
2 more days of school and I can’t wait for the pace to drop.
Better go do some folding – the washing baskets are overflowing and no-one has any undies!
9 to 5
Posted onNo, not a way to make a living, but the time that Amy slept the other night. Fed at 8.15pm, in bed and asleep by 9, then woke at 5.40am. WHat a star. Having said that, the performance has not been repeated since! She is going to bed earlier now, and that makes the first wake up earlier, so hopefully in the next week or so we can work on early bed and late wake up!
I’m so jealous today because Rach is in Brisbane seeing Robbie Williams in concert and Penny is in Melbourne seeing Kylie Minogue in concert. The only concerts I am going to are Holly’s end of year play on Friday afternoon and then Christmas Carols on Friday night at the War Memorial. Both should be fun though.
Amy had her harness adjusted again yesterday. She is growing so much it is hard to believe. She is 12 weeks old this weekend – were did the time go? Things are really settling down well. Today we did a marathon shopping trip to the mall, but we had Katie Nanna in tow to push the pram and hold the bags! She really had her work cut out for her this week with all that is going on so she totally deserved her wages. I think she was quite exhausted by the end of today.
Our Christmas tree is up and loaded with presents already. I put one under there for me today. The card says “To Fran, you have been a legend this year, love Fran” and I must agree with myself!!! My brother James used to put presents to himself under the tree with beaming accolades about how fantastic he was, so it has become a funny tradition kind of thing. A huge box from WA arrived yesterday much to Meg and Jess’s delight. Thanks to the Woly’s – we can’t wait to see what they are. Did you get our parcel?
Oops, time for the Bold and the Beautiful – Bridget is about to tell her mother about her one night stand with her step-father Nic, who used to be her husband until their baby died and she let him go to his ture love, her mother. Confused? yep, me too!!
Ciao for now 🙂