Wednesday 27 April 2016

Ten Months




He's 10 months today & it's freaking me out, it's gone so fast... So much faster than it did with Joselyn!  I feel a little sad that my baby is growing so fast, I know there are so many exciting times ahead but I also know that this is it. This is the last time for so many beautiful milestones... Maybe we should have another one after all! 

Why is it so much faster this time? Is it because I've got my hands full with Jos?

M x

Every little thing is going to be alright...



"Don't worry about a thing, cause every little is gonna be alright" Bob Marley was a wise man! 

Today I had one of those moments when i was in the shower, it was a moment that I wish I could hold on to... All my anxieties about my career, the house, the kids just washed away & I thought about how easily everything could just fall into place!! 




The kids will be in school in 5 years and I can work part time until then & then become whatever I want to be, I'll only be 36. I can go back to work and we can get a pool next year and then then extend the mortgage and do the renovations little by little - it will happen and it will fall into place, no hurry!!!


M x

Tuesday 26 April 2016

17/52




"Happy Lil Vegemite" Happy Henry is back this week, his smile is infectious.  He is a cheeky little thing so different to his sister but yet similar.  He's into everything and very destructive.  He's inquisitive and curious and got a personality that lets him get away with it.

"Sleeping Beauty" We've had a big week and while preparing dinner one day I thought things were a little too quiet in the living room and discovered that Miss J had fallen fast asleep watching a movie.  I love watching her sleep, her lips, her eyelashes and those bruises and scrapes on her arms and legs.  She is perfection, well to me anyway!

M x


Monday 25 April 2016

Lest We Forget


I find ANZAC Day a very emotional day. I try to get the most of the day & enjoy the freedom that so many lost their lives for us to have the right to.

I think a lot about Gallipoli and all of those men or boys rather being sent to their deaths. 

I have a tradition of making ANZAC Biscuits and as silly as it may seem I find this a symbolic gesture of my thanks. I've been trying to include Joselyn in this gesture and am hoping that it ends up being something we do for years to come.

One day I'd like to get up and go to dawn service at Currumbin- it's supposed to be a magical service but at the moment I take all the sleep I can get! Maybe next year!!

Today I'm thankful, thankful for the troops who protect us. Thankful for the life I get to give my kids and thankful for this country I get to call home!  I pray for peace and that humans can live in harmony accepting of all beliefs.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. Lest we forget.

M x


Sunday 24 April 2016

Zootopia



I took Joselyn to see Zootopia today.  I really enjoyed it, I thought it was a really cute movie about stereotypes and how our minds can be poisoned by others.  I thought it also showed that the sweet and innocent "little guy" might not be so sweet and innocent after all.  I loved all the changes on popular brand names for example the phone had a half eaten carrot on it rather than an apple.  As with all kids movies there were lots of hidden adult jokes, I laughed out loud so many times... Especially at the Sloth section of the movie.

Great movie worth checking out.  Good job Disney its one of the impressive ones.  8/10

M x


Friday 22 April 2016

Habits


When we got our new car the blinkers were on the left side of the steering wheel rather than the right- I've always driven cars with blinkers on the right. So it didn't surprise me that when I got my new car driving it had me constantly turning on the wipers as I turned corners or exited the roundabout. It wasn't until a week after I got my new car I drove the old car and I realised how easily habits can be changed, and I was amazed at how quickly I'd changed a 15 year driving habit in a single week!

It takes 21 days to make or break a habit, I've had this drummed into me since my first job & i've used this philosophy a lot over the years with water intake, exercise & sleeping habits.


I know all this and yet I'm struggling to make some new habits that I think would help me with some structure in mummyland.

I want to exercise for 1/2 an hour each day, 
I want to meditate or do yoga everyday.
I want to meal plan every Wednesday & create a shopping list based on this plan.
I want to cook meals every night and snacks during the day like protein balls & cookies.
I want to drink more water.
I want to wash towels on Fridays & sheets on Wednesdays.
I want to clean floors on Wednesday & bathrooms on Monday.


I want to make healthy habits that I can be proud of but I guess I've just got to take it one day at a time.

M x

Monday 18 April 2016

16/52






 "Dancing to her own beat" we have been playing dress ups a lot this week, I love listening to her imagination running wild.  This was captured as she was dancing to a sesame street song in the lounge room dressed up as princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, I could watch her dance and sing all day but these days when she catches me watching she stops... I hope she finds the ability to dance like no one is watching again one day!

"One Hundred and fifty Lashes" I was worried that Henry wasn't going to inherit his dad's amazing eye lashes but has time passes they are appearing one by one.  This photo shows our week as it was, a snotty and tired little guy that just has to be touching mummy.  I keep reminding myself "this too shall pass" as our sleepless nights and daily torture of teething continue, before too long I'll be able to resume my daily duties without Henry fastened to my hip and I might even miss him!

M x

Sunday 17 April 2016

Eddie the Eagle


I went to the movies today for the first time in a while & only the second time without Henry since he was born. I went with my friend Kai, she is my movie buddy & we used to go all the time but schedule clashes have prevented us from a movie date for a long time. Kai picked the movie & to be honest I really wasn't interested but thought I'll go purely for the catch up. I knew nothing about the movie and had no idea it was based on a true story.

It was a beautiful movie, I laughed & I cried, I cringed & I cheered. I'd never heard of Eddie but found his story inspiring & filled with valuable lessons.  It had me considering my parenting techniques & treatment towards people who aren't quiet the same.

It was a light hearted, feel good movie and I'll give it 8/10.

M x

Monday 11 April 2016

15/52




"Master H" we've had issues keeping a hat on Henry, this photo was quickly captured to mark the milestone of him wearing a hat for more than five seconds, simply because his hands were busy holding on.  Lots of attempting to walk this week, crawling over to the walker and pushing them along, pretty sure he's at least a month away from first steps yet (well I hope he is)

"Beauty isn't only skin deep"  Pictures are getting hard to capture of Joselyn, she's not happy to have her photo taken too often and when she is she is usually saying cheese giving a huge fake smile. Photos like this one are becoming my favourite because although she isn't looking you can see her beauty runs deep, she has kind caring eyes and is beautiful on the inside as well as on the outside.

"Fur Baby" she is just so happy when we are all outside with her, I look at this photo and wonder how I could ever think badly of her.

M x

Sunday 3 April 2016

14/52



The little mermaid, its almost impossible to think that this little girl was scared of the water 6 months ago, now she loves swimming lessons, although I think she enjoys the toys just as much as the lesson.

Cheese, this guy is just a goofball, he has the cheesiest grin and makes us all laugh all the time.  From screaming down the house when we would strip him off for a bath to now loving every moment in the water its been a very interesting 9 months.

I'm linked up with Jodi from practicing simplicity as I am every week.  Enjoy and I'll see you again next week.

M x

March


Here we are another month in to the year and it's been another exciting one. We started off this month catching up on our monthly photos for Henry.  He is growing so fast and is such a character with such a big beautiful smile.


Again we spent a lot of time hanging around the house playing, me with my camera settings and the kids with anything we could find in our path.  Like sprinklers.


High heels...


Big smiles...


Flyscreens...


 Or just Henry's Bed





 We rediscovered the park with 3 slides and the lake that we could cool off in, we fed the ducks and walked to and from to burn our energy.


Joselyn became a really good big sister learning to share her things and even pushed Henry in the swing, it's beautiful to watch the relationship between the two of them grow.


We had a morning stand up paddle boarding in Currumbin creek, unfortunately Adam didn't realise the camera was on manual so the actual photos of paddle boarding were over exposed but we have a lovely photo of Henry doing what he does best sleeping on our blanket under the tree and one photo of Joselyn and I swimming in the creek the weather was amazing. 



We went to Paradise country and Joselyn was lucky enough to feed the baby goats some milk from the bottle, she was very excited, and she took her brother for a drive in the vintage car.



Gma and Pa arrived for a week's holiday and their hotel had a pool so we played in it.... Well Henry slept under trees mostly.



Henry's Baptism saw us surrounded by our family, it was lovely to have so many people around to celebrate.

And then we headed to Scotts Head again for Easter.  It was very "Egg-citing" the easter bunny came and ate the carrot we left for him, he left foot prints all through the house and a trail of chocolate eggs for us to follow!




We spent a lot of time at the beach and played in the rock pools at low tide, it was really fun.














Bathtime at Nana's always is fun.

 
And then finally some snaps taken from swimming lessons this week.









































Another Amazing month filled with more amazing memories.  Such a full heart and feeling so blessed.

M x