more stuff

The dreaded cold season has hit our household, Jake has been fighting it over the past week, and now Ella and Bethany are showing signs of it, Ella's poor nose has been running non - stop today.

I took this picture of Bethany after she was fascinated at the rain drops on the leaves of the plants, typical that the only decent photo I managed to take half her face was covered by the plant! lol! and her shirt reads My dad is a hunk (rofl) well I think hes a hunk!!

I still have trouble posting photos on here, the other photo is Bethany playing (pretend) the Xbox with Jacob and yes I know hes sitting to close to the tv!

Well we are on the countdown now till Carmens wedding (my cousin) and today I cut out around 90 hearts for her bon boneire(spell), my arm just about fell off during the process! another week to go, I have to find something to wear this week for it, right in the middle of winter to, so praying the weather will be ok for it.

Well better trod of to bed, a great day topped of with my beloved Port winning, hopefully dh wont be as happy tomorrow when he watches his team! lol! I know I'm a bit mean!

finally some sleep!!

I am trying not to be too excited here but Ella has begun to sleep through the night! over the past 7 nights now she has had 3 nights of full sleep I'm talking from7ish till 7-8am, its not every night yet but a huge improvement from what she has been doing, I have still had a couple of nights where I have had to just let her have a cry then she settles down and sleeps! as pleased as I am about her sleeping through I am realizing that as she is our last baby, its a stage of my life (the sleepless baby stage) that I will no longer experience, she is growing so fast! I feel so blessed that I have been given the gift of raising 3 beautiful babies.

It has been so cold here that I am soo looking forward to spring - we aren't even halfway through winter yet! I'm just not a winter person - unless its raining (but then theres the dirty floors to clean from wet muddy shoes)

I had my first big shopping trip yesterday on my own, I had Carmens kitchen tea in the arvo but before that I was able to go to Westlakes on my own, Mark took the kids to his mums for lunch so I didnt have to worry about coming home to feed a baby, I was gone for 2.5 hours!! I even found a pair of roxy jeans to buy which I promised myself after Bethany was born and they were on special! so all in all a great day!

coming home to have a holiday

Well our little mini break is over - not alot of relaxing with a baby and a toddler, but it was still a great holiday and so nice to get away!

The cottage we stayed in was just gorgeous, we had a farm next to us and it was in the middle of paddocks - so we were pretty secluded, the kids all shared a room and Ella was determined to keep me awake all night so the last night we were there I caved in and she slept in our bed, so it was great to come home and get back in to our routine!

Bethany had Hi5 withdrawals so we had to find a Hi5 dvd to buy! which got played at least once a day, the photo is of the girls watching it!

It has been a busy weekend, we had Carmens hens night last night, we had so much fun! plus so nice to get out without the kids - hey Leanne!!! only 3 weeks to got to the big day now! and Emily yes you deserved that award that you handed over to Kat - although it was pretty close!

Holiday mode

we are in holiday mode here, Mark has just started his week off work and we are going away in a couple of days - we are so excited!! Jacob has been away all weekend as well, he had a sleepover last night at a friends house and tonight he is at his dads house.

Well my organizational skills haven't improved too much, I had to book the car in for a service before we go away and well because I left it to the last minute its booked in on the day we are leaving - whoops, I forgot to pay for Jacobs swimming lessons at school so I will have to pay that on the morning we leave and i had to get Bethany's eczema cream and because I am not at all organized couldn't book her in till the morning we leave - so its going to be a big busy day when we leave, if we ever leave lol! I must pack tomorrow!!!!

I did have some layouts to post but I need to photograph them again, instead I have a couple of Bethany, on the weekend while Jacob was playing the xbox, he called out to me to show me what Bethany was doing - blowing on the glass cabinet door! looks so funny!!

a little bit of cuteness!

I was taking photos of Ella and when I went through them I noticed Bethany in the background - oblivious to anything but HI-5!! thats where she sits and watches her favorite show- a little bit cute!!!!!

disorganized life!

I am trying to find some organization within my days, I can remember a time before marriage and children where every area of my life was organized, my days were all planned out, there was no urgency for food shopping, no need to work out what I was going prepare for tea for the week, I could let the washing pile up for a week (or 2), I could stick to my budget (actually I didn't really have one!), my purse and my handbag were cleaned out every few days- I prided myself on my organizational skills!

Now I get to the supermarket at 3.30pm with a shopping list I conjured up at 3pm in a rush to pick Jake up from school, walk around the shop with 2 bubs in a trolley, Jake asking for anything that takes his fancy and me still trying to figure out what I am going to do for tea, then getting to the checkout thinking surely I must have had time to better prepare myself for this while wondering if I have overspent on the budget, then I look around and see that I don't look like the only mother who is thinking the same thing!

The washing is starting to pile up here- not of any fault of mine! it has been wet just about everyday now, such a huge change for this part of the country, and winter has well and truly begun it is so cold now at night and Mark wont let me put my sleeping system on the bed - he gets to hot when I put it on- just as well I love him! lol!

Well I must organize something might start on my desk.