Weekend Away @ Bermi

We went away to Bermi for the weekend,

because Mark had a long weekend at work..

The weather was good,

a bit cold and windy on the friday but otherwise it was good!!

Got to test drive my new camera which was even better :D

These are just a few of my faves,

just randomly picked

and in no particular order..

Gorgeous little pic of Zayne..

He wasn't sure about the beach,

the waves scared him and i dont think he liked the

feel of the sand under his feet.

He loved it after the initial dislike though..

This one of Tani was taken on the beach as well...

she was building sandcastles.

I had a play with the settings on this one

to get the brightness and blurry background...

Just a random..

We went for a drive down to cuttagee and there were a pair of shoes

on the poles next to the steps, one on each pole..

lol

Jed helping his brother out in the water..

Once Zayne went in he didnt want to get out,

he just kept going back for more..

and he chucked a tanty when it was time to go.. :(

Tani and Jed.

Playing on the play equipment at the school

while we were at the spring fair.

Jed at the beach.. played with settings again
At the school

Little tootsies at the beach..

arent they fat and cute!

At the beach, not sure about it all!

These are really just a few,

have sooo many favourites.

New Camera

I got a new camera!! Woo hoo....... :D

I have been looking at them for so long,

and wanting one for so long...

and now I have one!! YAY

These are just some basic pics, have been reading the book,

taking a few pics, trying to learn how to use it a bit better..

I still find it amazing how blond Zayne's hair is in photo's,

lol he doesn't have blond hair!!

Some Scrapping.

Have done a few pages lately

It's been so long since I took pics of my pages

they are all very crooked, blurry and just not the best.

Not very chatty today,

it's just one of them days,

the weather is shit, raining, muggy, sweaty and just blah.

Makes for a crappy, unmotivated day.

and my kids are driving me bonkers :8(

Now He's ONE

We celebrated Zayne's first birthday and his Naming Day last saturday..

The weather held off for it and it was a lovely afternoon in the park with family and friends.

I was a bit worried it would rain through as it has been non stop for weeks on end... :-(

Just a few quick things this month as he really hasn't changed much in a month..

Zayne is:

• Now 13.82kg
• 81cm long
• Walking/running very well and non stop
• Always on the go..
• Now standing up his own in the middle of the room. Started doing that a month ago after his 11 month post.
• So funny, always has us cacking ourselves over the funny things he does.
• Very loving. Loves to give cuddles, and does the pat on the back thing while he is doing it lol. I don't get them very often but everyone else does... :(
• Totally obsessed with remotes, computer "mouses" and phones....
• Loves anything with a cord attatched and will walk around with it for hours on end.. eg, his toy phone, Tani's lovely pink toy phone, mega-sketcher, old telstra phone. He cracks it when they get caught on something though.
• Sporting a very bashed up looking forehead this week.. Had a couple of incidents that left him with some bruises and grazes... :(
• Has really learn't what "NO" and "TA" mean. Doesn't always care lol, but he knows...
• Still needs alot of attention, he has most definately been my most demanding baby.
• 2 - 3 bottles per day, and 3 meals. Loves his weet-bix, yoghurt and veggies.
• Loves his bath time each night, still a massive fight getting him dressed.
• Still only 4 teeth... Thaught he would have some more by now as he goes through "teething" alot. They just take forever to appear!

He is just so lovely, and I love him to bits..

A couple of piccies from his day.

Don't like the way they make wrapping paper these days,

Dont know how many times Zayne choked on it....

With his Beach Nanny^^

All the godparents^^

Tegan, Craig, Sheri and Muli.

Unfortunately didnt get any nice pics with Me and Mark and Zayne,

just havent thaught to take one, but didnt with the other 2 either... :(

Aaaaw I love this pic... So happy to wander on his own! (outside... lol)

I made these as his party bags..

They looked great, but oh what a pain to make lol.

Me and my big ideas........

I miss you my babies!!!

I took this pic before Tani and Zayne left for Mum's at Bermi

yesterday (thursday) morning.

I really didn't want them to go, and I cried and cried.

Dumb I know but I couldn't help it :(

Love you and Miss you both sooooo much!!

They will be there for around a week.

I'm hoping it will go fast coz I am going to be quite busy.

I have worked the last 2 days.

Camping tomorrow night.

Hopefully floriade monday.

Possibly working tuesday, lol who knows these days.

and helping Karen get her new shop ready to open!

Only a week to go and my gorgeous little bubba is one!

11 Months

Wow... Only 3 more weeks and my little dude is going to be 1!

At 11 Months Zayne:

• Is 13.64 kg
• Is 78.5 cm
• Is very active, he walks everywhere.
• Loves outside, is so happy to be out the back playing with the kids... Or just sitting eating grass.
• Dances when songs come on the tv or radio. (has been doing this for a few months.)
• Loves loud music. (since he was born, not sure if I have written that before.)
• Is FINALLY growing a little bit of hair.
• Can now bend over while standing up and pick something up off the floor and then stand back up again.
• Can't yet stand up from the middle of the floor without pulling himself up on something.
• Eats 2 weetbix for breakfast.
• Sneezes weetbix all over me during breakfast at least once EVERY MORNING!
• Is sleeping soooooo much better. Usually wakes for one bottle during the night and then goes back to sleep... Massive improvement there! :0)
• Has 2 bottles during the day, 1 during the night.
• Has 4 little toothies. His top 2 came through just after I put up his 10 month pics.
• Is very independant with his walking, likes to take off away from me in shops :0(
• Likes to whinge while i'm making dinner everynight. When I say whinge I mean hang off my legs screaming......... Very frustrating!
• Looks sooooooo very much like his Uncle Craig did at the same age.
• Doesn't really have any new words other than 'yeah, yeah, yeah', and 'no, no, no'

He is now awake from his nap so I better go, can't think of anything else off the top of my head.

Father's Day Pics

Just a few pics from Fathers Day.

Us 5 and Craig went to Batlow and had a bbq lunch with Dad and Auni,

the weather was beautiful and lunch was delicious!!

The kids had fun running around with Maggie the dog

and blowing some bubbles.

We went for a drive up bush when we got home

and I got some nice sunset pics,

then got yummy wing cheng when we got home.

It was a nice relaxing day..

This pic taken at Dad's.

Zayne REALLY wanted that beer!!

The kids blowing bubbles..

I love bubble pics :)

Happy Birthday Pretty Girl...

Tani's 6th Birthday was on thursday, these pics are from then..

She had a little party today with five of her little school friends,

the weather wasn't the best for it, but they all had fun.. :-)

She got a little Barbie toy cash register, and absolutely loves it, a Pandora Bracelet with 2 charms, lots of clothes, a stuffed littelest pet shop toy, a book, a pair of shoes and a bag and some window stickers all from us.. The cute dress she is wearing here is from Craig and Tegan, It is so cute! She also got a few pandora charms from other people.. Nanny, Mark, Sheri and Tiff. Farm Poppy and Auni. Grandad. and Karen, Matt, Chris and James. as well as numerous other things today.. Including a bloody chalk board..... Thanks Karen!! lol

10 Months

Zayne turned 10 months on monday,

these pics were all taken that day..

He was absolutely miserable,

Not sure if it was his top teeth moving up and down or if he was sick.

But he had so much snot it was ridiculous..

So no smiley pics this time, lol, you just get him as he was...

So at 10 Months Zayne is:

• 12.6 kg.. He is such a chunky bubba!!
• 76.5cm long.. Quite short compared to his weight..
• Walking... He toddles all over the place now, would much rather walk than crawl although crawling gets him there much quicker. Sometimes he can walk the length of the house othertimes he gets only a few steps and falls on his bum.. All part of the learning process though and I'm sure he will be running in no time lol. (First steps July 24th.. 9 1/2 Months)
• Playing with the kids a lot more. He absolutely adores Jed, and often follows him around like a little puppy dog :0)
• Eating soooo much more of our foods. Haven't actually seen him reject anything in his 9th month that I can recall. He has eaten things he wouldn't even let get near his mouth a few months ago... Including Spaghetti Bog, Lasagna, Enchilada's, Tuna Casserole, Plenty of Meats and Veg. He loves his Veggies, especially greens like Broccoli, Zucchini etc. He will now even eat mashed potato.. So massive improvement there!!
• He has taken to pulling things out of drawers. Especially Jed's clothes and our DVD's.
• Waving. When he feels like it, doesn't yet put it to a Hello or Goodbye.
• Pointing. He often points and yells 'DO DO DO DO' lol, you really feel told off when he does it to you. I often get it in the afternoon when Mark gets home, lol like he is telling on me.. Not sure what it is I do wrong lol....
• Clapping. Once again when he feels like it. He does often clap when he is standing up though, thinks he's pretty clever.
• Can now hold his own bottle, on occasion, he has been very lazy in doing that!! He would rather swing it around and play with it though.
• Loves his bath time, think it is his favourite time of the day. Still puts up the biggest fight when getting dressed after the bath though.. It's funny he only does it after his bath.... In the mornings he is fine..?
• Wearing size 0's and 1's.. Depending on the actual clothes, both are fitting him quite well. And size 5 shoes.. OMG he is such a spoilt little bugger with his clothes and shoes. He has soooo many..... :-) he he
• Had the most horrible month for sleeping. Waking everynight between around 10.45pm and 12.30pm, and then would not sleep unless he was in our bed. Then he would kick the crap out of me all night, and wake everytime he moved or I moved... Very very frustrating. I had the biggest black bags under my eyes I had ever seen, I could have been packing for the trip of a lifetime LOL...
• He is getting a little better in the pram, he doesn't whinge quite so much, although I do still carry him most places.. lol all 12.6kg of him...
• He quite enjoys shopping so long as he is sitting in the trolley. He sits up there and gives everyone his cute little baby smiles. He hasn't started trying to climb out of the trolley or pram yet either.. I don't imagine it will be long before that starts.

Well what a ramble that was lol...

** On the sleep subject, since monday night he has actually been pretty good. He was sick that night, went to sleep early and back up at 10pm, after that didn't get back to sleep till almost midnight, then slept till 6am, then in bed with me. Everynight since he has been in bed at 8.30, and slept till around 2.30 am - ish. He has a bottle in his cot and back to sleep in his cot til around 7.30 am. I am still usually up for 1.5 - 2 hours, but its heaps better than all night!! I even put him in bed awake last night and he put himself to sleep, then again for nap time today.. With NO crying!! So thats only been 4 nights now, we will see how it goes...