Oooops a bit late: Day 24; 25; 27; 28

Photos from the last few days minus Australia Day, I was too busy taking it easy at our friends parents house by the pool, water + camera don't mix. 

Day 24 - my parents came down for a couple of days to visit :)  here the kids are doing the obvious..... drawings. 

Day 25 - Someone got their hair cut!!! she wanted a fringe badly and I think it looks quite cute.

Day 27 - Yesterday I had a visit from an old mate Pete, we used to work together many years ago.  The last time we caught up Abby was only a few months old!. This photo was taken with his 50mm Sigma 1.4.(I won't be buying one :P)

Day 28 - Back to School!!!!!! it all went well considering someone was a bit nervous about which teacher she would get. She got a good one :) actually they are all great there so there was no issue.

Day - 23 My Big girl

She really loves having her photo taken, it's good for me too. I not only get to play with the camera but I get to have nice photos of her growing up. 


Oops forgot to take a photo of Scott! oh well it will happen one day. 

Day - 22

Posted a day late. Someone asked me the other day how I get time to do this blog, well I don't really have time that's why the posts are a day late every now and then :) 


Yesterday we tried to give Minna a new hair style, her mohawk is a bit out of control but Scott does think it looks cool. 


Today I'm going to try and get a photo of Scott, as a friend of mine pointed out he isn't in one photo yet, but hey neither am I, but I rather it that way. I'm not promising a photo of Scott but I will try. As for me I'm now on a health kick so when I'm feeling better and looking better you'll get a photo of me. 


On with the photo. Minna having a cuddle with her poppy. 

Day - 21

We took the kids to the Ophthalmologist today for their eye check up. Leo's vision has improved slightly which is great! We also had Abby's eyes checked and were given the all clear, phew! 

Minna is changing so much, I swear I can almost see her eye lashes growing, each day they seem longer and thicker, I'm hoping she takes after Anne (my mother in law) she has the best set of blinkers. Oh and her hair! talk about mohawk we try and flatten it down but is springs right back up, she looks like a little punk rocker. 

Photo/s of the day, Miss Abby, I always find it hard to decide on colour or Black and white so here are bother versions. Her smile isn't 100% Abster true but I didn't have time to get another so it will have to do and hey it's still cute. 

Day 20

Today wasn't my best day, yes the baby did sleep, that wasn't the issue. I took Minna to the clinic for a check up because I was concerned she wasn't putting on enough weight, and well yep I was right, seems that she isn't getting enough milk from me. I put it down to the fact that she isn't attaching properly and is a very sleepy sucker. So it pains me to make the decision to switch to formula when I wanted with all my heart for the breastfeeding to work. I guess on the upside I can now have a glass of red with dinner and start thinking about doing the odd photography job sooner than expected.  Why is it that I'm so hung up on breastfeeding? argh! I wish it worked :(.......


Posted the day after

Day 18 - 19

These photos were taken yesterday. We had a nice quiet day at home, do I dare admit that the kids were still in their PJ's at 1pm?! naughty naughty Mummy! 

Minna has started making baby noises, it is so cute, she is simply adorable when she looks up at me, smiles and tries to talk, sigh :) 

Leo's current favourite thing is his Luigi plush toy, Abby has Mario. They have been playing a lot of wii over the holidays probably too much! I'm going to try and get them outside a bit more from now on. We live near some great parks and bike tracks and I should make use of them, not to mention I could do with the exercise. 

As for today the camera didn't get used. Abby is having a sleep over at a friends house and Leo was in day care, it was nice to have some one on one time with the baby :) 

Click on image if you want to see it bigger. At some point I will attempt to get a better blog site going but for now this will have to do! 

Day - 17

Well last night went better than expected so I'm a happy Mum and today wasn't too shabby either.

Hopefully I'll soon have more time to write more on the blog, for now this will have to do.

Day - 16

Today's photo if of Miss A playing with my iphone, she thinks it is the coolest thing and has already picked up on how to use it. It amazes me how quickly kids learn, she even has her own log in for the computer and will quite happily log me out and then go check her emails, weird. Oh and NO she isn't going to get an iphone, no way.

As for the baby, she was a good girl today, finally the last week of not wanting to sleep during the day has paid it's toll and she slept!!! now I wonder what will happen tonight. I'm hoping I'll be getting some zzzz's. On that note goodnight!

Day - 15

So this little girl of ours seems to like busy days and quiet nights. I shouldn't complain should I? well I know I shouldn't but seriously it is starting to drive me slightly batty. Her favourite place to be is in my arms preferably sucking my milk making bits, and let me tell you I ain't the best Jersey in town! but I'm hanging in there.

Oh and sorry there is no day 14.

Day - 13 one photo says it all.....

This is the day that I had, say no more.......

Tea Cake & Tattoos

What is it with kids stick on tattoos? The big one put one on last week and it is still fully in tact, very annoying.

Scott went back to work yesterday so life was back to normal + one extra child. I wasn't sure how I'd go but it was actually quite nice to be back in swing of things, of course with a few baby interruptions.

Today the boy went to childcare today so it was just the girls at home. We baked Tea cake while the baby slept, luckily it was a quick easy recipe. I even managed to make a Lasagna for dinner which was rather nice even if I do say so myself.

My left arm is getting very strong from all the baby holding the past few weeks. She loves to be held and all day long if she had it her way. It is quite amazing what one can do with only one arm free.

Today's photo I was a bit lazy but did manage to have a play with the flash. Oh and if anyone does actually read this blog please leave a comment if you like, don't be shy!

Day - 9 - 10 & 11

Catching up on the last few days. Minna had been giving us some grief (colic we think) so things just had to be put in the too hard basket. Things are looking a lot better now which is great because I think I would have lost my mind.



I absolutely adore the Black and White photo of the girls together, awwww.
While we were visiting my parents they taught Abby how to play Triominos, she is really good and it's nice to be able to play a game that we both like together.

Day - 8

Almost forgot to upload something for today so all I can offer is a photo of my boy fast asleep.

Day - 7

We headed back home today, last night I didn't get a lot of sleep, the baby had me up for most of the night :( but she did manage to sleep the whole way home which was great!

Here are todays photos. I'm off to bed!

Day 6

Our last day visiting the folks, back home tomorrow. I'm dead tired, so this post is short and sweet!

Day 5 - Sunshine and Laughter

The hills were alive with the sound of laughter! Today was filled with fun, water play, climbing trees, chasing each other with the remote control car and more.

Day 4 - Another rainy day

I'd like to have some words with the weather man/woman. What happened to the nice forecast we were expecting? anyway fun was still had so that's the main thing.

Today the kids got to have a tractor ride with Grandpa, apparently it was "really cool" then in the afternoon Grossi (Swiss name for Grandma) had the kids laughing crazy with a bunch of water balloons.

I spent the majority of the day with Minna who decided that she wanted to be cuddled and snack all day so I sat there with my little baby and watched many photo opportunities pass me by, but that's OK, today Minna turned 4 weeks and time is going way too quickly so I'm enjoying my little bundle while I can.

Day 3 - A trip to the country

Today we travelled 5 hours by car to visit my parents. We weren't sure what to expect with Minna but she made us proud. One stop at the golden arches for Brekkie and then she slept the remaining 4 hours! just in time for a feed from me.

The kids got straight into the things they have been nagging me about for the last 2 weeks. Cats, and Chickens. We unfortunately have any pets at home, I'd love to but the other half is not keen on the idea of having a pet. Anyhow the kids are lucky to have a place to go hang out with cats, chickens and a few cows. Not to mention the fresh country air and the sound of ....... nothing, no cars no people (apart from us of course) my parents live in a remote country town so they are lucky to see a car or 2 go past in a day :)

Here are a few snaps from today!

Day 2

Today we spent the morning shopping. Minna's room is almost finished, all that is missing is a mauve bed side lamp for her room. No doubt photos will be taken when the final purchase is made.
Off to see the grandparents tomorrow, it's so nice to get away from the city.

What is it about kids and icecream? messy business but so much fun!

Another job to add to my hectic life!

So for some strange reason I've decided it would be a good idea to start a personal blog of our family. Why would I do such a thing? well at the moment time seems to be going buy rather quickly and with the birth of our 3rd child I want something to look back at to remember this time.

The plan is that I write a journal entry each day with a photo of my kids doing what ever it is that they are doing. I want to just capture the moments as they are and not have the kids looking at the camera.

Now because I ran out of time to create this blog last night there are 2 posts, one for new years day and today.

First off I need to share a photo of the newest member of our family!