Thursday, September 15, 2011
Hanging Out the Washing
I know this might be hard to believe, but one of my favourite times of the day is hanging the washing on the line. Now dont get me wrong, it never used to be my favourite, but now that we have a beautiful and fun little girl that loves being outside, this potentially boring job becomes so exciting. Now a simple sheet becomes the best place to hide for a game of peek-a-boo and hearing Elizabeth sit and chat with the birds and other animals she sees, gladdens the heart. I guess I am just so fortunate to have lots of washing...
Friday, September 9, 2011
Hopefully this will mean we will be blogging a whole lot more!
Hi everyone, guess what. We've got the new blogger app for iPhone.
Now I don't usually endorse apps in a place like this but I had to blog about this one. Google's blogger app has come to iPhone. Now this means that we can blog about anything, wherever we are, when ever we want, as long as we've got the phone with us, which is like always.
So stay tunes for more blog posts from Love, Life and a little bit of mess!
Now I don't usually endorse apps in a place like this but I had to blog about this one. Google's blogger app has come to iPhone. Now this means that we can blog about anything, wherever we are, when ever we want, as long as we've got the phone with us, which is like always.
So stay tunes for more blog posts from Love, Life and a little bit of mess!
Monday, September 5, 2011
We're Back!!
I know we have had a long and unexplained absence, so I hope you will forgive us for not writing, but we are back and ready to tell you all about our adventures from the last couple of weeks. I am going to break it up into 1 week blocks of the last 3 weeks, just so its easy to keep all the goings on straight.
Week 1
The first week away was spent in Perth. Ben attended a conference where American theologian Scot McKnight was speaking. The conference was Monday and Tuesday, and while Ben was busy there I had an opportunity to spend some time with some friends and family which was great.
On Wednesday we ran errands and a few other jobs before things got really interesting on Wednesday night... We have been quite fortunate to get through the winter without any major colds or flus, but that all changed with Elizabeth getting quite a bad cold. Being away from home made things all a bit much for her, so the next few nights proved to be a bit of a challenge when it came to sleeping.
I ended up catching her cold, and it was at that stage I totally understood why she couldn't sleep, I was so congested that just trying to breathe made sleep nearly impossible. We stayed in Perth until Saturday as we had a few events to attend, the first being a goodbye party for our friend Alan, who has now headed off to Mozambique and the second an engagement party for our friends Tash and Dave.
Week 2
On return to Wagin, poor Ben had a sick and sorry wife and a sick and sorry daughter to take care of and while we tried to catch up on some sleep and focus on getting better we were also getting ready for the week to come, a week of training in Melbourne.
Week 3
We headed back to Perth on Saturday ready to fly out to Melbourne on Sunday morning. Elizabeth is becoming such a well seasoned traveller, this is her second flight to Melbourne, and she just loves flying and getting all the attention from the air hostesses. We were so blessed to be taken care of by some friends Richard and Maxine who took Elizabeth in as their honorary 7th grandchild.
The training we were in Melbourne to complete was like an induction course in preparation for heading to Mozambique. It was very helpful and we had such a great time making new friends and catching up with old ones. I think Elizabeth definitely enjoyed herself the most, being the only child on the course, she was very spoiled with willing arms to hold her at every opportunity.
We flew back to Perth on Friday night and arrived back home on Saturday. We are very glad to be home, although I think that now we are home Elizabeth may get a bit bored with only her mummy and daddy to play with, so I am thinking that we might start attending the local playgroup, but I will write more of that as it progresses. For now that is it, a very brief overview of the last few weeks.
Week 1
The first week away was spent in Perth. Ben attended a conference where American theologian Scot McKnight was speaking. The conference was Monday and Tuesday, and while Ben was busy there I had an opportunity to spend some time with some friends and family which was great.
On Wednesday we ran errands and a few other jobs before things got really interesting on Wednesday night... We have been quite fortunate to get through the winter without any major colds or flus, but that all changed with Elizabeth getting quite a bad cold. Being away from home made things all a bit much for her, so the next few nights proved to be a bit of a challenge when it came to sleeping.
I ended up catching her cold, and it was at that stage I totally understood why she couldn't sleep, I was so congested that just trying to breathe made sleep nearly impossible. We stayed in Perth until Saturday as we had a few events to attend, the first being a goodbye party for our friend Alan, who has now headed off to Mozambique and the second an engagement party for our friends Tash and Dave.
Week 2
On return to Wagin, poor Ben had a sick and sorry wife and a sick and sorry daughter to take care of and while we tried to catch up on some sleep and focus on getting better we were also getting ready for the week to come, a week of training in Melbourne.
Week 3
We headed back to Perth on Saturday ready to fly out to Melbourne on Sunday morning. Elizabeth is becoming such a well seasoned traveller, this is her second flight to Melbourne, and she just loves flying and getting all the attention from the air hostesses. We were so blessed to be taken care of by some friends Richard and Maxine who took Elizabeth in as their honorary 7th grandchild.
The training we were in Melbourne to complete was like an induction course in preparation for heading to Mozambique. It was very helpful and we had such a great time making new friends and catching up with old ones. I think Elizabeth definitely enjoyed herself the most, being the only child on the course, she was very spoiled with willing arms to hold her at every opportunity.
We flew back to Perth on Friday night and arrived back home on Saturday. We are very glad to be home, although I think that now we are home Elizabeth may get a bit bored with only her mummy and daddy to play with, so I am thinking that we might start attending the local playgroup, but I will write more of that as it progresses. For now that is it, a very brief overview of the last few weeks.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Elizabeth's New Favourite Face
A couple of days ago Elizabeth started pulling this face, she scrunches up her nose and draws up her top lip and breathes quickly (I know you are all trying it hehe). She has been doing this to show her displeasure of a situation and sometimes just because she enjoys it. We are trying not to encourage it, but boy is she hilarious!!! I'm not sure the pictures really do the face justice, but I think you will get the picture. Please tell us, is this a normal baby face, did your babies make funny faces like this?
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| Happy playing... |
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| And wham, that nose starts to come up... |
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| Such a beautiful face!! |
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Artwork
I know the last post was about Elizabeth being 6 months old, and how she is growing so fast, but today it really hit me. I suppose it had something to do with the fact I was packing all the clothes she doesn't fit anymore away along with some other things we used when she was a baby, but even more significant than that, today she produced her first piece of artwork, check it out.
Is not our baby the most wonderful and cleverest baby ever! I will admit she had a little help from her daddy, who opened the app in the iPad and let her play, but what a beautiful result. I think her choice of colours and the placement definitely shows how talented she is, the next Picasso maybe...?
Friday, July 29, 2011
1+1+1+1+1+1=6!
How the time has flown, our baby girl is 6 months old today. We are continually amazed over how much she has grown, so here are some pictures that show the journey.
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| First ride in the car 01/02/2011 |
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| Elizabeth loved being on her feet as soon as she new how 04/04/2011 |
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| 13/04/2011 |
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| Loving the Jolly Jumper 28/04/2011 |
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| Learning to drive 20/05/2011 |
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| Reading Alice In Wonderland 09/06/2011 |
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| 05/07/2011 |
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| 6 months old and facing the front. |
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| Our big girl today 29/07/2011. |
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Dumplings!
So after eating a delicious pizza last night for dinner made by my wonderful husband we put Elizabeth to bed and settled in for some down time, which of course included the watching of Masterchef. On a side note, I think our waist lines are going to be pleased when the series is over and we won't be so inspired to make so many crazy things, I mean a few every now and then is ok, but when you go through butter and brown sugar at the rate we have then you know that something is wrong. But back to the point, we watch Masterchef on the internet, which means we get it a bit later, but also means we can watch it at anytime, so tonight we finished watching just before 10pm, and seeing all the yummy food had made me hungry for some of the left over sweets we have in our fridge, mainly golden syrup dumplings. So with lashings of cream and ice-cream we did it, we ate golden syrup dumplings in the comfort of our bed. Who needs a midnight snack when you can have one at 10 o'clock...?
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