Spring is here!!!

Today is the first day of spring!... Yahoo.  I loooove spring.
Its quite warm here already.  Yesterday I went for a walk, and got a little bit sunburnt... So there is definately no lack of sun already.

Looking foward to Sunday afternoon lunches outside, Saturday walks and plays on the beach....

Spring is definately my favourite season...

Whats your favourite season?

Only 1 day to go

Only 1 day to go until my beautiful little baby boy turns 1.
Time has just flown by, and I am really grateful to be able to have stayed at home every day for the last year with my little boy.  I have enjoyed every moment, and feel like I have embraced the moment, and not taken it for granted that I have this privildge.

Today I made a cake for our playgroup that we go to on a Thursday.  It was only a practice for the cake I would like to make for Saturday, which is when we are having a little party for him.
I wanted to practice, as I used fondant icing for the first time...

I think my cake turned out well!!...

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My beautiful boy!!

Playing on my new toys.....

Drinking his bottle while Mummy is baking.....

                                          Bathtime is my FAVOURITE!!! But my bath is so big it costs Mum and  Dad a fortune to fill it any deeper!!

                                         Standing up in the kitchen trying to get into the utensil drawers!

Wow Mum your camera is really interesting...


So this week is my last week with my baby before he turns 1.  I really cant believe that it has been a whole year since I gave birth...
 I am full of excitement for his 1st birthday party that we will be having on Saturday for him.  I am making him a train cake.. (well I am attempting one anyway!!)
We dont think we are going to go out and spend money on buying him a present.  He really has sooo many toys that friends have given us, and still has two black bags FULL of toys in the rumpus room downstairs... So I figure that we might just wrap one of those, and he can have fun tearing the paper off!!

I would love to get some family portraits done in the next few months so that might be our present to him!

With the mark of 1 year since having Harry comes up, I cant help but still have a horrible twist in my stomach when I think of my birth.... I think time is a healer, and I will feel ok about it one day, but for now, Im still really uneasy about the thought..... Thats ok though... there isnt any plans for no 2 in the next 3 years at least!!!

Its a Sunday afternoon, Elwic is sleeping, Harry is sleeping and the weather is beautiful. We have just been for a 2 hour walk to the beach and the park, and had sausage rolls for lunch, and now I am about ready to have a sleep myself....

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Settling in

Moving countries is harder than it looks...

Well I suppose it never looks easy, but it sounds pretty easy to talk about; but infact its pretty challenging at times.

I have really been lucky to fall into such a lovely group of friends, a great church and a great playgroup for Harry; but it still doesnt change the fact that I miss my old life.  My old friends. My old habits. My old routines. My old car. My old house............  My old everything.

I feel like I dont have any right to feel upset or miserable or homesick, as life here is really becoming everything that I could ever have dreamed it to be, but the reality is that it is hard..... and it is ok to have moments where I want to throw it all in and go home.....back to Karaka, where everything is green, and lush, and where there is roadkill and wild flowers on the verge. Where letterboxes get bashes off their purches if they are too flash....

Moan moan moan... Ok Im over it....

Had a fantastic day today, driving up to Ulladulla again with my friend and her 2 kids and Harry. This week I got in the pool, and swam with Harry. He is super excited when he gets in, that he splashes so hard and gets huge mouthfuls of water, and coughs and splutters.. and once he has got his breath back, he thinks he is hilarous, and tries to do it again!!...

I am having a night out with the girls tomorrow which I am really looking forward to.  Elwic is having Harrison, and I am just having a carefree night.... its been a long time coming!

Looking forward to letting my hair down and having a fun time!!!!