Mothers Day

A most delightful day!

We stayed the night down at Ret and Petes house on the Gold Coast and awoke this morning refreshed and ready to go...Billy slept through till 6am after going to bed at 8pm the night before so he was the perfect dream child. Of course Allan got him up and took him out so I could get another hours sleep which was just heaven!! I didn't realise until I got up that Allan and Billy went out and slept for another hour on the couch....not fair!!!

A perfect start to mothers day. The kids phoned through and sent messages and it was lovely to see my own mum and grandma as well. Before a big family lunch we went for a walk on the beach and Billy got his feet wet and sandy...we stopped at a cafe for a bottle and a coffee for me! Needless to say Billy was wiped out when we got home.

5 teeth, solid food, daily poos', we got it all.....

NAN - TAKING CARE OF HER TWO GRANDSONS


BILLY BEING A PIRATE (yes he has LJ's tiger too!)


BILLY THIS MORNING SHOWING OFF HIS TEETH - and LJs'missing clothes.

Like cuz LJ Billy has been busy growing his teeth and now has three big ones at the top and two at the bottom. His fourth top tooth is coming down as we speak so he is loving his 'nipple grazing' at the moment!!!

The eating of solid foods has taken some getting used to. He loves to eat adult food - ie hold a chop bone, a raw bean or a piece of potatoe but try to give him some runny mashed baby food and he throws it all over the place. We are persevering and despite warnings on everything I see I tend to make his food more thicker than recommended and hence he enjoys it. I mean seriously some of the baby food is so runny you can't hold it on the spoon!!!

Thanks to all the solids and his 2-3 formula bottles he has during the day (yah no more expressing at work!!) he is having wonderfully regular poos and it is quite the entertainment to the whole household to watch him struggle and groan with his lot in life.

Billy was wonderfully looked after by his biggest sister this week. Ashleigh came and stayed with us as I had to fly to Sydney for work for a few days. She took him to daycare, fed and bathed him at night and got up to him in the EARLY morning...I say early because he woke up at 4am every night I was away heh heh missing his mother of course!!! Whilst I got a lot done on my trip and it was very beneficial to my job I missed my family dearly and am glad to be home...can someone tell me where my housekeeper and ironing lady went to???

Miss you Nan!

Billy - SIX MONTHS WOOHOO

where are all my friends gone?? I have all these toys and no Dante or LJ to play with. Come back....PLEASE!! I'm even trying to copy you all and sit up straight. But not even interested in crawling.



The Dant totally ruined my high chair...or thats what I told mummy so she went and bought me a brand new one just like his and LJ's. I like being a copy cat!


Nanny was mean to me today. She took me to the doctors in my pram and told them to stick needles in me. I cried afterwards for a couple of minutes but after a nice cuddle from my Nan I was okay again. I even gave her lots of smiles and so she gave me a bottle before I had my afternoon nap. I'm going to miss my Nan when she goes.

Anzac Day

Up early and into town for the big Anzac Day March. Jordie and her friend Abby came down on the train to be with us as well.

We watched for hours whilst the big procession of service men and women and families went past us. It was most exciting seeing my friend Andy go past and as we were standing in front of the Shrine of Rememberance whenever anyone went past us they screamed out "hhhhhhaaattttss offfff" "eyyyyeeeeessss leeeeeeefffftt" so I kept telling Billy they were all turning to look at him :) Andy screamed out for his squadron to look left and I waved crazy and yelled at him. ooopss might have distracted him!!

Anyhow it was a great day and emotional parade. Nothing got the crowd screaming more than the old bloke who got out of his wheelchair to walk proudly past the Shrine and dip his head respectfully......I was in tears at this stage.

Billy slept through but was rudely awoken by the bagpipes that came through shortly afterwards.

Big Sisters 19th Birthday

ASH N SAM

ASH N BILLY


It was Ashleighs 19th birthday on Sunday so the family (NAN included) drove up to her new unit and celebrated with her.

We all enjoyed a nice dinner out at a Thai restaurant and had a few good chuckles over Nan's inspection of Ashelighs unit....having the door jam shut and her being locked in the toilet for over 30mins was not her idea of fun but for some reason the rest of us all thought it was hilarious. Especially when the boys that came to rescue her thought she was stuck IN the toilet and were too embarressed to break down the door.
It ended well with Matty picking the lock after many attempts and we have her back safe and sound with us again.

Billy was on his best behaviour at dinner and was a delight to all the other diners. Though I am starting to get the impression that we will be eating out less and less (which is a good thing) in favour of staying home and having early nights. Thankfully the 1.5hr drive home was peaceful also with Billy and his mummy crashed in the backseat whilst daddy drove and talked to Nan.

Nan is Great!!

Nan came to visit all the way from Darwin to look after my mummy. She is even looking after me. I got to sit in the chair Dante used and had real food too.

I had porridge (Farex) and it was yummy. Most of it came out and mum then took over and scooped it back in and said I wasn't allowed to eat like Dante and had to be a clean eater. I blew a rasberry and the porridge went everywhere....Nan thought it was funny but mum wasn't impressed. She says I am cheeky and know exactly what she was saying but just wasn't listening.

Finally...an update on Billys life

It has been hectic, fun, chaotic and fantastic to have the family come and stay...be it the daily visitors (Bridgy, LJ and Shae) or the new sister wife Ally and cuz Dante. Grandma Gemma doesnt even count as a visitor....she's just a regular now!

I'll have to do some stories...because we certainly had our fair share of them over the past few weeks. In the meantime here are some photos to keep you updated.

ALLY AND DANTE IN BALLINA


DANTE FEEDING


DANTE WATCHING OVER BILLY


SAM READING TO BILLY (reading him Sams Sandwich which was sams baby book!!)


LINCOLN CHECKING OUT BILLYS WHEELS