Chasing my tail

I think I may have biten off more than I can chew this festive season. I seem to be losing my mind and also questioning whether I indeed had one in the first place.

Why is it that I can never say NO to people. I feel like i'm constantly trying to please and it's driving me crazy, yet I can't do anything about it.

We've been so busy this past week with lots of Christmas gatherings, end of year parties and functions to attend. It's been wonderful but I feel like i'm chasing my tail. My house is in complete disarray which is not only driving me insane but I fear my husband as well. I feel like i've got so much to do and not so much time to do it all in.

And to top things off we fly out to Melbourne on Friday morning for the weekend as our good friends are getting married on Saturday out at the Mitchelton Winery. I'm really looking forward to it because the break will be nice but I'm not looking forward to leaving Cooper behind. He's staying with his grandparents for the weekend and i'm getting super anxious about being away from him for that long. We've only never spent 24 hours apart since he's been born and so three whole nights away from my baby boy is going to be hard to say the least. I'm hoping the copious amounts of Yarra Valley wine will be enough to take my mind off not having him with us. Blake will be getting lots of expressed milk this weekend.

Did I mention I love this time of year ?

~Christmas tree 2008~

You can smell it in the air, there is something about Christmas that is just so special and magic.

Cooper is beside himself with excitement every day when he gets to open yet another window in his advent calendar or at night time when the Christmas tree lights get turned on. Even after a rocky start this year with Santa he's now completely in love with him. He waves everytime we go past him at the shopping centre and he was so excited when he got to sit with him the other day at his Playgroup Christmas party. The fact that Santa gave him a present had nothing to do with it of course. Nanna came along to his end of year celebration and he was so excited to show her off to his little friends but even Nanna got ditched at the mere sight of Santa.

And as I suspected Cooper is already driving me batty redecorating the tree every five minutes or pulling down all of the decorations that i've put around the house. But I wouldn't have it any other way.



Cooper had a blast at Abrakidazzle for his Playgroup Xmas party, he didn't stop running the entire time we were there. Well actually he did, for Santa!!

~Santa is now my friend~

~It's 'toot toot' Mummy~

~Look Nanna it's 'toot toot'~

We took Cooper & Blake up to see the Myer display at Pacific Fair the other night. Cooper's eyes almost popped out of his head when he saw the train ride and all the lights and decorations. I didn't think we'd be able to get him off the train when we wanted to leave but we bribed him, I mean told him we would go and 'eat' so thankfully he was hungry enough for that to have worked. Amazing what we have to do these days, I never thought i'd be the kind of Mum to use bribery, whatever works for you I say!!

My heart is going to burst

I love my two little boys so much that some days it feels like my heart is going to burst. You're such amazing little men and every single day you make me smile and oh so proud. I still can't believe I created such gorgeous masterpieces, ok so your Daddy helped too. You are the light of our lives.

Dear Blake,
Could you get any cuter ?? Could you be more happier if you tried ??
You are such an amazing baby, so content and happy. At almost 11 weeks I can already see your personality shine through. My heart melts when you look up at me with those gorgeous blue eyes. I could stare into them forever. My favourite time of the day is when you're feeding, nothing beats watching you get all excited as my breast gets closer to your mouth. You are such a fantastic sleeper and I really do appreciate it, please keep it up. I love how you follow your older brother around the room with your eyes, watching his every move. I can't wait to watch your bond grow stronger with time. Mummy loves you chubba bubba, to the moon and back times a zillion.

Dear Cooper,
My first precious son you are longer Mummy's baby (sob sob) you are a little man. You've stopped wearing nappies and I could not be prouder or happier. You are such a gorgeous spirited little boy who drives me crazy but I wouldn't change it for the world. I love how you lovingly kiss and stroke your baby brother. I love how every single time Blake cries you run to him yelling out 'baby Blate crying' and insist on giving him 'tuddles and tisses' You make my heart melt as I watch you dance around the room to your favourite Wiggles song or see your face light up when Mummy gets out your craft box and we sit and draw and colour for hours. I love how every night when Daddy & I tuck you into bed you insist on reading just one more book. Where has these last 2 1/2 years gone my little boy ?? You'll always be my baby, love you to the moon and back times a zillion.

xxxxxxxxxxx

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Today is the 1st of December, one of my favourite days of the year. And even more exciting that this year we have two special little men to share it with. Today we are going to put up our Christmas tree and decorate the house, i'm so excited. Yes i'm just a big kid at heart. Christmas has always been my favourite time of year and this year seems even more exciting.

I took the boys down to Westfields this morning to visit Santa. We tried last week with Cooper but he didn't want to know about the scary man all dressed in red with that scary beard. Well that was until he realised he was going to get a chocolate out of it. But still even with Cooper's favourite treat used as a bribe he wouldn't sit on his knee. So i've been talking about Santa ever since and trying to make light of it all so I think he's actually been really excited about going down today. He was still very hesitant at the start but after seeing his little friend Caitlin go up to Santa with confidence I think he realised that he wasn't that scary after all. I was so pleased because he smiled away confidently once he was up there and we managed to get a gorgeous shot of both boys on his knee. My gorgeous boys looked so cute and it reminded me how many amazing and fun Christmas's we are going to share in the future together.


Here are some gorgeous shots that Caroline took of the boys. These are the ones i'll use for our Christmas cards this year. You can tell i'm getting super festive this year, can't you??





So when Luke get's home from work we are all going to put the Christmas tree up and fill the house with lots of red and gold ornaments. All of which i'm sure Cooper will drive me up all with trying to grab over the next month.