The special Spark in your life

Happy 1st Birthday my gorgeous Blake!!!

2009-09-28T17:57:00.000-07:00

Today my gorgeous baby boy turned one!!!

You are such a treasure with the most adorable personality. We have only had you in our lives for 12 months, yet it feels like you've been here forever. Mummy, Daddy & Cooper love you very much Blake Peter and we are having so much fun watching you grow in to such a cute little boy with an infectious laugh and a very cheeky sense of humour. Thank you for all the love and happiness you've brought in to our lives.

Happy Birthday Blakey Boy!!

My beautiful boys

2009-07-22T02:23:00.000-07:00

Could you get any cuter ??

My gorgeous boys. Cooper is 3 years 2 months and Blake is 10 months. My world, so perfect xx

Yes I'm alive

2009-04-20T18:09:00.000-07:00

Gosh I really have let this blog go haven't I.

So much is happening in our lives right now. Cooper is going to be 3 in less than a month and our baby Blake is 7 months old already. Time goes by way too quickly.

Our latest adventure and exciting news is that we're building again. Call us crazy but we LOVE building and we've found the most gorgeous block is a stunning estate nestled in the Gold Coast Hinterland, we are in love. It's about a 5min drive to the Hinze Dam and there is a gorgeous little country style school which the boys will go too less than 10min away. So we're currently waiting on our land to register and we've picked our house design. It's such an exciting time and I can't wait to have a brand new home to raise our boys in yet again.

Cooper is doing really well. He's becoming such an independant little boy with a wicked imagination. He's quite the baker in the kitchen and is constantly riding around on his imaginary motorbike, such a boy. We're loving the little man he's becoming.

Blake is days away from crawling. He's been moving around the house by shuffling or rolling but he's just started to actually move forward, it's lots of fun to watch. He's the most adorable and loving little boy. He's always got a gorgeous smile on his face and just adores his older brother. He cut it first tooth around easter time, just in time for choccie I bet. I can't believe how much he's growing.

Luke is currently on two weeks holiday which has been great. I love having him home and i'm both the boys will miss him as much as I when he has to go back to work on Monday.

I'll have some photo updates soon.

I am Beautiful

2009-03-26T13:39:00.000-07:00

The beauty of my body is not measured by the size of the clothes it can fit into, but by the stories that it tells. I have a belly and hips that say, “We grew a child in here,” and breasts that say, “We nourished life.” My hands, with bitten nails and a writer’s callus, say, “We create amazing things.”
-Sarah, from I am Beautiful: A Celebration of Women in Their Own Words

Ummmmm oops

2009-02-22T14:59:00.000-08:00

Yes i'm the world's worst blogger.

There really isn't enough hours in the day and to think I was doing so well there for a while keeping up with it.

New weeks resolution is to update on the last couple of months, keep your eyes peeled.

Chasing my tail

2008-12-15T02:52:00.000-08:00

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 ?

2008-12-08T21:00:00.000-08:00

~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

2008-12-06T03:49:00.000-08:00

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

2008-12-01T00:01:00.000-08:00

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.

Baby Wearing

2008-11-29T13:55:00.000-08:00

I discovered baby wearing with Cooper when he was about 4 months old and of spent many hours on the net researching the best option for us. There was so much to choose from. I ended up ordering an Ergo Carrier which I absolutely loved but probably didn't use as much back then as I should have. I guess with only one child the idea of being hands free wasn't quite as important. Whereas now with a toddler who loves to run away and get into mischief the idea of being handsfree is a must have. Blake is still too young for the Ergo so i've been using these amazing carriers that Kristi makes called the Mei Tai. It's the most comfortable carrier to wear and best of all Blake loves it and barely lasts five minutes n it be fore falling sound asleep. I even used it in Wiggles Bay yesterday over at White Water World so that I could catch Cooper as he came off the water slides. Even with all the splashing and Cooper's squeels of laughter Blake still remained nice and cosy and sound asleep.

I love it so much that I brought one for my sister in law Amanda for her to try with her newborn baby Jasper. I hope she gets as much use out of it as I will with Blake.

Best of all I can now chase Cooper around without worrying about leaving Blake in his pram when we are out and about.

Morning tea at Kristi's house

2008-11-28T13:33:00.000-08:00

~Keegan, Vienna & Cooper~

This morning we headed up to Brisbane to Kristi, Vienna & Aston's house and met up with the girls for morning tea. Kylie, Keegan & Rory also came down from Ipswich to meet with us. We had such a lovely morning. Kristi, Kylie and I have been meeting up regularly since our first born babies were 3 months old so the kids have grown up together and they get along so very well. Cooper & Keegan have very similar personalities and bounce off each other (literally) whenever they get together, it's so nice to watch though. Cooper loved bouncing around on Vienna's new trampoline. I hope he loves the one Santa is bringing him just as equally.

The sad news though is that Kylie and the boys are moving to Adelaide for 3 years. I am so very happy for them because it's a great move as they'll be closer to family but at the same time, selfishly, i'm devastated. Three years is a long time but as i've told Luke at least it gives us an excuse to go down that way for a holiday. I've never been to Adelaide before so I think we'll definitely make the trip while they're down there. The best thing is Kylie and I will still talk every day, well at least every week online so we won't lose touch.

Unfortunately my camera was playing up on me today so I didn't get many photos as most of them were out of focus.

~The gorgeous Rory, Kylie's youngest boy~

~Blake enjoy Aston's bouncer with his xmas pressie from Kristi~

Thank You

2008-11-25T18:19:00.000-08:00

Today I finally organised Blake's announcement cards that we're sending out to all our gorgeous family and friends with our thanks for their gifts, cards and messages when Blake was born.

Problem being i'm so indecisive that I can't decide which ones to actually print up and send off. I'm sure I never used to be like this, so damn indecisive. I guess this is what happens when you've got a newborn and toddler to chase after 24 hours a day/7 days a week. What happened to corporate Rebekah who had to be very quick thinking and make major decisions on the spot every day, where has that person gone ?? I think she has drowned beneath the dirty nappies, vomit stained wraps, breast pads, toddler tantrums and all else that goes with the job of being a Mother. But I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Say Cheese

2008-11-24T13:25:00.000-08:00

I'd love to know how many times we use this phrase as parents 'Say Cheese'

Cooper has had the camera in his face since he was only minutes old so he has heard that phrase many a time and Blake is no exception. My girlfriend Caroline came up again yesterday to take some photos of the boys for me and to also get our Christmas shots done for the cards i'm making up. Cooper for the first time EVER was not that interested in getting his photo taken. He certainly didn't perform like he normally does hence the reason we didn't get many of him. Blake on the other hand was the perfect subject, laying nice and still and looking all cute and adorable. But I guess at 8 weeks old what else is there to do other than lay still and let everyone goo and ga over him. His eyes certainly talk to the camera.

Thanks so much Caz xxxx

Super Babies

2008-11-19T13:03:00.000-08:00

When Blake was first born I was sure he was so much like his brother. It was like having permanent dejavu for the first few days but he has come in to his own now and even though they are still very similar they certainly have their own individual looks. Although they both share the most amazing blue eyes. Something they certainly didn't inherit from their mother.

This is still one of my all time favourite photos of Cooper as a baby in his little superman outfit.

So I thought i'd try it on Blake as he is the same age as Cooper was when this photo was taken. Albeit quite a lot tighter on my little chubba bubba but still very cute all the same.

Breakfast down at Paradise Point!

2008-11-16T18:57:00.000-08:00

This morning we got up nice and early and headed down to our favourite cafe for breakfast down at Paradise Point. Luke wanted to do something special for me as he didn't get to spend my birthday with me as he was working. I of course ordered my favourite, eggs benedict with smoked salmon and Luke had the Big Breakfast while Cooper was very happy with his fruit toast and jam. It was the perfect morning for it too, although i'm glad we went early because it was starting to get very hot as we were leaving. You can certainly tell that summer is on it's way, the humidity is getting worse and worse each day.

After breakfast we headed over to the park and went for a walk along the water and of course Cooper wanted to go to the playground. They've just put a new playground in and it's amazing. Cooper's eyes were bulging out of his head with excitement. Not sure who had more fun though, Daddy or Cooper.

Cooper the fish

2008-11-14T18:31:00.000-08:00

I'm convinced Cooper was a fish in his past life. He just loves the water, in any form too. Even puddles bring my little man joy. He would splash around in puddles for hours after the rain, nothing better apparently.

Both sets of grandparents have pools so he spends quite a bit of time swimming when he's at their place. We also have a lovely next door neighbour who has offered his swimming pool whenever we want to take the boys over which is so nice of him. We've taken him up on that offer plenty of times over the last few weeks as the weather as warmed up.

I just love sitting and watching him splash around in the water and get more and more confident with every passing minute. Luke and Cooper have a ball splashing each other and Cooper's favourite thing is to jump in from the side in to Daddy's arms. Which kind of scares me too because he's almost getting too confident but we've drummed it into him that he can only jump in when Daddy's there to catch him. He wears floaties all the time but still, never can be too careful.

~With Pappy, perfecting the art of the pool noodle~

I can't wait until Blake is old enough to join in on the water fun. In the meantime he's quite happy sitting in his pram and watching from a distance.

Happy Birthday to ME!!

2008-11-12T18:48:00.000-08:00

Today I turn 28.
Gosh that feels so old and i'm not really sure why ?? Maybe because I now have two children, maybe because I woke up and looked in the mirror and realised that I no longer have the odd grey hair but they've multiplied and slowly taken over my head or maybe it's because of these terrible dark bags under my eyes ?? Never the less the big 30 is getting closer and closer and for some reason it scares me. But for two more years i'll still be in my 20's.

My gorgeous boys brought me breakfast in bed complete with my morning coffee and gorgeous card. My darling husband certainly has a way with words and his cards always make me cry. I couldn't be happier or prouder sitting up in bed with my three favourite men. I love them so much and it warms my heart to know how much they love me too. Life doesn't get much better than this. Okay so it actually did. In my card was a voucher to go and treat myself to a full body massage, mmmmm bliss.

I had such a lovely day with my boys!!

Blake's First Smiles

2008-11-06T03:00:00.000-08:00

My baby boy is almost 6 weeks old already!

He's been giving us some gorgeous smiles since he was only a couple of weeks old but today I finally captured them on camera. He is such a happy and content baby and those gorgeous blue eyes of his are always smiling back at you.

As exciting as the first smile is it also saddens me when I realise he'll never have another 'first smile' and that my baby boy is growing up way too fast. What if he's my last baby ?? What if I never have any more 'first smiles' again.

In the meantime i'm going to enjoy him, he makes it so easy!

The boys with their Great Grandmother Nornie

2008-11-05T02:55:00.000-08:00

On our recent trip down to Melbourne we stayed with Luke's grandmother Nornie at Vermont South. She loves the boys to bits and hadn't met Blake of course so it was great timing with my brothers wedding that we got to take him down so young, he was only 5 weeks old so still a newborn, technically.

Cooper loves to play Pa Ted's piano whenever we visit her which is lovely because Ted passed away last year so Nornie just loves to hear him play, ok make lots of noise but you know what I mean.

Nornie enjoy cuddles with Blake, her 2nd great grandson.

My big brother gets married

2008-11-04T02:23:00.000-08:00

We have just spent the last weekend down in Melbourne for my brothers wedding. We flew down on the Thursday afternoon and got home Sunday evening. It was Blake's first plane trip and he of course was an angel, Cooper on the other hand, arrggghhhh!! Actually he was really quite good, especially on the way down because my parents and my younger brother Dylan all got the same flight so he had plenty of us to occupy him. Still doesn't make it fun though. Flying with a 2 1/2 year old was never going to be easy but made a heck of a lot harder when Mummy had to hold Blake for taking off and landing and he wanted Mummy cuddles. Oh the joys of little boys!! Luckily we had plenty of bribes, I mean food and also his colouring in books which kept him happy for all of ten minutes.

Anyway we got in to Melbourne airport and found our hire car and headed straight to Nornies who is Luke's grandmother. We were staying with her in Vermont South which was only about 25 mins from my brothers house so quite handy. The boys went straight to bed after some dinner and we were able to relax for the night. It was lovely for Nornie because she still hadn't met her 2nd great grandson, she was over the moon. She loves the boys dearly.

On the Friday morning we headed over to my brothers house only to find out that almost the entire wedding party had come down with Gastro. Yes two days before the wedding they were all very sick. So we steared clear of the house and headed out to lunch with Mum & Dad and then hit the shops to get a few things. Mum & Dad and my brother were actually staying at the hotel where the wedding reception was being held so they needed a few supplies. We then met up with everyone that night for dinner at this amazing child friendly tavern just out of Heidelberg. Cooper had a ball playing with all the kids and of course barely touched his dinner because it was far too exciting to eat.

We awoke on Saturday morning thanking our lucky stars that none of us were sick. I was a stressed out mess worrying that Cooper or Blake might get this horrible Gastro. How much fun would have that been heading home on the plane with both boys vomitting arrgghhh!! But it was not to be, positive thoughts Rebekah, positive thoughts. We headed in to our hotel around lunch time after saying our goodbyes to Nornie and booked in and started getting ready. I could tell Dad was super nervous as he was petrified at making his speech. Although considering how nervous he was he did a great job.

The wedding ceremony was just beautiful and I was so extremely proud of my brother, he looked so gorgeous all done up in his suit and his bride Vikki certainly looked amazing herself. My niece Myah was their flower girl, she did a great job and well my nephew Hamish was so upset because he couldn't got to his Mum & Dad that someone had to take him out of the room, poor wee man. So despite Gabriel's bestman being in hospital on the morning of the wedding on a drip and getting morphine, the bride's mother not coming to the ceremony because she was just so sick, one of the bridesmaids being so sick that she could barely hold her head up it was a great day (chuckle chuckle)

So we danced, drinked and laughed the night away and despite all the mishaps and vomit it was a lovely evening. Blake stayed with us at the reception in his pram and bopped away to the music happily. Cooper stayed for dinner and then Luke's cousins who absolutely adore him, came and stayed with him back in the hotel room so that he could go to sleep when he wanted. We were so grateful and they had a heap of fun with Cooper keeping them entertained with his many antics.

Here are some memories from the weekend!

Cooper in his tux, my little man looks so grown up

My sweet little niece Myah

The happy couple

Preventing the gastro outbreak, gotta laugh - if you don't you may cry

I Wub my Pappy

2008-10-29T21:12:00.000-07:00

Cooper is one very lucky boy as he has two sets of amazing grandparents who just adore him and would literally walk to the end of the earth for him.

He has an amazing bond with my Dad. Whom he lovingly calls Pappy. Although i'm not sure who he loves more, Pappy or Pappy's motorbike.

On a recent visit down to see my parents, Dad (Pappy) decided it would be a good idea to make Cooper a sandpit for when he comes and visits. So next thing we know he's out there with Cooper removing bricks from the patio and creating every little boys dream, a sandpit. It was the cutest sight to see them getting all excited as each brick that was removed created a border for the sandpit. They then headed off in the car to get some sand. Two hours later they returned from good old Bunnings along with sand and of course a full supply of buckets and spades and they even stopped at the toy shop and got some trucks to complete the masterpiece. And being typically male Dad suddenly realised that he had built this sandpit only metres from the back door and that Mum probably wouldn't be impressed with the amounts of sand that was now going to be trapsed inside.

Oh well, what they do for their grandchildren hey ??

I think he thinks he is his mother

2008-10-24T20:47:00.000-07:00

I'm fairly certain that Cooper actually believes that he is Blake's mother.

Today he actually tried to breastfeed him. In this photo he's about to pull his top up and can't understand why Blake isn't latching on.

Cooper was very much a booby boy. He fed from me until he was 16 months old and still to this day has to pat me on the boobs when he's cuddling me or when he needs some comfort before bed time. So you can imagine how worried I was about how he'd cope seeing 'his boobies' being used by his younger brother. So far so good thank goodness. He hasn't got jealous but he has tried to help Blake feed and thinks it's hilarious when he tries to get my nipple out of his mouth mid feed. Not so much for Mummy though.

As you can see he adores his baby brother so much.

Blake's Special Quilt

2008-10-20T20:39:00.000-07:00

My gorgeous friend Kristi and I have known each other since our babies were first born back in 2006. Both Cooper & Vienna are just 3 weeks apart and we've been close friends ever since.

Cooper & Vienna shared their first kiss at just 3 months old!

Vienna now has a gorgeous little brother Aston who was born this year in May.

When Kristi found out that I was expecting another little boy and that his room was to be done in a nautical theme she created the most amazing gift and something that i'll treasure forever. She is not only a wonderfully creative person but a selfless gorgeous friend who I'm sure spent hours on this amazing quilt just for Blake.

Here is the little man enjoying his gorgeous gift.

Isn't it special!!!

We are so grateful, thanks so much Aunty Kristi xxx

Our first photography session as a family of four

2008-10-12T20:57:00.000-07:00

My wonderful girlfriend Caroline has just started doing some photography professionally and offered to use us as guinea pigs for her first ever shoot.

So when Blake was only 2 weeks old she came and took some amazing shots, something we'll be able to treasure forever. I was a little worried about Cooper and what he'd be like but he was fantastic and loved getting his photo taken. Mum was there to help us just in case and Caz even took some photos of her with Blake too which turned out amazing.

My absolute favourite is the one with my three boys. I love my boys so much, aren't they gorgeous ??

You can see the rest of the shoot here on Caz's blog - such an amazing result considering it was her first ever shoot.

http://www.carolinefoggphotography.com/

If anyone on the Gold Coast/Brisbane is after a portrait photographer I can highly recommend Caroline, she is one very clever woman.

One week old already

2008-10-09T02:38:00.000-07:00

My little Blakey Boy is one week old already and yes i've already lengthened his name as I said I wouldn't LOL!!

He's such a happy and content little bubba and is such a booby boy like his older brother was, it's adorable. I didn't think it was possible but i'm loving feeding even more this time round. I think it's probably because I constantly have the idea of him being my last baby in the back of my head. He is being very good to his Mummy and feeding 4 hourly which is nice. He's already in quite a good routine.

I just can't stop smothering him in kisses and cuddles, but can you blame me ??

Introducing............ Blake Peter

2008-09-30T02:04:00.000-07:00

As the sun came up on the 28th September 2008 we welcomed another precious boy into our lives.

Blake Peter was born 9 pound (yes OUCH) and he's so perfect and a healthy, happy little soul.
Cooper is completely in love and cannot leave him alone.

My birth was amazing, although seemed alot tougher this time but I think a lot of that had to do with my head space unfortunately. This will happen to you after 3 weeks of false labour I guess. Yet I was still very happy with how things turned out. I didn't get my water birth but my darling boy was born into a room filled with those who love him most. My gorgeous husband Luke and both my parents were there to welcome him. Dad did an amazing job videoing the entire saga and also captured the moments beautifully with his camera. Mum was once again a rock as she was with Cooper's birth and of course Luke did and said all the right things when I needed him too. Luke's mother Sue was at home with our darling Cooper waiting on the news that his new baby brother was born. They were able to come up to the hospital straight afterwards to meet him. Because I gave birth through the birthing centre I was able to go home straight away, so 5 hours later I was back home tucked in bed with my newest family member.

Here are some photos of our darling Blake. He most certainly suits his strong name.

My big boys daycare photo

2008-09-16T02:46:00.000-07:00

Cooper is now going to daycare two days a week (sob sob)

I am very lucky though because he just loves it and is so in love with his teacher, Miss Vanessa. I have an incling that the feeling is mutual. My son is a heartbreaker, what can I say ??

Here is his class photo. Apparently he loved the camera and kept wanting to have another go, not sure where he gets that from ?? The poor kid has practically had the camera in his face since birth.

Not so good after all

2008-09-07T14:17:00.000-07:00

And here I was saying how good I would be at contributing to this blog again. There really isn't enough hours in the day!

I sit here at almost 38 weeks pregnant with our Baby B and with much regret that I haven't documented this pregnancy no where near as much as I would have liked. Life with a toddler sure is busy but that's really no excuse. I can't believe in perhaps 2 weeks time we will have another precious baby boy to love and adore. Where has this 9 months gone ??

I wanted to add these gorgeous shots that we had taken with Cooper and the 'bump' back at 34 weeks. Hopefully i'll have the proper shots back some time this week.

This is my latest contribution to my belly pics, taken at 37 weeks. I'm starting to really feel like a beached whale. I'm worried Greenpeace might come and try and save me from being harpooned.

Baby B's Nursery

2008-09-01T14:25:00.000-07:00

I have just added the final touches to the nursery and now I think it's really sinking in that we're going to have another baby. Yes it's taken me the whole 9 months to realise!

I'm so pleased with how it has turned out.

Bumps and boys

2008-08-03T14:56:00.001-07:00

I really wanted to share this pic. It was taken yesterday after having breakfast down at Burleigh for Nanna Lorna's birthday. My sister in law Amanda is on the right, she is 23 weeks pregnant with my nephew 'Jasper' and i'm 32 weeks 4 days pregnant with our 2nd baby boy!!

I am so very happy to be sharing this experience with her and I can't wait until our boys are old enough to play together. It's going to be so nice growing up with each other, especially as they'll be so close in age.

It's been a while

2008-07-20T05:17:00.000-07:00

I am no good at this blogging business. I haven't even made an entry since November.

Well a lot has happened since then, a quick run down.

Sold our house
Moved into our new place
Fell pregnant with baby boy #2, due September 08
Cooper has started daycare on Thursdays

Ummmm ok that was very quick but you get the gist, the last 6 months has been crazy busy and i've promised myself that i'm going to start keeping up with this blog from now on.

Here is a pic of our gorgeous boy in the belly

Cupcakes Galore

2007-11-21T19:08:00.000-08:00

My latest obsession....

Luke & Cooper brought me the stand and a cupcake recipe book for my birthday and there has been no holding me back!!

Cooper & Ally

2007-08-19T16:33:00.000-07:00

Cooper absolutely adores Luke's parents dog Ally. They follow each other around whenever we go their place, it's adorable.

Cooper just needs to learn how to be a tad more gentle with her!

Bath time

2007-08-18T16:36:00.000-07:00

Cooper loves anything to do with water and couldn't resist taking a bath in Nanna & Pa's water feature, such a classic!! We couldn't keep him away from it.

Footy night

2007-07-21T16:23:00.000-07:00

We went down to Luke's parents place to watch Collingwood play Friday night Football.

Of course Daddy couldn't resist putting Cooper in his Collingwood jersey that matches his!!

Pity they lost HE HE HE!!!

Kisses for Uncle Dan

With his new best friends - Chloe & Ally

With his great grandma, Lorna!

All ready for bed, but not before cuddles with Great Uncle Mike who was up from Melbourne!

Sleepy head

2007-07-14T16:20:00.000-07:00

I couldn't resist posting this pic!!

We had a late night the night before and Cooper fell asleep eating his breakfast in the highchair, gee it's a hard life isn't it ??

Play date

2007-07-12T16:08:00.000-07:00

Today we had a visit from some friends that Mummy met online. Leanne came over with Milly & Lauren and Erin came with Miss Cooper!! We had so much fun playing in the yard together and eating lots of goodies!!

Mr Cooper with Miss Cooper

Cooper & Milly playing in the rocks

The gorgeous Milly

The two Cooper's

Our new backyard!!

2007-07-04T15:56:00.000-07:00

We've been in our place for 3 1/2 years now and we've finally finished our backyard, turf and all!!

Most mornings Cooper and I have our breakfast outside and then play in the morning sun, it's just glorious

This particular morning it was really hot so I stripped Cooper off and he had a ball playing with the hose and running around in the nuddy!!

Helping Daddy out in the garage

2007-06-26T19:36:00.000-07:00

Cooper just loves getting dirty and loves to pretend to help you out in doing absolutely everything that we do. So on the weekend I let him loose out in the garage to help Daddy fix the race car. He had an absolute ball. He thought he was really helping passing Daddy the wrench when he needed but mostly just being a right pain in the butt. Luke was not so impressed when he started banging the screwdrivers on the newly painted duco though, oops!!

Check out our big helper

Baa Bums Shorties

2007-06-20T19:05:00.000-07:00

I managed to score the gorgeous 4BF Merino "Penguin Playtime" at the last Baa Bums stocking and my gorgeous friend Kirsten, well her Mother-In-Law knitted these shorties for Cooper. She is a brilliant knitter and did a wonderful job! I love the colourways. There is also a matching beannie on it's way.
Thanks Katanya, Thanks Wendy

Cooper is clearly pleased with them

Our Afternoon In The Park

2007-06-19T19:51:00.000-07:00

Cooper has been going stir crazy not being able to play outside as much with all this wet/cold/windy weather we are getting here in SEQ.

So the other day I bit the bullet, rugged him up and took him down to the park on his bike. He went crazy and we had such a nice time, just wanted to share some pics!!

Come on Mum, lets go

Mmmmmm Mud

2007-06-08T18:57:00.000-07:00

We are about to finally finish the backyard HOORAY!!!

Before the turf gets laid I thought I would give Cooper the opportunity to have some messy mud fun and let him free in the backyard. Well he was literally like a pig in the mud, he loved every minute of it. In fact it was very hard to coax him inside afterwards. I bribed him with a bath so we both won in the end!

Apparently mud tastes quite nice!!

Kel's Cubbyhouse

2007-06-06T18:49:00.000-07:00

Today we took the kids to Kel's Cubbyhouse at Southport for Mothers Group.

I'm still not sure who had more fun, the kids or us Mummy's!

Cooper had a ball and just loved going down the big slides with Mummy. He also thought it was hilarious throwing the balls out of the ball pit. We had lunch in the cafe and then let the kids at it again to wear themselves out before heading home. Thankfully Cooper crashed in the car afterwards.

Caged Animal

Mmmmm Yummy

Custom Wooly Butts 'Lorikeet'

2007-06-01T05:43:00.000-07:00

We received the yummiest woollies today! I got the ever so clever and talented Sue from Wooly Butts to knit these shorties for Cooper, although on my short stuff they are more like longies for now.

My inspiration was the "Lorikeet" bird. I wanted something bright and vibrant and she sure did deliver. Her knitting is beautiful.

These will be perfect for this winter and then great for spring/summer when they actually fit him as shorties, well that is if he grows some more.

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY GORGEOUS BOY

2007-05-28T06:27:00.000-07:00

I still cannot believe that a year has passed. It was a year ago that I held you in my arms for the first time. You are the most adorable loving baby boy any Mother could ask for. Your Daddy and I love you more and more each day. You are now walking and are such a happy little man, always smiling.

Happy Birthday Cooper! Have a wonderful day baby boy!!

Everyone is coming over on Sunday for your big birthday party! Lots of cake and balloons!!

Blowing out your candle on the cake that Mummy made for Mothers Group, your picnic in the park with your friends

Opening your presents with Daddy

Riding on your very first bike that Mummy & Daddy got you

Blues On Broadbeach Festival

2007-05-21T19:20:00.000-07:00

We headed down to Broadbeach on Sunday for the annual Blues Festival. The weather was perfect so we set up quite close to the main stage with our picnic blanket and chairs. Mum, Dad, Kia, Amanda & Tim also joined us. Luke had to stay home because he had his brother coming over to help with the car! Cooper had an absolute ball, he loves his music and was bopping away all afternoon.

The band I really wanted to see was Bondi Cigars and they were as good as I had expected. Mum & Dad were stoked to see Canned Heat who did the final act, they were brilliant and brought back alot of memories for my parents LOL!!

Cooper bopping away to Bondi Cigars

Dad (Pappy) & Cooper

Kia, Amanda & Cooper

Mum (Nan) and I being silly

Crashed out in Pappy's arms at the end of a long day dancing

MK Zebra Yarn Shorties by Inakid Knits

2007-05-18T00:00:00.000-07:00

These gorgeous shorties arrived on our doorstep this morning and I am so... very happy with them!! I managed to score the yarn from Monsters Knits quite a while ago and then Kym agreed to knit them up for me!! The end result speaks for itself!

Coopers Photo Shoot

2007-05-14T19:04:00.000-07:00

Cooper posing in his Itti Bitti AIO

Blue Eyed Boy

My Little Angel

Mothers Day

2007-05-14T16:26:00.000-07:00

We enjoyed our first Mothers Day together on Sunday and I got spoilt rotten with a sleep in and then breakfast in bed! Cooper went shopping with Daddy and got me some funky pink slippers and a pamper package and gorgeous card! Very nice!!

We spent the morning relaxing together and then headed to my Mums for lunch and then onto Luke's Mums for afternoon tea!! Unfortunately I ended up spending the afternoon with my head in the toilet with a tummy bug, poor me :(

Sandman Heaven

2007-05-10T05:26:00.000-07:00

We received the ultimate night nappy from Michelle at Sustainable Hemp Products!!

This is our custom made Sandman, we are in love!! I love the fabric, too good to be covered. The fit is great on the little man and it holds up to his puddles overnight.

Ottobre Soaker

2007-05-01T05:06:00.000-07:00

I started knitting again!

I think the last time I knitted previously was in high school and it was a simple scarf. I am really enjoying it and have become quite obsessed with the seach for gorgeous yarn!

This Ottobre Soaker was knitted up in yarn from Susannes House of Wool, it's called "Ocean"

The colours really suit Cooper, very vibrant!!