Baby Wearing

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

~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

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

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

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!

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

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.