Presents!

This is my new camera smile. CHEEEEEEEESE!

Christmas Eve Dinner

Matt and Kelly Mum and Dad Nath and I Our table For the first time, Nath and I got to host Christmas Eve dinner at our new home. It was a close call with the dining table only arriving a few days before the night, but we made it. Being Uruguayan, we traditionally celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve with a dinner and as per usual, there was enough food to feed a small nation! We'll be eating left overs for a week! Presents for the big kids were opened at midnight (another tradition) but Jake slept through it all and got to open his on the big day.

Christmas 2007

BEFORE..

AND AFTER.....

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....

Bath in the big new house

Weeeeee! I have a bathtub!

Artist at work

Getting the creative juices flowing in my new room!

New home

Here's what we see when we stand at our front door looking out. Look! We have a front garden....noice.

Happy Anniversary/Birthday to us/me!

December 6 saw our 4th anniversary celebrated at our new "local" restaurant. We took the baby and a bottle of bubbly and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Cheers to us! Love you husband!

Oh, and December 7, I turned 40.....no biggie (or at least that's what I keep telling everyone and maybe soon I'll believe them!!!!)

What a difference two and a bit weeks make..

So much has happened since I last blogged. In the blink of an eye but alas, not on a whim, we moved house. We have left Bondi behind, along with lots of lovely friends and support for me from my mother's group girls (I miss you guys heaps!!) and not to mention, the beach, the surf and the lovely afternoon sea breeze. But we luckily make up for it for all the new lovely space we have in our new home. Jake's loving it. He crawls (or cruises holding on - but still no walking on his own) from room to room exploring.

Here's some before pics with after (of the new place) to follow.

MG Picnic

A year has passed since we came together as our Mothers Group, so we decided to celebrate with a picnic at the kids park. Most of the mums and bubs made it with a few MIA (Hi to Dina & Daniel, Yasmin & Louis, Stella & Jake and Jo & Bridie), you were missed!

I see a firetruck.....

The Abuelos (Grandparents in spanish) got Jake this truck ride on for his birthday. It plays this song that I'm sure Nana Rose still has playing in her head ("I see a firetruck, a big red shiny firetruck, I see a firetruck, coming down the street"). Well Jake has finally figured out that if you "walk" with your feet whilst riding you can actually go forward instead of just pushing back and ending up against the wall. Check him out!

Weekend

We went to the Blue Mountains for a little getaway and R and R. Wentworth Falls Lake had some lovely ducks that Jake just had to feed and a swing set to play on. The rest of the time was just relaxing.

Grandpa

My mum and dad came round yesterday for the regular dose of Jake. Mum had a full digital camera and needed to download to re-load with more pics of course! While scrolling through some gorgeous pics, I stumbled across this unfortgettable shot. Mum's pretty handy with the Sony huh?

Sigh...

Even covered in dirt and banana, those big brown eyes just kill me everytime!

If that superhero thing doesn't work out....

Jake can always fall back on his photography skills. Here's one he took of me...with dad's help.

Oh, and I was just trialing Jake's cape out for a flying inspection. He caught me in the act!

A superhero to save us all

Just don't ask what his super power is.....I don't think he's quite decided yet between slobbering villans to death and neutralising them with his overpowering gasses!

Party Party

Thanks to all who attended and special thanks to Jo Smith and Nana Rose for these pics....otherwise we wouldn't have any as Ma and Pa forgot their camera...DUH!