I'm Baaaacccckkk

Sorry for my absence, life is just chaos, if you can imagine.
Lots been happening here , busy busy or (bizzy bizzy) trying to sew and complete started projects in time for the Baby and Kids market in Gero, I have so many ideas and just need the time to execute them ;)Always a challenge when you have 3 children the age of 2 and under!!
However last Saturday night we had a sewing night. We being my Mother bear, Sissy Kristy and myself, and of course DH who occupied the couch and was in charge of making the coffees!! I got a bit done, not as much as hoped but it was a start, and the kick start I needed to work my arse of for the market.
So , new things coming ; lots of new skirts for little girls in amazing fabrics, pillowcase dresses, a few pairs of pants for boys, more cloth wipes and burp clothes, more rugs, and a new item , a portable and compact rolled change mat for your nappy bag. So cute, and I hope other people like them as much as I do!!

We have had the pleasure of the gorgeous Miranda Gregory taking some uber gorgeous photos of our gorgeous family over the past few weekends. Miranda has been a gorgeous , loyal client of mine at the salon for a long time, and I miss doing her mega beautiful long , dark and shiny locks. She is normally just a wedding photographer, however, she has taken some beautiful images of our kids!
A few to share;

Love the light in this one

And Stella's cheeky smile in this one

And this one..............

Placid princess Lacey

Ohhh melts your heart doesn't it

Promise I won't be too long to post again, but for now, off to the land of nod, ahhh bliss..........

Super Sunday

I had one again, a super duper Sunday!!
We didn't leave the house until we had to go to a birthday party at 3pm! And the day was magnificent! Noel had a little sleep in , as I got one yesterday ( only 45 mins more but enough and we have never done it before, we have always BOTH got up at the same time, we are in it together we say!)
Followed by a breakfast of Pickelets (yummo) and some spring cleaning, washing etc. Sounds boring but I love the house feeling more organised and cleaner, I function better and the stuff was clogging up by brain cells. Plus a bit of painting with Stella and playing and the day turned out a ripper!
I'm off to bed, I am actually tired tonight and going to having an early one (its 10pm but thats early for me!)
Leaving you with a pic of my gorgoeus boy. Not Max but my big boy, Noel. My best friend (Corny I know but he is, well and truely), my rock , my everything. He is the best support and help anyone could ask for and he is just one in a million, even my friends say so. He is something else! And for your info, this pic has been brightened but not colour enhanced, they are his real eyes, yuh huh, dreamy... hehe I am supposed to say that though!

Good with the bad

Thats how I am feeling about my days and life at the moment. You have to take the good with the bad, and I am. Luckily the good far out weigh the bad, but when you are having a SH*TE day, it all feels bad! haha funny about that!

Max has been unsettled of late, and we were up 12 times the other night, both DH and I!! Then they both had a bad day following and guess what!? So did I!!
I know most people would love to be still in their PJ's at 10 am but not this little black duck! I hate it! I felt gross!
Unfortunately last night , at the night dream feed at 11pm Max started coughing like he was a smoker and it doesn't sound good. Thankgod I had already booked him into the Paediatrician, as I think the Lactose Free formula he is on is just not good enough, he may need prescription stuff.


Anyway, still in the cleaning and sewing mood, just wish I had more time to do it. Only 3 weeks til the Baby and Kid Market, so I need to get stuck into it. And to be honest I think I just need to sew as its something I enjoy doing, for me.
Hmm had my grumble, hehe thats what the WWW is for right?!
Anyway, on the upside, Stella is a crack up atm! So funny, the things she says , blow me away.
Me- "don;t do that, you are being naughty"
S- "No my not"
Me- "yes you are"
S- "Yes my am!"
Hmmmm gorgeous!
A few pics from Stella's painting day on Friday. I have been trying to spend quality time with her when the babies are asleep, only problem is, its not very often they are asleep at the same time lately but we jagged it Friday and managed to get some painting done and she loved it!!

I then used a few masterpieces to creat my eldest nephews birthday card (he turned the big 8, and boy has time flown!! Love you K-Boy) and the card/pouch for his present.

I felt like such the bad Aunty but I could not for the life of me think of what to buy him,............ so he got money, and I think he was stoked. He felt important and so grown up and was able to go shoppin in town the next day for something he wanted. He ended up buying himself a really good watch from the surf shop, how very grown up of him, as he didnt want to buy something that was going to break!! How amazing, he really is just Aunty's precious boy.
The Masterpiece!!

As for the weather, I know our winters are not that bad, but Bring on SUMMER!!

Wordless Wednesday

Coles in my cupboard!

AS I have mentioned in previous posts, my bestie is visiting from the big smoke and I am loving it. She has a heart of gold and inspires and encourages me to be a better ( and more organised) person.
Saturday she helped me, actually she did the whole thing, so I actually slightly helped her , clean out my pantry. Now I have to defend my honour in some way and say that it wasn't actually that bad, BUT you should see it now!! OMG! Gorgeous!
Everything has a place, a basket and boy do I actually have alot of food. Thats the thing when your pantry is disorganised, you spend money unnecessarily on too much food for your own good. Now I have to say that the cupboard literally looks like Coles , a full on supermarket and its been a delight going to it ( more so than usual, hehe).
I actually worried about DH making his lunch last night, for fear he would mess it up!

I just love that feeling of organisation and cleanliness! Ahhh bliss
Off for a nice hot shower, the babies are actually sleeping at the same time,and have been for quite a while and I don't know for the life of me , why they can't do it for me during the day so I can get some of the above, organising done!
Night all

I hate Sunday Nights

I really do, I hate them. I love the relaxed feeling, how comfy the couch feels and the help I get from Noel for the dinner/bath/bed routine (not that he doesn't help most of the time anyway but we can start it earlier). What I DO hate is the realisation that another week is starting, and I have to wait 5 more days to spend time with Noel and to have a mini break! Sad and selfish I know, but its so nice having him around to help.
Today I feel like I haven't acheived much today, because I really haven't.
We went out to my sisters farm (an Hour from town) for her 30th/End of seeding/ Housewarming party yesterday (we got there about 5:30). It was a great night and the babies were fantastic (Max slept for 5 1/2 hours which is longer than he ever has I think). They were in the shed where the party was, as it was very cold, and there were fires going outside and everything and they were gems. Stella surprised us all and lasted til nearly 12pm, the latest she has ever!! But had she not been in such a good mood and well behaved she most certainly would have gone to bed earlier. Needless to say it was 1am before we got home, and after 2am when we got to sleep. I had to feed Max at 3:30 and then Lacey at 7am but luckily everyone slept in and Noel let me sleep til after 9am! Wowzers, very unusual for me! We also had a sleep in the arvo when Stella did and Noel had one mid morning whilst Stella and I baked Banana and fruit muffins and made jelly and fruit cups ( make them in small tuppaware snack cups for snacks for Stella).

That was our day , pretty much. Its very rare for me to do very little and sleep so much but we need it at the moment, sleep in this house is like gold!

My best friend is visiting from Perth at the moment. She is fantastic, a truely beautiful sole and very caring and considerate. I am so lucky to have her as a friend. She virtually came up to Gero for a few days just to help me, and we are decluttering and cleaning cupboards. You should see my pantry!! OMG!! I will post pics tomorrow when the light is better, its beautiful. She is coming over tomorrow for the day,actually for the next 3 days, and we are tackling other cupboards and rooms and I can't wait!
Meanwhile, a few pics I took of the photoshoot from the weekend for my sisters products from her handmade business, Bread N Butter Factory.

A fairy visited our house!!

True, I tell you, a fairy DID visit our house, and what a godsend the fairy has been!!
The Dummy fairy of course!
Its something that we have been discussing for a while now, when .
When is the right time to take a security item off your 2 year old when her life has literally just been turned upside down, times 2!!
Luckily, her dummy broke, and it was at daycare. I knew it was split, and decided to not give her a new one and bin it myself, but I didn't think it would break that day either.
She came home from daycare with a dummy that was split in half, and we did the whole "put it in the bin" thing and SHE DID!! We also explained that the dummy fairy would come and visit and take the dummy , and give it to a baby that needs a dummy. And she accepted that. The big girl she is now.
All I can say is THANK GOODNESS for her gorgeous daycare lady , Jo. Stella loves her, adores her, and asks nearly every day "Jo's house?" No sorry love, you are stuck with boring old Mum today. And it doesn't upset me, I actually find it reassuring , that she loves going there and it has made daycare an awesome experience for our whole family. Hopefully she will have vacancies when the twins need care, *hint hint*. So needless to say, because Stella does love Jo, she does alot there that she doesn't do at home, (ie: sit on a big girl toilet etc) and therefore I am ever grateful the dummy broke at her house too!!
Were we scare for the first night?! YES
Did she cry and get upset?! YES
Did we have an unsettled night with her?! NO NO NO
Yeeeehhhaaa, but I must admit, I am very very sad that my little baby is no longer, she is a big girl now and there is no denying it now. She talks like a trooper, full sentences and is just like a normal person speech wise, therefore she has understood everything.
So today I decided to go out and buy her a present, from the Dummy Fairy of course.
When she came home from daycare, it was left on her bed, with a little note


Dear Stella,
Thankyou for leaving your dummy for me, to give to a baby that needs it.
Love the Dummy Fairy

She got a book, Finding Nemo DVD, Alphabet flash cards and a Lollipop, and guess what she loved the most?! The lollipop of course!


Oh how nice to not hear her talk through her dummy when upset, cry out for it and have to attempt to take it away ourselves, couldn't have done it better if we tried! Now she just has her Teddy Ruggy, but we are happy for her to have that forever if she wants, but it will live under her pillow for quiet and sleep times.

I am on an organising and decluttering mission with our house, as we think we will sell and buy a friends down the road, ohhh the joys. But I do love chucking stuff out and decluttering, I even bought a label maker! OCD Anyone?!