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?!

Glorious

Oh what a glorious day it has been!
Stella had a sleep in with her Grandma and Poppy , in the endevour for us to get a sleep in (it didn't happen!!) so we started Sunday a bit slower than usual.
A scrummy breakfast made by DH, scrambled eggs on toast, then off to pick up the gorgeous girl.
We then decided to go down to the foreshore park for a family lunch as my parents also had my sisters 4 kids for a few nights over the weekend (Mum is a true legend and is always offering to give up her precious time on weekends for her grandchildren). Pizza and a play it was! Stella loved it!!

Then home for a photo shoot for my sisters Bread and Butter Factory goodies (all handmade hair accessories and decor) and an afternoon watching the footy (aka= feeding)

Just a few piccies of our every growing gorgeous babies!

Hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend, I certainly have, but they do go too quick! I love having Noel at home to help with the kids, takes the pressure off!

Cupcake Friday

Sorry for the lack of posts, as you can imagine, it has been quite a crazy house lately. The twins have been having their 6 week growth spurts, teamed with snuffly noses and you have a great recipe for very limited sleep. And I't talking , 1 hr!! But , there is light at the end of the tunnel and last night I scored 7 hrs in total, stoked!! The only thing better than that would be having it in a block!!
My super duper gorgeous friend sent me a message saying that our dinners are organised the for the next week (as I have sleepless, and have the cold too!! Actually, I'm thinking its tonsilitis!). What an amazing offer! BUT how guilty do I feel? But needless to say, all my objection didn't make a difference, I received an email with the list of dinner cooks and what we are having for the next week. She just told me to not take away the joy from someone for giving. Hmmm didn't do much for the guilt but we appreciate it alot nether the less!! Dinner time is certainly entertaining. Its Murphy's law that all babies will be unsettled during this peak hour, and we have 2 , so the dinners are making life so much easier!! I did cook and freeze alot, but 6 weeks down the track and our stocks are looking dismal! My super gorgeous friend is the best anyone could ask for, and she is in Perth now, and I miss her like crazy, but she is never too far away to help, thats a real friend for you!!

Now onto our crazy cupcakes. In a desperate attempt to increase the snacks in our house and avoid a trip to the supermarket in the next day or so, we baked today. Its a great way to entertain Stella, get some quality time with her and wear her out a little.



So after the back and a whole lot of flour ending up everywhere in my kitchen, she was allowed to make her own icing and decorate her cupcakes. She had asked for green icing, and I figured it was just a word to her as she sometimes gets colours mixed up, but no, showing her the food colouring, she picked out green straight away, so that is was.




Then the sprinkles, boy did the end up everywhere too!! Anywhoooo she had ball, ended up with stuff all over her and proceeded to eat the icing and topping and not the cake, but hey, isn't a childs institution?!




enjoy you Sunday, its an amazing day here, and we have lots on the agenda, whether we get it done or not is another thing!! Gee babies are time wasters, lucky they are well and truely worth it!

I'm Alive!!

Hello out there, can anybody hear me?!
Yep, I am well and truely alive just fell off the radar for a bit!
Life with 3 kids under 2 and a bit is certainly busy, to say the least and I am finding it hard these days to find the time to do anything, even shower and some mornings, if I have to be somewhere early, my mother dearest will come over for 15mins so I can at least shower and feel half decent.

The twins are pretty good babies and growing so rapidly, and so they should too, all they want to do is feed, especially Max!!
He has inherited the name Maximus Figitus , as he does just that, figits, all day , and as soon as his little eyes open , instantly hungry. Other Mums and Midwives have said that its just boys , but I am yet to really believe that ,as I just think its his wee little personality, he has been like that since he was in my tummy, always the mover and shaker!
All in all, we are very lucky as they are both dear little people.

I am enjoying having a full weekend as a family at the moment, as I have always worked Saturdays and returned to work on Sats when Stella was 7 weeks old, so its great to be able to spend 2 days in a row with Noel and now our kids.
Saturday night we went to a friends 30th party, Stella had a sleep over at my parents and we had a great social night out.
Sunday morning we fed up the babies , picked up Stella and headed out to the Oakabella homesteads Annual Market day, it was a gorgeous day, and we enjoyed the family outing, but its always entertaining taking our crew out at the moment.
First Max woke and was unsettled so I put him in the front pouch, then Lacey woke and did the same so Noel carried her, then Stella wanted out of the pram, so we were left with this massive pram, EMPTY!!
Oh the joys!
Anyway, can anyone please tell me how I can create links on my page, ie: when I want you to check out other stuff on net and list the web addy, how come its not a direct link if I copy and paste the addy?
and I reaaly need to learn how to jazzy up my blog, advice anyone?
Best be off, I am dying to do some sewing but the babies are playing tag teams, but Stella is with her grandparents so its the perfect opportunity!!

They are here!!

Yep , thats right. Max Henry Morrison, was born at 8:47am on Thursday 29th April, weighing 5lb 12oz and 47cm long, and Lacey Amelia Morrison was born at 8:49am weighing 6lb 11 ozs, and 50cm long. Our precious bundles were born via Ceasarean Section as Max was footling breech ( only to discover he actually wasn't but thats another story all together) and we are very lucky they were both in perfect health and happy little bubs.

I feel great, and am pleasantly surprised (as I was crapping myself) over the C-sect, but I was up less than 4 hrs later for a shower and got dressed properly and felt sooo much better. My recovery was quick and I was independent to shower and walk around from the next morning.
They are very good babies, and love to be right next to each other, as close as can be.
Max is a little version of his Dad and actually has a bit of an "old man" look about him, still super duper cute, and Lacey is the spitting image of her sister!! So adorable!

I have mastered the twin feeding, via football hold and it is so much easier and more time efficient for me!
Last night was our first night home, and I got 5 hrs sleep in a session, how amazing! Here's hoping tonights is the same.
Well here are a few pics, and one from our session this morning with the wonderful Nicole Jupp, have mentioned her before, she is amazing, check out her website
http://nicolejupp.com





I am off to finish a few skirts for Sundays Mothers Day market at The Old Gaol Museum, I am having a stall with my Sister from Bread and Butter Factory!!
Hope all the mothers out there have a great Mothers Day!!