A weekend away!

It's been a while! Much has happened and I am trying to work out life's best balance!! (Work in progress!)

So in a nutshell... Bubba gump (baby number 3) is due beginning July!! (Hoping end of June! - like I get a say in that right?!?)... Moved into our first stand alone house in our entire marriage... Noosh has given up day sleeps (sigh)... I am back working 2 days a week... Kids started nursery... Noosh started ballet lessons (too cute)... Tad is such a boy - into body slams, emptying cupboards, playing in toilet water, active active active! Christmas came... Christmas went... How's that for a paragraph catch up!

So my wonderful parents flew into Cairns last weekend so Hubby and I could take a belated wedding anniversary weekend away. Note: our first time leaving our children with anyone other than us!!!! Our first time away from children in 3 1/2 years!! We went up to Port Douglas for 2 nights... And slept in 2 mornings (my first sleep in beyond 6am in 3 1/2 years!) it was lovely!!!

 

Hubby took me out Saturday night to an amazing restaurant. We ate under the stars and I crossed off an item from my bucket list... I did a 7 course tasting menu!!! AMAZING!!! Sadly my camera battery died after the second course so I didn't manage to get photos but man did I savour the experience!!

 

  

 

We returned to 2 very happy children and 2 very tired grandparents!!

It was lovely, and we missed the kids lots but was so nice to regroup and talk (uninterrupted) and eat when I was hungry and go to the toilet alone!

It really is the small things!

xxx

I love...

It's almost time for Granna to return home.  The last couple of days have seen us have tea and scones, go to a beach, get locked out and just hang out and play together.  It's been wonderful... in fact I think I could get used to living by family.  (Hubby and I didn't manage to get out by ourselves this time despite having a free babysitter - no excuse really... tired?? but does that really ever go away?)

I love that my wee Noosh loves her baby brother. She does smother him with kisses but check them out here in the bean bag and couch.  She will go and sit with him often, hold his hand, and treat him 'very softly Mummy'.

Love the bottom right photo... Noosh is holding Tad's hand...

I love that Tad is beginning to hold his own. He has no interest in rolling over but can sit independently for a few minutes before that 'lazy' gene kicks in. He is much like Noosh who could sit before she could roll... (so much for tracking sequentially through the developmental milestones?!?)

I love that Tad adores his food.  He gets so upset when it's finished that he cries and cries.  I'm sure he would continue eating as long as he was awake if he had any say in the matter.

Eagerly anticipating the next mouthful

I love that I ventured out this week taking Mum to a lovely tea shop and gardens.  I love that it had an awesome playground where Noosh could go down the slide - her absolute favourite.

 

Granna and Noosh hiding

I love that we live near the beach... getting that sea air into me did a world of good. (Sorry didn't get any photos.... was enjoying the moment too much!!!)

I love that in spite of locking ourselves out this week I was cool calm and collected... did not stress... despite the fact that we were locked out and really couldn't afford that expense. (Seriously... think I'm in the wrong business... for the 2 seconds - no exaggeration - it took for him to open our door the lovely man - and he was lovely - made a LOT of money!!!)

Mummy I'm trying to get in for you...

"Knock knock knock... anybody home???"

I love that my Mum, aka Granna, has got the time at the moment to come and spend 10 days with her grandchildren (and me).  I miss you already (and you haven't even left yet!!)

 

And I love that I can admit to you all that I may have inadvertently given my son his first sunburn... (I did take photos of that but I'm not uploading them as the photos make the sunburn look worse!!!) Seriously, I was only trying to give my Vitamin D deficient son a good dose.... talk about backfire!!!

Going to go and spend a final few hours with my Mum now....