Category: baby

2 peas in a cute little pod

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We made friends with a lovely couple of soon-to-be-interns at Wangaratta, Jackie and Darren, and it just so happened that Jackie was due to have a baby 2 weeks after us! It also just so happened that her little bundle of joy, Aidan, was born 3 weeks early, so he is actually older than Chance! We went over for a visit before we left for Brisbane and of course Hubs took the opportunity to take some lovely photos.

Aren’t they just adorable? J & D are now based in Bendigo so we’re hoping we can catch up with them some time in the next 6 months before we head to Mt Beauty in July.

Too. Damn. Cute.

Our first Christmas as 3

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Hubs and I decided we would try not to have a crazy Christmas trying to run around to too many places this year, but it didn’t quite work out that way. The good news is, we had an amazing day and wouldn’t have changed anything! We did our usual Christmas eve at Nanny and Grandpa’s place which meant lots of food, drink, prezzies, and far too much dessert! (Is there such a thing??) I don’t seem to have many photos from Christmas eve, so we’ll move on to Christmas day.

We went to church in the morning and caught up with some friends and introduced Jr to them, then headed back to Hubs’ Mum’s for breakfast and presents with the fam. We then went to my bro’s place for Christmas with my side of the family which was, as usual, an absolute delight. There were 23 of us seated around an enormous table eating absolutely delicious food!

Khicken and Kturtle had only moved into this house the weekend before, so extra kudos go to them for a huge effort getting everything ready! And not that I can take (full) credit for our delightful little boy, but he was certainly a hit at the party!
We exchanged prezzies and stories and Chance got plenty of cuddles and kisses and even more presents! Not that I’m jealous or anything, cos I got the best present ever! Khicken and Kturtle uncovered my old teddy bear Gizmo, cleaned him up (with napisan among other things) and presented him to me! I missed you Gizmo!!
We then ended our Christmas day at Hubs’ sister’s place where there were kids, presents, freshly caught fish, a nerf gun that everyone wanted to get their hands on, and more kids. By 11pm we were pooped so we came home and crashed, only to be woken up by a very cute Santa’s little helper a couple of hours later. 
As far as Christmases go, this would have to be one of the best!

The cliche continues

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“Wow I can’t believe how big he is!”
“He’s just growing so fast!”
“I remember when he was a newborn and how small he was.”
“Those chubby thighs are so adorable!”
“I can’t remember my life without him.”

Yes, I’m afraid I have muttered all of these phrases over the last couple of weeks. I can’t help it! It’s all true! He’s even grown out of the newborn Huggies nappies and we’ve had to buy the 6-11kg ones that are for toddlers!* Crazy!

In other news, Chance had his first trip to Bunnings today! (See how he’s looking for Hubs!?)

In the end it all got too much for him (and me).

I’m sure he’ll be back again with Hubs some time soon though! We have a working bee planned for tomorrow at Hubs’ Mum’s place and we’re REALLY hoping for a break from the rain! Fingers crossed!!!

*We only use disposables when we get lazy/when we run out of cloth nappies/ when the cloth nappies aren’t dry.

5.5 weeks

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I know I know, another post about the baby. I promise I’ll blog about something non-baby-related soon. Maybe 🙂
We took Chance to the doctor for his 4-6 week checkup today and he aced it! Ha ha. Well he has put on 2kg since birth (yikes!) and now weighs 5.8kg. He has also grown longer and is 58cm (easy to remember!). He is going to be one tall lad, that’s for sure. Anyway, I just thought I’d share those stats with you, as well as this photo:

I have to say, it’s quite hard to think of things to blog about at the moment, as our whole lives are consumed by this little individual. I’ve thought of a few ideas but the inspiration isn’t very forthcoming. I mean, there’s only so much complaining about the weather and my lack of sleep that one could handle! I’ll see if I can come up with something soon…..

5 weeks of fun

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Our son is 5 weeks old and he has already done the following:
– enter the world (hey, it was hard work for him too!)
– had a road trip in the kombi
– attended a wedding
– been on a plane (see below) (thankfully he slept the whole trip!!!)
– had his first Christmas
– seen the new year in
– grown numerous centimeters and put on many hundreds of grams

Not that I’m bragging, but that’s a pretty impressive resume for someone who has only been around for 35 days… Oh yeah. I’m going to be one of those parents!! 🙂

With grand and great-grand parents

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Chance has been getting lots of cuddles from everyone since we arrived, especially from his:

Gran and Grumpy (actually, this was taken while we were still in hospital in Wang!):
And from his Ouma (how much has he grown!!??):
And his Poppy:
And Nanna:
And Nanny and Grandpa:

And Nan

I’m so glad that our little boy will never be deprived of love and cuddles from our family. And I promise that I’ll get back to blogging about other things as well as Chance. Maybe. Some day 🙂

Wedding number 3

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On Sunday the 19th December, I had the privilege of officiating the wedding of 2 new friends of ours. You may remember this wedding – well, the wedding last Sunday involved Nathan’s brother Pete, and it was a truly wonderful occasion. The wedding was held at Emily’s (the bride) aunt and uncle’s old B&B come holiday home in Trentham, Victoria. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t too crash hot – freezing cold and rainy – but that didn’t dampen the mood in any way. We had a wet weather plan, but ended up being able to have the ceremony outside in the courtyard and it went splendidly, despite being only about 12 degrees!!

Hubs took care of Chance during the ceremony, and it was lovely to see their faces amongst the crowd, even if it was only from time to time! It really was a lovely ceremony, and Pete & Em decided to self-cater which gave the day a lovely family feel. Oh, and the desserts were awesome! (And look at the scenery behind the house!)

We all had a great day and spent the night before and after at this gorgeous holiday home in Blackwood – we could have happily stayed there another week, just enjoying the surrounds, watching DVDs and enjoying good company. And thank goodness for the fireplace! I believe it got down to 6 degrees overnight. I don’t think Mother Nature got the memo that IT’S DECEMBER!!!!!!

Congrats Pete & Em!! And here’s a lovely little family pic from the day (and yes, our son is going cross-eyed. Focusing is hard at this age!!)

So much to do

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We leave for Melbourne on Tuesday and there seems to be so much to do before we go. Actually, we only have a to do list of 4 things, but when you have a newborn, even finding 15 minutes to clean the kitchen is a challenge! I really didn’t understand that before – how new parents don’t even have 2 minutes spare to answer a text. I mean, come on! It’s 2 minutes! But really, it’s thinking about it at the right time, knowing where your phone is, remembering who it is you’re supposed to be texting, and then hearing the baby cry, changing a nappy, doing a feed, settling him again and finding something else you’ve neglected, completely forgetting about that damn text you were going to send 2 hours earlier!! Ha ha. I’m not even kidding…

So we’re just going with it at the moment; embracing the fact that Chance has no routine and that no 2 days are the same. We’re super excited about catching up with friends and family in Melbourne, and then I’m conducting a wedding for friends tomorrow week, then we’ll be on the plane Monday to Brisbane!!! And then I’m just going to collapse in a heap 🙂 Crazy to think that we were going through the same thing this time last year, without the baby. And that was busy enough!

Anyway, here’s another photo to keep you all in suspense….