Weddings, parties and playtime

Hi there. Me again here to give an update on what has been happening.

Here I am having a great time in my toybox. Mostly I climb in and then throw all the toys out. Might not be so much fun when I learn that I have to start putting them away myself.


My Uncle Phill got married at the end of November to Kiki. Faith, Chloe and I were the flowergirls. I had to dress up in this pretty white dress and look cute which apparently I did well although I wasn't too keen to pose for the camera. Here Grandma is trying to hold me still. Yeah...good luck with that Grandma.

I decided that I had other things to do while the others got ready so here I am back in my toybox sorting out the toys. Not such a lady like pose.

Here are the girls all ready to go to the church. Don't they look beautiful?? Daddy drove them in the car. (I had to go in my carseat with Mum.)

And Faith and Chloe did such a good job of fixing up Kiki's dress. She looked gorgeous.

Uncle Matt turned 30 last week so we had a party for him and then went out for dinner. I was getting pretty tired by the time this photo was taken so don't look overly happy. Can't smile ALL the time!!

Here I am showing how clever I am. I climb into the chairs myself now and in this shot was hoping Mum would let me have breakfast at the table rather than the highchair. No chance......She says I make too much mess.

Now some shots to show my lovely eating habits. I don't know what she means about making too much mess. Although I do love to put as much as possible in my mouth at once. OOPS - busted!!!

One of my favourites.......mango.

And spaghetti........... I didn't do too badly with this one but you should have seen the floor!!!

And like all good Aussie/Kiwi kids..........vegemite.

Here I am playing with Dad in the kitchen. Action shot.

And I love walking around in other people's shoes.

That's all for now. I'll be back when I have a new brother or sister to show off.

Holidays and fun

Once again we have been busy but this time it was not such hard work for me!!!. Here I am seeing Grandma off at the airport (with Papa) as she went to Uganda to build a school room - her first trip overseas. Doesn't she look brave. She returned safe and sound and has lots of tales to tell of her time there


Then in October, we went on a long driving holiday. Here I am in the car having a fun time. It wasn't always fun though as I spent a lot of time in this very seat. Teddy was a good companion though and Mum and Dad say I was very good in the car

We stayed with Anne (Medowie) and Great Grandma and Morrie (Lismore) on the way. Then we spent a some time with Elissa, Tien and Claire in Brisbane while Daddy went to work. Claire and I got on very well again. Here we are sharing her toys.

We went to the park and had a go on the swings

Then Mum and Auntie Eli rode us around on this crazy bike on a track which was fun. Mum had a bit of trouble as she has a big tummy now. She tells me there is a baby in there but I will believe it when I see it!!!

Dad and I admired the view of Brisbane. (Can't remember the name of the lookout)

And I played on some more play equipment - I am getting pretty daring.

Then we met Mike, Hannah and Josiah and drove up to Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast. Josiah and I were happy because there was a great little park just down the road from us. We spent many happy hours there.

I remembered how much I love the beach when we went to Maroochydore Beach. Playing in the sand is almost as much fun as being in the water but not quite. I loved the waves splashing up on me.

We did some sight seeing. Josiah and I went in the pram together. He was much more patient at being in the back than me

I loved playing with Josiah. We spent a fair bit of time running around together and playing with the toys

We also saw some of the local things. Of course we went to the Big Pineapple.

And we went on the Ginger Factory Train. (I saw some ducks)

We went to Noosa to check out the beach there.

And then I was allowed to swim and play in the sand - yay!!!

We went out for dinner to Mooloolaba and ate pizza.

And then unfortunately we had to say goodbye to our friends and leave them at Brisbane airport. On our way to see Great Grandma again we stopped at the Glasshouse mountains for some more photos.

Then we drove inland through NSW and experienced lots of flies but also went to the Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo. Here I am with Dad checking out some of the animals. When I could see them I thought they were great.

We saw a real Galapagos tortoise which was moving around and eating but we sat on a fake one for a photo.

We stopped to hear them talk about the hippos which were cool to look at but I was too tired to listen. It was an exhausting couple of days for me.

We rode around on bikes at the zoo but the camera stopped working at this point so no action shots of this - sorry.

And that has been our adventures for the past few weeks. We got home to find out that I now have another baby cousin called Samuel - yay Auntie Lisa - and I can't wait to meet him. Got to save my money for another trip to NZ now.

Hard at work

Here are a few photos showing how hard I have been working lately.

One of my favourite things to do now is to brush my teeth. When Mum says to me "Do you want to brush your teeth?" I race into the bathroom and stand waiting for my toothbrush. I won't let anyone help me because I can do it myself thankyou very much.




We have had some finer weather recently and made good use of it in the yard. Here Dad and Uncle Matt are removing some tree roots next to the driveway.




They thought they were doing the hard work but you can see me here supervising them and making sure they were doing it correctly. I shouted out instructions but they weren't taking much notice. I had to be strapped in or I would have gone and helped them by sitting in amongst it all and showing them what to do.

Here Dad and I are fixing up some tools. We were way to busy to take time out to look at the camera.

This is me playing in the dirt in the front garden. I was supposed to be going in the house on the way from the car but managed to escape and run over to get my hands dirty. Any opportunity is a good one to play with bark.

That's all for now - there's more work to be done.

Ugandan friends

We were lucky enough to have some kids from the Watoto Children's Choir (from Uganda) come and stay with us for a couple of nights last week. Here's me with Michael and Andrew (and Uncle Edwinsmith stayed as well). We had a lot of fun playing together. They pushed me really fast on my little car and liked to make me giggle. I saw them perform and loved their singing and dancing. I showed them a little from my repetoire as well. I think they were impressed.




This is just a cute shot of me. I saw my favourite blanket on the ground - a mohair one - I love the feel of it and ran to sit in it and rub my hands on it. I was supposed to be getting dressed. I am showing off my post-breakfast belly.


And here I am having fun with my blocks making music as I walk around the room.

Here I am showing how good I am at negotiating the step to the dining room while still holding 2 objects. A multi-tasking woman already!!!!

Happy 1st Birthday

I have just celebrated my first birthday so thought I should send out some photos of the fun we have been having. I am pretty confident on my feet now after a couple of weeks of determined practise walking and can get to most places around the house now with a big proud smile on my face. Here are some action shots. (Sorry - they are a bit blurry. I must go really fast!!!)

I love to walk around carrying things. Balls are my favourite. Dad is pleased about this.

I am also practising feeding myself. Here I am eating risotto and even using the spoon the correct way. Sometimes I try eating with the handle of the spoon just for fun. Mum usually has to help me with the sloppy stuff or I just resort to using the utensils God gave me - my fingers.

This is me on my actual birthday. We had a pretty quiet day as Mum and I both weren't well and Dad was at work.

I got a sand pit for my birthday which I thought was fantastic. I got to play outside and dig and no one came over to drag me away from the dirt. Bono and I had a great time.

Faith and Chloe came over in the afternoon to say happy birthday. I wanted to show them how good I am getting on my feet and didn't want to stop for a photo.

On Saturday we had a party at the park to celebrate my birthday. I had a lot of fun playing on the swings and the slippery dip with Uncle Dave. Grandma made my birthday cake for me.

Here Dad and I are cutting the cake. I wasn't allowed to have a go myself. And then I look like I am saying Hooray!!

Here are some of the people who came along and celebrated with me. We had a great time.

You can see Nanna and Pappy enjoying the cake in this one.

I was pretty tired so had a big sleep when I got home and then got to try some of my yummy birthday cake. (Not sure why I also have a coaster on the tray - must have collected it somewhere!!)



Then I got to open some lovely presents. I was especially partial to this teddy bear.

And that's about all for now. Hope you are feeling better Granddad. I am sending lots of sloppy kisses to you and Grandma and all my beautiful aunties, uncles and cousins in NZ.