Well, we have been in Darwin, the girls and I. Brenton went to Cairns at the same time for a Wedding which I knew would be a raucous reunion for him and all of his mates. So off we went to Darwin, 3 months since we booked the tickets and I can't believe it has come and gone. My friend who lives there is like a sister to me so we went and stayed with her and her family. It was a lovely break from my reality. We went out to the markets, (Parap, Palmerston and Mindil Beach) and didn't really do much else. We did go to another friend from schools' place at Humpty Doo, which was fabulous. We had a BBQ and Mia went swimming in thier pool and it was just lovely to catch up with the people who I am close with and have been close with when I was younger!
While we were there, Territory Day was celebrated, which means FIREWORKS!! I was abit excited, I love them and was hoping to get some good photos. Lexi wasn't too fussed by them but Mia was so she stayed inside with the tele on VERY LOUD! We had the fireworks in the above photo x 2 plus also about half again! It was great fun! Fireworks were going off all over the place. We just let them off in the street where my friend lives, it is a pity that some people don't do the right thing... it's the same with so many things, people will always be divided over these things.
I was determined to get a photo of Mia on Mindil Beach with the sunset, it was packed out and the kids were almost over being there... But I took a fair few which I really like! And we left before the sun went down, would have like a few photos of the sun half down, but I had Lexi strapped to me, and we were warm and Mia was tired! But I am glad that we got these sunset photos as the sun sets over land in these parts...
here are my entries for a CJ journal I'm involved in, this one is about your pregnancy and birth experiences. I just have't been around much to scrap and I am behind with this one, but have really enjoyed the process so far. I have my journalling to do on the births of the girls.. but that won't take me long to do.Brenton (DH) is in hospital for the second night now, he came home from work in pain Friday lunchtime and could hardly walk. At first the Dr thought he had gout and gave him some tablets to take on Friday, but by Sat lunch time it was a lot worse, I sort of knew that he would be admitted to hospital, as his ankle had blown right up and was sooo red. I was looking for a red line up his leg but thankfully it was just in the one place. So now he is on IV fluids and two lots of IV anti-biotics every few hours. I hope he has improved tommorow, I really want him home. It was a novelty last night, but now just want him better and home. Let's see what tommorow brings.
I discovered a little tooth popping through in Lexi's bottom gum this morning, I knew that they were on thier way as her gum definition had changed and she has been a bit unsettled. Not crying or anything, but not sleeping much during the day in the last few days, and also waking up for a comfort drink a half hour after she had gome down for the night and also up twice last night for drinks... Anyway, she is coping very well with it and if that is all that she has to put up with, well I'm happy. My little bubba is growing up and it makes me sad. I don't want her to NOT grow up, but it happens so quickly. She is also being offered 3 solid meals a day, she doesn't always want them, she seems to prefer really pureed baby food, nothing with any texture at all... but the good thing is that I weighed her at the hospital while I was there with Brenton and she has put on over 300g in 2 weeks.. Which she hasn't done for a long time. So that is a good thing for her.
Mia is a button pusher at the moment, she is testing me. I am not patient enough with her and I know it. I have been reading some books so that I can learn how to handle myself better with her but sometimes I also think her ears are painted on. I sometimes wonder who is worse though, her or me!! I'm a parenting work in progress... ever evolving.
But Mia is a beautiful little girl, she loves me to lay down with her at night before she goes to sleep and have talks. And they are really special, and I find out all sorts of things that go on in her head that I wouldn't find out in the conversations of everyday. And it is a special time for us. I am making more of an effort to do this with her more often, days fly past but I think if we have a special connecting time it will be good for us. Mia must love me as she told me tonight that I was her favourite, I said that I know she loves us both the same...
She loves to draw, scrapbook, colour in, play with her barbies (and the barbies have some serious conversations let me tell you) paint, ride her bike around the backyard, watch movies, listen to music and play her DS. She is bored easily and sometimes gets in a mood where she wants me to produce 'something new to play with' magically... I love her to death...
We ordered some furtniture from IKEA during the week, and I can't wait to get it.. Bit excited about that one, been in the pipeline for so long, am so pleased that we are finally getting our tele cabinet thingy and the expedit to store scrapbooking stash in... Yippee... Although if you have any tips on sorting and storing your stash, please share.
Well, that's enough rambling I think, don't you!
xxx
