September/october updates

Happy 1st Birthday Isaiah

We wish our little man "Isaiah Max", a Happy 1st Birthdayon 18th October 2013

You learnt to walk the week before your birthday , yay!
You started taking bottles at 11 (ish) months - finally!
And you started sleeping through the night at 12 months - woop woop!!
Isaiah you are a happy little kid, with a very cheeky personality. You love your snuggles and kisses. And adore your older sister.

been awhile

or maybe months since Ive blogged.

 whats been happening, 

 Opa + Oma celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Uncle and Aunty from Holland came to join in the celebrations. I also turned 25 :) a ripe old old. We went for a weekend away to Busselton with the Pleiter clan. It was a lot of fun, time spent playing games, going to Simmos, trying breweries. 

Our kids have been growing up way to fast lately.
Sophie has become quiet the little lady, she has the funniest character and comes out with the most random-est things sometimes.
Isaiah is now 10 months old. Still BF, but we are trying to get him to take a bottle (he completely refuses) he still loves to eat all the time, and will come begging like a little doggy if he sees someone eating. He has now stood by himself, a few times. And has just started walking behind his walker, and often uses Sophie's stools too. He looks way to grown up, not ready for him to get to the walking stage.
Isaiah sleeping is a lot better then it has ever been. He self settles now, half hour in morning and 2 hours in arvo (which coincides with Sophie's sleep - so i get nice quiet time) Just need to stop these night time waking/feeds. 

in the kitchen..

been cooking up a storm lately.

All things sweet and im there! (lucky ive been playing netball, to counteract all those yummy treats)

this blog is amazing!:

raspberricupcakes.com

I have so many favorite recipe's of hers; like her selfsaucing chocolate pudding! or a few weeks ago i made her brown butter waffles and no churn blueberry icecream! The waffles were so fluffy and the icecream was the best to accompany it! oh and last week i made her purple ombre cake with sprinkles!!

Yummo!

I also made these delicious melting moments, they are great without the icing imbetween, and some choc chip biscuits for our Ward event.

And these, these are my new favorite caramel treat. Caramel cups basically your average caramel slice recipe, but in a muffin tray. So they end up tasting like pods!! so so good, and hard to stop at 1.

I tried my hand at arancini balls - never having made risotto before either, i was impressed how easy it is!

Sadly i didnt take any photos of these cooking adventures. To busy eating them :)

Next time i will try too.

AQWA

We celebrated 4 wonderful years of marriage, by taking the kids to AQWA! 

They had a blast, ok so did I! Love AQWA. Really opens your eyes, as to what is all out there, and how magnificent God's creation truly is! 

Sophie loved pointing out all the different creatures. She thought it was wonderful to see the bubbles (jellyfish) in a massive tank. She talked to the turdle (turtle) for a little while. Wasnt to keen on putting her hands in the petting tank, so mummy + daddy had fun touching the sting ray instead.

Both kids were in awe in the massive tank. Sophie was a little unsure of the sharks at first. She kept repeating "not scary mummy?" to me. I think she was just making sure, that they were not going to swim out to her.

We also happened to be there at feeding time for the tank animals, and the scuba diver feeder kindly fed the animals right where we were, even bringing the turtles right up to Sophie, so that was pretty cool! 

We ended the day by going to sizzlers for dinner. 

Sophie loved choosing different things, although she only wanted to eat rock melon and pasta. And drank so much red fizzy!! And boy you should have seen her face, when she got to choose some ice cream.. with sprinkles!!! 

 Isaiah was just happy watching people, or chomping on some fruit.

 

It was a truly special day, and we thank God for giving us these 4 wonderful years together as husband and wife. And for blessing us richly with 2 darling children. 

8 months

 Major Cute

our little man.

We are so happy to have him in our lives

He is always smiling, and making us laugh.

Went for a quick pop into the health nurse to get him weighed. 7.56 kg. Will have to book an appointment to make sure he has reached all other milestones, but for now i am happy.

Not much has changed this month.

I am still feeding him, he still sleeps from 6.30pm-6am BUT he has started waking even more during the night!! He has turned me into a mombie (hehe, get it a mummy zombie) He was always having a 10pm and 1 am feed, but lately he's feeding every 2 hours over night. It like having a newborn all over again! Here's hoping its just a growth spurt and its over soon!

Loves to crawl everywhere. And is getting super fast!

Loves to crawl really fast for Sophie's sofa and then throw himself at it. Cute to see him being a little roughy!

Trying new foods weekly, not found anything he wont eat, so that's great.

Says dada

Learning to wave, will get his hand in the air and move it once, then forgets what is happening and fingers go into his mouth!

 

(he would probably hate me if he knew :D )

I was taking photos, for this 8 month post, and thought should put him with the Tonka truck. See how much he has grown next to it. But, alas Isaiah was not impressed about this!

 

Yet, i still find it cute!

Instagram

Ive joined. Ive become addicted.

And now i forget to update my blog.

We go out, something fun happens, something is celebrated - quick get a photo. And i used to think, yes i will have to put that on the blog. Now im like  'quick, to the instagram!'

(ok maybe not that bad, but close)

So anyway here is a dump of instagram photos of the last month or two.

Enjoy.

2. grocery shopping, a nightmare at times - but i enjoy getting out with them
4. loves going to the park so much!
5/6. winter means beanie weather
7. bought myself some $2 tulips from Woolies. And they lasted a week and a half!!
8. Play-dough. Good for the imagination and it equals quiet time
9. Loves his food.
10. Playing chess. Well rather playing with the 'horsies' and 'mans'. 
13. Mum bought the cutest lemonade stand. Its made from cardboard. Sophie got a kick out of playing shops with it, last week.
14. Boy + Cat. Chases it all over the house, yet keeps coming back to play
15. Coffee dates with my mum at "memorial park,emporium'

1. teething. rusks are such a lifesaver
2. Sunday scones with daddy
3. out to Dome for dinner, to celebrate Jessie + Emma's bday
5. Went for a family picnic to Jandakot airport. Such a great time spent with our little family, and kids had a blast.
6. A lady from Chris' work, knitted Isaiah a beanie. How sweet!
7. My mug from movie world. Chris got it replaced as a surprise for me. Isn't he the best :)