Friday 27 February 2009

Yesterday...

was my 28th birthday! I got nice and spoilt! My family came down and we all went to lunch together! It was good fun. In the evening Matty got home from work and PROPOSED!!!
We are engaged!!!! OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!
So so so EXCITING!!!!
More details to follow! I just wanted to share our exciting news!!
Xx Jess

Thursday 26 February 2009

9 months...

I can tell you that these past 9 months went by so so so much faster as the 9 months before that! Its been 9 months of pure joy! She is an amazing baby!!

Her milestones so far:
* she has 2 bottom teeth
* cruises all around furniture, pulls herself up on everything
* has 3 meals a day + 4 breastfeeds
* loves the wiggles
* claps & waves
* will kiss her mummy when asked to (if she feels like it) and will also kiss dolls and teddies on demand (again, only if she feels like it!)
* loves gymbaroo
* weighs 9.3kg
* sleeps through the night more often than not and has two long sleeps during the day
*squeals & grunts to get our attention, and I think she is begining to babble, still havent heard any mumma, dadda or bubba though.
* her favourite things to play with are books and her pool of balls
* still loves the water so so much!! See a video of her in the bath HERE

Xx Jess

Tuesday 17 February 2009

Bec's Hens Weekend - Gold Coast QLD

On the 31st January - 3rd February I went up to the Gold Coast, Queensland to celebrate Bec's hens weekend with a great bunch of ladies (and two babies)!!
We all flew up together (besides Brydey as she drove up) and then checked into our penthouse - YES!!! A penthouse!!
It has 4 bedrooms, 4 toilets a massive kitchen and living area. It was also 2 storeys. Upstairs there was a huge deck with another little kitchen and a spa on the deck!! And 360° views. Gorgeous place!
There was a downside however... The penthouse was on the 8th storey of the building and when we arrived we were greeted by the manager only to be told the lift was out of order!! Ouch! Treking up 8 flights of stairs was a bit of a scary thought, but they offered us a 50% discount, so that was pretty awesome + it was a bit of excerise!
We had a great time all together! I only knew Bec and Eva (and baby Fynn) and I got to meet and know Catriona, Deb and Brydey during our stay! They were all awesome ladies!

On the first day we all kind of did our own thing, Liberty and I walked down to the main strip to look around, we also went down to the beach to play which Libby loved! That night all us girls played fun hens night games!! We had such a great time!!
The following day we all (besides Deb who was resting) went to visit the Q-Tower! We caught the lift up to the 77th level (thank goodness the lift was working there - haha) and got to see an amazing view!!!!
Liberty LOVED having Fynn around her to play with!! The babies got on well together and they were just so so cute!! We even dressed them up - too cute!!
It was such a fun weekend away! And soon there will be Bec and Kato's wedding to attend! I cant wait as they are the perfect couple so I look forward to watching them get married!!!
Xx Jess

Tuesday 10 February 2009

Layout

Yes!! I know! It was bloody hard to create again! I sat there at my desk with my photos and I had no idea where to start!
I ended up creating this layout....

"6 months"
What do you think??
Xx Jess

Monday 9 February 2009

The Alphabet Game...

I saw this game on Rachel's blog and I so wanted to play along, so I left her a comment and she game me my letter... which is the letter....
How does one play the Alphabet Super Game, you ask? You have to list 10 of your favorite things that start with a certain letter assigned to you by the blog owner.

1. Liberty (ofcourse)
My beautiful baby girl. The most precious thing to me in this world. I cannot imagine my life without her and I wonder what I used to do with my time before she was born. These last 8 months with her have been the best of my life!

2. Living by the Lake
Matt and I have been living in our appartment right by Narrabeen Lake for 4 1/2 years now. I love it! At first I found it hard to live in a flat, but now I know all my neighbours and I love our view and the fact that I can just take Libby out in the stroller and be by the lake with all the ducks and animals. Its heaven.

3. Lens
My camera lenses. I love them! Both were given to me from Matty and I just love capturing my world through them.

4. Love
Matty and I have been together for over 5 years now. We have done so much together and now we have a little family and I love him more than ever!

5. Languages
I'm so grateful to my mum for nagging at me all my childhood to 'speak french'! Because of this I can keep in touch with all my family and friends who live in Switzerland. I will be forever grateful that im able to communicate with them all. Thanks mum!

6. Luggage
Lucky me has been able to go on lots of little getaways lately!! So im glad for the invention of luggage to make every trip that bit easier!

7. Letters
I love sending and recieving letters, I mean the old fashioned way with a postage stamp and finding it in your letterbox! Emails are convenient, but letters are special. I keep in contact with my Grand Mamy and Grand Papa Poule (who live in Switzerland) by letter writing.

8. Lollies
Well, chocolate actually (but seeing as that doesn't start with "L" i thought i's write lollies). Mmmmmmm c-h-o-c-o-l-a-t-e!!!

9. Lorinda
Aka Siany! Such a special and close friend to me. She's my family, my friend and my baby girl's god mother, need I say more??!!

10. 'Le' Wiggles
Okay, okay... they are actually just 'The Wiggles' but my oh my do I love the wiggles... when i just need Libby to have some quiet time, all I have to do is pop on the wiggles dvd and that seems to stop Libby in her tracks and she'll sit still for 1/2 an hour!! amazing!

Okay, if you are keen to play along, just leave a comment and your email address and i'll email you a letter so you can play along on your blog!!!
Xx Jess

Sunday 8 February 2009

hands up....

Hands up who broke in her first two teeth yesterday!!!
At 8.5 months old, Libby has two little white teeth breaking through her bottom gum!! Too cute!! Im enjoying her gummy smile as much as I can but I look forward to seeing her little teeth grow too!!!

I've been a bit slack with my blogging lately but im still posting my daily photo over HERE!!

Xx Jess