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

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

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

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

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

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

RIP Grand maman Trudy

Yesterday we recieved the sad news that my Grand maman Trudy passed away with my dad and uncle by her side.

We heard that she was unwell, but had no idea it was this bad. The doctor did tell my dad to hurry and get over to Switzerland asap, but it was still hard to believe. Im just so grateful that my dad made it in time and that they got to see eachother.
I just wish we could of all been there and that she could of met Liberty. But I know that she is in heaven (with Grandpapa and Uncle Etienne) now and will be able to watch Liberty grow up from above.

Here is a photo of her only 2 weeks ago, full of health. It happened very quickly.

And here is the last time I got to be with Grand maman Trudy (i've always kept in contact with lots of letters and a few phone calls throughout the years). August 2004. Court, Switzerland.

I love you Grand maman Trudy, you will always be in my heart...

Liberty and my cat...

Hi everyone!

Here is a little video of Liberty playing with my cat Ruby up in Katoomba yesterday...

Click HERE to view it!

Xx Jess

Our little water baby!

I love summer, Matt loves summer and its now confirmed.... Libby also loves summer!! We are making the most of this beautiful weather and spending most of it by the water or... in the water!!

Here are some photos of Liberty (and us) this month enjoying herself here in Narrabeen...

XxJess

7 months...

Hi everyone!!

I'm so happy! I've managed to keep up my photo a day for 2009 for over a week now!! You can see my photos on MY Flickr account.

Liberty is now 7 months old and is more fun than ever!! She is growing so fast! I thought I would doccument some of her little milestones that she's up to at the moment...

• is crawling like a pro, and getting into everything!!
• can pull herself up to stand against objects now!
• sits without any assistance at all now, no longer need to surround her with pillows!
• can go from crawling to sitting and then back to crawling again with ease
• eats 3 solid meals and 5 breastfeeds a day
• loves drinking water from her sippy cup
• is now forward facing in her carseat
• no longer sleeping wrapped up like a sausage. She is now sleeping in a sleeping bag
• we've had to lower her cot seeing as she can now pull herself up on things
• loves playing in water wether it be the bath, rock pools or the ocean, no matter what the water temperature is, she loves it!!
• she grunts and fake coughs to get our attention
• she loves everyone
• she is sometimes clingy now, and if tired doesn't want to be left alone
• starting to give cuddles, well at least thats what i like to think!!

Here are some photos of her so far this month...
Xx Jess

I also have a video of her which you can see by clicking HERE.