Floods January 2011

I was in two minds about this post.

It must be done...what my family...my MUM has gone through is just unbelievable...

Looking at the pictures I am still in shock!!

This is the start of my Mum's street...

The front of Mum's house...

The back of the house...

Once the water had receded...

The lounge room...

The dining room...

This is the photo that gets me every time...

After the house had been cleaned and guttered...

Our Bubba boy and his cloth bum sums up our family after surviving this disaster!

Fiji and A

Aidan made some (= a million!) new friends!

This guy was crazy!

We were worried this one was going to kidnap him!

This was his baby sitter.

I do not know how she got the flower there but it stayed for about an hour!

Aidan was held by so many people!
It didn't matter if he was strapped to J or asleep!
They wanted to hold him, pinch him and squeeze him.
Thankfully no tears were shed however no matter how hard they tried he very rarely cracked a smile!
Not that it mattered, they were happy to see the big white boy!

Fiji and J

Its all about the gardens...

And Bunnings ;)xox

Fiji and Me.

There was only one logical thing to do in Fiji...

And then for something different, have your photo taken with 'man in skirt'

Happy First Birthday Bubba Boy!!

We celebrated Aidan's first birthday before we went on holidays.

We enjoyed his cake!

He mashed it up, had a taste and threw it on the floor then happily ate a banana.

A little unsure of the Buzz couch!

Aidan celebrated the day in Fiji.
We went out to dinner where he had cake and the restaurant staff sang happy birthday.

He isn't too good with people being loud and making a big song and dance but thankfully he didn't cry.
Phew...!

Rain Rain Rain!

Cabin fever....awesome!

This was pretty much Christmas Day at our place!

We did head out on Boxing Day...we needed to get out of the house.
On the way home a roadblock was being set up to close off one of the bridges we cross.

The boys quite clearly over it!

We did some rearranging and moved some play equipment inside.
I think Aidan had more fun during the clean and construction!

Cake!

I got a number 1 cake tin the other day so I can make Aidan's first birthday cake.

It was a lot bigger then what I was expecting so I thought a practice cake was a good idea...

What a good wifey I am!

Sunday Fun!

The wet weather has been driving me up the wall and Aidan has hardly had any outside time.
I was hoping for a nice sunny day as we were off to the Markets and to Cyclone Sunday.

Too many clouds and no sun....grrr!

After the markets we went and had a coffee....
and Ahem, yes Aidan had his first babycino!
(Yes Daddy, you read that right ;)

Not happy...I want more!!

After the markets we went to the strand and the clouds were getting worse and the wind was picking up.

I was so hopeful!

I really wanted to stay at the strand longer because only my favourite radio station in the world were broadcasting there from 10am.

Aidan was getting antsy just sitting in the pram and he couldn't go down on the ground for a crawl because it was wet.

He had fun looking around and he got a balloon!
This is a big step for me...kids and balloons are a huge FEAR...

Loaded up with all of his goodies :)

A big day out and ready for bed.

Fluffy Butt

Today we did cloth....all day.

And we're going for the night as well!

This is one of the nappies and the boosters that can be added.

Aidan doesn't have all of the boosters in during the day because he gets changed regularly...however they are in for the night
Hello Man sized wee!
Lets hope he wakes up dry!!

No more photos Mum!!

Getting ready for bed!

Even with all the layers his big butt still fits into his jimjams.

We seem to have a bit of an animal print happening.
It didn't happen on purpose...I am waiting for some new prints...soon!

I'm selling my bike....

If I blog about it then I have to commit right?

I love my bike but since my car accident I haven't been able to ride it much.

So it is for sale :(

On the bright side I will be getting a mountain bike which will be easier on my back and more family friendly.