Winter at our house

We have gotten over our winter colds and are spending this chilly winter mostly indoors. We're still nesting and have a bit more to do before baby arrives. I have almost finished the quilt (my first) for my little man. It has taken so long and it was in storage for awhile when we moved back to Sydney, so I feel like it is a huge achievement getting it completed!

My thrifted pinch teapot and African violets.

In the garden with the little man.

The japanese maple losing it's leaves.

Inspiration for a picnic wedding

My sister is getting married in August and the wedding planning is ramping up. Here are some inspiration photos we have collected of similar wedding ideas. The colours will be white and red with a bit of pink thrown in.

Decorations by

Pixieart

Cupcake from unknown source, sorry!

Forks for a picnic by

Liz Banfield.

We have found some bamboo cutlery online.

Bread baskets by

Nicole Davis.

Roses by

Morgan is cool

Second Pregnancy - 19 week ultrasound

I had the 19 week ultrasound a few weeks ago and I have finally got around to scanning the pictures! As far as they could tell everything is going well! Next week the new babies room should be all finished and we can move E in there and start on decorating his bedroom. I have been feeling a bit crummy of late, hubby has been away for work this week and his work has been pretty crazy lately. And we've all been sick with the first round of winter colds going around. E has been a handfull but he is a two year old so that is to be expected!

Autumn Garden

In summer it is a bit hot to hang out in our backyard too much but lately it has been cooler and lovely out there. We have got Ethan some more outdoor toys so he is loving it out the back too. Now we are looking for a little cubby house to put out there.

Our chillies have been turning red too, these ones are really spicy hot.



Our news!

We are very excited that we have another baby on the way! It is due in mid September. I haven't been too unwell morning sickness but I have a bad back already. It doesn't help that I have my little poppet to pick up and cuddle, put in the car, take out of the car and whisk out of mischief!

We have also been in a big rush to try and get our home the way we want it before the second baby arrives. That way we can focus on enjoying being a family... In the to-be-babies room there is a pull down wall bed, which we don't use, so I need to sell that on Gumtree (like Craigslist) and paint the room in some nice light and bright colours. At the moment it is submarine grey in there - which is not lovely. We have been doing lots of weed removal in the garden and painting inside among other things. I purchased some vegetable seeds yesterday and we have a new compost bin. The plan is to make a start on a vegetable garden...

Picnic at the beach

On the weekend we visited a friend who lives near the beach, we had a picnic in a little cove. I just love finding fun things in nature like these red and black

Waratah anemones!

There were also lots of little schools of fish, if you were fast enough you could catch them with your cupped hands.

In the garden



These native violets I planted in the front yard when we moved in, they are flowering like crazy now. I'm hoping that soon we will have carpets of these between the other plants. I think I will move the ones in the pot to the back garden and plant my strawberries in the pot. These plants love a bit of precipitation, they go a bit nuts after the rain, but they also do ok when it is dry. I love them.

Quiet week

With the change in weather now that Autumn has arrived, the little one and I have been sick this week. So this photo makes me remember this week with E, cosy indoors with the occasional venture outside.

Paris 2007


I want to live here!


The final photo I posted because it is a little joke. Hubby took the photo because he thinks "Baby on Board" signs are hilarious, particularly in French... but the funny thing for me, is that I am in the background and little did we know that I had a baby on board...