A whirlwind tour

Well,it was always going to be a busy weekend away and,it certainly didnt disapoint.There were drama's;(Jasper's first night at poppa's,he screamed and screamed,from pure exhaustion),Celebration;(My niece,Isabella's,1st birthday and,my good friend,Shanley's,wedding to her man,Jon),Lots of laughter;(watching Jasper with his cousin,Izzie,as they ate birthday cake,pikelets and their favorite,iceblocks.By the end they were both covered in food from head to toe!); a few tears,(the wedding again-happy tears ofcourse!),which was followed by much partying.Her wedding marked our first time out properly without baby,since he was born-ridiculous but true!.And we had a blast!.And have vowed to have atleast 1-night out a week to ourselves from now on..
It was first introductions for Jasper to his Great-gran,tho Jasper was more interested in Gran's pretty green beads around her neck than posing for photos,but my nana-always the lady-managed to hold my stocky little boy down long enough to get a winning snapshot.While we could have stayed on all day,lazily gazing on the fantastic views of Auckland harbour from my grandmothers front windows,we said our goodbyes and took our son down to the beach at Maratai.We took shade under the wharf from the heat and Jasper sat in the water in all his clothes.He loved it.Once we had wiped his sand-covered little bottom down,we headed round the beautiful Pohutakawa coast and inland to clevedon,to vist auntie Shanley.A quick stop.As then we had to had the birthday party to get to,Jasper's first proper kiddies party.By the time we got back to poppa's and Gran's house,we were exhausted.Jasper slept the whole night thru!.We didnt even get a chance to put him in the bath,to wash off all the sticky iceblock,cake,sand and dirt.
Jasper was in heaven at the party because all the toys(just about) had wheels on and our boy is mad on anything with wheels at the moment,he and Isabella,with her pink tutu on and stripy tights,were both going for the green toy tractor at one stage.They also both were fixated with a sour little lemon they found on the ground and both littlies insisted on chewing on it!?.They were a cute pair.
The wedding was the grand finale to an incredibly hectic weekend..
The flight home was beautiful.We had views of the entire west coast as we flew down country.It was such good weather that,when we flew over the southern alps,the pilot dropped us down to 6,ooo feet above Tasman glacier,with Mt Cook to our right,it was such a highlight and end to a great weekend.Jasper's first time flying and he was good as gold..
Nice to get home to our sleepy little town of Cromwell and collapse.Is it me or does Auckland just seem to get bigger and dirtier?.Or have i just been away too long??.Give me the golden spaces of central otago anyday!.

Now,we wait for baby number 2 to arrive.While in Auckland we brought a lovely sunshine yellow outfit for our baby girl.And we have 2 bags full of bright yellow,pink and green girls clothes and i keep looking at the tiny outfits and smiling to myself,soon she will be in my arms.Yey..
Jasper's new 'word'is "Nun-nun"("No")and he uses it when you try to dress him (He's always HATED getting dressed),or even so much as go near him with a clean nappy,or when it's time for bed,or food..well,you get the idea.