Still no darn digital camera,hence no recent photos..

Just felt like putting a couple of not-too-old-photos on here,a couple of my favorites.

Whoa!

Jasper is really trying to talk now...He likes giving us his toy phone and we have to talk into it as he holds his hand to his ear and 'talks' too,copying us.Very cute.Funny thing is,when he has the toy phone he holds it behind his head(?) and talks.
Also,whenever he falls over he will say in very serious tones:"Whoa"Hilarious.

Today he refused to go to sleep before 1:oop.m,so i am hoping this is a sign of things to come.I'd rather he slept in the afternoon.

Insomnia AND hairloss!

Well,Ruby is not sleeping much during the day anymore and,she never sleeps when Jasper sleeps,which is really annoying,and to be honest i am just feeling really tired at the moment...i think i need some spiralina or something!?.She is so stroppy sometimes and it is interesting because Dave seems to be the only one who can calm her..I reckon she likes being carried at lofty heights and because Day has such a LONG stride,she likes that gliding feeling..?Just a theory.

Roo is also going very rapidly BALD!

A smile to warm the heart..

Well,i dropped Jasper off to pre-school without much fuss,he did follow me to the door and when i looked back he did look very confused,which made me feel sad.He just looked so small all of a sudden...people see this boy who is big for his age and forget he is only 15 months old!.As i drove away i felt a strong urge to turn around and go get him but,alas,this is all part of 'it'...this growing up stuff.He is so much happier now he's at pre-school tho..
Anyway,when i picked him up he was sitting in a highchair and when he spotted me he gave the most beautiful smile and put his arms up for a cuddle and it kind of made my day..he does miss me afterall!!.

Ruby is on antibiotics to clear a sticky right eye,it has not just cleared up by itself like the midwife and plunket nurse said it would.It already looks better.She has just had her 3 month imunisations,she had a full on strop in the waiting room after.20 minutes after her injections and she was still howling and i was cringing in the corner!!.Next week we must subject her to yet more 'torture' when she has her first meningitis shots...yikes.

By the way,Jassie takes one look at the photo shop and starts crying,so we still have no passport photo.

Getting organised

Seems the whole whanau is on the move at the moment,now Dave's other sis,Heather and her hubby Craig,are about to move to capetown..not to mention my mum,who is moving back to NZ next year...permanently.Yey!Pity,now that we are moving to PERTH!!
Speaking of which,we had the RIDICULOUS task of getting both kids passport photos done the other day.WHAT a pain!!,after an hour we had managed to get Roo's done but not Jaspers,he was very patient...for five minutes..but after being told to straighten his head this way,dont smile,dont open your mouth,(he is 15 months old for goodness sake!),he lost it!.Anyway,now i have the unenviable task of taking him back to the photo shop today to try again.Wish me luck everyone.
Perth is looming close now and we have ALOT to organise before we can get too excited...yikes.

It was mine and davies' 4th wedding anniversary on saturday,can you believe it!.So we went for a lovely lunch out at Akaroa winerys,tryed some of the local chardonay and had a delicious pene pasta and smoked salmon dish,Yum!.

Jasper's second vist to pre-school

Jasper was back at pre-school today,from 9 to 12 this morning.He hasn't been since his first vist 2 weeks ago...not thru lack of trying believe me!.The admin staff don't know what's happening half the time,one minute jas is booked in and now he's back on the casual list again!?.That's the problem when you have only one pre-school to choose from.It's incredibly frustrating and not fair on jas OR me,he needs consistency,not come next week and not the next..Aaaarrrrg!!!
Anyway,enough ranting.Jasper absolutely loved it..he did not blink an eye when i left nor when i returned,thats good,i guess?..mind you,he probarbly presumes its a one time kind of a deal.According to the head teacher he coped really well,he had a bit of a fall outside but i was so pleased when i heard he had played in the sandpit as he enjoys digging and stuff,apparently was not so keen to climb on the big climbing boxes they have.But he was confident and sociable and had a blast basically..what every parent wants to hear.He was VERY tired when i picked him up tho.
I must admit it was very strange leaving him and not seeing him in his carseat and the house was eerily silent.I was very ready to go and pick him up!!
I forgot to take a photo,oh bummer!

An update on the kids..

The plunket nurse came yesterday to take both kids measurements and so on...
Ruby is now 6.92kg and 60cm tall.Jasper is 13.5kg and 82.5cm!!Wow,i am so proud of my beautiful kids and so VERY grateful for their good health.

We gave the children a bath together the other night.Alot of fun.Jasper is very accepting of his sister now..he was very good with her in the bath,more curious than anything.
Ruby LOVES the bath,but it is a mission taking her out as she just loses it and screams the house down with her protests!

Just rambling...

Jasper likes his fruit i'm pleased to say...especially banana,manderines and pears.Atleast he's getting some nutrients from this as he will spit veges out.Mr fussy pants,our boy.
I've got a couple of golden kiwi fruit today,so will see how he goes on these.

Going out shopping for birthday presents and house warming gifts this afternoon..Auntie Fi has just moved in to her new flat here in cromwell and,Uncle G+Auntie J+ kids are settling in to their house in Otane.I must say,it is great and importent for our kids to have some family close by.(Fifi)

Evil kanieval,eat my dust!

Jasper has discovered what fun it is to climb!!,Oh what "fun"!...I have a mini heart attack everytime he stands on his ride-on (look at me mum"no arms"!) or when he teetoes on the edge of the outside steps.He actually likes stepping off into thin air,fortunately he hasn't hurt himself yet!?.I don't want to be a mum that fusses and clucks over him,he has to experience things...even if they do include a bruise or two.

Ruby is only waking up once a night now.I definately function better now i am getting more sleep.Our little girl spends her days charming everyone with her coos,and more recently squeals,and her big smiles.
I keep hinting to her to grow eyebrows...'cause she looks a little funny...big blue eyes and no eyebrows(they are very fair!!.)

Winter in Central

Took the kids for a walk this afternoon out at Bannockburn inlet,it was another freezing day with low fog..so i had to get out of the house!.Unfortunately my little 3-wheeler buggy and 2 children was a bit tricky to get up steep hills..

We have finally put our digital camera in for repair.Such a shame we can't share with you all the pics we took yesterday of the hoar frost in Alexandra. It was spectacular, all the trees were white, it looked more like snow than frost... soooo cold! Bought a little happy-snappy throw-away camera, could'nt pass up the chance to take a few pics, thay turned out pretty good considering.

A bit from Dave - Darn cold at the moment, the maximum yesterday was minus one, yes, thats right, the MAXIMUM. All the small dams on the way to work are frozen over, even one of the small streams flowing down the Pisa Mountains is frozen, one of the guys has to drive over in his land-rover to break the ice every morning , a normal little car is too light! Working outdoors in this ... not so much fun! Alas, still no snow!

Queenstown Winter Festival

What a lovely relaxing day i've had,i got a sleep-in and then did only pleasant things the rest of the day...like giving Ruby a warm bath,with a drop of lavender oil,followed by a baby massage..which she loves,and it helped 'unclog' her so to speak,and she was a happy and sleepy bub afterwards and i enjoyed breathing in the lavender scent of her hair!
I did a little baking and even got to read a book for half an hour...bliss.

It sure makes a change after yesterday..we took Jasper to see the parade in Queenstown,as part of the annual winter festival.Well,it was abit ambitious on our part i think ,taking two very young children all that way,we were stressed before we even left...just getting every thing into the car,you have to be SO organized with 2 kids,it's unbelievable!...then we had to find a carpark in queenstown.."fun"..NOT!

The weather was good and the parade was top-notch,especially the Narnia float that the wee kidlets from the primary school were on.I got sprayed in the EARHOLE by some 'clever' idiot with a water gun,who was on the starwars float...i must say,the imperial soldiers(?) were very cool,they marched by with their guns..very impressive.
Jasper was a bit young to get it really.Ruby ofcourse was totally oblivous,she was so EASY..just woke up once in the whole day,to down a bottle,give a cute little smile,and gurgle and then it was straight back to sleep thankyou very much!
Dave and i enjoyed a hot choclate with chilli from patagonia chocolate store and stood admiring the views on the waterfront...nice.

Got home around 4o'clock,too nackered to give the kids a bath..had pizza for tea.

But today was perfect.

gotta' go,Merecat manor is on...is anybody else hooked on this programe?...poor tosca!

First Day

Jasper had a fun first vist to pre-school.He was into everything!,it was like christmas for jas!All new toys to chuck around,(he emptied a big box of cars in two-seconds flat!),big kids to run around after and annoy,little kids to bonk on the head-yikes!,it was lovely to watch(i stayed for his first vist)Ofcourse he did not want to leave...but did not put up too much of a fuss.

Jas has picked up some quirky new habits off his dad and i.eg If you spin around you will get dizzy+ fall over(I pick him up alot under the arms and spin him FAST),and,If youwave the T.V remote in the air + in the general direction of theT.V,it will turn the television on.

Anyway i better go,i have a stack of housework to do and Ruby has just woken and is bawling for a bottle.

Just the two of us...

We left the kids with auntie Fi last night.We went to see a movie in Queenstown.But first we had a couple drinks at a cute little bar next door to the cinema,called Old Man Rock,sat next to the beautiful schist fireplace-i want the same fireplace in the house i plan to have built one day!...It was a freezing cold night,so we skipped the stroll around the waterfront and went straight to the cinema.We saw the breakup-that jennifer anniston one.We both really enjoyed it...though dont you think that jenn's choice of film is abit ironical after her split with Brad?!!..but i'm not one to gossip.
It was so great to get out and just have adult time again.We chatted for ages over our grande' latte's at Starbucks...on one of those comfy couches.I sat with my best friend and we chatted about our life now,about our gorgeous kids..this,as we watched all the styly 20 something year olds all around us.Yeah,i felt abit ancient to be honest,but i love how my life is so FULL now..It is filled with love and,with 2 little people who need me and it is a kind if sacrifice that i could never have dreamed possible at say,25.
Eventually we peeled our bums off the cozy couches and headed back out into the cold night,arm in arm with my lovely husband.We got home about 110'clock and i gave both my sleeping children grateful kisses.
Jasper starts preschool this week.

My time out

I have been good with my walking lately.I don't have much choice really as by 3o'clock pm me and Jasper start to get a wee bit tired of each others company,him from boredom and me from,well...boredom AND tiredness,impatience etc.We can all do with the fresh air,Jasper sits up top in his attachment seat,or the 'big boy' seat and Ruby in the bottom.She likes the fresh air too i think...we go to the park and Jasper runs around and gets rid of some of that energy!He loves it,so do i
Ruby had her plunket checkup on tuesday.She is now 58 cms and weighs in at nearlly 6 kgs.

Hello,is their anybody out there.

Hope everyones got their lights back on out there?!...For those not in the know,Auckland and surrounds and,some parts of the south island have had major powercuts.And we had a very brrr..ish cold front hit the country that dumped heaps of snow in the south...I so wanted to be in canterbury as they got up to 50 centermetres of snow,how 'cool' is that...sadly,cromwell got barely any of the white stuff..bummer.I'd love to build a snowman with jasper(snowPERSON for those Polictically correct out there),but it was not to be...ok,enough of the weather rundown now.
Not much else happening really,the kids are great.Ruby still has all her hair..Yey!!

Well,our son has 2 new words"What?"and"NO"...seriously,this is what he said to me the other morning when i asked him to get out from behind the TV (his favorite place to hide)
He is getting very bored with mine and Rubys' company i'm afraid and,the time has come to put him into daycare..not full time or anything,just a couple mornings a week.I know he will absoulutely love it as he will love the other kids and it will challenge him.He has been enrolled for ages but,being a small town with only one daycare for his age(the others are 2 years +),the waiting list is LONG!..I am looking forward to the conveniences of a city for awhile...we are still shifting out of cromwell at the end of the year.The weather is flippin'freezing and it is very depressing not being able to get out with the babies as much as i'd like to..boohoo for me.
Ruby is lovely,very fussy,but settling in to more of a routine now...well,kind of.She started smiling not all that long ago,but she is also quite a serious little thing...funny how they come out and have their own quirky ways right from the beginning.She is quite chatty too,cooing and stuff..Jasper didnt at this stage so much and yet,he did smile alot more,still does.Anyway,i'm rambling now.
BIG well wishes to my big brother and family who have found their own little(or not so little..)slice of paradise in the sunny hawkes bay.We WILL be visiting soon!!

WHO ate all the....SOAP?!!?

Yes,it's true.Our son takes great big bites out of our bars of soap..Yuk!.Dam,that was gonna' be a punishment tool for when he is older(just kidding!).How can he honestly like the taste of soap?..he thankfully has improved on eating real food though,even VEGES if we discuise them enough,he's quite fond of tuna and mash and anything with chicken at the mo.He is not so keen on red meat.It's so stress free now tho..yey.
By the way,Jasper has learnt the word "NO"...ah-oh,we better watch what we say around him from now on.

The last of the autumn leaves

With one very bored toddler driving us nuts,we decided to bundle the kids up in layers of warm clothes and head out into the big outdoors...we walked to the local park.Jasper was not the only one happy to get some fresh air,we all enjoyed the walk.Winter is well and truly on the way...Brrr!

Ruby at 1 month old

Jaspers' first painting

Look at all my beautiful teeth! I have another coming thru on the bottom right,can you spot it?..

Today i did my very first painting,I think i liked it?..it was wet and slippery but i liked running my hands through it,i thought it might be nice to have a little taste but it didnt taste as good as it looked...I think mummy was more excited than i was about the whole thing!