Grand Final Day #1 2010
We had a fun Grand Final Day at our great friends’ house, Ben and Jill. No comment will be made in this post about the actual footy game that the nation witnessed today. We are yet to decide if we will be celebrating another Grand Final Day next weekend… Two Ben10 fans, Hurricane Harry and […]
10 days to go
Ahhhh… the final days of this pregnancy are here. And I will admit that I am counting down, now that we have a date. The induction date is booked for 37+ weeks. I am being induced because of my antibodies; once the baby is mature it can be delivered and thus avoid potential problems due […]
Mizouri
When I was little I had a gorgeous chimpanzee puppet, which I named Mizouri after the chimpanzee that was born in the Melbourne Zoo at the time. I adored him. I am still unpacking boxes after moving into this house over 6 months ago. When I found Mizouri at the bottom of a box that […]
The park
On an almost-warm sunny day in the beginning of spring, this little family went to the playground. And it is worth blogging about because we had fun. We had a picnic lunch by the Huon River Georgia was pretty in pink (as per usual) Sister and brother ran around in the playground together Mum sat […]
Twelve months ago…
I have been flicking through our photo library, which is quite extensive, with nearly 29,000 photos. On this day last year, we were holidaying in Orford. We went to the beach… We got locked out of our holiday house… We made daisy chains on a picnic… We baked muffins… And we did some scrapbooking… That […]
Echidna!
A gorgeous creature! On looking out of the window last week, I noticed a stocky creature waddling across our front yard. [Okay, insert joke about waddling pregnant woman here. No, it was not me.] At first I thought it was a wombat. A small wombat out during the day nonetheless. On closer inspection, as I […]
Crochet pram blanket
Pram blanket/rug Using a 10-ply yarn (I used Cupcake from Spotlight), ch 69. Each row is 1 htr in each ch/htr, remembering to make 2 turning ch at the end of each row. You can change colours every 2 rows (cut off ends and secure later) or crochet in one colour, or two (you could […]
a month to go…
Baby: The baby is doing very well. The doctors have pretty much ruled out anaemia now and I only have one more scan before D-Day. Or should I say B-Day! Ultrasound shows the baby has lovely chunky thighs. We got some excellent views of the baby ‘breathing,’ and it is comforting to know that if […]
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