Day 365 - New Years Eve

We finally headed down to the coast today, after waiting all week for the clinic to open so that they could run my bloods and confirm the pregnancy. While I was in Coles, along with every other person in Ulladulla grabbing us some groceries for today and tomorrow, Amelia called to give me the good news. It was pretty exciting to have the numbers confirm what we already knew, although I would have preferred to have been somewhere I could have written the numbers down.

We went to the little show that they put on down here every year, and managed to get there early enough that Maddie didn't have to wait for anything. We did contemplate going back down for the fireworks but we were all exhausted. Another New Years Eve that I didn't make it until 12, Nathan's phone did wake me though when he started to get messages and phone calls. I must teach him to put it on silent when he is going to fall asleep.

28/12 - Masters Flooring

I suppose it is time for us to start looking at making some serious decisions about the extension seeing as it needs to be finished in about 4 months. The problem is, making decisions like this sucks as if you hate it you are stuck with it. I am loving the prices of this Laminate Flooring that Masters has, and I think that I like the colour, but then I looked at the flooring that's about five times the price and it looks so much nicer. I guess we better not rush these things, we will make a decision in another few months..... maybe.

27/12 - Trip To Bega

Nathan loves to take dirt roads instead of the main ones, but today, he actually had no choice, as this is the road you take to get to Matt and Peta's new block of land in Bemboka. The weather was amazing down there today, so it seems everyone on earth congregated on Merimbula for lunch. I can not believe how crazy it was in town, it took about 40 minutes to get our fish and chips order, and we had to sit in the sun, as there was only the one umbrella'd table for all of the seats. Maddie's sense of direction is awesome these days, Nathan took her to an out of the way bathroom before lunch, and then after lunch she took me back there with no hesitation on the way to go. Hopefully she inherits my sense of direction and not her fathers.

26/12 - Swimming

Another hot day today, so Nathan took Maddie swimming at Mums. Maddie loves the water, and prefers to attempt to swim without any floatation devices so an adult has to be pretty much ready to grab her all the time. Luckily today Nathan was close enough to catch Maddie when she decided to launch herself off the step in the biggest jump she could manage.

On another secret note, today we found out that I am pregnant after 2 years of trying, 1 miscarriage and 4 months of fertility treatment. Hopefully this one sticks and goes smoothly.

25/12 - Christmas

Christmas dinner at Mum and Geoff's today, and it was awesome, although I am sure that I ate way too much. Maddie loved almost all the food and had an awesome time playing Bocce with all of the grown up kids and even convinced Uncle Adam to take her for a swim. I think he is her new favourite person now as he did everything she told him to. The dress Mum knocked together in all her spare time at the last minute was a little short, but Maddie thought it was super special and loved it.

The pink Kitchen that Santa delivered went over pretty well, and Maddie told everyone who asked about it that it was made from her dummies that she sent to Santa. It was an awesome day, made a whole lot more awesome by Maddie's awareness of Christmas this year.

24/12/13 - Christmas Eve

How is it Christmas Eve already? I can not believe how fast the year has gone and how much Maddie has grown this year. Tonight we hung Santa's key, and sprinkled the Reindeer food that the Morgan's sent up for Maddie. Then Nathan and Maddie planted some Candy Cane seeds which magically grew overnight.
Santa left Maddie a Merry Christmas message with the chalk that she left out for him, when he delivered Maddie's present, which shockingly was delivered in flat pack form. What do Santa's elves do all year? Nathan and I spent more than 3 hours assembling the present from Santa so when we finally got to go to bed we were over tired and cranky. I hope Maddie appreciates all the hard work in making the present, I suspect Santa will get all the credit though.

23/12 - Fixed

After this popped up on our washing machine the day before we headed to Sydney for the weekend I was stressed! Thankfully they were able to get someone out to repair the washing machine before Christmas but it cost over $300 and that was just for a new computer to go on the top of it. Oh well, at least it is fixed and I wont be running up to Dad's to wash all the time. Thank you Dad for moving into town and letting us use your machine last week!

22/12 - Busy

Today was a very busy day, with us having Christmas lunch with Gail where Maddie was spoilt rotten, and I do mean spoilt, before we headed over to Wollongong to pop in to see Auntie Dianne and then over to the Sea Cliff Bridge to have a look. From everything that I had seen and heard about the bridge I was expecting it to be a lot cooler than what it is. Yes architecturally, its pretty impressive, but I expected it to go over the ocean more, I don't know why, seeing as I knew that it hugged the cliffs. I guess that't just a strange idea that I had in my head, so I was disappointed when we got there.

I wonder when Maddie will learn that she doesn't have to do a spectacular pose for every photo that we take. I didn't get one shot of her out on the bridge that isn't some kind of pose.

5/12 - Science Time

Volcano day at Science Time today, which Maddie absolutely loved, especially when she got to make her own eruption with bicarb soda and vinegar that they had coloured red to make it look more lava like.
Maddie has a keen interest in x-rays at the moment, and every chance she gets she has a look at one, so she was pleased to get to go into Mini-Q for a play before class today. Hopefully her interest in x-rays leads to her working in the science field when she grows up and not us spending hours at the hospital regularly having her x-rayed for injuries.

4/12 - Boring!

Today I spent way too much time looking at Insulation to buy for when the plaster goes up for the ceilings. I don't envy the guys putting this stuff in, the walls were bad enough but lifting it continually over your head has got to make you even itchier than what we were doing the wall cavities. Hopefully all of the plaster will be up before Christmas so Nathan can use his time off to get a few things on this extension finished. I cant believe that the only photo today is a screen shot of insulation, talk about a boring day.

3/12 - I WON!

I have become a little addicted to Facebook competitions recently, and finally after months of trying I won a hair clip. The brown clip on the left is my prize which Maddie was pretty pleased to take possession of, and the other clips were just too cute to resist.

We spent the awesome day out at the zoo today for Mum's and Cubs and Maddie got to feed an emu as well as Hummer the Giraffe who I think is her favourite animal at the Zoo. I love the summer, its so nice and warm outside its a shame to have to go inside some days.

2/12 - Christmas Lights

We finally put up some Christmas lights this year, after I pestered for years about getting them, thank you Nathan for hanging the ones that I couldn't. They are so cool, I loved turning them on for the first time last night. I really need to learn how to use the camera a lot better especially of a night time so I can take some better pictures for my blog and because I love night time photos.. Maybe a birthday present - hint hint.

1/12 - Santa

When we pulled into the car park at Majura Park today the radio was telling people that Santa was in the centre this weekend for photo's and of course Maddie heard. That meant our quick dash into BigW and Woolies to get supplies for tonight's lighting up the house BBQ became a much longer trip. I cant say I love her shoe and dress combination that she has going on today, but she was happy with how she looked.

I can not believe how excited Maddie was to see and interact with Santa this year, such a change from the past years we have visited.