Daybook!! (I know it isn't Monday)

Outside My Window...Winter has well and truly settled in around here. Grey skies, bare trees, green grass...the backyard is scattered with very wet and neglected children's furniture and my driveway is a quagmire.

I am thinking...how stupid I am for not checking my appointments closer...It's embarrassing turning up to an appointment when you don't have one!

I am thankful for...An abatement in morning sickness. Which means slightly less exhausted and sometimes not feeling nauseous. Having said that however, I did throw up last night...will it ever end?

From the kitchen...Ugh mess...don't even want to contemplate it.

I am wearing...Maternity pants already...just too uncomfortable in anything else.

I am creating...Still working on that "girls" room. The wall is painted. It's purple...it was supposed to be pink. Obviously my colour sense isn't working either. I have a sticker to go up, just waiting for the paint to cure a bit more...might even do that later today.

I am going...To drag the girls up to Spotlight later...C needs a single bed doona and doona cover.

I am reading...Umm! Just what I'm writing now.

I am hoping...I can get through this week without having a nervous breakdown. Mr Pixies is working his day off Wednesday so he can go to a tournament all weekend. So he's basically 9 to 5:30 from yesterday until next Wednesday. Not to mention the cricket grand final that he had last night. Fun fun fun!

I am hearing...Mummy. Over and over and over again like a broken record.

Around the house...The cat litter is screaming to be changed...I can't do it obviously!! The stench obviously isn't affecting the male of the house as much as it is me. Subtle hints are no longer enough...It will be changed tonight! 

One of my favourite things...Certainly not daughter number one telling complete strangers our full names and address. Even though everyone seems to think this is the cutest thing ever!

A few plans for the rest of the week...Sleep, eat, shower, change nappies, prepare meals, function.

A photo to share...

blog neglect, a serious lack of photos, and the return of the daybook...

the last few months have been a mighty struggle for me.

I've been tired, sick, unmotivated and a bit of a hermit.

I haven't blogged regularly.

Looking through my photos folders from March, April, May and June leaves me feeling very sad that I haven't picked up the camera more regularly.

It's all for a good cause, however.

I have embarked on a new project.

A project that will come to fruition in the middle of January 2011.

Of course most people that read my blog already know what I'm talking about, but for those who don't...here is a photo of the works in progress.

14 weeks tomorrow and starting to feel much better now.

Oh my! I have been so much sicker with this one.

Unable to function, so so tired.

My house, which I was just starting to get in order, is now in disarray again *sigh*

Bring on the nesting!! Please.

Remember this post? I said that we wouldn't be trying for a baby until C was nearer to 2.. and how I said that I wish pregnancy would just HAPPEN, without all the angst of fertility drugs?

Well it sort of worked out that way...

I was on Metformin in an effort to prepare my body for pregnancy down the track (say in 3 or 4 months time). It certainly wasn't supposed to happen so quickly. It was certainly a bit of a shock...a very pleasant one.

So that's my excuse for blog neglect and lack of photos...Will my feeling better (not 100% yet, but haven't thrown up in 4 or 5 days...YAY!) herald the return of the regular Daybook?

I'm not sure about that one yet, but at least I can openly publish information I had to previously hold back.

As for the photo mojo...I'm hoping that returns some time soon...PLEASE!

I did manage to drag my sorry butt out of the house to take part in a family/maternity shoot for Celeste. I shot, she edited (I did suffer some anxiety over that situation, It's very strange not to be able to review the photos you have taken immediately after a shoot...I'm grateful she posted some on her blog so quickly)...I wasn't on top of my game, but I hope I got some good shots. It was freezing here...It may have been 7 degrees, but I think the wind chill factor was -1. They were absolute troopers. Thank goodness they all know what to do in front of the camera.

So, that's what been happening here over the past 3 months...

I hope to blog much more regularly....

After I get the house work under control of course (hehehe)

How Cold...

Was it this morning?

(-3C apparently)

Cold enough to freeze the water in the kids plastic stairs that are lying on the ground.

Cold enough for there to be a layer of frost on everything...

Too cold for Miss C to be awake at 6 o'clock!

I didn't make my way outside to take these until almost 8:30, so I hate to imagine how cold it was prior to that...this isn't a normal occurrence around here. Snow in winter is a rarity. (Although we did get snow in November when S was 17 months old.)

It has been almost impossible for us to keep warm these last few days without sitting in the heater. The clothes dryer doesn't even want to work...too cold.

From this freezing cold morning the day turned into lovely clear blue skies and we decided to brave the cold and get out of the house...

I didn't end up getting my shopping done...but who cares when you can go run around in a field and swing on the swings...even if it is freezing cold and you can only stay out in it for half an hour.

It was nice to see the sunshine.

Happy Birthday...

It was a very Toy Story Birthday when this one turned 4 on Saturday.

 

She received a talking Woody, a reversible dress up of Buzz and Woody, a Jessie figurine, a Spud Lightyear Mr Potato Head and a Toy Story book. She's a little obsessed. I think I've sat through Toy Story 1 and 2 about 10 times in the past week. Debating whether to take her to the new movie...don't think she'll sit still through the movie in it's entirety.

Mr Pixies and I bought the munchkin a camera...I think she's taken about 600 photos by now. Granted, most of them are of the floor or the wall or nothing or ridiculously overexposed. The idea is to get her accustomed to a camera and the responsibility it entails. She's already gone through one lot of batteries...YIKES!!

We also bought matching single beds to go in her bedroom, which hopefully she will soon be sharing with her sister...we need to paint and get it looking pretty first...and then convince the co-sleeping, breastfeeding Velcro kid to move in...REALLY need good luck vibes for that one.

Happy 4th Birthday Princess

(it's strange to type that when I can see the photo of her dressed as Buzz and Woody!!!)

I'm Still Here....

This cheeky little one is now 18 Months Old!! (It's been so long since I blogged that she is now closer to 19 Months!!! but anyway!).

At 18 months she is

• Cheekier than ever.
• Can say Mummy, Daddy, Puppy, Kitty, Up, Charlotte (that's pretty impressive that one), and alot of gobbeldy gook that no one but she can understand.
• Is STILL sleeping in our bed and Still NOT sleeping through the night.
• Is still breastfeeding
• Has used the potty to do wees, 3 times now.
• Has had a ridiculous amount of snot pouring out of her nose.
• Is very independant.
• Likes to help get herself dressed....especially socks and shoes.
• Still doesn't yet weigh 9 kilos...she's a tiny tich.
• Still fits into alot of size O clothing.
• Loves to pick her big sister up from Kinder.
• Climbs on everything.
• Feeds herself almost everthing.
• Is an absolute sweetheart.
• AND an absolute Drama Queen.
• She tests my patience every single day but I wouldn't have it any other way.