Monday, 26 December 2011
My Blog Photo
Just realised that my blog photo must be 3 1/2 years old, considering Angus is almost 4! And there is a new member of the family. Another New Years Resolution: update Blog photo!
My Three Sons and Christmas has Been and Gone!!
I started writing this blog a month ago, hmmmmm. I've included the section I started writing to prove it, but instead of 4 weeks, Harry turns 8 weeks tomorrow and we have just celebrated Christmas.
Here we go:
I'm sitting here feeding Harry, my almost 4 week old. I'm completely addicted to my smartphone; being able to sit here and play on Facebook, check my emails or do a bit of online shopping or write on my blog while breastfeeding makes the time pass so much quicker, and I had forgotten how much time you spend on the couch! The past 12 weeks (can't believe that much time has passed) have been choc-a-block. It started with unpacking boxes, on to OB appointments, through to getting Tom settled into school (one of the hardest things),then to getting Angus settled into Daycare, followed by getting the nursery set up: on and on it goes. As I said to my OB, the pregnancy was the easiest part of the move! Then on the 1/11/11 I was induced to have my beautiful baby boy, Harry James. 4 hours labour and some profanities on my part, Harry came out, I swear he smiled at me. He was 9lb 12oz and very calm and content. Just perfect. I've had the typical roller coaster over the past few months, talk about really testing my "Go with the Flow" mantra!
That was it, that was as far as I got with it, mind you I was trying to type it on my phone, which just got too tedious. All my family came over for Christmas which was wonderful. The boys love their 'big' cousins and it definitely made Christmas feel more so having people here. I think I would have felt very sad and distant if they hadn't come over. Mum, Dad and Carolyn came from Melbourne, and Sue, Pete and the kids have come from Dubai. The boys got a Trampoline from Santa and some Super Soakers, so we have had a lot of outdoors fun with our family. My boys thought soaking their 14 y.o. cousin was hilarious and they stared in amazement at Lucy and Zoe as they did flips etc. on the tramp. Big kids are sooo amazing!
We have had amazing weather and Harry is an absolute champion so I'm feeling good about the looming New Year. I have some great photos to post but I haven't downloaded them from my phone so that will be next week/month/year.....we'll see.
My two New Years Resolutions are to post once a month on my blog to really make an effort to document our time in Perth and my second is to learn to cook on the Bar-B-Que more. Yeah, I know I'm setting the bar high! Ha. But with having a new baby, I'm trying to keep things pretty straightforward. Jim is king of the Barbie (that's Grill for my US friends) in our house but I'm chief cook, so I want to try some more recipes and seeing as the weather here is awesome 90% of the time and the barbie is just out on the deck, I want to see if I can expand my cooking repertoire.
Oh and I've promised the boys to go and see Happy Feet 2 and the Chipmunks in school holidays: Fun, fun!
Oh, and I would like to get back into running, but I'm not sure when I can get that happening. I'll start with some Yoga and walking the dog and see how I'm feeling around Feb or March. There is a fun run in August that I would love to do, but I'll have to see. Jim has picked up the running baton since April (when I stopped) and he has gotten really into it. Unfortunately we won't be able to go on regular runs together, but if we both get into a regular habit, then maybe we might organise a sitter and do this fun run together. That would be cool.
The New Year is going to be one of many changes for us, but also of many new opportunities and that's always a good thing. Tom is going into Year 1 and Angus is starting Kindergarten. I'm not working for 12 months (at this stage), so I'm going back to being a mum of 1 for two days a week (while Angus is at Kinder) and have to organise stuff around school holidays. That's a new one for us.
I remember when having one baby was such a BIG deal. I"m certainly not teasing my friends who are new mums, because when you are doing it for the first time, it really is a big deal. But when I think of being home with just Harry during the day, it's going to feel like a day off! Now the negotiation on the weekend goes like this, "Well Jim, I'll take Harry if you have the boys to do jobs A, B and C." It's just so, so different to how things used to be.
I hope my Christmas cards made it this year, every year I hope to get one to you all, just to stay in touch and let you know I'm thinking of you all over the world. And although I didn't get to include a letter or much extra words about what we've been up to, I think I got them all posted. Even if it didn't get there, we were thinking of you all and hope you are well and your families are safe. My next post will definitely be in 2012, so Happy New Year to all my wonderful friends. Who knows what the next one will hold, this time last year I never would have imagined that I'd been sitting in Perth with three sons and have been through every thing we have. That's why I just gotta........go with the flow. xxooxxxooxxoo
Here we go:
I'm sitting here feeding Harry, my almost 4 week old. I'm completely addicted to my smartphone; being able to sit here and play on Facebook, check my emails or do a bit of online shopping or write on my blog while breastfeeding makes the time pass so much quicker, and I had forgotten how much time you spend on the couch! The past 12 weeks (can't believe that much time has passed) have been choc-a-block. It started with unpacking boxes, on to OB appointments, through to getting Tom settled into school (one of the hardest things),then to getting Angus settled into Daycare, followed by getting the nursery set up: on and on it goes. As I said to my OB, the pregnancy was the easiest part of the move! Then on the 1/11/11 I was induced to have my beautiful baby boy, Harry James. 4 hours labour and some profanities on my part, Harry came out, I swear he smiled at me. He was 9lb 12oz and very calm and content. Just perfect. I've had the typical roller coaster over the past few months, talk about really testing my "Go with the Flow" mantra!
That was it, that was as far as I got with it, mind you I was trying to type it on my phone, which just got too tedious. All my family came over for Christmas which was wonderful. The boys love their 'big' cousins and it definitely made Christmas feel more so having people here. I think I would have felt very sad and distant if they hadn't come over. Mum, Dad and Carolyn came from Melbourne, and Sue, Pete and the kids have come from Dubai. The boys got a Trampoline from Santa and some Super Soakers, so we have had a lot of outdoors fun with our family. My boys thought soaking their 14 y.o. cousin was hilarious and they stared in amazement at Lucy and Zoe as they did flips etc. on the tramp. Big kids are sooo amazing!
We have had amazing weather and Harry is an absolute champion so I'm feeling good about the looming New Year. I have some great photos to post but I haven't downloaded them from my phone so that will be next week/month/year.....we'll see.
My two New Years Resolutions are to post once a month on my blog to really make an effort to document our time in Perth and my second is to learn to cook on the Bar-B-Que more. Yeah, I know I'm setting the bar high! Ha. But with having a new baby, I'm trying to keep things pretty straightforward. Jim is king of the Barbie (that's Grill for my US friends) in our house but I'm chief cook, so I want to try some more recipes and seeing as the weather here is awesome 90% of the time and the barbie is just out on the deck, I want to see if I can expand my cooking repertoire.
Oh and I've promised the boys to go and see Happy Feet 2 and the Chipmunks in school holidays: Fun, fun!
Oh, and I would like to get back into running, but I'm not sure when I can get that happening. I'll start with some Yoga and walking the dog and see how I'm feeling around Feb or March. There is a fun run in August that I would love to do, but I'll have to see. Jim has picked up the running baton since April (when I stopped) and he has gotten really into it. Unfortunately we won't be able to go on regular runs together, but if we both get into a regular habit, then maybe we might organise a sitter and do this fun run together. That would be cool.
The New Year is going to be one of many changes for us, but also of many new opportunities and that's always a good thing. Tom is going into Year 1 and Angus is starting Kindergarten. I'm not working for 12 months (at this stage), so I'm going back to being a mum of 1 for two days a week (while Angus is at Kinder) and have to organise stuff around school holidays. That's a new one for us.
I remember when having one baby was such a BIG deal. I"m certainly not teasing my friends who are new mums, because when you are doing it for the first time, it really is a big deal. But when I think of being home with just Harry during the day, it's going to feel like a day off! Now the negotiation on the weekend goes like this, "Well Jim, I'll take Harry if you have the boys to do jobs A, B and C." It's just so, so different to how things used to be.
I hope my Christmas cards made it this year, every year I hope to get one to you all, just to stay in touch and let you know I'm thinking of you all over the world. And although I didn't get to include a letter or much extra words about what we've been up to, I think I got them all posted. Even if it didn't get there, we were thinking of you all and hope you are well and your families are safe. My next post will definitely be in 2012, so Happy New Year to all my wonderful friends. Who knows what the next one will hold, this time last year I never would have imagined that I'd been sitting in Perth with three sons and have been through every thing we have. That's why I just gotta........go with the flow. xxooxxxooxxoo
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