It's hard work being a nearly 3 year old...

And of course I was sitting here wondering why it was so quiet! ;)

Zzzzz...

Lots of love from Jacquie, Roland, Erin & the bump xoxo

Erin's new trike!

A big thank you to Nana Trish for this - she is still learning to pedal and steer properly, but will get there with plenty of time and practice I'm sure!

Lots of love from Jacquie, Roland, Erin & the bump xoxo

Easter '09

We didn't let her eat the whole thing, honest! ;) (It last all three of us a good couple of weeks in the end, and yes it was hollow!)

Hope all of you out there had a great Easter too!

Lots of love from Jacquie, Roland, Erin & the bump xoxo

Renovation photos as promised

Things have progressed a little further still since these photos were actually taken, as Roland has since finished the insulation and the majority of the wiring (except for the ceiling stuff).

So now the GIB for the walls needs to go up, then painting, then carpet - and the baby's room will be done! One day when she's a bit older the two girls will *hopefully* share a room.

Lots of Love from Jacquie, Roland, Erin & The Bump xoxo

News!

Apologies for the thoroughly unexciting title ;)

Just a few snippets of news to update everyone with, and then I will get on with making some more photo posts!

Lots of good news - Erin is now finally toilet trained during the day, and we are pretty much able to dispense with nappies (diapers) altogether, except for night times. We have a sticker chart in the toilet for #2 that seems to be working really well, and more often than not she prefers to sit on the 'big toilet' rather than use her training seat.

Roland is making great progress too with the renovations on the spare room, all the insulation is done and pictures will come in a seperate entry I think.


We also had a fairly exciting Easter, with a 6:45am wakeup call to say that "Mummy! Daddy! LOOK! There's a present in the lounge!" Fortunately for us it only comes once a year as the chocolate overload was a bit too much to handle and we all ended up having an afternoon nap.

OH - and I keep thinking of it but forgetting to actually type it, but I think I have neglected to mention that we are going to be having another pink one, so Erin is going to be the Big Sister to a highly anticipated Little Sister.

Anyway, that's about all I can think of for now... 'see' you all again soon!

Lots of Love from Jacquie, Roland, Erin & The Bump xoxo

Raspberries!

Love Jacquie, Roland, Erin & The Bump xoxo

Quick photo update :)

Daddy's Girl
















24 weeks!






















More updates to come soon!

All our love from Jacquie, Roland, Erin & The Bump

Holy tomatoes batman!

This is what currently fills our kitchen windowsill / bench... and doesn't even cover the masses that we have already eaten, or given away to friends and neighbours! Our tomato plants have just gone mad - we're going to have to find a decent tomato paste recipe soon just to make a bit of a dent... there are at least 20-30 more still growing / ripening out on the vines too.

And some wee 'mini' capsicums that we discovered growing... I say 'discovered' because we thought the capsicum plant had been dwarfed by our uber tomato plants - but there are another two little tiny buds on the capsicum plant still to come as well.

Our only problem thus far has been stink bugs, but they haven't done *too* much damage fortunately. We also harvested some potatoes, broccoli and celery earlier in the season but no photos of those sorry.

Love from Jacquie, Roland & Erin xoxo

Creche!

We go to creche about three times a week here in lieu of daycare / kindy. Well, mummy goes to yoga / swimming / gym and Erin goes to creche... but anyway!

She absolutely adores it, the staff are great, the facilities are excellent, and this way we both get some time out doing things we like and are relatively undisturbed by each other.

Here are some snaps I took with my new fangled camera, of our big girl (and cheesy poser) on her way to, and at said creche.

If it's not too wet to go outside, Erin tries her best to monopolise the tyre swing... although not often for actual sitting / swinging!

There are often issues convincing Erin to leave creche at the end of the session, but more often than not the situation is quickly remedied by the promise of coming back again.

Love Jacquie, Roland & Erin xoxo

Happy Birthday Roland!! (6th Feb)

We celebrated Roland's birthday yesterday with cake in the morning (well, mid morning), an impromptu picnic lunch up at the beach, and then dinner out that night at the squash club bar / restaurant.

Happy 34th Birthday Roland !!

Love Jacquie, Erin & the bump xoxo

There's a baby in there!

Or at least it looks a little less like a blob than it did at our very first scan... (this one was done on the 13th Jan 09)



We'll hopefully find out on Feb 26th if this one is pink or blue!

Love Jacquie, Roland, Erin & 'Blobby'

Auckland Zoo Trip - 4th Jan 09

Elephants! No, not us... BEHIND us...

Balancing act...

ROAR says the dragon!

(More photos available on Facebook, these were the best 3...)

Love Jacquie, Roland & Erin

A couple of snapshots from New Years Day 2009

It was a real scorcher!

Love Jacquie, Roland & Erin

Christmas 2008

The obligatory Santa shot...

Raiding from under the tree...

Cuddles with Daddy... (I think Nana must have taken this one)

The BIG present from Santa...

A play kitchen!

The loot haul from Erin's stocking...

All our love from Jacquie, Roland & Erin xoxo

We'll miss you Papere...

So as most of you will know by now, my Dad & Erin's Papere, passed away on December 10th 2008.

We are so truly blessed and lucky to have had our our 'big' trip to Canada earlier in 2008 and spent a great two weeks with Mamere & Papere in Alberta.

I'm not sure Erin 'gets' it yet, but at times she will start talking about Papere out of the blue and it makes us wonder!

I traveled over for the funeral service which unfortunately meant I had to miss Christmas Day with Roland & Erin, but we made up for it later. I will make some more entries to catch up on things like this soon.

Erin & Papere, Cold Lake, June 2008

When Erin grows up...

... she is going to be a big sister!

Just a little note to announce that we are expecting another little Bird baby, due in July 2009! It is going to be a very busy month for us :)

All our love,

Jacquie, Roland, Erin & 'soon to be Baby #2' !

Other adventures...

Helping mummy vacuum...

Geeking with her Daddy...

Watching TV!

All our love,

Jacquie, Roland & Erin

Fun in the sun!

Erin pushing Dolly on our 'new to us' swing

Erin's turn!

Playing in the sprinkler

Our beautiful girl

More photos to come shortly!

All our love,

Jacquie, Roland & Erin

Just like her daddy...

You know those moments when you realise that your house is unusually quiet and your normally boisterous toddler is completely silent?






I wandered down the hall earlier today and found this...











Someone was very proud of herself - at least she knows it goes on her face and not in her mouth !!

Love from Jacquie & Erin xoxo

Congrats!

What better way to break an absence from blogging with BABY NEWS!

A huge congrats from all of us to Sheryl, Mike & Julia on the arrival of little Emily Mika :) We are so excited for you!

All our love,
Jacquie, Roland & Erin
xoxo