It was our yearly family Christmas party this year, think it’s like the 16th one. It’s just a way for the family to exchange gifts and to usher in the holiday season. Always great fun!!!
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| My lil family |
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| Aidan’s first time in a pool. HE LOVED IT!!! |
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| Friday we had our office end of year party, here I am with Neo, Durelle and Robyn Was a lot of fun hanging with them |
My colleagues had a super cool baby shower for us yesterday 🙂 complete with the best brownies and cupcakes I have had in ages…nom nom nom
My rounded figure is clearly not only baby related *I will need to hit the gym HARD later this year*
Anyways, Aidan is such a blessed little boy…With last year’s medical and funeral costs running quite high, Rob and I were slightly worried if we would be able to purchase all the “must-haves” in time , but as always , God used our amazing friends to provide 🙂
From baby wipes and THE cutest outfits to a vibrating musical chair…We are now pretty much ready for his arrival…not quite….but WAY more than we were a day ago (seriously we didn’t even have a single nappy)
A GIANT THANK YOU to my co-workers, was so great to see the same people who got together to support us in our sadness there to celebrate with us in our joy. (people who had the day off even came in…)
It makes us feel extremely blessed
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| How special is this blanket…I have my boys’ names together… cant help but feel a lil teary eyed every time I look at it (in a good way though) |
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| Woah! seeing myself like this is CRAZY! baby got back! and front and all around |
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| Gift opening time…. yeah |
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| Yes I do sit like a man these days…hehehe |
The end of 2012 has been pretty significant for me, this year with it’s pain, heartache and unexpected surprises (one of which is kicking me right now) has been a doozy! I’m more than ready to usher in a new day… put the past behind me and walk into the sun…it’s scary, a day on the calender certainly doesn’t make 2012 no longer valid, but as I watched the rain fall at midnight on New Year’s eve I was reminded – yet again – of wiping the slate clean and of being able to be “new every morning”.
So what did you get up to on New Years Eve and New Years day…seeing as I’m quite big and exhausted I did not do much…here is my two day holiday in pics:
-As is tradition we spent New Year’s eve with family (until back pain chased me to bed) before that Rob and I thought we needed some “us time” so we went for a few cocktails (virgin for me) to toast what has been and what is yet to come: (that is a virgin Grinch which is largely cucumber, mint and deliciousness)
I spent some time with one of my besties from high school, Jemaine J It’s one of those friendships where we don’t see each other often but when we do it’s like we haven’t spent a moment apart, we hung out Friday evening chatting about nothing and everything. . .
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| No this is not a studio picture she is just ridiculously photogenic like that, some people *rolls eyes*
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Then on Saturday I spent some time with my cousin Che-lynn and her daughter Kirsten. We did some retail therapy and brunch in celebration of Che-lynn’s birthday.
Kirsten (1 years old) had us in stitches with all her opinions (not that one mommy, you must buy the green one, what you doing so long? just take this one and my favourite, wheres the burgers?….she also complained that she was the only one who did not own a laptop *children of today* her chatter drew quite a lot of attention as she is extremely vocal for her age and no1 wanted to believe that her second birthday is still a few months off.
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| “I’m tired now, I sit with the big dollies” |
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| Blake and Riley |
I’m finding myself in a weird state of happy meets fear at the moment, My friend, Robyn (the one who was the maid of honour at my wedding) has had the most beautiful twins (Blake and Riley) and holding them (they are the first newborns I have held since Logan) has made me realize just how deeply losing Logan hurt, I find myself praying for them to be safe all the time and not the rational kind of prayer that everyone does, it’s way more “PLEASE GOD, NOT AGAIN” kind of prayer.
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| Hananiah |
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| Samuel |
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| Jacqueline |
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| Levi |
