Nice Photos

1. Annabelle with her new head band - they think they are very clever that they can put these on and off by themselves.

2. The four following photos are me trying to capture some nice images. We had been out on the boat and the kids had been swimming in the ocean and just looked so natural and gorgeous. I took the ones of Matilda first - the bottom two (in the white t-shirt), and I think she looks stunning in the bottom one and very cheeky (very Matilda like) in the next one up. They I tried to capture Annabelle - asking her to put on her 'happy' face. For some reason she thought this involved sticking her tongue out or looking a bit stunned, so I didnt quite get the image I was after. Still, I thought the second photo down was pretty good and the third photo down pretty funny (stunned).

Christmas Day 2009

From the top

1. Annabelle in the pink swimmers, Matilda in purple - presents from Santa. Both kids very taken with Damians remote control helicopter.

2. Olivia enjoying the celebrations... fast asleep! I love the outfit she is in, Damians cousin made it for her and it is such lovely material and something a little different

3. Annabelle opening her stocking - she really got into it pulling all the things out quickly

4. Matilda opening her stocking, not so quickly - she wanted to explore every item that came out which was gorgeous to watch.

Just before Christmas 2009

Just some photos taken a little before Christmas day. Olivia is growing up so quickly and is now rolling over. Mostly she does it at night time and I am woken to her frustrated cries of not being able to roll back onto her back. She adores Matilda and Annabelle, giggling when they do something funny to entertain her.

Unfortunately all three kids have had runny noses and colds over Christmas, so in amongst all the excitement we have had very tired kids and several bouts of tears. Added to this Annabelle and Matilda keep telling me 'they dont like sleep time' and very defiantly stay awake throughout the day despite being put in their room each day for at least an hour in the hope that they will go to sleep. On the up side, it means they fall asleep very quickly at night time!

Pictures from the top:

1. Olivia fast asleep in the swing. Despite this one of the older kids thought she needed some toys .........

2. First pictures of the Santa stockings. And Santa's treats - this year the girls decided he needed a banana, some gingerbread cookies and a glass of water....... very responsible kids already!!

3. Our new lounge - we have been waiting months for this, so thought I would put a photo up as I have spoken to lots of people about it.

4. Some very cute bunny ears that the kids were given by a good friend. I opened the parcel in the shopping centre and put the ears on the kids and had people stopping to tell me how gorgeous they were! Matilda in red.

Giggles

I took this today (12th December), so Olivia is just over 3 months old. It is a bit of a cross between the first giggles and hiccups. Either way I think it is very cute. She is being a bit of a dream baby, having slept in til about 6am this morning!! I think there are some teeth on the way as she is chewing at everything and gets grumpy when she cant put something in her mouth. The most gorgeous thing is when she hears Annabelle and/or Matilda laughing, or spots them giggling across the room she joins in with her own smiles and laughs. Beautiful!!

Getting Ready for Santa

Spent some time today hanging our Christmas Stockings. The girls are very aware of who Santa is and keep asking me where he is and then reminding themselves that he is still 'at the 'orth pole'! Christmas morning is bound to be a fun morning this year!

Smiles and Christmas

1. Big smiles from Olivia. She is growing so very quickly. Today I realised that she has started to reach for objects and swipes at things when lying under a mobile - just dont get the time to sit and watch the development, I nearly missed it! She has also started to kick her heels into the ground and push her bottom up - moving towards rolling over. She can hold her head up for pretty long periods and is so close to laughing and is a very delightful little girl.

2. A more serious photo, but I thought I would capture the hair. Yes, it still sits upright most of the time. Sometimes is lies to the right (her right shoulder). And then we all think she looks kind of funny as we are so used to it being upright!
3. Annabelle and Matilda being silly and giggling. Matilda in the foreground.

4. Very proudly holding up their first Christmas decorations (some bells I cut from cardboard decorated with a few odds and ends). It is also their first Christmas tree, so all very exciting. Also, they are in undies - have just started the toilet training (for the second time, the first time wasnt so successful) which has been busy, busy, busy but so far they are doing ok. Looking forward to not having to buy so many nappies!!!! (Annabelle on the left)

Family Pic's

From the top:

1. The girls making some Christmas decorations for our new tree - which are shown in the above photos. We had lots of fun making them, its great now that they are up to the age of doing art & craft. Matilda on the right.

2. Annabelle with Olivia - we still have to give daily cuddles.

3. Matilda with Olivia

4. The four girls on my 30th birthday! Matilda on the left, Annabelle on the right and Olivia asleep.