June 2010

Puppies

08:00AM | June 30, 2010 | 3 comments

This is Aidan’s favourite area to play in during the day. The big windows overlook the back yard and he can watch the puppies (AKA: Toby & Charlie) playing in the backyard. When they run about the yard and tackle each other, I swear you could hear Aidan’s laughter from down the street. While he [...]

Away We Go

08:00AM | June 29, 2010 | 3 comments

It was a Tuesday night and Steve was working late. My local video store had a $1.50 overnight movie deal so I headed down there to see what was new. I’m drawn to smaller art house films, the less advertising the more I want to watch it. I get curious. I fell in love with [...]

50 Ways to Happy

08:56PM | June 28, 2010 | 6 comments

{image} Smile Laugh Buy 1000 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets Blow raspberries Compliment yourself {image} Compliment your partner Compliment your kids Compliment a stranger Shower everyday Keep a blog {image} Bathe once a week… … with bubbles… … and a magazine Wax your eyebrows Tend your lady garden {image} Paint your nails Cook a meal [...]

My Place & Yours

05:23PM | June 28, 2010 | 3 comments

This weeks theme is “Where you sleep” and since I was already being sneaky and typing away in bed I thought I’d play along. This is me after a full day out (mothers group) and Aidan’s just gone down for a nap. I’m comfy under the covers, I’d just called my bestie Rhi and I’m [...]

Sleep baby, sleep

01:39AM | June 28, 2010 | 11 comments

I read all the books, I thought I had prepared myself mentally for some of the challenges that a new baby and being a first time mother would bring. I knew my baby would always be in bed by 7pm. I knew that I wouldn’t sleep with him in my bed. I knew that I [...]

Freedom

11:30PM | June 26, 2010 | 5 comments

So, I’m sitting on the couch, tip typing away on my brand new toy… a 13″ 2.66 GHz Mac Book Pro. It all started with a conversation late at night in bed about my new career, what stage I’m at and where I want to go. Steve is my greatest sounding board for ideas and [...]

Hard Day

07:16PM | June 25, 2010 | 6 comments

I’m not the only one who’s found this week a little rough…

Reoccuring Dream

12:15AM | June 25, 2010 | 8 comments

I always looked forward to growing up, all the while believing that I was older than my years and knew everything there was to know about everything. I turn 25 soon and I’m married, I have a beautiful baby, I live in a beautiful home, I have good friends and I eat good food. Why [...]

Polly Dolly

01:37PM | June 24, 2010 | 5 comments

Welcome back for week 13 of the Polly Dolly weekly Polyvore challenge! Every Thursday I’ll post a new Polly Dolly Theme Challenge, then you toddle off and get creative. You can credit the items if you want and add a bit of an explanation of why you chose the pieces or you can just share [...]

Vacant

06:14PM | June 21, 2010 | 5 comments

Aidan in Steve’s Hot Spur soccer gear. I needed to take a step back and breathe. Slowly my little bitty blog is becoming a business of sorts and whilst it’s a wonderful, wonderful thing… it got to a point where I piled so much onto my to do list that I double booked myself, was [...]

Chalk it Up

04:54PM | June 19, 2010 | 5 comments

I didn’t plan on buying a chalkboard decal, it just kind of happened and in the strangest of places too… GoLo. It only set me back $10 and I love it. I put it on my back/front door and it’s awesome. It totally jazzes up my entry way. I’m almost tempted to put on on [...]

Polly Dolly

11:27PM | June 16, 2010 | 3 comments

Welcome back for week 12 of the Polly Dolly weekly Polyvore challenge! Every Thursday I’ll post a new Polly Dolly Theme Challenge, then you toddle off and get creative. You can credit the items if you want and add a bit of an explanation of why you chose the pieces or you can just share [...]

My Place & Yours

04:43PM | June 15, 2010 | 8 comments

I have many treasures in my life that I could talk about but I’m going to share a material treasure with you instead. This is a photo of my dressing table or aptly named, vanity. It’s one of my favourite features of our bedroom. When I moved in with Steve many moons ago, he bought [...]

Baby Gate

10:53AM | June 14, 2010 | 10 comments

Aidan thought it was very exciting when we put the baby gates up, blocking off the kitchen from his busy little hands. It was one more thing he could climb. Steve and I weren’t too thrilled about the extra hurdle (one of us always managed to walk into it at night) but knew it was [...]

PHOTOSHOOT: Burke Family

07:01PM | June 13, 2010 | 7 comments

Last weekend I had the happy opportunity to take photographs of a gorgeous family. I can’t begin to tell you how excited and nervous I was. I’ve never had to coordinate so many subjects for a shoot before, let alone 3 kids. Thankfully the day was perfection and so was everyone’s behaviour. The time flew [...]

Wiggly Monster

11:51AM | June 11, 2010 | 7 comments

When I was pregnant I vowed I wouldn’t let my child watch TV until he was 2 years old… I lasted 8 months. He just gets so much joy from it. I limit him to half an hour a day, usually just after breakfast. He loves to dance and sing, I have quite the little [...]

Just a little Pumpkin

09:50PM | June 10, 2010 | 11 comments

Polly Dolly

12:44AM | June 10, 2010 | 1 comment

Welcome back for week 11 of the Polly Dolly weekly Polyvore challenge! Every Thursday I’ll post a new Polly Dolly Theme Challenge, then you toddle off and get creative. You can credit the items if you want and add a bit of an explanation of why you chose the pieces or you can just share [...]

Milk Toofs

12:44AM | June 8, 2010 | 4 comments

{blog} Aidan is teething and it’s hardcore around here, five more teeth in the last two weeks. He’s irritable, cranky, sore, sookie and on top of all that he’s got a never ending flu. His gum’s, my furniture and my stamina are feeling the brunt of it. I should admit it’s not all bad, he’s [...]

Miracle

09:36AM | June 7, 2010 | 4 comments

I planned on taking photos of a beautiful family on the weekend but the horrible Sydney rain was forecast to ruin the it and the rest of my week. The family was disappointed and so was I. When I woke on Saturday morning the sun was shining and it continued to do so all day. [...]

My Little Pixie

01:30AM | June 5, 2010 | 14 comments

I don’t like Pixie Photos. I know I’m not alone, but I also know that a lot of people get them done. I too was duped, sucked in by the FREE photo coupon in my Bounty Bag. It was luring me with it’s free-ness. It would be a waste not to use it, I told [...]

Winner!

12:42AM | June 5, 2010 | 1 comment

Thank you everyone for your kinds words and entries in the Jess Chalker *signed* CD competition. Congratulations to the winner…

Party Planning

12:52AM | June 4, 2010 | 9 comments

Aidan is quickly coming up to his first birthday and as scary as that is, it’s even scarier that nothing has been organised. Some of the mothers on my online forum have been planning for months. There are so many different ways we could celebrate our awesome little dude, Jungle Theme, Polka Dot Theme, Monster [...]

Polly Dolly

12:56AM | June 3, 2010 | 1 comment

Welcome back for week 10 of the Polly Dolly weekly Polyvore challenge! Every Thursday I’ll post a new Polly Dolly Theme Challenge, then you toddle off and get creative. You can credit the items if you want and add a bit of an explanation of why you chose the pieces or you can just share [...]