Little Miss E, 4 weeks already!

Little miss has made it to 4 weeks already! Boy how time flies when your busy with three little ones!

Wednesday was our 4 week check with the clinic sister and Eleanor passed with flying colours! Some stats:
Weight - 3700g
Length - 50cm

In 9 days she's managed to gain 900g and grow 2 cm! She's now smiling at us, not that often, and is still a pretty content baby!

So, without further ado, some recent photo's (starting with the most recent)........

4 weeks old!

 Milk drunk!

Pretty in pink (thanks Kaitlyn)!

Testing out the ergo (a few weeks ago)! 

We used it properly yesterday with much success (E went off to sleep in it)

So til next time...........LBQSE

A afternoon at the park!

One Saturday afternoon (the week we took Eleanor home from hospital) we decided to venture to a park with all 3 kids! Following are a few pics from our little outing!

Larry multitasking!

 

We took along a couple of soccer balls as both the boys love to play soccer!

Quinlan in action! 

 Sebastian watching the 'game'!

 Eleanor sleeping peacefully (such a good little girl)!

Another lots of photo's to follow soon (baby needs to be fed)!

More photo's of our precious little miss!

Now that we are home again, it's much easier to post a few of the promised photo's!

Ever the proud and besotted big brother!

So very relaxed and loving the bath!

Helping with the bath!

Keeping and eye on bath proceedings!

Wasn't me Daddy!

 

Ready to go home!

Daddy's been shopping!

 

 

The delicious celebration platter (including bubbly) supplied by the hospital! 

It included all those yummy things you can't eat when pregnant (and a bottle of bubbly)!

Mmmmm.........smoked salmon and brie!

 

 

The boys are happy mum and Eleanor are home!

So til next time.........

Eleanor Renee

Bj and I would like to announce the arrival of Eleanor Renee!

With thanks to God, she arrived yesterday morning as

the tiniest, prettiest little thing of the lot!

Vitalstatistix: 828 6,5 2810 46 (hrs, lbs oz, g, cm)

She sleeps, looks cute, likes to drink and generally steals the show.

The boys love her; Q says her name very well: El A Naw

She kept me (L) up a little last night (this a.m.) and I had to sit watching music videos or something in the tea-room drinking coffee. Suuuuch a drain...

But Bj fared little better with apparently 1-2 hrs of 'solid' sleep last night. Still betta than nothing I suppose. Here's to watching this little girl grow up along side two big doting brothers!

Visitors!

Over the last week (well 6 days) we've had visitors to entertain! Well, for the most they entertained themselves! Bruce, Sarah, Kiera and Evan have come (and gone) for a short, but fun filled visit. The kids had a blast playing together (for the most), and we got to spend 2 days at Mt Field enjoying snow, sun, fog, plants, wildlife, good company and good food.

Really, it was over too quickly, but BSKE, thanks for coming and sharing some good times with us!

Now for a few photo's! All the photo's off both Sarah's camera and ours have gone into one folder on our computer, so I will attempt to only share our photo's (and not pinch Sarah's photos).

First stop at Mt Field - lunch in the sun and a play in the playground before a walk to Russell Falls!

Just had to add in this one of Evan, looking most unimpressed with his lunch!

Sebastian and his cup of tea, on the run!

Good friends! They had a blast together!

Russell Falls at it's best! Lost of snow and rain meant lots of water and noise!
Sebastian kept saying 'Water......wow!'

After our walk, it was decided we should visit Lake Dobson before checking into out accommodation! The travel up was interesting and quite slippery (for those not ensconced in a 4 wheel drive). A stop proved to be a bad idea, probably the worst place to stop as far as snow and ice went. So after much cafuffle (and holding up traffic), the chains were finally fitted to the 2 wheel drive and off we went for a play in the snow!

Some snow banks were higher than the door-meets-window of the 4 wheel drive!

Just a spectacular part of God's creation!
How can one doubt the story of creation when you see beauty such as this!



A wombat decided to run across the road on the way back down from Lake Dobson!

The boys had decided they would have a go at skiing on Saturday morning! So, before we set off on Friday, they went off and were fitted out with ski's and poles and all things necessary (including the chains we needed for our car). An early start up to Lake Dobson saw them leave about 7.45 am, wind up extremely frustrated with they way things were being run, but have a great time (and not break anything). Getting to the ski fields means a trek up either a steep gravel road (covered in very icy snow) or a cross country ski along a few different tracks. The tows are all privately run (and poorly done so if you care to sit through the whole story from the guys)!! But......they had fun and Larry has decided he wants to go again sometime this winter!

Following are a few of the photos they took while up on the top of Mt Field!

Larry 'snow ploughing' (looks more like a case of nerves)!


Bruce contemplating his navel!

Spectacular view across the valley (note the fog)!
They could see Mt Wellington's snow capped peak in the distance!

That's all I have to share today! I'm sure Sarah will update their blog with even more photo's in the near future! I might find some of the photo's they took on Mt Wellington on Monday (someone forgot their camera) and add some of those to the blog in the next few days! Sebastian enjoyed the snow more on Monday than he did on Friday (hence the reason there are no photo's of bubba in the snow)!

Til next time..........

Cubby House Fun

What to do on a cold, wintery morning?? Build a 'cubby owse' (as Q calls them). So in an effort to entertain two teething toddlers, a cubby house it was. After some furniture rearranging, this is what we came up with (using the most of the 'toy corner' and bookshelf). It had a sort of tunnel entrance by the wall!!


After both boys cracked the narnies, Granny very kindly came and took Q for a few hours while she did a few errands. Sebastian played very nicely (and contently) on his own, while I got stuck into the housework (in relative peace for a change).

Our very cheeky monkey (playing happily in what's left of the cubby house)!!

Here's a few snaps of the boys, taken this morning (both still in their pj's and nice warm, new, dressing gowns)! What am I talking about, Sebastian is still in his pj's!!

Sorry, this one's a bit blurry - he's waving a spatula around!!

I have to leave it at this for today!! Maybe next time we go to the park (like we did yesterday) I will remember to take my camera (and then some photo's)!!

Until next time...........LBQS

We went walking.......what did we see?

We were reading the book 'We Went Walking' with the boys this morning and it seems an appropriate title for our Easter activities!

We drove up to Launceston early on Good Friday (we left home before 7am so we could get to Church in time). Larry left straight after the service to go bush walking with a group of mates (and Heidi, the only female among 7 males). The boys and I
spent Friday/Saturday with Suzi and Eg, rather than sit at Mum's by ourselves!


So, Monday morning rolls around and we had set aside the day for some family time (same with Tuesday). We decided that a nice trip to Lilydale Falls was on the agenda. We did the walk to both sets of falls (quite short walks) and Q had a great time walking and exploring.

After our 'walk' we sat by the playground and enjoyed lunch and a drink before heading off for a drive. We got a bit lost, Larry's GPS lost the plot and the map was fairly useless. We followed forestry roads that were rather rough and bumpy and one was supposedly closed when we got to the other end of it (we did have to get out of the car and move a big tree branch). We did eventually find our way home again, a bit later than we hoped, and not in time to cook dinner (which I was going to do for mum and dad).

Tuesday was another beautiful sunny day! We decided Tamar Island was the go as Larry has been wanting to go there for a while. This time mum came with us! We spent a lovely 2 hours meandering to the island, over the island and back to the car (via the vistors centre). Quinlan did a lot of walking again (and exploring). We watched plenty of mud crabs, birds and a beautiful sea eagle soaring on wind currents. We crossed several bridges (I think 4) which Q thought was just marvelous (he has a bridge obsession, if you can go under something, it must be a bridge).

Needless to say, we had very tired little boys on the drive home on Tuesday night (Sebastian mostly hitched rides, but did a little bit of walking, he tends to go anywhere but the direction you are going in).

WARNING: Some viewers may find the following photo's disturbing!!!

Parental Guidance recommended for those under the age of 90. Heart attack or shock may ensue upon viewing these images! We take no responsibility for any health associated issues that arise from viewing these images!!

:=D

Ok, so maybe not that disturbing, but I thought we better show you Larry's new look (which happened over a week ago already!)!!

Will hopefully update with photo's from our Easter weekend soon!

Til then......

Mmmmmm.......

Need I say more?? Making hot cross buns at Easter is becoming a bit of a tradition in this house! Can't wait to eat them (breakfast on the go for tomorrow, in the car)!!

We hope you all have a happy and safe Easter as we remember the ultimate sacrifice of our Lord and Saviour, in His death on the cross and His resurrection.

Love Larry, Bj, Quinlan and Sebastian

Mop Chop!!

On the weekend we ventured up to Launceston for the weekend to catch up with the family! While we were at it, we visited the family hair dresser for a much needed mop chop for the boys! This was Sebastian's first 'proper' hair cut (he has had a fringe trim before). Here are the before and after photo's (no before photo's of Q though!!).

The mullet before!

Looking at the world through hair (as opposed to eyes)!

I can see!!

I look like a little boy again!

Quinlan have fun climbing!

Thanks Aunty Laura for your wonderful work! Our little boys now look like cheeky little boys instead of shaggy ragamuffins!!

Til next time............