We had our 19 week ultrasound yesterday. The good news is that both babies are healthy and good sizes and have all their bits in the right places. The other bit of news is that it seems Mitchy is going to have two little brothers!
It is a great relief to us that they are both healthy and growing well, certainly an answer to prayer.
On Monday we went up to Copacabana for Lilly's 3rd Birthday party.
Baby Will and I had a little photoshoot
Cheeky boy!
On the weekend Meeks' mum got married to her long time partner Michael (Mitchy's Nana and Poppy). It was a lovely evening and Mitch was very well behaved even though he stayed up to almost 11pm. By the end he was a bit exhausted and hyperactive. dangerous combination.
Meeks did the wedding cake and it was beautiful.
Today we got together with Mike and Mandy and my Mum and Dad for some more Christmas fun. Lilly and Mitch played together
Then we opened presents
Will played in the wrapping paper
And then had a cuddle with Ganny
Christmas Day really is about the kids and seeing Mitch was the only kid there here is a few pictures from Mitch's day.
First some soccer (he's definitely a left footer) in the shed that Poppy is building, "on the concrete" as Mitch refers to it. He loves it up there, I wonder if he's feel the same when it has walls and a roof.
Then some climbing with Poppy
Playing with presents. Cars and dinosaurs are his favourites
Of course the rest of us were there too.
Poppy and Nana
Everyone
Who's a cheeky boy?
Last Saturday night was Krissy and Glen's Engagement Party. Meeks made and decorated the cake. Stunning!
There was lots of fantastic food
Lots of friends and family
All there for Krissy and Glen
Some gratuitous mood shots ...
Well, that is another Christmas Day finished.
We woke up this morning and Mitch opened his presents with great gusto. He was very into it this year, ripping apart his wrapping and shouting out what he had got. I have never seen so many cars and trucks and helicopters and diggers and forklifts and ... Mitch calls them his "vehicles". He got a bunch of other things as well, but anything with with wheels or claws (dinosaurs) were the stars.
After that it was off to church with Krissy and Glen and the back to Nana and Poppy's house for lunch with Meeks' side of the family (photos to come).
Tomorrow we do it all again with my family. Whoo hoo more food!
A lot has been happening in our little world of late. Mitch has pretty much potty trained himself. About a week ago he said he wanted to start wearing undies. After a few little accidents he finally did his first wee on the potty and it was like a switch had gone off in his head. He hasn't been perfect since then and he still has a few issues with poos in the potty, but he's very good at telling mummy and daddy when he needs to wee and running to the potty, even if he isn't so good at pulling his pants down. Hopefully he'll graduate to a toilet seat so we don't have to take the potty everywhere with us! Also this week Mitch has decided that he doesn't want to sit in the high chair any more, so he is sitting in a grown up chair, boosted up by a thick towel. He also had his first sleep over at the Blair's house on the night of the engagement party. Finally, he gave his dummy to Santa in exchange for presents, so all in all it has been a big week of growing up for our little boy.
In other news we had an obstetrician's appointment on Tuesday and all is well. There are still two babies and and two heart beats. We have our official 19/20 week scan next week and we should find out if they are boys or girls or a boy and a girl. We are very excited. The doctor thought he could see a willy on one of the babies but he wasn't really sure, he doesn't have the best ultrasound machine in his offices.
Last Saturday was Krissy and Glen's Engagement party. Meeks made an amazing cake and heaps of amazing food. I'll put pictures from that in a separate blog entry. Next weekend is Michael and Lorraine's wedding so it is very busy week!
Anyway, Merry Christmas to all! Love Dave, Meeks, Mitch and plus 2
This morning Mitch and I were planning on going out to Fagan Park to enjoy the sunshine and I knew Phil and Shazzy were having a family day with their boys and were planning on having Santa photos later in the day, so I invited them out to take some family shots. The family shots went okay, but it was a bit bright so there was a lot of squinting going on unfortunately. Oh well, you live you learn. We managed to get a few nice ones.
I got some super shots of Mitch playing with Joshie and Owie too.
Mitch and Joshie played slippery dips
Mitch and Joshie had some water fun - those are Joshie hands pulling the button to make the water come out. He was not meant to be getting dirty because they were going to get their Santa photo after the visit to the park
After Mitch had gotten nice and wet, he decided to roll in the sand
Finally there is this absolute gem of Joshie, Owie and Mitchy
So all in all a very fun morning at the park.
