Still going through the pictures from QLD and made up these two sets ...
They were taken on the last day as we sat around at the resort and had some lunch before we went off to catch the plane home. In a couple the colour is wrong and in the one with Meeks and Mitch it is all blurry, but I just love the photo. Sometimes a enjoyable and meaningful photo goes beyond technical accuracy and, for me anyway, it is a lovely shot.
I can't believe we've only been back from holidays for a week. It feel like forever that we were on holidays. Very sad. Anyway, here are a few more photos from our trip.
We took a few of Mitchy's toys with us on holidays and he took every opportunity to play with them.
We only took one of his books with us though which was a bit of a mistake because he wanted us to read it every night. He loves hearing the same story over and over again. Meeks and I found it tiring reading it over and over again. It got to the point where I had to make up a story about Wilbur the Dragon who had no front teeth. Mitch didn't seem to understand a story which didn't actually have a book to look at. He remembered it all though and wanted to know more about Wilbur.
When he wasn't playing he liked to read Daddy's book
We got back yesterday from a lovely week in Queensland. The weather was a bit dicey the first couple of days but it did no more than a light rain and it was always warm enough to swim. The last couple of days were beautiful.
Mitchy had his first trip on an airplane which he was very excited about. Here he is as we taxied to the run way
We did lots of swimming.
Mitch loved jumping in
And climbing out
He got better and better at swimming as the week progressed. Later in the week he was down to three layers in his bubble (in these photos there are four) and today at Nanna's house he was even swimming around happily with only two.
After each swim he enjoyed being wrapped up like a cocoon
We also went to the beach:
And played soccer and basketball:
We also went bike riding and saw kangaroos and bush turkeys and various other creatures (Mitch was very excited whenever he saw a new creature). Mitch went to the kids club a couple of mornings and absolutely loved it. In fact he loved it so much he cried when we picked him up both days. The first day he wouldn't come out of the little play fort when it was time to leave! While he was at the kids club Meeks and I went to the Day Spa and had a swim and a massage. It was delightful.
We also ate lots of yummy food at the restaurants and from in-room dining and Mitch even ate some snakes!
(obviously those aren't real snakes and Mitch didn't actually eat them!)
Now we're home again which is a bit sad. We did have a lovely holiday and it was great to get away for a while prior to having the twins. Meeks was able to do most things including the (gentle) bike ride, but was glad we didn't try to postpone our Fiji trip and go in a few weeks. Even between the start of the week and the end of the week she was noticing differences. We're at 25 weeks now. I'll have to take some pictures of Meeks' belly to show everyone where she is up to. She has finished work, which she is relieved about and is looking forward to the next couple of months of not working before the twins arrive and change our lives! I'm back to work tomorrow. Boo hoo!
