Monday, February 09, 2009

On holidays

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!

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