Date Night: Success!

We had our very first "official" date night last Monday and it was awesome!!
Although we were both exhausted, and it was last minute we both made the effort to
make it a special night! We went to the shops and bought a (huge) roast, dessert and glass coke.

We decided to take some family photos as we only really had one or two of us together with Noah since he was born. So we spent the time the roast was in the oven making ourselves "pretty" and popped out into the yard at sunset to take some photos

After the photos, we sat down to a candle lit dinner. Somehow the topic of the music from our wedding came up. Sadly neither of us remembered the name of our first dance song so armed with my laptop we went searching. Having a laugh at all the memories these songs brought up!

Oh and then we sat down with our "roomies" and watched The Block! Our favourite show.

All in all an excellent night! Really glad we did it! 

Now I have a special date planned for Saturday and Sunday as Noah and I will be in Brisbane for the next two Mondays but it will be extra special and so much fun! 

Lets just say we are getting our frugality on!!  

Will update you all next week 

xx 

The crazy little love handles!

Noah is 20 weeks old this Sunday! Twenty weeks!!!!!! WOW!!!
But this milestone has made me really think about what I have achieved....
I found a video of myself and my niece Lillia from 12 months ago! I was about 8 weeks
pregnant with Noah and 54kg! Granted I was far too skinny and was very sick but I looked
"good". Then I looked at myself now... and honestly I throw clothes on so I am "dressed"
but don't really care about how I look. (Sorry Husband!)

I'm too busy, too tired and heck I'm already married with a baby. I don't need to look good for anyone...

UMMMMMM.... Actually I need to look good.. For Me! (and for my poor husband!)

So as much as I want to say I look fine, I'll loose it eventually. I won't and I know it.
I had to work hard (and yes I did the wrong things to get there!) to get to 54kgs!
But now I know how amazing my body is.. I made a human! That's pretty darn cool!
I respect my body! And I want more kids so I won't be, being stupid this time!

Admittedly I eat fairly healthy. We love to cook and we rarely have processed foods or takeaway.
My older brother also got us hooked on Salads!

Anyways so although I eat fairly healthy meals I am a binge snacker! I love chocolate, crackers, lollies etc. I like eating! I think it's a boredom thing. Something to do while I spend my day singing to Noah!

I decided to sign up to the twelve week body transformation! Which means getting off my butt and exercising and cutting back the crap that I do eat and drinking alot more water!

SO
Bye bye coke!! :'( I will miss you... for now.. Then i'll get over you!!
See you later Junk Food. Might see you again at a party some where but you are no longer part of my diet!

I aim to walk as much as possible, to try new things, I will spend less time sitting on the computer and more time doing things. I may even learn to mow the lawn *Oh my husband will be so excited!*

I aim to drink 4 bottles of water a day! To most this is "easy" to me it sounds like i'm going to drown! I hate water and within a week I would probably have 1-2 glasses in total!

I aim to eat healthier and also to encourage others to eat healthier!

If anyone is wanting to join the 12WBT let me know! I'd love buddies!

Every Crazy Little Thing You Do!

So it's no real secret that having a baby early in marriage or early in a relationship can put a "spanner in the works" so to speak. Trying to have a relationship and get to know each other as husband and wife with a screaming baby in between is incredibly hard!

One thing that someone said to me recently is that a good marriage takes work no matter how long you have been married. This gave me a lot more faith about our marriage and how we are both feeling. We have an excellent relationship- don't get me wrong- We love each other more than I could have ever imagined loving someone. 

Anyways I found a website today that has inspired me! It's called www.thedatingdivas.com
There are hundreds of fantastic date ideas for couples and also for families! And it really shows that ALL relationships need work and that "Dating" is so important. So I sent a text to DH and asked if we could have a regular date night. Monday or Tuesday nights are our best bet purely because DH always has to work day shifts on those two days. But there will be some "dates" we will need to do on the weekends. For example the garage sale date, like a scavenger hunt for garage sale items. We love thrift stores and garage sales so it's perfect for us!

Also! On the "love" stuff... Our anniversary is coming up *eee* It's still a few months away but I have now realised how incredibly organised I need to be with a super unpredictable human being on my hip! Noah keeps me on my toes for the majority of the day so what normally took a few hours to organise can take up to a week! Especially if I want to get some much needed sleep!

I have a few ideas up my sleeve for our anniversary

One of which is a framed print of our vows **see below**

Anyways Noah has now been in bed for 2 1/2 hours so I better join him in the land of the nod!

Hope everyone is well xx 

Week 3 Photo Dump

WEEK THREE 

25th December 2011- 

31st December 2011

Week 2 Photo Dump

WEEK TWO 

18th December 2011- 

24th December 2011

Week 1 Photo Dump

I have decided to do a "photo a day" blog post but have 19 weeks to catch up on !! So will do a few posts for each week :) 

WEEK ONE
11th December 2011-
17th December 2011

11/12/2011

12/12/2011

13/12/2011

14/12/2011

15/12/2011

16/12/2011

17/12/2011

Easter Photo Dump!

Early morning trip to Sarina Beach

Fascinated by the plastic links 

Noah loves playing in the mirror!

and his shiny turtle

Cheeky boy :) 

Ipop and Noah :)

Cutie pie

Mumma and Noah

Yeeeeee 

HAPPY EASTER!!

When you hold me, I can see this is exactly where I want to be...

I have found that there are some songs that can totally melt me. 

Have a listen to this song.... 

Sally Seltmann- "Harmony to my heartbeat"  

This morning Noah and I woke up at our usual time of 5am, Noah was super happy. Smiling, giggling
and cooing. As I listened to this song I started to cry realising how truly blessed we are to be the parents of such a wonderful baby boy.

This week was an incredibly sad time for some of our friends. One of my beautiful friends babies grew his wings far too early at 29 weeks gestation. It breaks my heart and now one should ever have to experience that!

There is a story that I found a little while ago and it is so beautiful so I thought I would share. 

What Makes A Mother-

I thought of you and closed my eyes and prayed to God today.

I asked, ’What makes a Mother?’ and I know I heard Him say,

A mother has a baby, this we know is true,

But God, can you be a mother when your baby’s not with you?

Yes you can, He replied, with confidence in His voice

I give many women babies, when they leave is not their choice.

Some I send for a lifetime, others for a day

And some I send to feel your womb, but there’s no need to stay.

I just dont understand this Lord, I want my baby here!

He took a breath and cleared His throat and then I saw a tear,

I wish that I could show you what your child is doing today,

If you could see your child smile with the other children and say.

’We go to earth to learn our lessons of love and life and fear,

My mummy loved me oh so much I got to come straight here.

I feel so lucky to have a mum who had so much love for me,

I learned my lessons very quickly, my mummy set me free.

I miss my mummy oh so much, but I visit her each day.

When she goes to sleep, on her pillow’s where I lay,

I stroke her hair and kiss her cheek and whisper in her ear,

Mummy don’t be sad today, I’m your baby and I’m here’.

So you see, my dear sweet one, your children are ok,

Your babies are here in my home, and this is where they’ll stay.

They’ll wait for you with me, until your lesson’s through,

And on the day I call you home they’ll be at the gates for you.

So now you know what makes a mother.

It’s the feeling in your heart,

Its the love you had so much of, right from the very start.

Though some on earth may not realise until their time is done,

Remember all the love you have,

And you ARE a special mum!

It is definitely an eye opener when tragedy hits so close to home, makes you hold your family a whole lot tighter and realise how truly blessed we all are. 

Noah and I decided to pop down to Brisbane for Easter as Andrew is working the weekend. The flight was harder than the previous flights i've done with Noah purely because he slept the whole drive to the airport but he still did great and the air hostesses were wonderful. Kept coming and talking to him and cooing :) I love this age! Strangers love that they can make him smile so they all try. When he smiles everyone gets excited. 
I am very grateful that he is good on planes and just travelling in general. It's great to be able to pop down to Brisbane for the weekend. We hadn't told Emmily that we were coming to visit so when we arrived at Mums they told her to unpack the car :D SURPRISE :D It was so good to surprise her! We had been skyping every day while she is on holidays, it was so hard to keep the secret!

I love my family- extended family and all- so much! My cousin Tilly has her 21st Birthday today *woohoo* celebrating with an Alice in wonderland themed party tonight. And my Aunty Coralie is travelling to Vanuatu with her daughter (my cousin) Annie on a mission trip for 9 weeks! I hope they have safe travels and enjoy their time over there!

Hmm I can't think of any other news?! 

We are still not into our new house but hopefully soon!!!! The realestate said on Tuesday 2-3 weeks and when we drove past yesterday it was being painted and airconditioners are in. Not long to go now!

I will do a photo dump on another post :D
Happy Easter Everyone!