what we have been up to...

Its been a while since i've posted anything on the blog! Oops! Over the past few months we have done a bit of work on the backyard, went camping for a weekend (cold!) and i have spent a lot of time outside with Dante, his FAVOURITE place to be!

We spent 2 nights down in the Dryandra Woodlands just outside of Williams recently on the long weekend, camping with just the 3 of us... It was freezing at night, we had ice on our tent in the mornings and it took til 10am til get over zero degrees! bbbrrrr! It was absolutely beautiful though, we spent most of our days going for walks in the area, and i even spotted an echidna!

i couldn't resist

here is a picture of Dante that was taken by Emma this past sunday... its a classic Dante picture - eating, as always, making a mess, as always, and scrunching up his face - which he does all the time, both when he is happy and when he is angry (often haha)

Dante's First Birthday!

First birthdays are fun, but i think they are a little bit over-rated... as a mum its great to plan a party, bake and decorate a cake etc etc but there is none of the excitement and anticipation from the soon to be 1 year old which would make it so much more special... That being said though, Dante had a ball at his party - he got to eat cake and he got lots of cuddles and attention from everyone!

Heres a few pictures, not many as my memory card was full ggrr (hoping to get some more snaps soon!)

a very home-made cake :)


Dante enjoying his first piece of cake


he loves his new phone


lots of presents! thanks everyone!

March Madness

March has been busy for us, and especially for Dante!

Waiting at the door for Rob to get home from work...

Sleeping in his playpen, exhausted from his (early) morning play time!

Learning to play the piano with Aunty Nicole

climbing, climbing and MORE climbing!

and learning to throw the tennis ball for the dogs!

Michelle and her belly

I think my sister looked SO beautiful when she was pregnant... (she looks absolutely stunning already now about 2 months post baby)... here is a pic of mum and us girls on the day of Michelle's Baby Shower



and a picture of her little Eli (about 5 weeks old)

Yum Yum Yuck!

Just learning a few things on Picasa -ie how to do photo collages... (wasting time when i should be doing some BAS bookwork... bleh)

this is Dante eating Rob's icypole

a visit from the vikings...

Recently Rob's cousin Hanne, her husband Olav and their daughter Mathilde came to visit for Emma and Ollie's wedding... It was lovely to be able to spend some time with them, a trip to the zoo and also a couple of nights down south...

hanging out with Jayden

Dante loves hanging out with Uncle Jayden :) (and i think Jayden likes it too :)

Dante and Alicia

Dante and I caught up with Sue-Ellen and her little girl Alicia recently. Alicia is a month older than Dante. They had lots of fun playing :) (well Dante had a great time stealing toys off Alicia haha)

the zoo

rob received a family zoo pass from his parents for his birthday this year, an excellent present! we went to the zoo on saturday afternoon for a couple of hours, it was great!

Dante's favourite animal, the meerkats (or "bird" as he called it :)

Rob's favourite animal :)

something bush curlew :)

We thought it was a lion, but Dante insisted it was a dog, or "woof"!

Perth Zoo's latest addition, a 2-headed giraffe :)

Summer 2010 2011

Looking through my photos this morning i realised i didn't take many pics over the holidays! Oops! I left my camera in my bag for Dante's first Christmas Eve, and his first Christmas Lunch! Oh well, there is always next year :) he enjoyed his usual mush anyway, next year he'll be eating the turkey :)

This activity table has been worth the $8 i bought it for (love e-bay) (i actually bought 2 of them - long story :) but they are soooo worth it! Dante LOVES it! endless hours of entertainment for Dante, lots of peace for me :) (apart from getting the songs stuck in my head... ABC and 123 :)

Another great find, this time from the side of the road! This swing was sitting on someone's verge for over a week... i went past it every day and decided that since it hadn't moved in a week it was mine! My lovely father-in-law cleaned it up and replaced the rusted hooks for me and it is as good as a bought one :)

and Dante loves it too!

Learning to wave :)

Dante adores his mummy :)