Ok so when did she go from this
to this
My baby girl is 9....sigh
I made her a chocolate cake and we sang happy birthday. The family bought her a new radio and 2 ds games...
Gran sent a butterfly t-shirt and some goodies all the way from Queensland.
Jenni has come over from Melbourne for a visit and it is great having her here...and she looks bloody fantastic with all the weight she has lost..
While she was here we organised for Dad, Allison, Miss, Al, Jacquie and the kids to all get together for a birthday come any excuse bash
Dad and all the grand kids - minus Bec
Eloise and Matthew blowing out the candles on the birthday cake
Aunty Jenni- told you she looked good
Grand dad and Joel
Dad and his 3 girls....
Joel is now 14 months old.....
He has just hit the 10kg mark and is only just started to commando crawl....off to physio we go.
He like Matthew has poor muscle tone and flexible joints but thankfully not as bad as Matthew. A physio session every 3 weeks and he will be caught up in no time....well that is the plan.
Cheeky Monkey
With my dad....
Its hard to believe but Matthew is 5, this years seems to be flying by.
We organised a small get together with all the kids and had a cake and sang happy birthday
The birthday cake, I didnt mean for it to look sooooo pink but hey, pink is his favorite colour.
blowing out the candles
cheeky face
opening some pressies
He got a parking garage from the family which he loves....
Six weeks has gone too fast and it is time for Darian's Mom and Dad to fly back to South Africa..
The house is empty and there is a hole in my heart.
We dropped Matthew at Kindy and headed into Perth on the train, the last time Darian's parents were here the underground stations were not running so it was all new to them. It was a beautiful sunny day so we took a slow walk through the city and then hopped on a cat bus to take us down to the foreshore
Murray St Mall
Commonwealth Bank building
Forest Chase
Down at the foreshore we walked around the Swan Bells, I had never been this close, only ever seen it from the car and the bells tolled while we where there
We didnt go inside as it was $14 per person...
We then went and had a look at the Perth Wheel, it looks very small but we thought why not have a go, we would do it again.
It may look small from the ground but by the time you get to the top it seems huge....the views are very pretty, this is looking towards the city
Looking out towards the Barrack St Jetty
The ferry returning from South Perth....
Looking down at the Swan Bells
Once our ride was over we jumped back on the train and headed home....
We were up nice and early and went and grabbed some pies from the Dunsborough Bakery, we had seen them on the great outdoors one night and yes they are very very yummy....
We then packed the car and headed North Via Busselton where we stopped and had a quick peek at the Jetty
We finally got out of Busselton, they were doing road works. We headed north again through Bunbury, Mandurah and then up the freeway home. We got home about 2pm and we had enough time to unpack the car and get it back to the rental mob, though I really really wanted to keep it...
Time has gone quick but its time for us to say goodbye to dad and head to Dunsborough.
We had to go via Denmark again and then headed up through Pemberton where we had lunch and then through to Margaret River. We stopped at the tourist centre and got a map. We went to the candy cow and then on the the
Margaret River Chocolate Factory....
yes be bought a few nibbles. We then went on to the hotel in Dunsborough. We had dinner at the local tavern and an early night.
Another early morning due to storms and kids.....Matthew was sleeping in dads swag down in the study until the storm hit, he then spent the rest of the night with us.....
We got up and had breakfast, it was chilly but the sun was shining
We then decided to head towards Denmark way,
This is the road from dads place to the main road, it is truly stunning the photo doesn't do it justice. We had plans on going to the cheese farm, where we bought some fudge, the toffee factory and yes we bought some toffee and then it really started to rain so we didn't go to the alpaca farm but we headed into Denmark and had lunch at the local pub
It then really started to bucket down so we were glad for the open fire...
The rain eased a bit so we made a mad dash for the car and back to dads, thank goodness he also had the fire going.
After leaving the Wind farm we decided to have some lunch in Albany and hope that the rain would go away long enough for some more sightseeing...
Good news was that we had a break in the weather and we went out and had a look at the gap
The scenery in this area is stunning
We then went and had a look at the Natural Bridge
We then headed back into Albany to look at Mt Clarence
and then we headed down to Middleton beach before heading back to dads...
We got up bright and early thanks to Joel and the days plans were to have a look around Albany. Darian couldn't wait to show his parents some of the stunning scenery..
Down at Frenchman's bay...
We then went out to the Wind Farm, it had started to rain so it was a quick visit...only a few of the turbines were moving as though it was raining there wasn't much wind
The girls are at their dads for the next 2 weeks and we have hired a 8 seater car to take down to Albany. Darian picked up the car last night we got a Kia grand carnival...I am in love...so much room.
We packed the car and started our trip. We went from the top of the freeway to almost the bottom just to show how big Perth is. It started to drizzle on the way down. We stopped in Kojonup for lunch and had a yummy pie.
We got to dads at about 4.30pm ...It was freezing cold
