HE'S CRAWLING!!!

Our Benjamin is finally crawling.. but when he did it, there was no stopping. Yesterday afternoon, he crawled to ME! and that was it.. he's chasing me around the house LOL chases his sisters.. everything :)

Thank Goodness its not yesterday...

First to start... A cute pic of Benjamin... He just cut his 3rd tooth on the bottom.. so he now has 5.

He loves to put his head on his arm to rest while he's rolling around :) its tooo cute!!!

Now to the happenings of yesterday..

I was in the laundry and came back in to find Kaitlyn & Rachel repainting the house.. they hallway had purple swirls all down the hallway, including paint on the carpet. Sigh... thankfully it was kids craft paint and easily came off. although there is still a bit to get off the carpet.
So with cleaning up that, kids missed the bus, then had to go to playgroup, where Katya was grumpy to come, but soon settled in, including the standard fight over me.. My year as co ordinator is coming to an end YAY
Girls had their first session back to gymnastics, and loved it. I did groceries while they were there.

Anyway, best get back to housework while Benjamin is asleep

have a great day
C
xoxoxoxox

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!

Today is my dad's 60th birthday.. Happy Birthday Dad!!!!

We had a surprise birthday party last night for him, which he was an hour late for LOL
Was a nice late night..

Kids had heaps of fun.. I made dad a canvas of pics & gave him his fav Choc Ginger..

Have to get girls now.

byeeeee

xoxoxoxox

10months old already!!!!

wow time does fly.. Our baby is just growing tooo fast, and is 10mo already.. he is moving all around the place. rolling, and turning.. he so wants to crawl, but hasn't quite got it..
no more teeth this month.. but he's had a little cold the last couple of days.

Its hot here, and he LOVES the pool.

I have to get dinner so i will post more pics later

xoxoxoxox

Quiet Weekend..

Such a quiet weekend here. We are missing the 2 big girls. Melanie is at my parents house. and Natalie is at a friends house. Im sure neither of them want to come home. But Melanie has to as she has a party to go to tomorrow.
I found 2 houses on the internet that are up for rent, one is a 5bedroom house, and the other a 7bedroom.. we are going to try for both of them.. I hope we get the 7.. it would be great! even a spare room for an office/scrapping space :)
Speaking of scrapping. I have done 4LO tonight. so i achieved what i wanted to get done.. here they are:



ah its getting late..
hope everyones well
Take care
Chandelle
xoxoxoxoxo

Busy couple of days

School holidays have hit and we have been busy busy busy..
yesterday we spent awhile with good friends at mingara swim center.. wore us out just slightly. Rach had a ball showing off her new swim skills, benjamin kicked back and loved it.. Kaitlyn well... she wasn't impressed.. wore her self out crying.. then settled down a bit. Mel & Nat had an awesome time :)
today we went up to Oakvale farm with a mum's group.. after a morning shower.. it turned out nice. Not too hot, and they had heaps of fun.. as you can tell by the pics. We patted heaps of animals, fed the lambs, goats, cows, kangaroo's heaps more.. Kaitlyn & Amy milked the cow, Daisy, Benjamin LOVED the goats and sheep eating off the front of his pram lol and wouldn't let go of the goats head..
they patted Koala's too..
Now everyone is tired and half of them are asleep LOL

C

Update..

tomorrow is last day of school for 2 wks.. yay sleep ins..
Its also Nat's athletics carnival.. so i will go get some pictures too.. well hopefully i can find her.. they all look the same under their hats in their uniforms LOL

Benjamin has been a little grumpy and i think he's not 100% but he too will be fine soon enough. He has started clapping his hands :D:D:D

today was beautiful weather wise, and this afternoon the girls went outside to play.. here is B & K together on the little quad bike..

Ok there are some of my cuties...

I be off to bed now as im exhausted ...

take care all
BIG HUGS
C

Papa Panov Concert

Last night Mel had her school concert.. they did the story of Papa Panov..
she is in the middle in the black shirt.. and did a wonderful job.. we are very proud of her :)

Nice Family Weekend :o)

it was a beautiful weekend, spent as a family. Saturday we had lunch with my parents. And then went to the park for a little while. kids had a ball.. And it wore them out YAY
today we spent the day at home. The kids tidied their room and i did the same to ours. Glenn mowed the lawns, and we did some cooking with the girls.
Rachel is using the potty really well.. Kaitlyn did a backslide after being in hospital.. thankfully it has been nearly a week since we left, and no signs of going back yet.

anyway, I added some more pics to our site some real cute ones of kaitlyn & Rachel..

take care
C

9 Months old already

Can you believe it? My baby is 9mo!!!!

He is still as cute as ever..

alot has been happening..

Well what a week!!

Thursday was our 9 yr anniversary.. Yep we have been married 9yrs WOW.. We didn't do too much. just spent the day together, and g went to work as usual..
Friday, Mel woke up and felt blah, so i let her stay home. At lunch, we went as usual to eat with G. K started feeling a little warm, and g was asked to work on sunday night. that was fine. We came home. Kaitlyn & Rachel had a sleep and I made a brownie for dinner at our friends house. Unfortunately Miss K got worse. her temps were hitting 40+. So we came home and packed a bag for me to take Miss K back into the hospital..
There we sat for quite awhile. she had nurofen & Panadol while waiting, but still didn't bring her temp down. eventually we went in.. Only after we watched someone come in who had overdosed on drugs. so she was spasming everywhere.. And my brother (AJ) came in to keep me company while we waited..
she was monitored again. her temp got to nearly 41. A bit of riggors. we tried to get a wee sample. and she got a canula put in again. But this time it wasn't as good and she cried.. As did I.. that was simply heart wrenching. As much as you want to rescue them, you can't or they won't get better.
Anyway, we got up to the ward at 6am.. so we got her settled a bit more. she had iv fluids & antibiotics. about 730am i had a nap.. it was a dragged out time. with lots of missed sleep. But we came home now. more tests and they came out clear. so we are thankful.

more pics to come later..

Chandelle

Stressful few days..

Anyway.. To kinda fill you all in... Miss K started having feversLast Friday. She would seem to get better, but then it would hitAgain. I kept her fluids up and she didn't have any visible signs ofAn infection. So I procrastinated on the Dr. Yesterday I got in to a GP and she looked over K really well.. And said.. I think this isQuite serious. You need to go into the hospital she is ceptic (bloodInfection) which is closely linked with meningitis. So I trotted offHome. Rang g as I was leaving to organise his mum to babysit. AndRang my parents to let them know what was happening too.We got to the hospital. Waited for ages. So many kids with gastro..We waited and waited, all the while, while trying to get miss k toHave fluids. They needed a urine sample. IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!Then ended up catherterizing her for a uring sample, B4 theyInserted the canula for IV fluids & antibioticsLong story short. I got to the ward with her at 4am.. She hadAnother lot of AB and I got an hour of sleep b4 sunlight & peopleWaking.. Yawn... LolHer temps are lessoning . She has a severe bladder infection.Which hopefully hasn't damaged her kidneys, but they will be testedIn a couple of months.

We are home now and she is getting back to her normal self.

Sad News..

Poor Little Rani, lost the fight and passed away on Friday afternoon. Please keep the Miller Family in your thoughts and prayers. as it will be tough on them.. Sleep well Princess Rani oxoxoxo

Please Pray..

please please pray for a special little girl, Rani. please go here to read her story. She is very sick and needs all the prayers you can..

thanks heaps

Nice Weekend..

Ahh another weekend over. We headed down to sydney early on saturday morning.. visiting famiy. stayed there over night. although Miss Kaitlyn was quite sick. it went better than we thought.. well I thought. Everyone slept most of the night. Nat was counting down from 5 in her sleep LOL and rach disappeared over to mel sometime in the dark hours. lol Kaitlyn just told me off for having a little bit of the pillow & then wanted cuddles all night.
The girls had heaps of fun. Aunty Al had to go to work on sunday morning.. but otherwise.. it was all good. We got home at 2pm ready for g to go to work at 3. it seemed like a LONG night with him working til 12. and thn the kids grumpy.

Here is Benjamin feeding himself.. its so cute

A Beachy day

Ah a lovely sunny day spent OUT.. We went to the shops to grab a few things, then Had a picnic lunch at a park... then we went to the beach for the kids to play.. But they ended up swimming.. Im not sure how.. it was freezing. Benjamin was a bit cold. so he was sad. Kaitlyn and rachel got tumbled by the water.. so they were cold..


we came home and we were ALL exhausted.. in bed by 830.. Gosh i feel OLD LOL

Check out the pics from it on http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=12134594&uid=524941&members=1 Since the pics are working on blogspot..

Catch ya later
xooxoxoxox

UP the bush...

Saturday, we headed up the Watagans for a church service with our church.. then a picnic lunch. Kids had a heap of fun. Nat was off as quick as she could exploring with the other kids. Mel wasn't too far behind her. Kaitlyn & Rachel tried to keep up with some of the bigger girls. Collecting pine needles for the fire.
Benjamin was content getting cuddles from his Birthday Cousin Kristiarne & feedling & sleeping :)
We headed home, rach fell asleep in the car not long later. I got to head out on a night with the girls. We went to the movies.. 10 of us went to see You, Me & Dupree. its a goooood movie LOL
Sunday.. we got to go and spend some time With friends of ours. It was Marlene's birthday lunch. And the kids had heaps of fun. They Live near the lake. So we were at the park.. check out this pic of nat i got. pic

Oh Kaitlyn & Rachel have decided to START POTTY TRAINING YAY Kaitlyn is going a slight bit better. But they are both doing wonderfully

Take care!!

School Pics are in...

Our school pics came in. and i am really happy with how they turned out.

the kids are back at school after 3wks of holidays. even though the holidays went well, we are all happy
I have taken the oppertunity of them being gone to join Curves.. first session is over with and Im looking forward to heading there every morning..
This week, we have had the little 3 sick. Benjamin with croup, Kaitlyn and Rachel have had a vomitting bug, and annoying coughs. it has worn them out.
Tonight Mel isn't feeling the best. But tomorrow we are heading up to the Vineyards for Tanya's 40th birthday party, then mel gets to go to disney on ice with a friend. She is really excited.

back to watching the dvd now..
Cya

7mo Already...

Our Benjamin is 7 months old already. I am enjoying him so much. His face lights up when he see's me and it really cheers me up.
He is rolling around.. not too frequent but can when he really wants to. And he can sit for a little while unsupported. He is teething now, but nothing has popped up yet. He inhales his solids, although i am only managing to feed him them once perday.. he's happy with that. and I can do it while Kaitlyn & Rachel are having Lunch.

Im off to bed.. catch ya

July 8 ~ Taronga Zoo

seeing as it is school holidays we thought we would take the kids to taronga zoo.. Sydney. Took us 1.5hrs to get there.. but it was worth it. Benjamin slept most of the time. But the others had heaps of fun. i think they might just be worn out lol
Mel & nat can't choose which animal was their favourite. Kaitlyn Loved the raffs and Rachel tosses up between the turtles & the chimps.. she still makes the noises on command LOL

we left at closing. (5pm) kids bought a couple of little things from the shop. grabbed maccas on the way home. and eventually got home about 730. ugh long day..
that wasn't the end of our day with issues next door. police coming etc.. I just pray that my kids don't turn out like that one next door.