Sunshine
Bath time can be a little wild when Adam has meetings at night and I am left to fend for myself- the babe wants to be put to bed, but the big boys need attention... Elijah snuck in a nap whilst ...
Turning 6
I still can't quite believe I own a 6yr old boy! When did this happen?! For Christmas our lovely friend Lana sent us some family tickets for Currumbin Wildlife sanctuary. I think I was probably ...
Sleepy mamma
It seems (and I have heard) that breastfeeding releases some magical relaxing endorphins... it must be true. I love the sneaky daytime naps that ensue when feeding commences I'm feeling tired. I wake ...
Family photos?!
Yes family photos, it is true... we finally have some! We visited Nan and Pa Appleby on Sunday, and they requested a family photo for their family history book... how could we say no to ...
Bird Bath
The boys had been outside playing with their beloved Ocotonaught toys in a tub of water on the deck... they stopped to have an ice-block break when bird decided to take up residence in the tub of ...
Going home
Travelling down to Rosebank always feels a little like going home. The rolling hills and winding roads seem to envoke a certain joy in me and I can barely contain my excitement as we inch our way ...
Today, in Mirco Fashion
I can't get enough of these confetti BONDS outfits haha- so cute! And the boots, adorable. Elijah LOVES smiling... I know they say that newborn babies don't smile- I don't buy it for a second. He ...
The big boys camping trip
This weekend Adam took Ammon camping. We've been super busy working the last few months and Ammon and Daddys time together has been stretched a little thin, we had a Friday afternoon free up a couple ...
Us!
Some rare photos have emerged of Adam and I! We attended our gorgeous friend Naomi's 40th Bday bash back in January who had a photographer hired to capture some fun photo-booth style stop-motion ...
The Strawberry Farm
A few months back on some public holiday I can't remember, we asked the kids what they wanted to do for the day... They said they wanted to go strawberry picking (yus!) so strawberry picking we ...
An outing with Aunty Melly:)
A couple of days ago Mel, Abe and I headed down the coast to scout out a couple of locations for a shoot Mel has coming up (she is a portrait/wedding photographer too:) It was such an incredible ...
Bed
Why do growns ups make beds?... It certainly does make them VERY appealing for little boys to climb into. Abe loves to help make the bed... he then climbs straight on in with much delight! Doesn't ...
Sports day ( May 2014)
Ammon had his first sports day recently and made us SO proud! He doesn't particularly enjoy running, but asked us in the lead up to the day, if we could go and practice running at the park. He wanted ...
Our first official “School Holidays” April 2014
Leading up the the school holidays, Ammon started getting a little defiant and rather stroppy... it was obvious the school routine was wearing on him and he was desperate for a little family time and ...
29/52 (2013)
Life has been pretty busy lately. When looking through the calendar a couple of weeks back, we noticed that there was a day, a single day where we had absolutely no appointments, shoots or clients, ...
21/52 (2013)
A blissed out baby in the shower. Can't believe our baby is 'one' already! He curled up in this position and didn't move for quite some time. Adam was unsure if he had fallen asleep or
MUSIC | three sisters
I have no fluffy words today. Ammon pulled the piano out after church, he and Abe were playing so beautifully together... that is until Ammon pushed Abe, made him cry and got sent to his room. ...
20/52 (2013)
Mum turned 60 this week. 60! We had a fab celebration dinner for her. Emma flew up from Sydney and we all went out for dinner together. It was so great to be with Mum and Dad and all of my sisters + ...
18/52 (2013)
Such a cute little walking dude! (And no, he did not drink that juice- he was just holding the
15/52 (2013)
This week there were a few firsts... Abe said Ammon for the first time, well, about 5 times as he happily crawled towards his brother. On speaking to Ammon about it later, I asked him how it made ...
14/52 (2013)
Daddy was away shooting a wedding in Ayr this weekend. We were chillin' at home. Ammon went down on the stairs to water the Basil... Abe welcomed him home. They both went out on the ...
12/52 (2013)
Round and round the garden, like a teddy bear. One step, Two step... Tickley under there! No hands! Oh that face! He really loves "Round and Round the ...
11/52 (2013)
A trip to the pet store. Abe loved the fish! A pussy cat patted his hand... he did not love that... at all! Bub turned 10mths, took 2 steps and HUGGED me for the very first time. His warm little ...
10/52 (2013)
He is constantly harassing that bird! We do get a good laugh when he chases bird crawling after him. Poor Little Bird. History is repeating itself. Looks like we might need to hang his cage
BOOKS | three sisters
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." -Dr. Seuss ABOUT three sisters. We are literally 3 sisters who share a love of photography and ...
9/52 (2013)
It was rainy sort of week, so we didn't get out much. Ammon had kindy 3 days- and was desipite a few tears, was happy to go to kindy, and each day came home and declared with resolution- "I'm NOT ...
8/52 (2013)
A heart melting moment right there. I wandered into my bedroom to fall in to bed quite late one night only to stumble upon this scene. Awww... then there was the hard task of clearing them off the ...
7/52 (2013)
Lazing around! "Mum mum mum mum mum mum mum mum". Ammon and I were laughing at this picture. We titled it "Hey! I'm bathing here!" After Abe was tucked in ...
6/52 (2013)
Out and about shooting with Mummy and Daddy... Abe was so tired, but as usual, would not allow himself to fall asleep while out and about. (Even thought he was beside himself with ...
5/52 (2013)
"When you have your hair in a circle like that, (A big side bun) it looks kinda like a.... "A donut?" No.... A... Prince... essss"A princess?"! YES! (smiles bashfully, then leaning forward and ...
4/52 (2013)
I heard a little strumming coming from out on the front deck so went to investigate... this is what I found. He was not impressed that he had been discovered (he likes to sing alone) and stomped off ...
2/52 (2013)
Fruit bat! Abe is so hooked on fruit. He will pretty much eat as much as I will put in front on him. He has been loving having mango daily after his breakfast. It's his favorite part of the ...
1/52 (2013)
I had resolved I would not take a photo today as my 366 project ended yesterday (Yippee!) BUT I could not resist this snap as Ammon was getting ready for bed... I had told Ammon to select a book for ...
Day 363
This morning I walked into my room a while after putting Abe down for his nap and my breath caught when I saw my little boy sleeping in my bed. All of a sudden, he didn't seem so babyish anymore and ...
Day 362
Adam and Ammon have been having daily water fights out on the front deck since Christmas- they got matching pistols in their stockings (thanks Nana
Day 361
Nana and Poppa came over for lunch. Before we had lunch, we had told Ammon, that after he had eaten his lunch, we could all have a chocolate. He finished his lunch, and exclaimed it was now time ...
Day 359
It is such a joy to stumble across little moments like this. Adam was out the front playing with the boys when this little scene played out before him. The boys had been sitting on the deck ...
Day 358
This morning Ammon wrote his Christmas cards for his friends in Nursery, he was very particular about who he wanted to write cards to and only 3 friends were "on the list"! He wrote them himself ...
Day 357
Tonight we popped by Sandra and Brians to say hello, then went on our yearly wander of Kaiser Dr in Winderoo. The street is insanely long, and nearly all of the homes dress their houses with ...
Day 356
Lana brought us some Christmas presents today... we decided to open on a little early to share.
Day 354
Another hideously hot day saw us hitching a ride in daddys new car to a shoot at the beach! He went off to photograph his clients and we took a stroll along the beach (it was a bit windy to take a ...
Day 353
The weather today was yet again unrelenting! Crazily muggy, and so unbearable! We messaged our friends Emma and Oscy to see if they wanted to hit up the rock pools with us this afternoon. They agreed ...
Day 352
Today I roused surrounded by my little family. Our two boys tucked quietly sleeping between Adam and I (I have no idea when Ammon joined us). I felt Ammon stir, then excitedly leap up into sitting ...
Day 351
Nana requested a while back that I take a photo of Ammon playing marbles (he has recently gained a love for playing, and he's not half bad either!). So this morning, while everyone else was ...
Day 350
Today was so much fun. We made a cardboard house... we had WAY too many deliveries this week, and it seemed a shame to recycle all the boxes without having some fun first! So the morning started ...
Day 347
Abe is enjoying all of the beautiful Christmas decorations about the place. Why is there something so exciting about a babys first Christmas? I can't wait to take him to see all the Christmas ...
Day 346
The other day I finally got around to cleaning up Ammons craft table. It used to be next to his toys, and it was driving me mad as it is used all day every day and was constantly in a state of ...
Day 345
Today I had heaps of work to get through. It wasn't ordinary work, it was a million and one letters for a promotion we were putting together... I had the letters waiting to be sealed spralled all ...
Day 344
Ammon loves nursary at Church. We have chatted about how we will graduate this year and how he will then be in "Sunbeams" in Primary. He is not sure that is a great idea. Adam took my lil camera to ...
Day 343
I went a little crazy with the happy snaps this morning... Abe was having too much fun and looked way too gorgeous playing in our new buckets! And last but not ...
Day 342
Today, Adam decided to install speakers in the roof so we could enjoy some music over the holidays. Ammon was a very good helper, and Abe was a happy
Day 341
Today was a busy day, I went down the coast to a lovely ladies lunch (hosted by another photographer friend) and in the haze of the afternoon, (I felt a little unwell so instead of picking up Ammon ...
Day 339
Today we purchased our first family Christmas tree, to put up for our first Christmas in our first home. We were very excited! We had such a lovely time shopping together as a family. I love these ...
Day 338
So we told Ammon Santa isn't real... he was a bit disappointed and told some other kids- who assured him that Santa is real (oops lol). We had a chat about it and said that if he wants to, we can ...
Day 337
I felt pooped today. I missed Adam (home tonight woop! He had been in Fiji for 4 days! I'm frazzled) and Ammon was way over tired and cranky! We had dinner at Phil and Desleys (thank you!) and they ...
Day 336
We had a busy day today. It started with cubbies under the table... (and a sneaky baby trying to pinch Ammons breakfast! He managed to grab a handful of wheetbix that he happily munched away ...
Day 335
Lounging around in the heat today... chewing on a fan and enjoying mummy and Ammons company:) Squishy lips... Perfect chubby little fingers... Cute new faces as you chatter ...
Day 334
Our broom has magically turned into a traffic sign... when it says "stop", it stops for aaaages. When you flip it and say "go", surprisingly I can only take a step or two before it flicks around and ...
Day 333
Ammon found our nativity scene in the garage the other day when we were cleaning up. Immediately he wanted to play with it. So we set it up a little early. The tree wont make an appearence until ...
Day 331
Today was a day of firsts. Ammons first "day" at kindy, and Abes first trip to the beach! (Well, we didn't get too close to the water as it was a bit windy and chilly, but he did have a taste of the ...
Day 330
After a long long week of way too many late nights, tonight we crashed out super early (a couple hours later I got up as I remembered I needed to get the necessary paperwork together for Ammon to ...
Day 329
While attempting to clean out the garage today, we came across a magnifying sheet. Ahhh always great for a giggle! *Shot by Adam
Day 328
I love the imagination of children. While driving home after going flying this afternoon, Ammon exclaimed "The moon is following us!!! It must be attached to the roof of our car with a looong blue ...
Day 327
Today I came home from the shops wearing this... it was worth it to see Ammon expression light up! " MUMMMMM! You are super! Maybe we can be matching!" (Dashes off to bedroom to put on matching ...
Day 326
This image needed a little censoring, however, I wanted to record this as I will miss these snuggly feed times we share... I love the way you look at me with so much love written all over your little ...
Day 325
Today was so incredibly hot. After sweating it out indoors for the day, we decided to escape and get some fresh air and ice-cream at the strawberry farm. The afternoon was so pleasant out! It was ...
Day 324
Today we made banana milkshakes. Ammon is still funny now and then about the blender, so raced off into the office to get some "ear muffs". Lol. Abe wanted in on the action- man that boy wants to ...
Day 323
Abe no one can quite make you smile like you can- looking in the mirror at yourself, you are by far the most excitable person to watch. We try to pull funny faces at you, but you only have eyes for ...
Day 322
Today a bunch of Adams friends from church came by to offer us some service. Since moving in our house and having Abe, we have been so time poor, Abe is generally crying unless being held, so I ...
Day 321
Abey baby, you have delighted us with your presence for 6mths today. We are smitten with your sweet face and excited eyebrows. Your chubby thighs and grabby hands make us smile. We love ...
Day 320
Today was filled to the brim with lots to do and places to go. Daddy had left a box in the lounge... it was commandeered by a cute little stripy boy and then commissioned to be made into an ...
Day 319
Today whilst at the shops we got bombarded by the dudes trying to sign us up for monthly donations (you know the ones you try not to make eye contact with;) (Don't get me wrong, I'm all for helping ...
Day 318
Adam and Ammon went on a little outing together today. Adam had mentioned to Ammon whilst he was in hospital, that when he came home, he would take him out and buy him some Lego. (Adam wanted to give ...
Day 317
Ammon was a little fragile today. He fell down a few times, and even though he normally would have gotten back up and kept playing (it takes a bit for him to cry) he would sob "I don't want to go ...
Day 316
Today on the way home from hospital (wahoo my boys are home!) I was so tired I took a wrong turn. We ended up having to go across the riverside expressway and then back over to head home... the good ...
Day 314
Today was horrifying. Whilst cooing over Abe as he woke up on our bed, we heard a terrifying cry. We raced out to see what was going on and noted Ammons cry was coming from out the front. (whereas a ...
Day 313
We popped over to visit Poppa today to drop him off a card you had created. It was his birthday. You were delighted when he asked you if you would like to go out on an ice-cream date with him. I left ...
Day 312
I spotted a little field of dandelion a couple of days back, so on our way to the park this afternoon we took a little detour via this cute little vacant block of land. I think I ...
Day 311
I'm loving watching Abe feed himself. He is not so interested in being spoon fed. He wants to hold his food and do it himself. I tried to feed him some mashed pumpkin and sweet potato a couple of ...
Day 310
Yesterday I had a talking to Ammon about not sharing his toys with Abe. Every time Abe attempts to touch something that belongs to Ammon, he shreeks, "ABE!" and snatches it away... I explained to ...
Day 309
Ammons favourite book as a baby was "Baby Boo". It seems it's a popular one, as Abe loves it too. "Peekaboo! It's you!" (Ammon still quite likes
Day 308
The boys playing together- right before Abe stacked it and got his first egg (ouch!). Note in the background our finished canvas'. Now to hang them on the wall:) Ammon is very proud of them- the ...
Day 307
Today was full on! Adam's cousin Tash had been in Labour for since sometime yesterday, and Aunty Kath had to go to work, so Tash's little girl Sienna came over to wait it out and play with Ammon. ...
Day 306
We went for a drive out to Victoria Point this morning to pick up a Jolly Jumper for Abe. On the way out I spied the most beautiful Jacaranda trees in a park. On the way home we had a little play on ...
Day 305
Yesterday Adam mentioned he needed to pop out to pick up some new hard-drives for our yearly business backups. He took Ammon with him. He returned home with a massive grin, and a little brief case ...
Day 304
The love of my life. My first portrait taken with the new camera he got me! (Story tomorrow)
Day 303
Today we went shopping to buy Abe a high chair, we got home late and Daddy was waiting for some play
Day 301
Abe ate his first biscuit tonight... he has taste tested many a fruit- some of which he has deemed acceptable, but he fast gets very frustrated that he cannot get them into him fast enough and ends ...
Day 300
This afternoon on the way home from Grandmas, Nana called to ask Ammon if he wanted to come and sleep over. The answer was a resounding
Day 299
A great day today. A play date with Ammons best friend Louie and a late afternoon picnic in the park. A couple of days ago, Ammon told me he only likes Louie. "I just love Louie mum, he is just ...
Day 298
A little craft and a lot of contentment. I will have to post a photo once these are complete and up on the wall. Ammons green hand will be a monster. Abes orange hand an octopus (or ghost?), Abes ...
Day 297
After all of the crazy hot weather recently, today we enjoyed change in temperature... I might even venture as far as to say it got a little chilly. This little guy looked cool as a cucumber! Now ...
Day 296
Ammon just kept coming out with the funniest little things today. Last week he asked me who the picture was on his undies... I said, "That's Batman in the back and his sidekick in front of him. He ...
Day 295
Abe has been in a cot for just over a week now! Sweet little man you are growing so fast. Soon I will move you out of our room, but I'm not quite ready
Day 294
As Adam is off in Fiji, Ammon, Abe and I hit the local fair with Nana and Poppa for a bit of fun. It was so ridiculously hot it was not funny! We stayed a short while, and a go on the giant slide, ...
Day 293
I have forgotten to mention that Abe cut a couple of teeth a week or so back! He has just started to use them... ouch! We had a pretty full on day today. We were up at the crack of dawn to drive ...
Day 292
It has been so hot the last couple of days. Abe has been getting about in a singly and a nappy cover. I was laying next to him playing and just couldn't get past this cuteness! Oh those fat little ...
Day 291
"I just can't make it up the stairs Dad". We pulled up outside home as you had just drifted off to sleep. I woke you up and you asked if I could carry you up the stairs. "Sorry I can't baby, I've ...
Day 290
Today Abe sat up by himself! Ammon plonked himself right down behind him, to make sure he was nice and safe, just in case he fell. The afternoon was filled with a trip to the ...
Day 289
Today Ammon was a little sick... yep, that dish cloth did the trick! Luckly the nastiness only lasted a couple of hours! Let's just say I'm SO glad I had a nappy on him for his sleep last night... ...
Day 288
I loved watching the Sunday sessions of General Conference today. I was a really tired though, so feel I missed out on quite a bit of it- I am looking forward to listening/reading the addresses again ...
Day 287
Busy bee's today! A local "Family Fun Day" in the morning- complete with free rides for the kiddies, a petting zoo and a picnic under a tree. Then home for a nap... once the bub was up, it was off to ...
Day 286
Exhausted may not even sum up how I felt this morning... Abe was up teething for most part of the night, Ammon wasn't feeling too well and wet his bed half way through the night, I was frazzled and ...
Day 285
Ammons bestie Louie came over for a couple of hours today. The boys had a ball together. One minute they were sword fighting across the lounge room, the next sitting quietly playing Lego together, ...
Day 284
My beautiful Cathy dropped around this afternoon with a little chair for Abe. I had mentioned to her that he was getting even harder to put down, because as soon as he is in is bouncer on on the ...
Day 283
I love our late afternoon play dates in the park. Abe was happy to just sit in the swing while Ammon and I played behind him. We swung together, spun together, put out fires together. Ammon had two ...
Day 282
Abe was fussing as I made dinner. I asked Ammon if he could play with him to entertain him whist I cooked as Adam was still on his way home from his photoshoot. Bless his little heart. He sat with ...
Day 281
Tonight we had dinner at Nana and Poppas. It was great to kick back and relax and have some delicious corn beef that I didn't have to cook;) Yum! We got home early and had a blissfully early ...
Day 280
Tonight was lovely! We went as a family to a local screening of "The LORAX" in the park. We grabbed some fish and chips for dinner, found our patch of grass in the dark, lay out our picnic rug and ...
Day 279
This afternoon we took the boys to the park and Abe had his very first solo "swing" experience. He loved it! I remembered back to when Ammon had his first go on the swing- he would NOT smile. Oh, he ...
Day 278
Today Ammon disappeared outside. I poked my head out to see where he went and had a laugh when I found him watering the grass in his undies and a pair of gumboots Abby gave him that are a couple of ...
Day 277
We seriously LOVE our hand-me-downs from Aunty Abby! This "new" batman shirt (complete with cape!) will be a new staple clothing item I think! He was flying around the house in no
Day 276
Tonight I bathed the boys and then left Ammon in the bath while I fixed Abe for bed. The next thing I hear is Ammons piano being pounded from the bedroom. Adam went to investigate and had a little ...
Day 275
This year we were lucky enough to have an extra public holiday! We celebrated the Queens Birthday today- even though we had already celebrated something "Queen" related earlier in the year:D No one ...
Day 274
This morning Ammon and I decided to do a little craft together before church. We had talked about making some glasses out of his red cellophane earlier in the week as he kept putting it over his face ...
Day 273
Today Ammon woke up early, and very excitedly came running into my room with a Lego instruction book for a fire helicopter. Very enthusiastically he said "We need to make it mum, come on!". It was a ...
Day 272
I woke up early today and played with Abe for a while, then went out on the deck to peg out the washing. I love our home! The magpies in the trees were singing (this is one of my most favorite sounds ...
Day 271
Abe is teething at the moment. Well he has been for quite a while now but those little bottom teeth aren't too far off now! Needless to say his drooling on EVERYTHING like you wouldn't believe. ...
Day 270
After an extremely busy day, I didn't get to take my photo until they boys had both gone to bed and I was about to follow suit. I popped into kiss my Ammon. I love being a mum! (Featured today ...
Day 268
Abe is teething at the moment. He needs to be held constantly and dribbles and munches on EVERYTHING! Needless to say, with a babe constantly in arms, productivity is down in the Murphy ...
Day 267
Today was really hot again, so as soon as we got home from church, Ammon stripped down to his undies for a bit of heat relief. (Eip! I can't even imagine at this point how hot this means summer will ...
Day 266
We have been looking forward to today for a long time. Today was the much anticipated "Construction Party" to celebrate Ammons friend Louis' 3rd Birthday. We decided to make Ammon a "workman" vest to ...
Day 265
"Did you know that you are beautiful Mum?" "Yes, because you always tell me" "That's because I love you". I love these conversations that we have multiple times throughout the day. This ...
Day 264
This evening I went along to an event run by my lovely new friend Emma (The friend I met at the park a month or so back). She and a girlfriend run a group called "Seasons, Womens Cafe". They have one ...
Day 263
Ammon was so beautifully behaved all day today, so I promised him that we would head out to the part before dinner. The weather was perfect and off we went! We had a great time at the park ...
Day 262
Each night, Ammon likes to have his stories read to him by the light of his torch. Tonight he was taking a little longer than usual to climb into bed, and constantly found himself sidetracked. I had ...
Day 261
Last night after Ammon went to bed, Adam stayed up and got stuck into reconstructing the demolished Lego cars & police station in the spare (soon to be Abes) room. He had told Ammon that he was ...
Day 260
Today Abe was a happy little thing. He had a nap for a couple of hours before we headed off to church, then nothing until this evening. He would not be put to sleep, and again, had to be being ...
Day 259
Today we set aside as a day for Ammon. He slept and Nanas last night- Adam went to pick him up this morning and we headed out to the Beenleigh Show. He had a great time patting the animals, and ...
Day 258
Today I spent the day with my Mamma and sisters Mel & Abby. We had lunch at Ikea and chatted about mums new business venture then hit Spotlight for a bit of light fabric shopping. I'm so proud ...
Day 257
Ammon was excited to find a baby spoon packed away the other day. Today he whipped it out and insisted on eating his yoghourt with it. The boys walked over and sat down together, sharing a bowl of ...
Day 256
You love it when Nana pops over before bedtime:) You miss living with her, so it is a real treat when she comes by to read you a story and tuck you into bed. You are a very loved little boy ...
Day 255
While in his "fire station" tonight, Ammon refused to be photographed! It was quite amusing- sorry son, you just looked so cute in that tiny hole! And as we are collecting our new couch tomorrow (by ...
Day 254
Abe, today you were a little monkey! You refused to go to sleep even though you were completely exhausted! Finally I had the brilliant idea (well Ammon tells me my ideas are brilliant, so I will ...
Day 253
As Ammon slept over at Nanas last night, Adam and I enjoyed the best sleep in ever! Once Abe woke up, we lay in bed for a while and chatted. Abe is such a bright spark in the mornings. He gets so ...
Bonus Video Feature!
A sweet little insight into our boys personality :) (This has almost convinced me he is completely mad!) You may remember a few weeks ago I mentioned Adam was filming a video of Ammon getting ...
Day 252
Today was a big day. It started out with a pirate party (which I didn't know was going to be a pirate party until yesterday-oops!) Ammons friend Jared was turning 5! I managed to track down a ...
Day 251
I have been wanting to capture this as one of my "delights" for a while. Every day Ammon troops around the house wearing his tool belt. Sometimes it is rather empty, with just a hammer a saw and tape ...
Day 250
This morning not long after we woke up, we got a text message from Nana (Desley) saying that she missed her boys- and when could we hang out. Ammon promptly called her to have a chat and proclaim his ...
Day 247
Abe is turning into such a happy little guy. He relishes in attention and is completely ticklish all over his body! I love his little personality that is starting to shine through so ...
Day 246
Today was fathers day. As it was fast Sunday and Adam is a stickler for the "rules" he wanted to fast (boring!). So we had a delicious lunch together yesterday. We had toasted croissants with ham and ...
Day 245
I love the little wall we had built into the bathroom... so if the little ones need to race to the toilet but don't have time to close the door there is still a little modesty;) Ammon raced off to ...
Day 244
Today Ammon was a little wild... there was some seriously extreme tantrums. But through the tears and the frequent naughty outbursts there were moments of serenity. Where I looked at him and saw the ...
Day 243
I love it when Adam comes home from work and just relishes in our babies. They love his attention so much- when they play together you cannot wipe the smile off Ammons face. I'm so grateful to have a ...
Day 242
There have been a few random additions to Daddys outlook calander recently. Mysteriously they have "Ammon" as the appointment reminder. Adam asked me the other day if I had put in a play date ...
Day 241
My cute little fireman playing in the yard. He raced out to retrieve a pencil that fell off the deck- and never came
Day 240
We have recently progressed to the bath tub rather than the kitchen sink for bath time. You are loving the extra space. Tonight however, I was a little rushed so in the sink it was once again. You ...
Day 239
Last night the All Black (New Zealand ruby team) won their game. I have no idea who they were playing... I don't really follow sport- but it made Adam super happy. Today Abe was to wear his All ...
Day 238
Today Adam was out shooting a wedding. It was a long one. Ammon was at Nanas. Lana and I had pizza for dinner, and after she left, I decided to be a little self indulgent and do something for me for ...
Day 237
Today was the big day- Nana's birthday! Ammon had been very much looking forward to this day ever since I had mentioned earlier in the week that Friday was Nanas birthday, and she was going to come ...
Day 236
Today was really really hot. Abe didn't know how to handle it. He couldn't sleep, he was unsettled and generally just miserable. I was holding him trying to pat him to sleep unwrapped (he liked to ...
Day 235
Today Ammon spent the day with Grandma. He was very excited to be going, and hurridly tried to dress Abe so we could get a move on! I dropped him down in the morning and as I left, he was ...
Day 234
Today we thought we won a custom Xbox. It wasn't so. It seems that these days when you win something on a paddlepop, you have to sign up on their website, and rally together a thousand friends to ...
Day 233
Ammon has been obsessively playing "Octonaughts" for the past couple of days. His firemen have become the Octonaughts. Today I surprised him by getting some deodorant caps out of the cupboard for him ...
Day 232
Today instead of our regular Sunday church meetings we had our bi-annual conference. I really enjoyed it and have come away feeling inspired and uplifted. After church we headed out to Nan & ...
Day 231
Last night Ammon slept over at Nana and Poppas place. Today he called me with much excitement to tell me that Nana bought him a torch! (He has been saying for ages he needs a torch- he tried to take ...
Day 230
Today's little love was spending the afternoon with Ammon. We made it through half of the day getting things done and not having any fun... (ok we did have 15mins or so playing hide and seek so it ...
Day 229
Today we caught up with our new friends Emma & Oscar. We had a lovely afternoon picking strawberries and chatting until the sun almost ran away from us. I feel very blessed to have a new friend ...
Day 228
Tonight we accidentally overfilled the bath... Ammon could literally swim in the tub lol! So we decided to pop Abe in the bath with him to save a little extra water;) Abe was enjoying the ...
Day 227
Today Ammon and I had planned to go to the park with some friends, but at the last minute something came up and they could no longer make it. Ammon was a bit disappointed, but I assured him we would ...
Day 226
This afternoon we popped over to Rachels place for a play. Ammon and Cassidy had a great time playing together. Rachel skillfully took all the kids for a ride on her bike (she has a little buggy for ...
Day 225
I've been wanting to buy "Guess Who" for Ammon for a while now, as he loves memory, and I knew he would enjoy playing it. I was being a little cheap and didn't want to fork out $50, so had been ...
Day 224
Last night Ammon had a sleep over at Nanas. He came home just before 11am, and we had plans that we would go to the fire-brigade to check it out. We had called during the week, and they had told us ...
Day 223
Every morning when I wake and am trying to feed Abe, Ammon insists on trying to cuddle him, grabbing at him trying to hold him- all while I'm attached and Abe is fussing trying to keep it that ...
Day 222
Tonight Ammon sat up on the bench next to me as I prepared dinner. I chatted to him and told him scripture stories. As I did his little face was alight. As I finished my story of the first vision, he ...
Day 221
I love this view as I climb into bed each night:) I feel so blessed to have a baby who loves to sleep. Ammon always fell asleep suckling me, and still struggles to sleep the night through. I was ...
Day 220
♫ ♪ These are a few of my favorite things:) ♪ ♫ - Late afternoons spent at the park with my family - Swinging so high your tummy drops on the backwards fall - Watching my 3 boys ...
Day 219
Today was a bit of a boring old day for Ammon, until we popped outside to hose the turf. He requested that I refer to him as Fireman Sam, and asked me to please get his fire hat. So I did, and he put ...
Day 218
Today was Abes blessing day. It was lovely to have some of the family come along to witness it- and a shame that not everyone we loved could have been there... I didn't manage to get a photo of him ...
Day 217
Tonight I am grateful for fresh sheets, a tidy bedroom and a loving husband... even if he does hog the
Day 216
My little sister Anita called yesterday to ask if we could hang out today... yippee! She arrived and we decided to give Abby a call (as she only lives 10 or so mins away) to see if she wanted join us ...
Day 215
Ammon was very excited to have Abe join him in the bath tonight… And Abe was happy for some leg room to splash about:) (I usually bath him in the kitchen sink- but it is getting a little squishy in ...
Day 214
Apparently it is World Breastfeeding week? So I hear anyway. A week or so ago on the radio, one of the talk back girls was talking about thank-less tasks. She talked about picking up your dogs poo, ...
Day 213
Little Bird and Ammon have been getting along great lately- Ammon is so chuffed bird will take a ride on his shoulder! It makes him feel so
Day 211
Tonight was the best sunset ever. I think the pictures speak for themselves- although in saying that, I must say- I am SO grateful for my Heavenly Father who blesses me with joys such as these. Today ...
Day 210
Today we attended (and Adam photographed) a friends wedding. It was a really great day:) (Although, next time I think I will have Ammon babysat;) Ammon loved spending time with Nana and Popa, and ...
Day 209
10 or so mins to midnight... still no photo of the day. Lucky the husband was near by and willing to have a photo with me:) Grateful for his friendship, and also his encouragement for me to keep my ...
Day 208
Mum popped by a couple of days ago on her way up to Spotlight (fabric shop) and told us that she was heading there to get some fabric to make Ammon a quilt. (Mum knew that Ammon gets a little cold in ...
Day 207
Today I took Ammon to do the grocery shopping with me. Adam finished his photoshoot earlier than expected, so came and surprised us at the shops:) He bought Ammon a Cars toy to add to his collection- ...
Day 205
Tonight Adam made a short film of Ammon. It is hilarious! I can't wait to share it when it's finished. He is a crazy funny little guy. Adam was using the back of the baby photo as a reflector, and ...
Day 204
This morning Ammon asked me to blow him up some balloons... Yesterday Nana gave us a bag of bits and bobs that had been left at her place when we moved, and inside was our balloon stash. Ammon raided ...
Day 203
Today I finally got around to doing my comparison shot of the boys (I have the one of Ammon as a beautiful 20x30" artmount in our home and wanted a matching one of Abe:) So this is Abe at 66 days ...
Day 202
This afternoon we took Ammon and Abe down to the park. Adam headed off early to get some work done and I hung out with the little fellas. I had a really great conversation with another mummy at ...
Day 201
I can't believe how fast this little man is growing. I love his beautiful smiles in the middle of the of night and his delightful little "coos" during his change
Day 200
Tonight we made some popcorn for Lana to take home to share with her sisters (they are hooked on it- apparently I make the best popcorn in the world. They smelt it on her arrival and she got ...
Day 199
Aunty Abby gave us a train forever ago. It was a metal Thomas train that she decided her boys had outgrown as they had been throwing it around (it's one heck of a heavy lump!) and she was afraid ...
Day 197
Last night at dinner, Dad was doing his trick where he puts his hands over his face and opens them like little doors- each time the doors open, there is a new crazy face revealed. We were cracking up ...
Day 196
Today I was rather exhausted. Adam was downstairs working and Abe was asleep... I managed to convince Ammon to let me have a little nap (I tried coercing him to have one with me- I fell asleep ...
Day 195
Ammon can't keep his hands off Abe-, he is aways rubbing his cheeks against Abes head, or putting his hands all over his face cooing- it's a source of much frustration for poor little Abe. Ammon ...
Day 193
Today was a lovely day, spent with my girlfriend Nichole:) It was nice to just chill out for once and not think about work! Ammon loved having a friend to play with- even though it took the whole ...
Day 192
We don't live in the country, surrounded by trees, nor by the ocean with its' sweet smelling breeze. But who could complain, when in our simple life lain, Is found the sweetness of family, if ...
Day 191
Today Matty came to finish off the driveway and surprised us with a stack of turf that he had left over after a job... wooohoo! Adam went out to help with the concreting, and Ammon hung around ...
Day 190
This morning while we were getting ready for church we were listening to some childrens church music on Spotify (man they have EVERYTHING!). I asked Adam to find a song that was a favourite of mine ...
Day 189
Today I powered through some work- Adam was out shooting a wedding, and Ammon was at Nanas. Matty showed up to pour the concrete for our driveway so I called Nana to let her know (as I knew Ammon ...
Day 188
Today the Iva's came to visit so Ammon had some friends to play with (woohoo!). I hadn't realised he had let them into the spare room where the millions of toys that are waiting to be sorted have ...
Day 187
Ammon, today you sat down next to Abe with a little "hymn" book and starting singing to him because he was fussing. You sat and sang him "I am a Child of God". You make me and daddy so proud. You are ...
Day 186
Ammon jumped in the shower tonight exhaused and a little stroppy. I left the room to check on Abe as he was fussing and came back to this... I checked to make sure he was alive, then dashed to get ...
Day 185
It was a chilly day inside, but outside, it was glorious! Ammon and I decided to get out of the house. We have been too cooped up lately and were desperately in need of some fresh air. We decided to ...
Day 184
"You're very beautiful mum." "Thank you sweetheart!" "Does that make people very lovely inside their hearts?" That is likley to be one of the cutest things I have ever heard. (I may or ...
Day 182
Today I enjoyed watching the boys play. Ammon is often in his own little world as he plays and chats to himself. Someone is always getting rescued, pretty much no matter what toy he is playing ...
Day 181
It's been a little cold, rainy and miserable for the past couple of days. Ammon couldn't help but notice the little pool forming out the front of our house. I told him when the sun came out a little ...
Day 180
I love the beautiful sunshine that streams through our front window in the morning. Ammon and I often eat breakfast together in the warm sunlight. It is blissful warming after the chill of the ...
Day 178
Today I am feeling very blessed. Desley took me shopping to fill our pantry and freezer as her house warming present to us. Thank you for being an amazing Nana to our babies and a wonderful friend to ...
Day 177
I love snuggling in bed with Ammon. I miss it but have to be strict (as I used to have to lie with him for sometime hours each night trying to put him to sleep). He has been so grown up and so good ...
Day 176
It has been so chilly the past week (still looking forward to the house being insulated;). After all the workers left yesterday, Nana took Ammon shopping and got him some cute gloves and fun ...
Day 175
This morning Adam woke up early to head out and give service to someone in need- he walked out the front door and was surprised to see Matty had arrived with a throng of workers to concrete our path! ...
Day 174
Tonight Ammon was just delightful! We treated him with a lovely hot Milo before bed. He profusely thanked us repeatedly. "Thank you Dad for getting me a lovely Milo". I then gave him the rest of mine ...
Day 172
Today Ammon was telling me he missed Nana and Poppa. After dinner tonight, there was a knock at the door. Ammon was delighted to find Nana standing there, ready to bath him, tuck him into bed and ...
Day 171
Sleeping in with my boys would be much more bliss if I had more than 30cm on the edge of the bed;) The things you do for
Day 170
Ammon has been asking every day for about a week now, "Can we go to the park tomorrow?". (I feel sad that he has to say tomorrow:( We must say that too much!). He has been a little sick, so my ...
Day 168
Nana called last night to say that she would be picking up Ammon after breakfast to take him to "Out of the Box" (an annual childrens festival held in Southbank). She arrived before we had eaten (it ...
Day 167
Today I picked up my camera to take a photo of Ammon. I was holding Abe, and Ammon said to me "I'll take a photo of you Mum". And he did. I love it. We are loving being in our new home. Even ...
Day 166
Tonight we had our first dinner guests, Nana and Poppa. We still don't have a table, but we made do (it will be picked up tomorrow). Poppa headed off after eating and Nanna stayed and spent time ...
Day 165
Today Abe was laying on the rug, and Ammon came up and placed all his favouite trains and cars around him to "play" with. It's so cute how he shares his untouchable toys with him! (You know the ones, ...
Day164
Isn't that the cutest little butt you have ever seen! And the booties! Abe is such a happy little fella- as long as he is being
Day 163
Super Abe showing off his kung-fu styles:) (Ammon calls Abe "Super Abe the babe"). Hehe! I love these pants and booties! They were a gift from Lana- she has fabulous
Day 162
Last night was FREEEEEEZING! The insulation has yet to go in the house (it's not 100% finished yet) an my goodness, insulation makes a massive difference. It felt like we were sleeping in a tent ...
Day 161
Today the driveway was supposed to get done at our new home so that we could move in next week... we got a call from our friend Matty (who is doing the concreting for us) telling us that he had ...
Day 160
As we dressed for bed tonight, Nana asked if Ammon would like to climb in bed with her and watch a movie. In they snuggled, and finally decided on watching "Nemo". Ammon was very excited that ...
Day 159
I needed to catch up on a bit of work- it's been a challange keeping on top of everything since the littliest one came along! So Adam took bub out on a "Man Date". Adam had promised Ammon he would ...
Day 158
Today Adam had a commercial shoot... I'm kind of cheating on my project by using one of his lighting test shots as my photo of the day;) Adam never lets me take photos of him (that being said- he ...
Day 157
You were playing with my phone and noticed it reflecting light on the ceiling. You asked what it was and I explained it was light reflecting off the phone- kinda like how the moon reflects the light ...
Day 155
Today was Levis blessing day. So we all went up to Neets ward to witness the blessing, then headed back to her place for refresments and some time together. It was so nice to hang out with the ...
Day 154
Today Felicity and I played "baby photographer" and took some sweet little shots of baby. He is so so so beautiful! I feel so blessed, and thankful to my sister for this beautiful image of my little ...
Day 153
Today Mum, and my sisters Felicity and Anita came over and brought me lunch. Anita had her kiddlets with her so Ammon enjoyed his play date with the girls while we looked after the new bubs and ...
Day 152
Today was our last day in our studio in downtown Beenleigh. Adam had a mad day moving all the furniture out (with the help of my wonderful Daddy) and patching all the holes in the walls from the ...
Day 151
The boys were lying on the bed together and I picked up the camera to take a shot... Ammon reached for the camera and said "Mum I want to take a photo!". I passed him the camera and he took a shot ...
Day 150
Today we had our first outing to the park with the bub. Adam was supposed to meet us there- but bumped into a friend who needed a hand so couldn't make it. So I braved the park alone with ...
Day 149
After a rather sleepless night, we decided to go visit and have a play at Mums place. Ammon always enjoys spending time at
Day 148
3:45am in the Murphy household... A baby that would not sleep, and a tender big brother that said "Mum, let me hold him". It worked a
Day 147
Oh another sleepy smile. I couldn't resist! I love the little hand up to his chin... oh bless him he is
Day 146
I love this boy! And that smile! The other night I was holding him as he fell asleep. Not long after he had drifted away into dreamland, he spat his dummy out broke in to a massive grin and ...
Day 145
Tonight we popped over to our house to show Nana the progress. Adam had a little bit of networking work to do (as he has wired up the house with home automation stuff!). Ammon was getting a little ...
Day 144
"Mum..." "Yes?" "Have you seen a talking snake?" "Um, nope, I've never seen a talking snake!" (Giggles) Ammon has been coming out with funny little questions lately, which are ...
Day 143
Smitten. He can't keep his eyes off his new baby brother. I love hearing him whisper "He's my best friend". The last couple of days have been a little emotional for Ammon. He is ...
Day 142
Mum and Dad came up to help out a little today. Bub didn't sleep much last night (I think two days out, Saturday down the coast, then yesterday at Church) was a little too much! I desperatly needed ...
Day 141
I love having fresh flowers in the house! So this is my love for today. I'm still enjoying the beautiful flowers Adam bought for me on Friday. He got them from a sweet little roadside shop in the ...
Day 140
Today we had our first big outing. A family doo at Mum and Dads place to meet with some long lost rellies. Mum recently stumbled across Nan's first cousin who lives in Sydney while doing some family ...
Day 137 + Abe’s birth story.
I went about today thinking it was just another day, with no signs of baby being on the way. My due date had now passed and I started to think that perhaps they had my dates wrong in my date ...
Day 136
Today, Ammon and I made cupcakes to celebrate Lanas birthday. They were delicious! (Because they were a packet mix haha!). We went to our dear friends Sandra's house for dinner to celebrate her ...
Day 135
Ammon has been saying for a few days now, that he wants to go and take a photo of the stars. We decided to do it tonight, as it may be the last opportunity we have to get out at night for a while, ...
Day 132
This will most assuredly be the crustiest photo of this project! I was plodding away working this morning, when Ammon came into the room and commandeered my computer. He had no undies on, half of his ...
Day 131
Today we had fun checking out the progress on our house... it's SO close it's painful! The carpet is in, and Ammon and Adam got a little hypo (I can only assume it was the glue fumes from the carpet) ...
Day 130
This afternoon we ducked out to the park for a little play time together as a family. We had a great time! Ammon climbed the red web for the first time. As soon as we got to the park, he made a bee ...
Day 129
Ammon has decided his mini tramp is a race track. He spends hours racing his cars around the mat, chatting to himself and making up scenarios for his little cars to act. I love listening to his ...
Day 128
Today was a public holiday! Ah bless Australia and it's many holidays:) We had a relaxing day, reading, chatting, playing in boxes and finished the day off with a BBQ in the back yard, cooked by ...
Day 127
After church today we were invited over to some friends, along with some others for dinner & dessert. It was lovely to chill out and chat and catch up with friends we haven't socialised with for ...
Day 126
Today Mum caught the train up (she is still car-less after being robbed a few weeks back!) and we drove up to the Northside together to meet Anitas new bubba. He was beautiful! (I had no camera as ...
Day 125
Today we ventured out to get a mini Trampoline (or as I've always called them- a rebounder!) Mum picked one up on special a couple weeks back and we have been meaning to get out and get one since we ...
Day 124
I love the peaceful quiet that comes at bedtime. Reading books in ambient light, snuggling and
Day 123
Today I had a lot of work to get through, so sadly, poor Ammon watched a little too much TV:/ (Ace parenting right there!). That little smile of delight is due to the fact that I just threw him a ...
Day 122
Adams cousin Tash came over today to make me look beautiful for my maternity shoot today. (Thanks Tash- You did an awesome job of my hair/makeup!). We headed down the coast to take some pictures- ...
Day 121
Daddy decided to hook up your little wagon to the back of your bike today. The wagon rope was quite short, (and rather perished) and it took a little while to attach. You happily sat next to him, ...
Day 120
This morning you hand delivered me this drawing you had just created. You passed it to me saying "Mum! I drew a BEEEAUTIFUL butterfly!" Yes, it is beautiful and gave me this biggest smile. A ...
Day 119
Today was a wild and windy rainy day. We had to get out of the house for local voting, then decided we would pick up "Cars 2" to watch together in the evening. It was a cozy sort of family day! We ...
Day 118
Tonight Adam and I ducked out to get some cake and hot chocolate. It was late! The only place open was McCafe, ew their hot chocolates leave alot to be desired, however, that orange chocolate gluten ...
Day 117
This afternoon Ammon wanted to make ice-blocks. We ducked out to the fruit shop and were stoked to find nice AND reasonably priced strawberries (yes!). So we made some delicious fruit ice-blocks and ...
Day 116
I went to bed seriously early last night. I fell asleep while putting Ammon down, and when I woke, decided to jump straight into my own bed. It was bliss. I was up at the crack of dawn, and had time ...
Day 115
Today you woke up from your nap rather wet (we have not been sleeping with a nappy during the day for quite sometime now- however you refused to go to the loo before bed, so I snuck a nappy on you ...
Day 114
It's always great to get outside in the afternoon for a little play! I love watching you enjoy life- you were playing rugby, darting around with the ball under your arm, then you would drop the ball ...
Day 113
An almost nightly ritual... carting you back to your own bed after you have sneaked into ours. You are getting so heavy, but I love the way you slump your weight into me as I carry you back to your ...
Day 112
Today Lana took me out to the Murwillumbah Art Gallery for lunch. We had the best morning together- it's been forever since we have just been able to hang out and eat yummy food. We used to work ...
Day 111
Little cutie in bed! Not long after this he got bitten by an ant that had somehow stashed himself away in Charlie Bears fur. Ammon was sobbing, I figured he had been bitten by something the way he ...
Day 110
Today mum came up to play with Ammon so I could knuckle down and get a bit of work done. They had a lovely morning playing together. Just before mum left to head home, Ammon begged me to let him ...
Day 109
Ammon and I went out today, and saw a fantastic plush utility belt. Ammon thought it was seriously neat. We talked about getting it (I've been wanting to make him one but haven't had the time). I ...
Day 108
"Watch me Mum!" You were riding around in circles on your bike, making sure that each time you looped past the tree, you would ride face first through it's soft low hanging leaves. Each time, ...
Day 107
Tonight after "Family Home Evening" we decided to head down to the ice-cream shop and have a treat. We sat and enjoyed one anothers company, chatting, and delicious ice-cream. I love my ...
Day 106
Today after church, Ammon and I jumped in the car and headed down the coast to the airport to pick up Daddy. Ammon was extremely excited and I pictured taking a lovely photo of him squealing in ...
Day 105
Ah weekend bliss! Ammon climbed up on the bench and pulled down Adams Nanas tea cups telling me he wanted to have a tea-party. Nana was in the shower, so we decided to surprise her with a morning ...
Day 104
Today I dropped Adam off at the Airport. He's is shooting a wedding outside of Melbourne tomorrow- I have a feeling it's going to be amazing! I dropped him at the Gold Coast airport then popped in ...
Day 103
This afternoon, you walked into the room and said "Mum, I like being kind". It was just a little thought you had obviously been mulling over. I love that you are so beautifully kind in nature too. ...
Day 102
You LOVE to hide at the moment. You think Hide & Seek is the best game ever invented (lets face it- it's pretty amazing!), and pretending to be asleep when Daddy walks in the room is the next ...
Day 101
Today I was thinking about relationships and whatnot, and how although my marriage is not perfect and it may have a few scuffs and scratches and need a bit of polish now and then, it's still a good ...
Day 100
So I'm feeling pretty grateful that I have made it to day 100!!! I'm so chuffed! I was really nervous putting it out there that I was going to do this project- it's a bit one, and I generally suck at ...
Day 99
Today I had a really lovely Easter Sunday! Church was great, Primary ran smoothly (we only had 12 kids so combined Junior and Senior primary- it was great!) I even got to sneak into the end of Relief ...
Day 98
Today we had our annual Easter party hosted by Adams cousin Andrew's wife, Sheryl. She does such an amazing job of organising games for the kids and a delicious spread for us to feast on! The ...
Day 97
Tonight Erin was popping over to spend some time with Desley (Nana) watching a home movie of when they went to the USA together a few years ago. We were eating dinner and I saw Erins car pull up and ...
Day 96
Me and my "Super Hero" popped over to check out the finished tiling in our house today- the land has also been cleared and shaped! Not too much longer until we are in our own home!:) It's looking ...
Day 95
Today we tried a little experimentation of a spinning shot. We have always wanted to give one a go, but had never gotten around to trying it. Adam hooked the camera around his shoulders, whacked on a ...
Day 94
Today I got my hair cut, while we were sitting eating dinner Ammon turned to me and said "Mum, you look really boodiful with your new hair cut" (ok he was prompted by his Dad, but it was so cute- I ...
Day 93
Aunty Abby gave us a scooter a few months back. We gave it a go, but it was a little hard to handle, so it lived in the boot of my car until last week when I got a flat tyre so had to clear out the ...
Day 92
Ammon refused to have a nap before Church today- he was SO tired! (Two days in a row with no naps= very very sleepy yet resilient little boy). I thought for a moment he might dose off at Church, but ...
Day 91
Today was a lazy day. I tired to put Ammon to sleep, and fell asleep myself- who knows where he ended up! Terrorising Dad and Nana and Poppa no doubt... I was laying on the couch, and Ammon ...
Day 90
Today Nana introduced Ammon to Mr. Squiggle. (I'm not sure why I have never thought to before- he LOVED it... bless youtube;) He felt rather enthusiastic after watching a couple of Squiggles that ...
Day 89
While dressing Ammon this morning, he informed me that he needed to wear his red t-shirt with the pocket. Pockets are very handy you see... especially for carrying around your favourite Lego men, or ...
Day 88
Ammon has been a little lonely lately, so we invited over his friend from Church, Louis (Louie) to come play for an hour while his mummy did her shopping. The boys played beautifully together! We ...
Day 87
I was way too excited when Ammon drew this this morning. (Excuse the phone photo- I had to catch it before it was wiped!). I was SO proud. Yes, I'm pretty sure he is a prodigy child. I've never seen ...
Day 86
Today as we prepared to eat our lunch, we noticed a massive, beautiful butterfly on our window. It fluttered up and down the window, trying to find a way out. Ammon was calling out, "Butterfly, ...
Day 85
We popped over to the Moodies place for dinner tonight to celebrate Cathy's little bub Hunter's baby blessing. We started getting in the car- then decided to stop being lazy and walk over (as they ...
Day 84
Today we headed out to vote- Ammon had a great morning- he got to post our ballots and as we were walking out of the show grounds, a fire engine drove in and around the building. The fireman walked ...
Day 83
We decided to pop down the the park for afternoon tea this afternoon. The menu consisted of Sao's with Vegemite (yum!) carrot stick, apple slices and watermelon. Mmmmmm! Ammon had a ball at the ...
Day 82
This morning we played hide and seek for a while then decided to build a cubby in the lounge. It was a bit rainy outside, so perfect weather for a snuggly cubby! It was a winner! Inside our cubby, ...
Day 81
Adam was out shooting today for most of the day- he had a commercial shoot in the morning, and a portrait shoot in the afternoon, so I didn't have access to a decent camera all day (boo!). When he ...
Day 80
A conversation with Daddy: Dad: Ammon, Dad is a lucky man... Do you know why? Ammon: Nope. Dad: Well, Dad is lucky because your mum is is wife. Ammon: (Baffled expression). Dad: That means ...
Day 79
Feeling much better today (what a relief!) Tonight Ammon climbed up to the dinner table with a story book in hand. It's one we have only just started reading recently. He proceeded to sit next to me ...
Day 78
Today Ammon was devastated when I told him we were not going to Church. He woke up much sicker than yesterday, so I said we needed to stay home. Ammon is the kind of kid who is pretty tough to get ...
Day 77
Ammon was a bit under the weather today. We ended up vegging in front of the tellie together watching movies. He is all about Lightning McQueen at the moment so "Cars" it was! When Daddy came home ...
Day 76
We have been itching to do some craft for a couple of days- and thought we might make a space diorama... we didn't quite make it to the shops to buy some polystyrene balls, so decided to make some ...
Day 75
Today Lana came over to do some film editing with Adam (She has been selected to have her work exhibited in a fancy pants exhibition, so has made funky retro stop motion film called "The Collector" ...
Day 74
Today, Nana and Erin took Ammon up to Southbank for the morning, so Adam and I could go to the Temple together. It was so wonderful to be able to go and enjoy the sweet peace the Temple brings and ...
Day 73
One of my favourite things as a mother is watching my husband and my boy play together. The joy that radiates from Ammons face makes me so happy:) Going for a ride in the ...
Day 72
The other day I popped by our house to check out the progress to find it freshly painted. It looked beautiful, and I had an overwhelming sense of gratitude wash over me. It's finally starting to look ...
Day 71
Today I was tired, a bit cranky and so very sore! Adam gave me a beautiful massage to help me chill out a bit before bed. A little boring, but all I could manage today was a shot of the massage oil ...
Day 70
Ammon LOVES spinning in the hanging chair on the deck. Today bird jumped on above him, ready for a ride. I had wound up the chair, and was ready to let it go, when Little Bird decided to let one go- ...
Day 69
Today I attended a "Power or Moms" retreat. It was fabulous! I had a really great time, and it was great to catch up with so many like-minded women who are striving to become better wives and ...
Day 68
Our little muscle man was out in the yard today pottering around Poppa as he worked again. All of the cracker dust had been layed down and he was rolling it out flat so he could lay the pavers. Ammon ...
Day 67
Today we had a piano man come to see if the piano was worth tuning, or whether it was time to get a new one. (It has not been tuned since Adam and I have been married (8yrs)- and who knows how long ...
Day 66
Today Ammon had a lovely time going to the nursery, and planting strawberries with Nana:) I love watching these two together. (Today's photos were taken by
Day 65
Nana's holidays started today. She and Ammon hit the shops to find some goodies and enjoy eachothers company. They came home with an array of new hats- a fireman hat, a police hat and a less than ...
Day 64
(Disclaimer- no I have not had my baby yet, there is still 10 weeks to go!) Tonight our friend Cathy invited us over for dinner. We had a great time chatting and enjoying her and her parents ...
Day 63
I came home feeling rather tired (oops perhaps I stayed up chatting too late last night and ate WAY too much today:D So had a little nap. Bornhoffen was amazing. The weather was wild! It ...
Day 62
Tonight I headed off to an overnight Womens retreat. I had a fantastic night catching up with girlfriends I haven't socialised with in years. It felt so good! I didn't take my camera along, so here ...
Day 61
Ammon loves playing in the garden. We bought this dump truck for him for his first Christmas. I think I jumped the gun a little! Although he has always loved trucks, I suppose this one was a bit too ...
Day 60
Today I desperatly needed to catch up on some work, so called my sister Abby to ask if she could mind Ammon for a couple of hours. She came to the rescue (you are the BEST abbs!). Before I called, ...
Day 59
Today we had to pop by the hospital to make sure baby is still on the right track and growing nicely. While we waited for the scan, Ammon drew some pictures on the blackboard in the waiting room, and ...
Day 58
This afternoon we took Ammon and Little Bird down to the park for a play. Bird was coaxed down the slide... it may look like he chose to go down the slide, but don't let the pictures fool you. He was ...
Day 57
This morning I called out to Ammon to come downstairs, and get ready for church, I came out to meet him on the stairs to start dressing him. He saw me come out and stopped halfway down the stairs, ...
Day 56
I was busy working away, attempting to get through my plethora of work emails this afternoon, when Adam popped his head in to tell me something. I didn't realise he had a silent little boy on his hip ...
Day 55
Dad: Mmm I love hugs, do you know what I love just as much as hugs? Ammon: Kisses! – mmwah (Gives Dad a big smooch) Dad: Well, I was going to say tickles but kisses are just as good. These ...
Day 54
Today I was grateful for cooler weather, yummy more-ish green stir-fry and a sweet little boy sitting across from me using chop-sticks:D (How cool are these chop-sticks?! They were a gift from a ...
Day 53
A morning observation by Ammon. (Whilst he sat on the loo). "Mum, I like your arms, and I like your face... and your legs. I like your jammys and your shirts... and your hair!... And I like your ...
Day 52
Our friend Sandra let me "borrow" her clothes line. (Ours is down while the backyard is renovated and clothes horses just don't cut it for bed linen!) So we hung out our sheets yesterday, and popped ...
Day 51
Today we went to Grandmas house to take her to her doctors appointment and hang out for while. She completely munted her leg a couple weeks back. While gardening a jagged boulder rolled into her leg- ...
Day 50
I love that you love drawing! You had forgotten that you could draw things other than people until I reminded you, and showed you some of your old drawings. You got very excited! You can draw ...
Day 49
Today I was a little emotional (curse those pregnant hormones!) I was a little needy and feeling completely overwhelmed, so my Mister decided to drop what he was doing and spend the afternoon ...
Day 48
Today Lana suggested that we that we hit Maccas for a frappe and some chippies. We asked Ammon and he exclaimed "I would LOVE that!". So off we went:) For some reason he is not keen on the ...
Day 47
We had a bit of running around to do today, paint shopping, lock shopping, dropping off said locks to building site, meetings etc. You were so patient all day, even when you were bored. You had one ...
Day 46
Sometimes the world seems to rush by so fast, and I feel like I'm going to blink and miss a year. Today I decided to get out of bed early to play with Ammon and his toys. Too often I miss this ...
Day 45
Today was a long day. I had my first antenatal checkup at the hospital, with Ammon in toe, we waited and waited, and waited. Ammon was good, yet slightly hypo;) We finally got in to see the ...
Day 44
The compromise. It didn't work:P You did try though! Tonight we had a great FHE about God creating animals for food, companionship and help. You loved playing animal charades and riding on Daddy ...
Day 43
Ok, so I take full responsibility for this one haha. I do love drinking from the tap- much to my family's disgust... It seems Ammon is with me! Ooops;) It was SO hot today. Ammon was a sweaty ...
Day 42
Ammon: I'm just going to work, cause it's really hot. Me: Oh? Where are you going to work? Ammon: I'm going to work at Deep Grey like Dad! Me: Well, you will need your camera ...
Day 41
Ammon mentioned to me this morning that we needed to make some ice-blocks today. We went though a massive faze at the start of summer where we were making them daily, it was awesome, but we somehow ...
Day 40
Ammon had just eaten his lunch and it was time for his nap... he disappeared and I heard a "Mum, come and see!". I followed the sound of his voice and was delighted at what I found. Ammon had tucked ...
Day 39
Today I had to duck out quickly, so asked Poppa if he could keep an ear out for Ammon (who was happily watching Postman Pat). When I came home I found them out working in the yard together. Poppa ...