A Stop at Gresford Markets

Today we went up to Allyn River (about 3 hours north of where we live) to Rocky's cousins son's party (we just claim him as jets cousin). We had a fantastic time, Allyn River is such a beautiful spot, one of our faves to camp at!

On the way up there we stopped in at the Gresford Markets...& decided to buy some chickens!!!

Jet is sooooo excited & absolutely loves them! They are bantams & *hopefully* female (otherwise the neighbours will kill us!!!). We haven't named them yet - so please tell me your suggestions!!!

I also got some beautiful handspun angora wool, it hasn't been dyed that's the natural colour, isn't it gorgeous!!!

Happy 1st Birthday Baby Boy!!!

Jet turned one today *sob*, i cant believe the past year has gone by so quickly. Before Jet was born i couldn't imagine just how much life would change, i didnt think it was possible for it to change that much! Now i cant even really remember what it was like without him, its like hes always been part of our little family!!!

Over the past year there has been lots of giggles, stacks of smiles & something new every day. There have been tears & tantrums (both mine & jets) & many many many sleepless nights. There have been snuggles & hugs, kisses & bites. Ive had my fare share of both baby vomit & poop on me, not always at the most convenient time. We have taught Jet a little & he has taught us alot. There has been a whole year of breastfeeding, a whole year without 8 hours of solid sleep & a whole year of gazing into his eyes in amazement as i watch him grow & learn.

Happy Birthday Little Man - We love you more than you will ever know!!!!!

Here I am with Jet one year ago today, all wrinkly & newbornish, ohhhhhhh:

& here he is today walking around with his new blocks & waggon dump truck thing we gave him for his birthday, oh how much can change in a year!!!

I thought id stick these pics in to. We kept his placenta & brought it home then planted a tree on it (i have a pic of the placenta before it was planted to but it just looks like a big bloody piece of meat so i figured you didnt need to see that). in the first pic jet is about 2 or 3 weeks old & he is sporting one huge cloth nappy (we started with terry squares).

Video's & More Awards

Thought id share a couple of vids ive made of Jet over the past few days -

Heres one of him getting up to mischief:

& here he is walking on his walker - wont be long now!

Do babies normally climb before they walk? He's climbing on everything at the moment, climbs up onto the bed, the coffee table, the couch, the stairs - little bugger!!!

Awards

The wonderful Petula from Its a Woman's World has given me two more awards - Thanks Petula, i feel so special!!!


This one i would like to pass onto:

Tracy from Mad Quilter

Donna from Cinderella's Stash

& even though she's already got one -

Jennifer from The Life of a School Bus Driver

This award id like to pass onto:

Elina from Mom 2 BB Reviews

Hope everyone enjoys their awards - i know i do :)

Photos & Saturday Stuff

Its been way to long since ive put any new pics up so here are just a couple. First off, i thought this was a funny pic of jet, not quite sure what he is doing with his face & he is wearing a shirt rocky made for him which says "i love boobies"
These are some pics of Rocky's dream property. The little shack on it is so cute, even has its own tank, its only about 4m x 2m though, very small:
Saturday was quite a day for me. I love ikea but i never get to go there because its so far away & rocky hates it, so since we were staying in Sydney & i had the day to myself i just had to go. I had jet in the ergo sling & i bought way to much stuff so on my way out i was carrying a huge heavy bag full of ikea goodies. i thought id stop for a smoothie because i didnt eat breakfast, Jet grabbed the straw out of my cup as i was walking away from boost juice though & while trying to ressle it back from him i stuck my finger through the foam cup & managed to spill smoothie all over both of us. Then i completely lost the car, i just couldn't find the entry i came in, i tried two & they looked totally different but i walked around looking for the car anyway, eventually i stuck the heavy ikea stuff in a trolley & stopped to calm my nerves, then realised that i came up the escalator - doh! I was so happy to get all the stuff in the car, i almost drove off with what was left of my smoothie on the roof though, just one of those times where everything totally overwhelms you!

Anyway, after that i went to the parenting Australia expo. I had a bit of a fight with the GPS on the way, she (my parents named her Evon) gets confused sometimes & tries to send you down one way streets etc. The expo was ok, nothing special & there weren't any cloth nappies there! All in all i had a great day, its always nice spending a day in the city - just one though, im always happy to get back home!

We're Up!

Jet has just started pulling to stand as of yesterday, hes only done it a couple of times so far, he has to be in the right position to get up there, he still isn't crawling yet although he does do a commando type crawl & a bit of a but shuffle.

Heres a little vid of jet pulling up for the second time ever on his own. Its pretty crappy footage because it was filmed from my mobile & just as a warning turn the sound down because i get a bit excited when he stands up & it gets very loud very quickly.

...cause you can never have enough

Bubblebubs that is!!! I finally got around to taking some action shots, these are probably the worst action shots ive taken but in my defence the floor was covered in toys (& just general mess) so i was trying to take them on the couch, camera in one hand while the other hand was attempting to stop jet stacking it onto the tiles (successfully im sure you'll be glad to hear).





& heres close ups of all 3 minky bubblebubs:

Question - What do you do with your peice of pear while rolling around on the ground?

Answer:

Jets New Bath Bucket

We used to bath jet in a large nappy bucket but he kinda grew out of it, so we got him one of those baby baths, but his back would get all cold & we aren't ready to just put him in the bath because it would waste soooo much water & i love having my shower while he has a bath, makes things allot easier especially the nights rocky is working! Anyway, at the flora festival we saw these buckets, they are made of some kind of flexible stuff & claim to be unbreakable. Its absolutely perfect for bathing him in & he loves it (especially hangin on to the handles). Heres some pics:

**Update: Just for anyone who is interested in getting one of these buckets to use as a bath the brand is tuff tubbs & we got the 45 litre bucket**

Maestro Jet

Jeans 4 Genes Day Competition

Couldn't help entering Jet into the Jeans 4 Genes day comp that was running. Heres the pic I entered: & Rocky entered this one (we couldn't agree on the pic - so we both submitted one).

Photo Time

Thought id share a couple of cute pics!

just liked this one, jets sitting in his high chair thinggy - its one of those ones that just hooks straight onto the table. Hes got his little tommy tippy thing that i shove food into & he sucks & bites - this is the way he gets the majority of his solids at the moment.

Ohhhhhh - now what could be cuter than a sleeping baby? a sleeping daddy & baby combo thats what! Daddy was "helping" jet get to sleep by lying down with him (even though rocky was snoring before jets eyes were even closed). They are still asleep now, its been a whole hour & 15 mins which is just about jets maximum daily sleep time, so im sure they will be up soon.

Whats this you say? putting gel in a babys hair to spike it up?!? Nope, its actually another use i discovered for breastmilk, spikes babies hair up great! how did i discover that? well, jet is going through that distracted phase at the moment & he keeps pulling off when he feeds, & one day i wasnt watching & he got saturated with breastmilk, well...i figured it was good for his skin anyway so i just kinda rubbed it in & hey presto - his hair went all spikey!

ok, thats it!

My Little Sweaty Head!

Jet was sleeping on my lap whilst lying on the breastfeeding pillow - check out the sweat (& yes it is all sweat not drool - i moved his head over before i took the pic)!

Weeeeeeeeeee

We finally put up the swing we picked up at the second hand baby & kids markets. Only paid $5 - bargain!!! Jet loves it, i stick him in it while i hang out the washing. Its a bit cold now though so he has to be all rugged up (all that drool must be freezing!!!)

No chanting in this house!

Jet really doesnt like the "om" noise - no idea why! he just gets grumpy when ever you do it - so much for "merging with the cosmic vibration" (om means something like that doesnt it?). I know im mean for doing it but its just too cute & i had to share, promise i wont do it any more, just had to get it on tape in case he turns out to be a buddhist munk or something. i gave him a big hug after i filmed it!!!

Looks like i wont be able to take him to mums & bubs yoga anytime soon!!!



make sure you turn the sound on & wait till the page is fully loaded.

Show off!

Heres some pics of Jet in his nappies, just thought id show him off :)

Haute Pocket

Tots Bots Snappiable Fitted
Wonder Wrap
Haute Pocket with Snaps

just as a side note i picked up that zoo pillow from ebay for $5 - score!!!

Baby in a Bucket!

After seeing a link about Tummy Tubs i decided to start bathing Jet in a bucket since he has definetly outgrown the laundry tub (keeps kicking off the side & bumping his head) & its quite difficult to take him in the shower. We had a spare nappy bucket so ive just been using that, its quite big compared to a normal bucket i think but it works a treat! makes it so easy to bath him because he can stay upright all by himself so i dont always have to be holding him (i keep a close eye on him ofcourse) and its more fun for him cause he can play with his toys, trys to shove them all in his mouth ofcourse!

anyway, i highly recommend giving it a go! here are some pics of my bucket baby:

& this one is my fave, he hates it when you put water on his head :)

4 Months Old Already!

One day old little Jet: & taken today:

** Sniff**

I cant believe Jet is already 4 months old, time has gone so quick!!!