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).

The Sun Finally Came Out!

We have had really shocking weather here the past week or so, raining, overcast, stormy. The other night there was lightning, thunder & hale. There were at least 3 strikes of lightning that were really close which was a little scary! Since that storm the phones have been out too, but the internet still works???

Anyway, wheres all this going? Oh thats right! Today was absolutely beautiful, sunny & warm, just gorgeous!!! So...it was the first day in at least a week that the washing got dry. I gave up on bringing it in & hanging it back out again & i got sick of piles & piles of clothes lying around the place so i was still doing all the washing & sticking it out on the line to get rained on. I had a whole clothes line full + two big clothes horses full aswell (the clothes horses are under cover though). So anyway, today all the washing got dry...YAY...hmmm but then i had to put over a weeks worth of washing away. This was the pile:

It took me over an hour to put away & now im exhausted!!! Of to veg in front of the TV :D

And the winner is.....

***Drum Roll***

Carrie from Rantings of a Woman!!! Congrats Carrie :D

Its kinda hard to see but this was my list:& i used a random number genorator to get the winning number:Thanks to everyone who entered! & thanks to Pay Per Post for creating such a fab way to make money online so this comp was possible!!!

Comp still open for a couple more hours

Im going to close my competition tommorow morning, figured id leave it till the 13th is over everywhere in the world + jet isnt having a fantastic night so i dont have time to do it now. It will still be drawn & the winner will be notified by the 15th so im still on schedule.

in the mean time check out this funny pic i found on Sam's Blog, made me laugh so i just had to share it!

Last Chance To Enter!!!

Just a reminder to all that my comp to win $50 is finishing tommorow night!!! So if you havent entered & you would like to CLICK HERE to find out how.

Good luck to everyone thats entered :D

Felted Bag Success!

My first attempt at felting was a success (well, my first purposeful attempt, i have done it once before by accident!). Its a bag i made for a friend for Christmas (who hopefully wont read this!) - its from a free Lincraft pattern. Im quite happy with it so hopefully she likes it! Heres some pics -

Before felting:After felting:

Im not sure i felted it enough cause you can still see lots of detail in the stitches? But it is quite a bit firmer (its stuffed in the pic by the way) so i think its ok. It turned out lots better than i thought it would - i was quite scared putting it in the washing machine. But anyway, YAY!!!!!

Houston, we have a Pooroblem

Today, has just been one of those days. You know the ones, where absolutely nothing goes right. Its doesn't have to be big things, its the little things that all add up & make you want to go sit in a cold dark corner & rock back & forward while singing happy songs to yourself. Stuff like spilling milk all over the floor, then the wheatbix & the washing getting rained on (for the 4th day in a row).

The thing that really pushed me over the edge today was that i put jet in his cot to have a sleep (which is a struggle in itself) then went back into his room 5 mins later cause he was kicking up quite a fuss & the first thing i noticed as i entered the room was this terrible smell. I thought "smells like someones done a poo". Then i looked over at Jet & his dummy was all yellow (normally white), & then i realised his face was too, & his t-shirt has smears all over it & the sheet & his cot - oh joy (come on, you can picture my face after already having a fantastic day, one of my eyes was probably doing that "im going to crack at any second" twitching thing).

Anyway, needless to say we both had very early showers today because there is just no other way to get a poo smeared baby clean - i just chucked Jet, still fully clothed, into the shower! As for the dummy, im afraid to say its on its way to dummy heaven.

Thankfully today is almost over, tomorrow i think ill go to the end of the bed & get out there, you cant get out of the wrong side of the bed if you get off the end of it can you? i guess technically its a side, but ill do it anyway just to be safe!

Jets Walking!

Ravelry

OMG!!! I finally got my Ravelry invite & i love it! Not really sure what im doing yet but im sure ill get there.

Im NeptuneDiva on there if anyone wants to be my friend :D

Awards

Ive received a couple more awards from Carrie & one from Bradley. Thank you so much guys!!! sorry its taken me so long to blog about them - its been hectic around here lately & i haven't had much time to get on the computer! So, here they are with details on who im passing them onto:



I have to pass this award onto by two bestest blogging buddies:

April from A Day in the Life &
Hayley from A Blog in Progress






This one i want to give to:

Mel from Such Simple Pleasures









This one has to go to:

Petula from Its a Womans World





& last but definitely not least i want to give this one to:

April from A Day in the Life (even though ive already given her one - you soooo deserve two April!!!) &

Jennifer from The Life of a School Bus Driver


Enjoy! :D

Few....December is Here!

Which means Movember is FINALLY over, no more kissing a prickly weird looking husband! He took this pic on his mobile before he shaved his moe off just after 12 last night (lol, must have been itching him or something!)
Rocky managed to raise around $300! Good work honey!!!