A magic wedding...

We had a great Valentines Day...we went to our good friends wedding! It was just beautiful.

Although it was supposed to be an outdoor ceremony, mother nature had other ideas, and decided we needed torrential rain instead.
As it turns out, this didn't dampen the spirit of the day at all, the ceremony was held where the reception was setup.
And WOW! It was just amazingly beautiful, just perfect! But I always have been a sucker for weddings! lol

I took over 140 pics! lol! So I will share a few with you!
The pouring of the sand vase.The crystals represent the bride,groom and their daughter...how sweet is that!

The wedding cake...bottom half chocolate, and top half white chocolate...so yummy!

They had a local little old lady make it, although by the taste of it, I think maybe she could have been having a little tipple herself while baking, and possibly some of the rum found its way into the mixture! lol

That wasn't part of the plan, as the cake was used instead of other desserts, and the kids needed to be able to eat it too! Note;no harm came to any of the children!

The beautiful heart decoration that adorned the covered decking where the wedding was held.

The pouring of the sand ceremony...so unique and special.The bride and groom each pouring coloured sand into the vase in unison.

This pic is of me and Kyiah at home before we left....

We had arranged for Mr Z to spend the afternoon and night at his Nanny's, as you know from my last post....he still isn't well...so to cut a long story short, My mum and her neighbour(who happens to be a child and family health nurse!) had to take him to the hospital....turns out that it isn't just a virus like our GP had said, he has a severe middle ear infection!!!!!

The guilt I feel is still so tremendous at the moment.

I am so disappointed in our GP for not picking it up, and I am disappointed in myself for not going with my gut feeling and taking him back or getting a second opinion sooner.

My little man has been in agony for 2 weeks, and here I was last post selfishly whinging...I have learnt a lesson from all this though....trust your instincts...don't doubt mothers intuition...

So our weekend was half half....half amazing and half not so great.

What did u do for Valentines Day?

I told Russ he was off the hook this year, as were going to the wedding! lol

We don't normally do anything special anyway, but sometimes it is nice just to know you have been thought of, and for me its about the thought, not the gift at all.

I would be happy with a picked flower from the garden!Anytime for that matter! lol

Anyway, chores are calling me, if you stop by, please say Hi!

I wish for you all and your family happiness and good health♥

a selfish whinge...

With everything that is happening in Australia at the moment with the fires and floods, my heart is heavy.
We have seen so much devastation on the news, but what makes me proud to be an aussie is the generosity and compassion we have also seen.
The photo that some of you have on your blogs of the koala drinking from the water bottle has to be one of the most amazing pics I have seen.It brings tears to my eyes every time I see it.
We did what we could and dug deep to donate $ to help,wish we could have done more, but every little bit helps.
Also, Miss K wants to donate some of her toys too, what an awesome little girl, she came up with this on her own, no prompting from us at all! I think that is wonderful.
It must be on her mind alot, because now she is waking at night with nightmares of fire...alot for a little 5 year old to take in I think, so we are now limiting her viewing of the news, etc.

We are still having a really tough time with sickness in our house...and with everthing that alot of people have gone through recently, I really feel I have no right what so ever to whinge, but it is really starting to affect me and I need to vent...

So I apologize in advance to anyone that thinks I should pull my head in and be grateful I have not lost my home, family or community...

The reality of my world at the moment is just getting on top of me.

Miss K and Mr Z have been sick with high temps for 13 days now...miss K now has a nasty bark like cough, and mr Z has had random vomiting...I took them both to the Dr on day 5, and he said it was just a virus and we had to ride it out...Both Russ and I are exhausted, as mr Z isn't a good sleeper at the best of times, but now he is up most of the night...and he is miserable when his temp spikes, it takes so long to settle him down, it is such a horrible feeling holding and cuddling our little man after giving him panadol or nurofen and some water, and he is still so upset and having to just do what we can to make him comfortable by holding him and rocking him.This has been taking almost an hour everytime.Then once he is calm, we put him back in his cot only to be up again 1/2 an hour later to do it all over again.
I am finding it very difficult to function at all with so little sleep, and Russ has been falling asleep at work in his lunch break, which of course puts his job in jeopardy...it is really starting to affect our life... :(
When will my 2 get better??? I am ready to fall in a heap...

Some good news is we are going to a wedding 2moro, Valentines day!

I am really looking forward to it, mr Z is having a sleepover at his Nanny's, to give us a break, and of course, I felt that dragging him along while he isn't well was just cruel.
Especially as it will possibly be a late night, well thats if Russ and I don't fall asleep! lol
Kyiah is coming with us, with her dog like bark cough and all!
She will have a great time with the other kids I am sure!
Altho I am a little worried, as it is raining here and according to weather reports, it is set in...and yes, u guessed it, it is an outdoor wedding!!! Fun Fun Fun!

I must go now, there is a little man that needs me again.
And hopefully at some point this arvo I will be able to look thru my wardrobe to find something to wear 2moro!

Thanks for dropping by, until next time,I hope you and your family are all well, and staying safe♥

sick little kidlets...

Just a quick update to let you know I have 2 very sick little ones at the moment...they are miserable....so I have very limited net time.

Hopefully will be back with another update as soon as my 2 are well.

We're on day 4 now, so surely we are nearly at the end of it?!?!?

Poor miss K has missed 3 days of school, in her first full week!

I feel so bad, she really needs to be there, especially now,her first week, but she just isn't well enough....keep your fingers crossed she makes a fast recovery and can make it 2moro.

Ok, im back! with a few things to share....

Firstly, this LO below is the ONLY LO I have done of Zak....it was the day he was born, meeting Daddy only minutes old.....yes, how slack am I....only 1 LO of Mr Z.

We are still really struggling with his sleeping unfortunately....at almost 9 months old, he is a shocking sleeper.So getting only 1 good night every 7-8 days is very draining. I guess this would explain my lack of mojo since he has arrived into our family.

I guess it's my karma for having miss K who was an awesome sleeper, who slept thru the night from 6 weeks old.(yes I know, we were sooooooo very lucky!)

Anyway, I really like this LO, I suck at taking pics tho! You can't really see the detail,so from now on I think I will take some close ups of my LO's so u can!




This LO I made for an old school friend, who sadly lost her little man not long after he was born.
You can't really see in the pic, but I have an acetate sleeve on the left hand side of the LO, so she could choose her favourite pic of her precious little angel to put in...

It took me alot of time, and procrastination to actually do this one....She is not a scrapper, so I wasn't sure, and was really worried if I was over stepping the mark by doing this LO.
Also, it made me reflect and think alot....just how damn lucky I am to have 2 healthy children.

It made me take a step back, and to realize that at times when I whinge, and think it's all too hard, that there are people out there who are far worse off and struggling with much greater issues than me...

She text me when she received it and said she loved it and will treasure it forever....so that was a nice reply to hear. I am so glad that maybe just maybe, I have helped somehow in the healing process for her.



Our biggest event so far this year is miss K's first day of big school! It's Kindy here in NSW.
Over the chrissy holidays she wanted to wear her uniforn nearly every day! I told her she would wear it out before school even started! lol
She is quite shy by nature, so I was a little worried we would have tears come the first day....but NO! She just lined up with all the other little ones and headed into the classroom! what the? lol
I even had to call her back for a goodbye kiss!!! Poor mummy! lol
I can't believe our little girl is now a big school girl....


Now,a big thank you to the girls who have visited me here and left a comment!
I truely appreciate it!☺

I must go now, have to head over to miss K's school for a parent/teacher interview!
OMG! 3 days of school and this is happening already! lol

Bye for now♥