Day One Hundred and Twenty One

Today Bella got her school photos. I think God must have been telling me something when I named her the Italian word for beautiful ..

Day One Hundred and Twenty

Today is a bit of a cheat photo seeing as it is a photo of a photo, but today is a special day so I think it's ok. Today is the ten year anniversary of the day that Trevor asked me to be his girlfriend! Ten years is a really long time, and as someone joked "does this mean you're up for long service leave?!". We've been through a lot in the past decade .. houses, happiness, heartbreaks, births and deaths. I look at the young innocent faces in the photo and wonder if we'd do all again if we could see the future, and I know we would, in a heartbeat. We're both still here, together with our three beautiful girls, and that's all that matters.

Day One Hundred and Nineteen

THE BABY BUMP AT 21 WEEKS!! It has moved on from looking like I swallowed a rockmelon to looking like I've swallowed a basketball! And my symptoms have swiftly moved on from nausea and dizziness straight into heart burn, indigestion and leg cramps..
It's all worth it. 

Day One Hundred and Eighteen

This evening Trevor, the girls and I headed off to Costco to stock up on some necessary and not so necessary items. After groaning and whinging about having to get in the car on a tired  Friday afternoon, the girls perked up once we arrived. Trevor gathered the practical and healthy items such as meat and vegetables and I headed straight for the peanut butter, Swiss Miss and cream puffs! All the talk of food made us so hungry that we decided to buy a hot pizza and sit down to eat our dinner in-store. It was altogether actually not a bad shopping experience, and I'll be definitely taking Trevor back to push that massive trolley!

Day One Hundred and Seventeen

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREVOR!! Today Trevor celebrated his 28th Birthday! The girls both made him beautiful paintings that they gave him along with his Marcs jumper (seen in photo) and belt that I had nicely wrapped in Buzz Lightyear paper. We had dinner at the Leagues Club with Trevor and I's parents and all of my siblings. Afterwards we sang Happy Birthday and had this delicious chocolate and mousse cake I clearly purchased! The sad thing about your partner being three years younger than you .. You'll always be old!

Day One Hundred and Sixteen

Today Bella and Jesse marched for their school in the local Queanbeyan Anzac Parade.It has been a long tradition for our family to march in the parade and the girls love being part of of the Anzac Service every year. 

I think it is important for children to learn about Australian History and Culture and to take part in events like these in the wider community. You can see Auntie Bree and Uncle Mark trying to take a photo in the background. Bella somehow seemed to understand the somberness of the occasion and refused to look up at us and smile as we cheered her on. 

Lest We Forget.

Day One Hundred and Fifteen

Due to the massive line ups at Sub-Way (caused by the construction site adjacent) our new post-swimming lunch venue has been moved to 'wok it up!' Luckily Jada loves it as much as Trevor and I do!

Day One Hundred and Fourteen

Today I was seeing red as I went looking for home wares to accessorise our newly renovated house, in particular our heritage green downstairs living room. I quickly became frustrated after visiting two stores that seemed to only stock cushions that were 'part of a lounge suite', and that cost between $150-$300 each (and also took 8-10 weeks to arrive!) I wanted to take something home today! I eventually found some cushions that I was content with (but didn't love) and and a matching throw rug to go with them. I do however love these retro inspired glasses and coffee cups that I found for the bargain price of $1.95 each!

Day One Hundred and Thirteen

Tonight we had a Sunday family dinner at Mum's house. My Cousins, Aunts, Uncles, Brothers and Sister and even in-laws were all there.  I think there was something like 20 adults and 6 kids. Everyone contributed by bringing a dish, and the food was delicious! ( I made the quiche in the foreground believe it or not!) The noise level was close to deafening (similar to the scene from Home Alone when they're all eating pizza at the start!) We often have these kinds of get togethers for birthdays, and other celebrations but have decided recently that we should do it more often, and are trying to make it a weekly affair... I for one agree!

Day One Hundred and Twelve

Today the girls and I decided to give puppy some love as he is still living at Mum's ( we don't have a gate to contain him at our new house, and the yard is still under construction) Bella ran him 2 laps around the oval and we briefly let him off his leash until he found some other much larger dogs that he thought he would like to attack! Afterwards Jada and I gave him a much needed bath in the laundry sink at Mum's. She poured the jug over his fur while I scrubbed the shampoo. He's not very partial to water so it was a quick one! Mum washed all his bedding and his best friend (a fluffy toy cat that used to belong to Bella) and even mopped out his kennel .. what a lucky dog!

Day One Hundred and Eleven

Tonight Mum and I took the girls shopping to buy some new shoes. After about four hours of mall scouring this was what we came home with. Jada picked the pink pair in the first shop we went to. Normally a joggers or thongs only kinda gal, I was surprised that she actually liked these pretty pink feminine shoes (and they fit well) so her purchase was really easy. Bella on the other hand, who tends to have the opposite ideas of fashion to me, and who has really skinny ankles and a wide foot, was a bit harder to negotiate with. Can you pick which ones she chose and which ones I chose for her ..?

Day One Hundred and Ten

Today the girls and I had a quiet day at home, after nearly two weeks of hectic school holiday activities. We decided to make some orange and poppy seed muffins. Being me, of course they were packet muffins that require less than 3 ingredients! The girls enjoyed taking turns stirring and scooping the mixture into the muffin tray. Bella (who often cooks with her Nana Helen) was even giving me directions! I think the best part was licking the bowl clean, although they did taste pretty good when they came out of the oven!

Day One Hundred and Nine

Last night Bella had two friends sleep over .. and when I say 'sleep' I mean they stayed up until after 1am and got up at 7am!! I didn't do this when I was 8 .. did I?! Here they are with their other friend Rhiannon having a ball at Lollipops.

Day One Hundred and Eight

Today Jada received this swimming acheivement award after just a few weeks of lessons. She has picked up some skills really quickly and is very confident in the water, we're very proud of her!

Day One Hundred and Seven

Cuddles from Nana are the best .. well after Mum anyway! :)

Day One Hundred and Six

Home time after a huge weekend in Sydney! The kids miraculously managed to stay awake the whole way home and remained in good spirits while exploring their new showbags! (Jada did try to buy the same one she had last year but luckily I was able to talk her out of it!)

Day One Hundred and Five

Trevor took this beautiful picture whilst on the ferris wheel with the girls at The Royal Easter Show. It just shows that amidst all the crowds, heat and money.. the kids having a good time is what it's all about.

Day One Hundred and Four

Today Trevor and I left for Sydney a day early, to get in some shopping before the kids meet us  tomorrow. Sadly we spent most of the day in the car! We did get to do some shopping at Bondi Junction, but it then took us two hours (on top of the three we had already travelled) to get to our hotel at Parramatta. I'm not sure what's worse in Sydney traffic, being the driver or the navigator!? Safe to say that we won't be doing that again!!

Day One Hundred and Three

Today we walked down to the nearby netball courts so that Bella could try out the new ball  she got for Easter. She has become quite the joiner this year with horse riding, jazz, and netball! I just hope she inherited Trevor's co-ordination and natural sporting ability!

Day One Hundred and Two

Happy Birthday to me!!! Today I turned 31 years old (Can you believe that!? I can't!) What a busy day we had, ultrasounds, lunch, movies and dinner! We also found out today that we will be having another baby girl, what a perfect birthday present, we couldn't be happier!

Day One Hundred and One

Baby Thurling at 18 weeks and 2 days. Tomorrow we find out if you are a boy or a girl ... We don't mind either way, we're just glad that you're here.

Day One Hundred

The girls created the cutest tea party today. Complete with cake, tea cups, teddies and dolls it looked like a scene from a storybook. I can't help but think that these days will only come once. "More tea Mrs. Nesbit?"

Day Ninety Nine

Happy Easter and Happy Birthday to my Nana Valerie who would have turned 80 today. We miss you more than words and are so blessed for this family you have given us. Wish you were here to share it.

Day Ninety Eight

Hip Hip Hoorary for Uncle Hic's birthday!! Every birthday is exciting in our family with so many kids around. Especially when they all have to have a turn blowing out the candles .. the fun never ends!

Day Ninety Seven

Today was Good Friday. We spent it at Bateman's Bay with Nana Helen, Poppy Garry and Nana Karen. I just love this photo of Trevor-Hasselhoff-Thurling chasing a runaway beach ball! It was hilarious at the time, it just kept rolling and rolling and I thought it was going to get the better of him at one stage, but he finally mowed it down and then wisely decided to deflate it!

Day Ninety Six

Today was Easter Hat Parade Day at school! Look at the amazing hat Bella and Nana made! Can you believe it didn't win a prize?! Must have been that darn kid with the real chook in his hat that stole everyone's thunder! I think it looks great and the small details are amazing!

Day Ninety Five

Had to get a picture of this! Trevor icing his knee whilst cooking our dinner .. now thats multi-tasking!

Day Ninety Four

Today I thought I'd capture Jada before she went to swimming lessons, just because she looked so sweet!

Day Ninety Three

Tonight we had a visit from Baby Harry. I can't believe how much he's growing and how much he looks like my brother! It's amazing to see a baby that looks just like the baby brother I had when I was about 2 years old. I just love him.

Day Ninety Two

Tonight I got a message from my Dad telling me to watch a documentary that was airing on the ABC. It was about the Taiji dolphin slaughtering. At first I was wondering why he told me to watch the show in the first place, I'm not a renowned sea animal lover or anything. But after awhile I became really intrigued and couldn't wait to see how the Americans captured all they're secret footage of this disastrous culling without being caught. So it turned out to be quite an interesting documentary and showed me perhaps I shouldn't limit my TV watching to the E! channel.