if you drink and sleep....?

i thought i had found all his hidden drinks. need i say anymore than he was knackered

star spangled

don't know if this is a rendition of abraham lincoln or abraham (my father in law). anyway it's hilarious

tante augure

back on 30 October we celebrated the 1st birthday of our young one brodie. a day full of paper tearing, sugar coated, finger licking goooodenss. he had no idea what the fuss was about but indulged and humoured his mum and dad with the family for the day. like every first child/grandchild he was spoiled senseless but he took it on the chin.

speaking of firsts (his uncle waza will love this) we took brodie to the pool for the first time for swimming lessons or as i like to see it DROWNING. strangely this act didn't seem to bother brodie and we spent more time in the adult pool in the deep end than interacting with the other kids.

another feature that has taken place is on the sunday before his birthday, we were at the shopping centre. while i was getting di the morning skinny, half fat, double choc with cream coffee, brodie decided to get off his chair and walk to me as if he had been doing it for years, sneaky bugger. not just a couple of steps but a good 20 meters navigating through the crowd. i think he has been practicing in his sleep so he is off and about now

does it get better

here we are managing to put away one of Australia's (now America's) finest. the one and only classic, "TIM TAM".

hands on

one of my favourite photos. we brought brodie a guitar the other day but when he got his hands on it he turned it around and tried to play it the other way. think we might have a leftie

new beginnings

on friday we (the family) inspected a house, put the required forms in and an hour later had a new house to move into.so we moved.we are on the rental for the last year while the house gets built but it's one storey and new. brodie can crawl around where he wants without giving his mum and dad a heart attack by performing cirqu de sole on the top of the stair bannister.

the friend in the fridge is over 20 weeks now and we have been led to beleive we are having a girl although they only ever give a 90% reading. it's a very cool thing to see the detail of the baby in 4D mode. Leigh if ya read this how is Janna going? by the by Leigh, when you guys are here there is a Paul Frank store here. i remember the love for frank. I will take some photos of the new place and show ya all

the choice of a new generation

it has been a while since i last posted but things have been out of control. i start with the plans of the new house. the land release which we,sneeky sneeky, have a deposit on has ben put back 3 weeks which is a pain but we have settled on the house we love and have that all picked and ready for when we can start building.

work has been flat out with the success of the major contract i have been working on for 3 months. the lads have managed to get a work 4wd bogged at the beach on the roster day off, turn up to work drunk and steal another company car with a laptop. happy dayz.

i think we have managed to get to the half way mark of the new baby. so things seemed to be looking a bit brighter but not out of the woods yet. my first fathers day was incredible. brodie cooked a mean breakfast. he followed that with a awesome present of when we were in queensland.

warren has got me stuck in hebrews 11 and 12. i have been amazed how God has opened thine eyes with further understanding about living, walking and PROCLAIMING my faith in God. it's a beauty.

the last is that brodie has punched 4 teeth (2 more on the way), crawled, says mum and dad, walked all aroung the house (strategically set up) and claps in a matter of a week.

random thought: when it rains it pours.. (a lot)