Canada and teeth

We didn't do anything special for Canada day here, but I did dress Travis up in his most Canadian outfit I could find.

And finally some teeth! It is so hard to get a picture of these things! I will keep trying, cause this picture is crappy and looks like im hurting him - but I swear I'm not :)

You should be able to see 3, his top left, the one to his left of it, and then the far right, the other top one is about to come thru too :) Plus he has his bottom 2. Teeth total so far: 5 

Earlier this week we bravely attempted painting! It didn't last very long, and he ate a bit at the beginning, then painted some rocks, tried to paint the pool, painted me, painted himself, got a little bit on the paper, with my help, and by the end I was exhausted from chasing him around....but...it was so much FUN! We will definitely do it again soon! Travis says thanks Aunty Sarah for the arts supplies!

the set up

the beginning of running away to paint everything but the paper :) Note the very red lips 

Yup, these bricks should be red

My little artist

:)

Mom the red paint does NOT taste like strawberry jam!

And here's just a shot of him actually wearing clothes, and looking very grown up!

So much like his daddy :)

And the finished products:

Get your autograph books ready!

A home to call our own!

Yay! This just in, on Monday we got approved for a home we applied for, and last night we made the decision to stop looking and go for it! So we are moving out on July 16! Here's a link to check it out:

http://www.realestate.com.au/property-townhouse-glq-brassall-405231204
Edit note:**oh no this link doesn't work anymore, its been taken offline, since we have rented it**

It's not huge, but it is our own! In the picture showing the front, we are in the one on the right! We are pretty excited. Its 3 bdrm, 2 bath plus an extra toilet on the main level. Its only a year old so its very new and clean and shiny. It's got a dishwasher!!!! Little backyard, but it'll do and we are super close to massive park anyways and shops, so it's a good location! Its got everything we need! And when you come to visit mom, since the new little baby will be in our room, you get your own room, but you have to share a bathroom with Travis, he's not messy, but if you leave anything on the floor he will put it in the tub.

And I booked my second ultrasound today. July 12 at 4pm we get to find out if we got a little brother or a little sister growing inside! Travis is very excited, he doesn't seem to care either way though. So yay less than 2 weeks and we will be able to start thinking about names again!

Kicks, Homes, and apprenticships!

Just wanted to let everyone know, I started to feel the baby kick 2 weeks ago! Just very lighlty, more of a flutter than a kick, and mostly only at night when I lay down. :)
Going to book the next ultrasound appointment for sometime next week, so we'll get to know the gender of our little baby!
Also, got approved on our application for the townhosue we are looking at, now we just have to decide if we are 100% on it, and if you know me, im indecisive as they come! Its a burden really.
Oh and Wayne got approval on his apprenticship! This is super exciting, I'm very proud of him. He starts in 2 weeks, more information on that later. :) :) :)
Think that's it for now. More updates soon I'm sure!

I'll try to get a picutre of Travis' teeth soon, he's getting quite the mouthfull, and looks like his upper teeth are courtesy of me, I feel so bad for him, those huge teeth will take him untill his late teens to grow into :(

Baby bump!

OK so here they are: Baby bump photos, at 16 weeks 5 days. :)

See it! It's there! This was taken at sea world

A lovely night time pajama shot

There we go, more shape! Yikes looks like the baby is growing in my rear too...damn cookies. 

More bump! :) Grow baby grow!

So far it's growing all out the front, just like Travis did! Could be another boy! Imagine, my house of boys...yikes! But the piece of hair and wedding band old wives tale says it's a girl, so I guess we'll just have to wait and see.....but not long, we have our gender scan in just over a couple of weeks :) :) :)

Sea world

Hello! Today, (Saturday the 25th of June), we went to Sea world! We'd already been but had free passes to go, so we went to go see the penguins and sharks again, and be outside in the sunshine! Travis loved the shark tank, although I think he just wanted to jump in the water and swim around. He's such a little fish! Wayne is gonna get a fish tank for our house and eventually, one day down our long road, we are gonna build an epic salt water fish aquarium, as long as he cleans it. I'm too much of a fish killer to be in charge. Of course there is very few photos of actual sea world animals, just more Travis :)

Our driver, waiting for us to go!

Little people in business suits! Or as Wayne referred to it: mommy's homeland :)

Awesome! sea creatures

This is a big deal: walking and holding hands. It's hard to tie this free spirit down

Checking out the dolphins, no shoes required

Love this guy :)

Big day, daddy's shoulders are the best

Home made Ravioli

YUM! I made from scratch home made chicken and pork ravioli, and it turned out great! I took photos of the process and then forgot to take a final photo of the finished prepared product! It looked so good, I served it up and we all ate it and then I remembered, ha ha. This post is more for my mom, ha ha, I think she is the only one who will care I made ravioli, but oh well. Mom I will make it again and actually take a photo of the final meal.

Ha ha, my work space and Travis' work space

I used his bottle to make the right size

The filling: ground chicken and pork, sage, garlic, salt and pepper

Before they got boiled and cooked. 

I made a cream sauce to go with it: oil, garlic, cream, white wine, lemon rind. Mixed the boiled ravioli with the sauce, served, and poured buttered sauteed sage leaves on top to finish it off. I had extra filling so I made them into meat balls, and served them as well, with asparagus on the side. Very yummy! 

Travis and Mommy

I know I'm biased, but he's just so awesome, he cracks us up all the time. Here's a bunch of random photos from this last week. Enjoy!!!!!

Little Travis Chaplin!

In his ball den!

Sitting still, a rare moment :)

Travis and Mommy

Mother and son :)

Making faces in the shower 

Brushing his 4 teeth

Random cool light photo 

Zoning out to the light....

I absolutely love this photo of him, very candid :)

Playing in the grass while I hang laundry

Cold milk, full belly and a good foot rest, lounging at its best

The Mandarin Muffins I Made :)

Mmmmm, so good :) Had to show them off Ashley!

Some things from over the weekend

Hello! This weekend was jam packed with family fun! Saturday we went down to Byron Bay for a friend of ours, daughter's first birthday party. It was a beautiful day, and we had a great time, i got my fill of fairy bread again (for those who don't know, bread, butter and sprinkles [or hundreds and thousands as they are called over here] its so good), and Travis had a great time running around with other kiddies and stealing their spoons.

enjoying cake

the birthday girl and travis

playing with the big kids

trying to be as rough as the big kids :)

That night we came back home and our neighbors were having a bonfire and party out in the bush, for something called Hans Sank. It goes way back to when they used to burn witches. Basically they throw this party every year around the winter solstice (summer solstice for us northern hemisphere-ers), and have a huge fire and burn a witch, (a dummy stuffed with straw). Either way it was cool to see a fire, we bundled up and walked over and got all toasty!

Ok we look horrible, its the flashes fault :)

bonfire!

running around, his first fire

so pretty, reminds me of home :) smelt like it at least 

Next up: Canadian fathers day! Yes we celebrated it here, even though Australian fathers day isn't untill September. I forgot the cards in Canada (oops) so I made a cake. Ashley I got the cards in the mail today, thanks for sending them! 

I know, terrible writing. 

strawberry jam and whipped cream filled :) so good