Monday, July 24, 2006
Thursday, July 13, 2006
The new improved Mansfield Meander..... the off road tour!
What happens when you have a load that is too heavy, grass that is too slippery and gravity and momentum working against you..... bugger! Vic and I succesfully moving cows to his parents place and trying to avoid the cows trashing the garden but managing to do a nice job ourselves!
Friday, June 23, 2006
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Friday, May 19, 2006
Friday, May 12, 2006
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Saturday, April 01, 2006
It is soooo cool to be a parent!!
It is mornings like this when I find myself loving being a parent...... I have the flu I feel terrible and my wee man is the best medicine I could have. I picked him up at 6am and took him into bed where he slept tucked under my arm with his wee head on my chest when he woke he pulled his dummy out of his mouth and gave me the biggest "good morning smile" (and then tried to shove his dummy in my mouth - something he often does).
He crawls around the house chasing me and Vic giggling his head off the whole time - he really thinks it is hilarious to play chase!
When either one of us comes into the room his little face lights up and he has the biggest smiles for us, he wanders around the house slapping his hands on windows, the couch, the floor and laughs at the sounds each different thing makes.
He loves people and performs to try and get a smile out of strangers... wether it be in the supermarket or the doctors waiting room - it seems to be Ollies mission to try and get everyone looking and smiling at him.
When he is sad and tired he is quite happy to sit contentedly on a warm lap and snuggle in.
The animals don't escape Ollies attention either - the appearance of Gabriel causes an erruption of giggles and excitement when spotted. Gabriel copes really well with this attention and often seeks Oliver out just for some rough love! If we go for a walk with one of the horses along in tow, Ollie will sit in the backpack singing to them. Oliver LOVES dogs - which suits me fine - hopefully he will be happy with getting a puppy to play with later on rather than a little brother or sister (might save on my argument resolution skills too!).
Dinner time is getting more and more fun too with Oliver wanting to have a try of whatever Vic and I are eating. I am proud to say that Ollie likes my favourite food too - Olives!!!
Friday, March 24, 2006
My little pony... I love my little pony...
I am very encouraged by Olivers enthusiasm over his rocking horse....... rocking horse this year.... minature pony next year....?
Being mobile = being mischeif!!!
Oliver demonstrates his ability to empty all of his toys out of his toybox one by one.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
My big red baby is back!!!!!!
Tyler Dean - home and happy after being on trial which turned out to be somewhat of a nightmare for us. I am just happy to have him back and will never allow him to go on another trial again!!
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Just like my dad... I think the younger ladies are much more fun!
Oliver 9 months and his date for the night Tara 6 months
Friday, March 10, 2006
Friday, March 03, 2006
Friday, February 17, 2006
The Boundary Stream welcoming committee!!
Odie and Paris running to greet me at the gate. They also chase after Cyclists, small children and anyone who looks like they might have food or pats to give!
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Where did my baby go?
Oliver reached his 8 month birthday the other day and Vic and I are scratching our heads wondering where on earth the last four months have gone and where our baby went!!
He has grown heaps although remains relatively lean for a baby..... probably due to his inability to stay still. No teeth have emerged from his wee gums yet but we have 8 definate "teeth bumps" sitting there just under the surface - we are not really looking forward to when they decide they are all going to pop through!
He has gone from being called Pork Chop, Wee man and Stinky Pants to Spike as he finally has some hair!! Vic takes great pride in applying product to this tuft and spiking it into a mohawk.... even I have to admit that Oliver looks disgustingly cute with his wee mo.
The older he gets the more we are learning about his likes and dislikes - in the toybox for example he will lunge for balls, books and soft toys (which he then flips over to 'read' the lables of!). He also gets very excited when he sees animals - which I am encouraging of course!! Although I have to be careful as he has taken to hitting Gabriel and pulling his whiskers to express his excitement at seeing him. Gabe has developed some great tactics for dealing with this rather rough show of affection - he simply purrs and moves slightly out of reach or head butts and licks Oliver which tends to unbalance him enough to stop him from causing any harm.
I am also rather proud to observe that Oliver gets VERY excited about seeing and riding his rocking horse..... could this be an early sign of the next Mark Todd??? I believe it might be!! Vic on the other hand is shoving rugby balls under his nose in hope that they might invoke the same reaction - but not yet... and we have no rugby balls in the house to encourage that sort of thing!!
Oliver hasn't quite got the hang of crawling yet - we find he opt's for a range of more "sophisticated" moves. He has a mastered a very impressive belly spin, a half back-flip and various other body contortionist acts. The couch is now strictly out of bounds after Oliver attempted a rather tricky somersault off it, which failed dismally and resulted in a face plant instead. We then attended my brothers wedding with a little boy with a skinned nose and a bruised head.......and yes I was watching him but he just moves so damn fast when he wants to!!!
Oliver is rather talkative - he has a range of vowels noises, blowing raspberrys, roaring, growling, sqeaking and squealing used to communicate with us. He also says "Dadadadada" at the most opportune moments - for example on the morning of Vics birthday, often while hugging Vic goodnight and around the time Vic walks in the door from work....... he has said "Mumma" once and he had no idea what he said - but I'll take that all the same!!!
He is eating all sorts of food - and I take great pride in the fact that he seems to prefer my cooking over the baby food jars! Although I can't blame him really - some of those jars taste awful - I wouldn't eat it if I had to so I can hardly expect him to!! He discovered porridge this week and seems to really like it other favourites are my homemade biscotti, steak and kidney stew and potatoes and brocolli mash.
Well that is all from us for now.... hope you are enjoying the pics!!
Luv Susan
He has grown heaps although remains relatively lean for a baby..... probably due to his inability to stay still. No teeth have emerged from his wee gums yet but we have 8 definate "teeth bumps" sitting there just under the surface - we are not really looking forward to when they decide they are all going to pop through!
He has gone from being called Pork Chop, Wee man and Stinky Pants to Spike as he finally has some hair!! Vic takes great pride in applying product to this tuft and spiking it into a mohawk.... even I have to admit that Oliver looks disgustingly cute with his wee mo.
The older he gets the more we are learning about his likes and dislikes - in the toybox for example he will lunge for balls, books and soft toys (which he then flips over to 'read' the lables of!). He also gets very excited when he sees animals - which I am encouraging of course!! Although I have to be careful as he has taken to hitting Gabriel and pulling his whiskers to express his excitement at seeing him. Gabe has developed some great tactics for dealing with this rather rough show of affection - he simply purrs and moves slightly out of reach or head butts and licks Oliver which tends to unbalance him enough to stop him from causing any harm.
I am also rather proud to observe that Oliver gets VERY excited about seeing and riding his rocking horse..... could this be an early sign of the next Mark Todd??? I believe it might be!! Vic on the other hand is shoving rugby balls under his nose in hope that they might invoke the same reaction - but not yet... and we have no rugby balls in the house to encourage that sort of thing!!
Oliver hasn't quite got the hang of crawling yet - we find he opt's for a range of more "sophisticated" moves. He has a mastered a very impressive belly spin, a half back-flip and various other body contortionist acts. The couch is now strictly out of bounds after Oliver attempted a rather tricky somersault off it, which failed dismally and resulted in a face plant instead. We then attended my brothers wedding with a little boy with a skinned nose and a bruised head.......and yes I was watching him but he just moves so damn fast when he wants to!!!
Oliver is rather talkative - he has a range of vowels noises, blowing raspberrys, roaring, growling, sqeaking and squealing used to communicate with us. He also says "Dadadadada" at the most opportune moments - for example on the morning of Vics birthday, often while hugging Vic goodnight and around the time Vic walks in the door from work....... he has said "Mumma" once and he had no idea what he said - but I'll take that all the same!!!
He is eating all sorts of food - and I take great pride in the fact that he seems to prefer my cooking over the baby food jars! Although I can't blame him really - some of those jars taste awful - I wouldn't eat it if I had to so I can hardly expect him to!! He discovered porridge this week and seems to really like it other favourites are my homemade biscotti, steak and kidney stew and potatoes and brocolli mash.
Well that is all from us for now.... hope you are enjoying the pics!!
Luv Susan
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