Joshua Again

Joshua is so beautiful I know I am bias but he seems to be a very well behaved baby so far. Doing everything he is supposed to do.

So I finally got his measurements:-
Weight 3850g / 8p 8ounces
Length 54cm
H/c 37cm

So here are a couple of photos of some proud Grandparents and cousins (that just couldn't stand still long enough for Mummy to take a photo) I took so many photos but hardly any turned out, we couldn't use the flash because he cried everytime the flash went off.




Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

INTRODUCING

JOSHUA SHANE JOHNSON

Born 3.51pm Thursday 11th January

Mother and baby (and Daddy) are all well.

My sister was an absolute champ only 3.5 hours of heavy labour and the only pain relief she used was the gas. And they let me stay for the whole thing!!!!! Yeah for me. So stoked it was AWESOME!! Great job Sissy and Adam. He is just perfect.

He hadn't been weighed by the time I left so I will find out tomorrow and let you all know.

Love Always

Aunty Tanya.

Still waiting

My poor darling Sister is still waiting for her baby and to make things worse our cousin who wasn't due until the first week of Feb was induced last night (due to pregnancy related diabeties).
Thursday will be the day if nothing happens naturally, at least the doctors have given her an induction date now so she can relax a little. I know it feels like a life time when you are waiting to hold that little bundle of love.

Photos SOON!!!

Well at least Scrapbook City has let us in on the secret now. The new competion has been announced. REALITY SCRAP will involve a little of everything by the sounds of it with twists and turns the whole way. Very exciting.
Plus I am starting a Circle Journal with some of the girls from Scrapbook City, I have never done one before but am very excited about doing it.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Kids

Conversation I just had with Tristan



T - Mum have you ever seen a remote control motorbike?



M - No darling I haven't



T - Well if you get me one then you can see it!



Love it. He cracks me up constantly.


This is my Diary for this year inspired by Giovanna. I went to the Quilt and Craft show last year and Gigi did a little lesson on decorating mini books. So this is my mini (medium) book.

This is My beautiful Seth, sound asleep on the couch, I would love to know what he is dreaming about. Looks serious.
Off to bed early tonight cause we had a BBQ for Hubby's birthday last night and we didn't get to sleep until 2am this morning and of course I got up with the kids at 7am and took them to the beach so Michael could sleep in (he slept in until noon). And I drank so much Coke to keep myself awake this morning I couldn't get to sleep at lunch time when the boys had their sleeps.

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

The Waiting Game

Still waiting, bubs was due on January 1st and nothing yet.............................

Also waiting for the Scrapbook City website to stop teasing us and just tell us the big news.....

So now I am just waiting...........................................


Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

New Years Eve

Well it is 10.30pm and I have already drunk all that I can drink without making a fool of myself. I already have a headache!! and I am soooooo....... tired! Gosh why do we have to stay awake till midnight, it really isn't any different from any other night. Sleep, sleep, sleep see it is calling me.

Love Always
Good night and goodbye to 2006
Tanya xxxooo

See you next year

Me time

The kids are asleep, Hubby is fishing, the dishes are done, house relatively clean, nothing on T.V. which means me, the computer and scrapbooking.



So I ended up tagging Erica Glover, Zina Wright and Carole Janson. Looking forward to seeing what they have to say. If they decide to do it.



Here are the two pages I got to do this week.





Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Tagged

You tagged me Gigi but you haven't posted yours yet so I went and got it from Alicia's blog. Beat ya to it! Like you have anything better to do.

A - Available/Single? Married for 8 years now.
B- Best Friend? Emica
C- Cake or Pie? Sticky Date Pudding
D - Drink Of Choice? Coke Zero (goes well with the sticky date, LOL)
E - Essential Item You Use Everyday? coffee cup
F - Favorite Color? Purple.
G - Gummy Bears Or Worms? neither I prefer jelly beans
H - Home or Homesick? home.
I - Indulgence? Scrapbook shopping.
J - January Or February? February of course (Me, Tristan & Seth all born in Feb.)
K - Kids & Their Names? Tristan and Seth
L - Life Is Incomplete Without? Food
M - Marriage date? Nov 14, 1998
N - Number Of Siblings? 1 sisters
O - Oranges Or Apples? Apples, less mess
P - Phobias/Fears? My children drowning
Q - Favorite Quote: Do unto others........
R - Real Hair Color? light brown or dark blond (can't remember, Hahaha.)
S - Season? Spring definately.
T - Tag 3 or 4 people? I dont know anyone that hasn't already been tagged.
U - Unknown Fact About Me? I played the saxaphone for 8 years (at school) haven't played since leaving school (1994)
V - Vegetable you don’t like? I love veggies, dont really like fruit.
W - Worst Habit? eating from boredom
X - X-rays You’ve Had? knees, teeth, ankle, arm.
Y - Your Favorite Food? Any seafood and any takeaway.
Z - Zodiac Sign? Aquarius.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Christmas 2006

Well lots of photos to post so here goes.

Christmas morning we did the Santa presents and the presents from Mum and Dad.




Then off the my inlaws to have a yummy breakfast and open more presents from my husbands family.

Then to my family to open my familys presents.

Then off to have lunch at my Sisters' inlaws. (Only one week to go in her pregnancy) Well we arrived a about 1pm and didn't leave untill 11pm. I couldn't belive how much fun my hubby was having. Quad motorbikes, swimming pool, Good food and lots of new friends. He was still on the kareoke machine when I was putting the kids in the car to go. All in all a FANTASTIC day.

I got heaps of awesome presents =>$50 Scrapbooking voucher, Frangipani hairclips and earings, CD, electric salt and pepper shakers, morter and pestel, magazine subscription and a sticker for my car. So stoked!!!!

Well thats it for now

Tanya xxxooo

One more sleep

Just a quicky
One more sleep and then Santa will have left some special surprises under the tree.
Big day tomorrow.
Breakfast at the inlaws
Morning tea at Sisters
Lunch at sisters inlaws
Dinner HaHaHa (I think I should be full by then.)
See you in a couple of days with lots of xmas photos.
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

4 More Sleeps

Only 4 More sleeps

Getting so excited for Christmas..........Lots of presents, good food, Family and friends.


MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE !!!!

Eggs for breakfast

Well this is what happens when you go and have a shower in our house. Sethy thought it would be a great idea to make eggs for breakfast. Every egg that was left in the carton (I think 9) got put into the frying pan. He did a really good job except for a couple of bits of shell. So I reluctently cooked up all of the eggs and served them up went to finish getting ready and came back to a plate full of tomato and bbq sauce. This is why I dont wear makeup, cause I would never get out of the house.

So this is Seth after his new haircut. Not a happy boy at all!!!! He cried for the next two days saying I dont want a hair cut. Too late buddy, all gone. At one stage he said I WANT A NO-HAWK (meaning a mo-hawk) and I replied with dude you got a NO-HAWK! So funny I love it when they still cant get thier words right, it makes for much entertainment for us adults. I know I shouldn't pay out on my child but it is so much fun.

This page is my next entry for the Scrapbook City Challenge. This is from one of Alicia's Sketches on her blog site. I am really happy with how it turned out, My little king of hearts!!!

I just realized that this whole blog has been about Seth. Tristan is good too. Alittle bit of attitude lately but other than that he is growing up so fast I still cant believe he starts PREP next year.


Well thats all for now
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

PGA

Michael and Tristan went to the Pga at Coolum this morning and apparently they had an absolute blast, they got just about everyones autograph on his "Spiderman Hat" even Nicky Buckley (for some reason she was there). Jimmy Barnes was there too but they couldn't get his autograph (?). It is hard to make any sense from what they are saying cause they didn't get home until about 7.30pm (they arrived there at 9.30am this morning) and they are so tired and excited and have so much to tell us that I can't keep up with the stories.

The one stand out exciting story though was that Wayne Grady made a 20 foot putt and he then gave his golf ball to Tristan and signed it for him. How awesome is that?????!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I find out more I will let you know.

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Xmas tree

So this is my little xmas tree and the grand total of decorations that I have put up so far. Ha Ha no I actually wrapped everyones presents yesterday with some help from Tristan and put them under the tree. I was surprised that I had gotten everyones presents. Even got lots of little extras for the boys.

This is the boys getting their presents from Santa at their daycare xmas party last night. So funny, kids everywhere going crazy, mothers and fathers chasing them.

So weird when you grow up seeing someone all of the time and then you get to a certain age and you never have time to catch up. These two girls, Corrine and Lee, are my step cousins? Their Grandfather married my Grandma before we were born and we grew up like cousins but then our grandparent died and now we never see each other. Funny how life pans out.

Pga Golf is on again on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. I went on Thursday with my Dad and Seth (I could have done without pushing a nearly three year old around in a pram up and down grass hills all afternoon). Why is it when you need a child to be quiet that is when they decide to yell out. I love watching golf and being there on the first day of the comp you get to see all of the golfers and they usually seem alot more relaxed and there are not as many people there watching so you can actually see the pro's. My favourite golfer isn't doing too well, Peter Fowler, he is the best chipper ever ( in my opinion.) Plus I didn't get to see him, so spewing we always seemed to be at the wrong end of course hopefully he will be there again next year. I did however see all of the leaders play. I will hopefully get to attend - child free - next year so I will actually be able to watch them putt (not from 10 meters away cause I am too worried about Seth making to much noise.)

Plus Yesterday I had to do a trip up to hospital with Seth. He was pushing his tonka truck around and the tray flicked up and hit him in the chin. I thought it had gone straight through because he had blood in his mouth and a cut on the out side and he wouldn't let me look at it. So I just went straight up there and got the nurses to check it out. Luckily it wasn't as bad as I originally thought (hypochondriac Mother) I think the truck cut the outside and his tooth cut the inside. But he did whinge all night he woke up four times crying saying he was sore. My poor baby!!!

Well until next time

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

The X-mas Tree

So I have wanted to put my tree up for about a month and now that I can go crazy with decorations,I don't really feel like it. I put up the tree and that's about it. Now the boys keep asking when Santa is coming.
I have a photo of my pathetic looking tree but even the internet doesn't want to look at it so when it allows me to up load some photos you will get to see.
Tired have to go and get some sleep so I can be all energised to go and watch the PGA with my Dad tomorrow. Funny how it has become a little tradition between us. This year will be our 5th year. (I think I am losing count of the years.)
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Zina's Class

Here is what I did in Zina's class. I wasn't so sure about the poppet canvas but now I have finished it I love it!!! and I have already had a friend ask me to do one for her family.

Love always

Tanyaxxxooo

Love the Gold Coast

Well we are home. I think 5 nights was just enough especially for the boys. Seth woke up yesterday morning crying saying I want to go home now. So here is the run down of our 2ND ever "REEDY FAMILY HOLIDAY".

• To start off with as we are driving into Surfers I suddenly realize I forgot the Movie World tickets. Luckily my girlfriend, Em, was house sitting so she express posted them to us.
  


• On Friday night we had a lovely dinner a our friend, Matt's, and meet his gorgeous girlfriend Shannon.

• Saturday, ZINA's scrapbooking class was fabulous. I had a great time. I didn't get to finish either of my projects cause we were too busy talking. She is so lovely all 5 feet of her. LOL. I was so surprised when I first meet her she is beautiful and so tiny. The other girls were great too we all had heaps of laughs.

• Sunday - we had breakfast at the Currumbin Surf lifesaving Club. And we saw the new Gold Coast footy team training. I think they are called the Vikings?


• Then I got attacked by a cat fish. We went to the Currumbin Rock Pools and waterfall. So Beautiful I love waterfalls. After taking the mandatory photos we all went for a swim and Tristan said that something had bitten him and we all laughed thinking it was nothing. I went over to see cause he looked really freaked out and the little bugger bit me on the ankle. So we had to move to the deep part of the rock pool for a swim. A local guy warned us about it, after it had already bitten us. Great timing from him hey!
  


• Monday we drove around the border towns and beaches and also, accidentally, up into the mountain tourist drive. Michael got lost! After giving me crap about my driving and taking wrong turns, etc. I pulled over and made him drive and he got us lost. I love it when it backfires on him. I really didn't care where we went because the boys were asleep so it was a lovely peaceful drive looking at trees and big, big houses and beautiful views.


• Monday night we went to the Wax museum and a walk through the city.
  


• Tuesday we went up the Q1 building the views were awesome but there was a little bit of cloud in the distance so we couldn't see as far as we should have been able to but it was still amazing. Then we did the shopping centres, Pacific Fair and Harbour town plus a couple of shops in between. Well I know boys don't like shopping but mine did OK. By one o'clock they were all ready to go home for a sleep but they persevered for my sake and I even got to get a massage by those Chinese guys in the middle of the shopping centre. They give the best massages ever I could have stayed there for hours.

• Wednesday - we went to Movie World which was fun but we were all so tired by then we barely had enough energy to enjoy it. Seth cried on a couple of the rides which we thought was so funny cause one of them was a special kids ride about Bugs Bunny, but it was very dark.

• Then we came home just in time to watch the storm go over with heaps of lightning. I LOVE STORMS!!!

So all in all we spent way too much money (especially on food) but we had a great FAMILY holiday.

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Holiday 3 more sleeps

Only three more sleeps till our holiday. (nearly wrote MY holiday.) I love the Gold Coast I don't know how it is so much different to the Sunshine Coast, probably is just that I have lived here all of my life. This is where we are staying it is only 2 streets away from the heart of the city so we can walk to the beach. The boys will be able to enjoy it more this year even though it has only been a year there is a big difference between being -nearly two to being nearly three- and I don't have to worry about bottles and cots and all of that annoying baby stuff.

Plus this year I get to go scrapbooking with *Zina* cant wait! I am so excited! I wish I could organise to meet all of my fave scrappers there on the one day wow that would be the best. (I don't think Elsie and Emily would fly over from America just to visit me.)

The SPA is up and running. I just don't know how it all works with all of the chemicals and the thing switches on and off all of the time. I am not looking forward to my next power bill at all. Plus I thought I would go and buy some pots and plants to put around it to make it look more like a little paradise I did not realize how much they all cost I am normally a market and second hand shopper but because I wanted 3 purple pots the same I had to go to a pot shop lucky they had a seconds section almost half price. Yeah for me! and plants you know all of those annoying palms that normally multiply in your garden when you don't want them to well they are $25 each If only I was a patient person then I would save a whole lot of money. Just tried to take some photos but the sun is to bright so maybe next time.

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Baby Shower

Only Six weeks to go Donna. Nicole (our cousin) only 8 weeks to go.

The Baby shower went beautifully! I was really suprised at how well everyone (Men in the shed, with the kids, playing pool and table soccer) and the women inside. Everything work perfectly even though after so much planning we still ended up not being ready when people started to arrive. I was ducking out to get some last minute stuff from the shop and Donna was still in her P.J's which was so funny to me cause she had been up since 7am and the party started at 10am.

I hope everyone had a great time, Donna did. (Or so she told me.) Everyone seemed to be a bit stand-offish to start with so I started the games, word jumble and baby stuff guessing game and string around the belly, who is the closest (Can you believe two women actually got the exact same length.) Everyone settled in and relaxed. It was so good to see all of Donna's High School friends and our family and friends from afar, Janet, great to see you. Donna and I meet Janet at the Scrapbook City Retreat and we kept in contact by E-mail (I love my puta) So happy she was able to come up to see us, our turn to visit you now.

I still have some photos to post, next time.

I have to go and catch up on some sleep now.

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Baby Shower

Arhhh!!! My baby sister (who is 26) is having a baby in about 7 weeks time. Even though at her age I had two, it still doesn't seem right she is my little sister. This photo is from the end of September her belly is about triple that size now and she looks amazing. She has hardly put on any weight and she is glowing.

Well anyway I am throwing her a baby shower this weekend and I am starting to go into panic mode. I mean I have organised most of the games and I have worked out what food we are eating I have bought heaps of stuff for her and the party but I still have this huge feeling that I am forgeting something. I just dont know what! Guess it will have to go wrong before I realize plus I am getting reflux which I always get when I am nervous. I have to relax and breath cause it doesn't matter if I forget anything cause I live just down the road. So only a few more days and I can start the food and hopefully work out what I have forgotten.

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo