~ Happy 90th Nan ~

Today is my nanna's 90th birthday - she was born on the 11/11/1919.

Here she is holding Indi back in July.

She has 4 children, 9 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild.

Happy Happy Birthday Nan.

~ The Bedroom ~

Finally remembered to take some photos late this afternoon as the sun was going down so here is a few shots of our bedroom.

We have a fantastic new king size bed which I love.

We love our beautiful red rose painting which hangs above us. A friend painted it for us a few years ago and it looks perfect in our bedroom.

We have a pretty wonderful view from our bedroom balcony (yes that is the ocean in the far distance).

And I love my new curtains which make the room feel very glamorous.

I love my new bedroom - the only problem is that I seem to be going to bed so late and getting up very early so I am not spending nearly enough time in it.

~ More Tradesmen ~

Well the end of our second week back in "the cove" and we are loving it. Still can't quite believe we are back here and it is all ours and we actually get to sleep here and eat here and have our stuff here.

There are still lots of little things happening each day which has made for another busy week of tradesmen coming and going. Little things to fix here, shutters to install, fences to go in, pictures on walls. Tomorrow if the rain stays away they plan to finish the pool so more tradesman on our doorstep at 7am. Sadly not one tradesman that has entered our house has looked like our friend above - we are not done yet however so there is still hope ...

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and a cute tradesman enters your life.

~ In love with Fred ~

I am in love with all the beautiful childrens wear from Fred Bare - yes it is pricey but for that special occasion it is just beautiful. I have my eye on a lovely white dress for Sienna - she has requested that she also wears a lovely white dress like Indiana to Indi's Christening. Here are a few pictures from their current summer range.

~ Silence ~

Yes the picture below is of our lovely toilet in the powder room! Funny first photo to be showing you of our new house but these toilets are proving to be very exciting. To everyones delight they are soft close toilets which means no slamming of the toilet seat or lid - just a gentle push and they glide down slowly and peacefully. When we have a new visitor to the house the first thing the girls say is come and look at our magic toilets ... it is the small things that amuse us the most. I promise to post some more exciting pictures of the house soon - just keep forgetting to get the camera out in the daylight.

~ Candles ~

Well I am slowly coming out the other side but there still is soooo much to do! Every box that was inside the house is unpacked - that just leaves the lovely stack of boxes in the garage which I don't really want to look at! They were all packed 2 years ago and it is obvious that I don't need what is in them - not quite sure when I will get to them but boy it will be lovely when we can get two cars in the garage.

The interesting thing I have found out while unpacking is that I used to love candles - not that I don't now but boy do I have a lot of candles - all shapes and sizes and all types of candle holders. Not something I drag out that often any more with the kids around but maybe in the future they will get used ... ahh to relax with some candlelight ... that sounds like heaven.

~ Four Months ~

My beautiful Indiana turned four months old yesterday.

I just love that beautiful smile she gives me in the morning when she sees me - melts my heart every time.

She has become a little bit of a challenge in the sleeping department in the past few weeks. Poor thing has to contend with two big sisters who always have somewhere to be and a mum who has been here there and everywhere while building this house.

In the past few weeks she has lost the ability to get herself to sleep because of all of the out and about we were doing. Everytime I put her into her cot she screams and screams and screams - poor little cherub - not sure how to sort this one out as she really is a tough one unlike the other girls who ocassionally did this but never to the extent that Miss Indiana is.

Certainly making for an interesting time while trying to unpack and get sorted - I still think she is pretty devine though so we will work it out.