LACHLAN TURNS ONE!!!

I can't believe it! A year ago I had a baby boy in my arms and now that same little baby boy is on the verge of being a toddler. He has grown into such a wonderful, charming, adorable little boy. I'm sad he is no longer my little baby but looking forward to what this new phase brings us!

Here are photo's of his first birthday party! Argh, enjoy my 'arties!


Lachlan looks a little apprehensive at the size of his pirate cake!


Ahh, this one is more his size!


Well, that was GOOD! Do we have another?


PRESENTS!!!!! HERE I COME!!!!

He's an Eating Machine!

It's official. He WILL eat anything!

Erika sent us some Gerber Graduates Crackers from the US for Lachlan. He actually did like what was inside the box, but the box sure got a few chews first!

Lachlan and Daddy!

I don't know how Lachlan likes this, but apparently he does!

FIRST FATHER'S DAY

Happy Father's Day to all you Dad's out there!

As per our first Mother's Day's, Alan, Lachlan and I spent the morning with Richard, Tracy and Huon. We went to the Corillian for morning tea. It was so lovely when we first got there but then got sooo windy at the end!

Lachlan is a bit out of sorts. I wonder if more teeth are coming our way? Hopefully they will come as easily as the two bottom ones did!

THE RIVALRY DEEPENS

I am disgusted! I am appalled! I am outraged!

It was the last round of the NRL season tonight and the Roosters played the Rabbitohs (boo).

""Tackled by Anasta 20m out from the try-line, Fa'alogo got to his feet and took a stunning swipe at the Roosters play-maker, who was standing at marker.

The punch, 11 minutes from full-time, drew blood and Anasta later required four stitches to a split bottom lip. Anasta was literally shaking with rage after the match.""

I am so disgusted I can barely think straight! I know what you are all thinking "Hope is a one-eyed Rooster supporter!", but if this had been Anasta who had done this cowardly act, I would be just as outraged!

This sort of reckless and immature behaviour has no room on the football field! Fa'alogo has cost his team a player in the finals now. What an idiot! To work so hard all season and then miss an opportunity to play the finals. Clown!

FREDDY LANDS FULL TIME GIG!

Well, it's official! About 30 minutes ago, the Roosters announced Brad Fittler as the Coach of my Beloved Sydney Roosters for season 2008 and 2009!

HOORAY!!!

Since Chris Anderson (commonly known in this household as "The Guy Who Almost Led Us To The Wooden Spoon") resigned in round 17, Freddy has taken over and out of 6 games played, we have won 4, had 1 draw and only suffered 1 loss. The loss last week to the Titans as sealed our fate of not making the Top 8 but honestly, I would have been happy if Freddy coached us to win just 1 of our last 8 games!

What a LEGEND!!! I am stoked! I can't wait to buy a new Roosters Jacket next year! I held off getting any merchadise this year since we sucked so bad. I've never seen a season like it.

LONG LIVE FREDDY!!!!


edited: I'd like to quote Alan here quickly. After he read this post, his email to me was and I quote "i like your comment about chris anderson. That was a mistake to sign him...still, not the worst coaching appointment for 2007. Just be glad we are not knights fans!"

Very true. Very true indeed.

MAZEL TOV!

Alan's best friend Nick got engaged a few days ago! Mazel Tov to Nick and Tammy! We can't wait until you get home to see you both!

New Scrapbook Page

Just a new scrapbook page for the book!

LACHLAN IS SITTING UNAIDED!

Well, I can't believe it! The day is here! Lachlan is sitting unaided! For the past two weeks Lachlan has been sitting unaided for about 10-20 seconds until he is the Leaning Tower of Pisa and topples over. Now he can sit for ages and play. He still leans forward an awful lot and then after a while gets a sore back from it and either falls over himself or whines for Mummy or Daddy to help him.

He is just growing up so fast. I'm starting to get scared of blinking or sleeping, as I feel like each time I do, he's reached a new milestone! My little man, getting so big!

3 IN A ROW FOR FREDDY!!!

Well, the Melbourne storm came to Sydney looking to end Freddy's Perfect Run. Alas, dear mexicans!!! Freddy has been Sydney Roosters Coach for 3 games and he has lead them to victory all 3 times!!! What a Legend! We even smashed Melbourne Storm who are leading the comp! 14 teams between them, and we still manage to send them home tomorrow hanging their heads in shame!!!! Beat It Melbourne!

DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING

Well, I think I may have just found my new love! Digital Scrapbooking! I've been checking out Photoshop Elements and this is my very first go at it! I think I did a pretty decent job being a big novice!

ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 3

It's here! It's here! YIPPEE!!! I'm gonna be spending all my spare (ha ha) time on here now!!!!

SICK x3

WE ARE ALL SICK! I can't believe it! Lochie and I have had Upper Respiratory Tract Infections for the last week or so, and now all three of us have the flu. This whole trying to be alert and take care of a child while wanting to pass out is a killer!!!

I MISS MY MUM

Today is the 5th Anniversary of my Mother’s death.

There is hardly a time that goes by that I don’t wish she were here to spend time with her Grandson and to watch him grow up.

There is hardly a time that goes by that I don’t wish she were here to help me be a better mother myself.

There is hardly a time I wish I could take back all the harsh words said and the fights had.

There is hardly a time that goes by that I wish I could tell her I love her just once more.

There is hardly a time…..

Infectious Disease

Apparently this sleep/tired/exhausted disease is contagious!

SHOCKED!!!!

What?!?!

One day I'm going to have to pick up after myself, shower on my own and wipe my own butt?!?!?

YOU ARE KIDDING ME, RIGHT?!?!?!

FREDDY TO BE CARETAKER COACH!!!

Chris Anderson has FINALLY gone! Freddy is taking over as Caretaker Coach until the end of the year! He's just GOTTA be there next year as coach! I have a good feeling about the rest of our season!

I Just LOVE Making Him Laugh!!!

We've Got Teeth!!!

OMG! We have teeth!!!

Lachlan woke up this morning with his two bottom teeth! A BIG surprise as we knew they were coming but TWO was unexpected. He was seemingly ok with it though. A little grizzly on Thursday afternoon and he woke once crying in the middle of the night but was easily coaxed back to sleep quickly and then, there they were at 7am!

Kierra is FINALLY going to be Mrs Maciver!!!

I've Got Me A Dress!!!!

Kierra and I went shopping for my dress today and I'm am THRILLED to post that we got one chosen and ordered!!! It is this style but it is a dusty pink colour with brown trim and bow. I'm so excited it only took us one store and one weekend!

Can you believe it?!?!? I hardly can! I swear, I should be waking from this dream! Yippee for having the dresses chosen! YAY!

Lachlan is SIX Months!

How the heck did a whole half a year pass me by?!?! I was feeling a little low on happiness about my little man growing up so fast so I decided to eat loads of sugar! We had a very small get together for his HALF BIRTHDAY and had HALF A CAKE!
Fun was had by all I think!

Step 2 Formula

Yikes! We are moving up with the formula! Little man is 6 months so he needs 6 month+ formula! Still got a load of the old can still so will use that up first. There is just extra iron and stuff in this new one so same taste etc, he won't know the difference, just Mummy freaking out about another milestone reached and further and further away from being her little baby!!!

I Love Lachlan

You know, you would think I had too much time on my hands by the looks of things wouldn't you. Believe me, I don't! I'm sitting here eating my lunch surfing the net like some kind of computer geek. Oh, hang on, I AM a computer geek! :-/

Treo 750

Oh My G-d! It's here! It's really here!!!!!

I've been waiting for what seems like and ETERNITY for it to be here and now it is in my hot little hands. Now I just gotta figure out what to do with it. I'm going from the Palm OS Operating System in the Treo 650 to the Windows Operating System in the 750, and quite frankly, I'm lost!

BUT, it's here! It's really here!!!!!

No More Breast Milk!!!

So this morning, Lachlan had the last bag of his Breast Milk that I had frozen. I'm sad that it's all over, but so happy he got as much Breast Milk as he did. He guzzled it down without hesitation but did not quite get the enormity of it all of what that bottle meant! I was the emotional one of course!

I'M STOKED WITH MY STOKKE!!!

So I finally got the little man a high chair - - AND - - it rocks!!!! He loves it! For the first couple of minutes he was all "What the?!?!" And once he saw the food coming at him, he was won over! Yippee for STOKKE! www.stokke.com

DEBIE AND PAUL ARE PREGNANT

Woo Hoo! Debie and Paul are having a baby! They are due around the end of December just like Lachlan! I can't wait! I am so over the moon with happiness for the both of them!!!

I am packing up the pump! Can you quite believe it!!! I pumped today and got 30ml (1oz) from BOTH breasts today and have to tell you, I am feeling a little sad getting so little. I knew my supply was going to drop signifigantly once I started skipping pumping sessions to stop pumping all together, but it's here and I'm still shocked! Pumping has been such a big part of my life for almost 6 months and to suddenly think that tomorrow I won't be getting out of bed and pumping almost seems ludicrous. It's almost like losing a finger or something - I'll live but part of me is missing.

The good thing is that Lachlan still has about another 3 weeks left of frozen breast milk in the freezer for one his 250ml bottle in the mornings. So yippee for me being able to make it to 6 months for Lachlan having SOME breast milk.

I hope I have a more successful breastfeeding relationship with our next child, but I know that I gave it everything I could to give Lachlan my milk. We supplemented with Karicare Goat Formula when I wasn't able to pump a full days worth and he was fantastic with it after his terrible reactions to cow's milk formula. Little man hardly even notices when he gets breast milk instead of the goat formula!!!

Well, off to put the pump and bottles away. Hard to believe I won't see these again for 12-24 months until the next signing for Team Copeland, it's almost like saying goodbye to an old friend!

Goodbye my Medela Swing, you were loyal, reliable and most importantly, portable! Rest well.

FIRST MOTHER'S DAY

This morning Richard and Alan made Tracy and I breakfast and then we all went for a walk and took some photo's with my new camera. It was a pretty nice day but I am already planning on what I want to give Alan for Father's Day! I can't wait!!!!

I'm In LOVE!

Look what I got yesterday!!!! I can't tell you how excited I am about it! Actually, Richard could tell you probably since I asked him about a 1000 questions before my purchase and made him rack his brain and look at every website he could to compare the Nikon's for me! Bless him - what a good man!

Team Copeland Photo Shoot

For my 30th Birthday I asked for Eva and Les to have a photographer take some family photo's of us. I am really happy with them. Although, I still do wonder where my teeny tiny baby went to?

T-I-I-I-I-M-B-E-R!!!

First Football Game!

Lachlan and Daddy watched their first Roosters game today. I think Daddy got more enjoyment out of it than Lachlan did, but it at least gave me 90 minutes to myself! WOO HOO!!!

I'm sorry to say, but I think the Roosters lost. Again. I'll be glad when this year is over and Chris Anderson is long gone from our club. I have a bad feeling that I think we signed him for next year too. I'll have to look into that. "Sod off old man!!!" >:-/

What To Expect Website

Since April last year, I have been fortunate enough to be a part of the December Board on the www.whattoexpect.com website. I have found and made many new friends and shared the highlights and the lowlights of our pregnancies, birthing experiences and motherhood. To all my other pregnant friends out there, I urge you to join your birth month board on this website and I hope your experience is a positive and valued as mine is.

I must say, checking out the other board months, they are the most devine and cutest little beings ever!

Lachlan's First Real Noises

I LOVE IT! I have no idea how he figured out he could do this but it makes me laugh every time he does it. It's so cute! He does it mostly when I am changing his nappy but I guess, if it keeps him amused during the proceedure, I am all for it!!!

Lachlan's First Passover!

We had our first Passover in our new home this year as a brand new family last night. It was a nice night with a few friends and their children. My little man helped me light the candles too!

Lachlan And His Bumbo Seat

Well, it is official! Lachlan is a sports addict! This was Lachlan watching whatever Cricket World Cup Match Daddy left on TV this morning. He looks stunned! I guess there was a big 6 hit out of the park or something equally as exciting. Other than that, he was probably just burping. Either way, he is just like his father.

Best Face In The World!

Errr, Mum, do you think you could move the camera back JUST A LITTLE!!!

I'm Just Too Cute You Know!!!

Lachlan laughed for the first time yesterday! It was SO sweet! I almost cried. I was blowing on his belly while changing his nappy and saying "Pooey, you stinky!" and he did this huge belly laugh. Usually he just gives a bit of a coo, but today was a great big laugh. Can't wait until Alan hears it. On a sadder note, my poor little guy had his first immunisation shots today. He is a bit out of sorts. He had a massive sleep afterwards but tonight is a bit worse for wear! He is sucking on his dummy like there is no tomorrow! Hopefully he will be better tomorrow!

Justin and Leah returned recently from their big trip to Europe and they get to finally meet my little man. They left a couple of days after Lochie was born and since they live in Sydney, they never got to meet him. Tomorrow is the big day!

Montage

Some photo's of Team Copeland! I'm not obsessed! -- I'm not!

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Lachlan Has Started Smiling!

Of course I haven't been able to manage to take a really good photo of him when he is mouth wide in smiles but this one is pretty good. It's really great now! For the past 6 weeks, I feel like it has been a totally one sided relationship (which it has considering he fed, pooped and slept - oh yeah AND cried), but now I am getting something in return - smiles from my little guy!

I don't think I have ever been so tired in my life, but also in saying that, I don't think I have ever been as happy. Lachlan can be very demanding at times (when he is hungry - just like his Dadda), and he can make me go slightly crazy when he refuses to sleep and I struggle to find a spare minute to grab a shower, but I wouldn't trade him for the world. If I was to be without him now, I don't know what I would do. I just want to eat him up with a spoon!

We Moved Into Our House!

Woo Hoo! Super Excited Today! We have finally moved into our new house.

Alan and Richard were SO good. They got all the big items that we can't fit into the Rav from Florey to Palmerston in two loads of the big box trailer and in under 3 hours! Super Men or what!?!?!?

First Picnic

Team Copeland headed out to the Botanical Gardens today with the Perry's for the boys' first picnic. Don't think they truly appreciated it -- hmmm -- wonder why?

G-d Love Huggies!

Huggies have a new Pop-Top Dispenser for their wipes now! It means that at 3am when I used to have to root around trying to find the beginning of the wipe, only to pull it out and bring about another 4 with me before it tore off, I can now just grab the top of it poking out like a tissue box and, wham, ONE WIPE!

Yes everyone, it too has dawned on me that the smallest and most random things make my life happy and easier! Perks I guess of having no life outside of Alan and Lachlan! :-P