Harveys At Home

Owen walked at around 10 months…

Reuben won’t be far behind him we think.  He’s already crawling everywhere and is now pulling himself up standing with the use of furniture or any person standing still for more than a few seconds!!!

Will keep you all posted on Reuben’s progress…

Auntie Jode was very thoughtful and sent Owen a parcel full of party things to help celebrate his upcoming 4th birthday…

And here is the letter, a little closer so you can read it…

I’m sure we will make good use of all the party gear while Jenny and Nana are visiting.

Thanks heaps Auntie Jode!

(And Uncle Mick and Cooper too!!!)

Jodie requested some photos of her and the boys before she went home.

Unfortunately, getting all three of them in one shot, smiling and sitting still, is IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  :o)

But I did manage to get a few good ones, just not all together!

The “must have” item?  A Jolly Jumper.

Why?  IT KEEPS KIDS QUIET AND ENTERTAINED, even if they aren’t the kid in it.

Jodie and Cooper are down at the moment for a few days and Cooper was able to finally have a go in the Jolly Jumper.  Jodie is going straight home to get herself one.  Plus the stand for it.  And maybe even the activity mat for Cooper to bounce around on.  The boy happily stayed in it for over an hour on his first go (probably not recommended by the manufacturer, but why fix something that isn’t broken?).  I think we can safely say it’s a huge success!

Our littlest boy is nearly 8 months old.

Can you believe it?!

I can, and can’t. It’s funny watching him explore his world for the first time (the constant look of surprise is just priceless) but he is a very cheeky old soul who definitely knows so much more than he’s letting on and has been around us forever…

Anyway, this baby boy of ours still has fair hair, olive skin (practically chocolate looking, compared to Owen!!!) and BLUE EYES.

Where these traits have come from, we don’t know. Luckily, other than colouring, he looks a whole lot like his big brother at a similar age, so we know they are related!!!  Regardless, we think he’s a bit cute :o)

Owen has been playing with a lot of my old toys from when I was a kid (although Meegs would say I still am).  Today he had a tiny machine gun (from an action figure) and was walking around shooting us.

He then told me that he had shot me with his “cup of tea gun”.  This really confused me as it didn’t look anything like a cup of tea.  So I asked why it was a cup of tea gun.  “Because it belonged to cup of tea”.

Anyone want to guess what he really meant?

I’ll give a hint in a couple of days if nobody guesses it.

Today, Owen and I have been in NSW for a whole year.

A whole year…..

12 months…

365 days…

Some days/weeks it feels like we have been here forever (well, for a long time anyway) and it really does feel like our home.  These are the good weeks.  The ones where preschool is good, the boys are behaving themselves, we have been out and about with friends, or we have had a few activities during the week, and not stuck at home with no excuses to go far.

Then there are those days/weeks where it feels like we are still the strangers down here.  These are the bad ones.  But they are getting fewer and farther between, thankfully.  This is mainly because we have made some really great friends since we have been here.

Of our new friends, half are newbies to NSW, just like us!  And we all seem to help each other settle into life in NSW.  Having friends in the same situation as our family has been great.  And these friends all mostly have young children too.  Children really do help adults to make connections that we would have otherwise missed out on!

While this is not our true home (we will always be QLDers – even Reuben!!!) we are all happy enough to call Rouse Hill home for the time being…

Hopefully the next year will be as interesting as the last!

(the picture was taken from our house, about a month ago)

This past weekend, Meegan2 made hers a long one, and flew down to NSW for a short visit.
We made the most of our time by staying up late, catching up, eating heaps, talking, playing with the boys, fitting in some retail therapy, more eating, and some more talking!!!

We were all sad to see her make her flight on Sunday afternoon (she nearly didn’t!!!) but I’m sure Meegs2 will be back soon :)
Well, I hope so anyway!

This afternoon, Owen got to be a super hero, complete with super fast red cape and special blue stars.  Can you believe this child actually asked me if I could put flashing lights in the middle of each star?!  Nothing like high expectations!!!