November 9th, 2008

Last week Steve and I welcomed our little boy Oliver into the world! It’s been an amazing ride and we are loving getting to know him! He is 10 days old now and we have been back home from hospital for just under a week.

We are coping reasonably well with the feeding/sleeping side of things - some days better than others! Steve and I both love gazing at him, taking it all in and being amazed that we made this. I also love watching Steve with Oliver, almost hard to explain in words.

Of course in the last 10 days we have taken hundreds of photos and lots of video too! I have finally got around to uploading some of our favourite photos to date. There are a few below and also a few albums you can view on Picasa:

1. Oliver’s birth and in hospital http://picasaweb.google.com/loudah/OliverSBirth#
2. Hospital Visitors - http://picasaweb.google.com/loudah/HospitalVisitorsOliverSBirth#
3. First week home -  http://picasaweb.google.com/loudah/OliverSFirstWeekHome#

Here are a few sneak peaks too:

October 27th, 2008

We recently invested in a video camera and I thought I’d do a test run of videoing the baby for you. Of course, given the baby hasn’t been born yet, this video captures the baby’s movements in my tummy!

This whole experience has taught me how convoluted video editing is. I needed one program to convert the video files to a format I could use (which I had to get Ben’s help with, thank you!), another program to edit them and then I’ve found out I can’t upload to Loudah without a plug in (which I dont have time to figure out how to install!) so we are going with a YouTube link instead (doh!) Someone has to make this whole video process easier!

Anyway, let me know what you think of my first attempt…

View video on YouTube

You may want to make sure you are viewing this in high quality or it looks pretty average. There will be a link directly under the video window in YouTube allowing you to change this…

October 27th, 2008

Over the last few weeks we’ve been getting the nursery ready for our new arrival and it’s now ready to rock. I did have all these grand plans of doing some paintings to compliment the theme we’ve gone with, but they haven’t eventuated yet…but oh well!

Here are some piccies so you can see what it looks like!

October 20th, 2008

Hi,

After hearing that Coles Online is now available in Brisbane and given that I’m due to have my first baby in approx a week I was quite excited about the convenience online shopping would offer.

Over the last few days I have invested quite a bit of time building up a standard shopping list on the website. This afternoon I decided to place an order of items that I need to buy.

After spending more time getting this setup and filling my online shopping cart today I am very disappointed to find out that after all that I cant actually get my order delivered before 6pm on Friday night - 4 days away and even then only one time slot is available for the rest of this week.

What a let down! This experience will really make me think twice about shopping with Coles Online again as if I cant get a timely service, what is the point?

Kind regards,

Louisa.

October 19th, 2008

I had one of those quiet/busy weekends. You know the ones, where you get to do lots of stuff, but don’t feel overly obligated or too pushed for time. All in all a great weekend and our second last one before dPod comes along!

We started off with a lovely dinner with Mel and Ben on Friday night.

On Saturday we did some bits and pieces before going to a breastfeeding class run by the hospital. Interesting and scary all at once!

Then Saturday night we had a nice relaxed evening with Tibbo, Peta and their little girl Veronica (isn’t she cute!) and some yummy Dominos Puff Pizza!

This morning we had a lovely breakfast with team BaM. Mmmm pancakes!

And then this afternoon Martin dropped by to say hi. See - all in all, busy but great to catch up with lots of people :)

October 15th, 2008

Where are the months going! I know it’s been ages since I’ve updated my blog, sorry! Loads has been happening though, here is a quick summary to bring you up to speed!

• Ben recently updated my blog back end and now I have no excuse for not updating the content! (Thanks Ben!) Comments and stuff should work now too which is great.
• I’m now nearly 37 weeks pregnant so not long to go now! Am feeling pretty good during the days and generally falling into a hole at night (a hole where I ache and feel like an old woman!)
• I’ve kinda nearly almost stopped work - just running an event this week through my new company Interactive Minds and then I’ll be pretty sorted.
• I had a baby shower a few weeks ago, you can see photos from it here: http://picasaweb.google.com/loudah/BabyShower270908#.
• I have been doing lot of updates to my other blog - www.onlinemarketingstuff.com.au - which is something!
• Did I mention I’m having a baby in a few weeks? Wow…in a way it feels like the 9 months have gone quickly! On the other hand it feels like I’ve been pregnant for ages. Anyway…more on all the baby stuff coming soon for those who are interested.

August 16th, 2008

On Wednesday I celebrated my 29th Birthday - woohoo!

Being a public holiday, we celebrated in style having our closest friends around for some drinks and food! Thank you to all for coming and for the lovely, very generous gifts.

I was lucky to have a cake made for me for the big day too. Benji and Janelle made this and it’s right up there with the best cake I have ever had. It even tasted delicious! You can see a photo of the masterpiece below! Thanks girls, it was a lovely treat!

August 8th, 2008

Jaz wanted a cuddle while I was working today. This is her asleep with her head on my belly!

August 8th, 2008

Earlier this week we had roast pork for dinner and I’m happy to say that for the first time, I got the crackling all crisp and perfect first time!

Hmmm it was delicious (and we ate way too much of it).

August 4th, 2008

Last week our only niece celebrated her 5th Birthday! Unfortunately we were away at the time, however we got to join in the celebrations on the weekend at her Farmstay party!

The kids (and us) really enjoyed seeing and interacting with all the farm animals and it was another glorious blue sky day.

Happy Birthday Grace - we can’t believe your 5 already (where does the time go!)