Hi girls,
I am back.....finally!
We finally got the gas connected two or three days before we left for the snow, which was much nicer than having a cold shower at 3am before we left i must say. I am still trying to unpack the house though. All the everyday stuff is done just all the decorative stuff like photos, kids craft stuff and both of their bookshelves and the toy room. Plus DH still has half the garage full of stuff but we cant do much with that till we landsscape and build a garden shed. All in good time though. Our first priority is the side and front retaining walls so we can put a fence up and grass out the back (we are the lucky ones having both families for xmas this year, so it really needs to get done).

We had a fabulous time at the snow and DH and Bradley did wonderfully at their lessons (both had never even seen snow before) and after a morning of self refreshing and an afternoon lesson i had regained my skills and confidence too. I got some lovely photos of the boys playing in the snow and sitting on some rocks with snow and trees in the background. The only dilema i have now is which one to enlarge for the wall.

I am reading about all these toddlers going into big beds and as sure as i am that Liam would love to have one now i am still going to wait until around xmas time and that can be part of his present list. Mind you i already have his doona cover. From memory Brad went to a bed at about 22 months only for the fact that after i put him in for an afternoon sleep one day i then heard him pitter patter down the hall way. I told hubby that now he could climb out i would rather him have a bed in case he tried to climb out at night and got stuck and something terrible happened. I reckon though if i left Liam till he could climb out he would be there till he was three or four. He had his "18 month service" a few days ago and it goes like this: Bare weight-8.45kg, Length-77cm and head-45cm. I had a different lady this time and she measured his head differently so it is actually smaller by half a cm!?!?!? So he is steadily getting longer by 3cm every 6-8 weeks but has only gained about 150gms. I am still yet to work out though where he is keeping the truckload of food he eats everyday . He is still having booba before bed but has almost weaned the time down to a couple of minutes a side and likes to play more with it now also. So i am guessing another few weeks and he will be done with that mixed emotions from me as you can see!

Other than that we are all well (except for a few sniffles and coughs) and i look forward to getting back into BB on a more regular basis. I hope you and your families are well also .