baby blessings in mandurah

what's the only thing better than one new baby? two! cousins that were born just weeks apart and will undoubtedly be best friends when they grow up.

baby lincoln (on the left) and baby samuel who were blessed today at mandurah ward and they are just the cutest little men. :)

♥

my friend kelly is baby sam's mum and  was quite happy to let me snap a billion pictures of him which made my day, he is an absolute little darling.

i mean seriously. look at that face.

it was a gorgeous day, full of family and love

and cake! yum

and just for good measure, here is my friend aeronny (kellys husbands aunt and the reason i know kelly! i go waaaaaaaay back with this family... haha) cuddling her two new great nephews! i am loving this photo!

mothers day 2015

another mothers day has come and gone... and i have to admit, it was not the best... joseph hasn't been well for a few weeks, although as it was originally just a very runny nose, we hadn't taken him to the doctor. on tuesday morning he woke up and coughed and coughed and coughed, so i bundled him off to the doctor, only to have them test him for whooping cough! personally i don't think that's what it is, he isn't terribly ill, even now... but as there has been a few cases in perth recently, they had to check for it. i am feeling pretty blessed that he has been immunised, so if by some crazy chance he has contracted it, it would be an extremely mild case and not potentially dangerous! anyway... because of that, we are on house arrest. :( he can't go anywhere until the results are back - which won't be until tuesday, blergggg. he seems okay and is on antibiotics, so fingers crossed.

so, no church for us today, although doug went (he had a speaking assignment...) which meant i missed out on hearing him speak and hearing my primary children sing, they had practiced and practiced for weeks to sing "i often go walking" to their mums. devastated. 

there was good parts of my day though... i got a gorgeous white cardigan and some lollies from the kidlets...

 i got to facetime with my mum in France, where she is living it up with dad and my brothers family... i am so grateful for her and every little thing she has done for me over the years. some people are insulted when they are told they are turning into their mother... i however take it as a compliment, there is no one i would rather be. she is loving, generous, compassionate, christlike and so so so talented. she is an amazing cook, can sew anything, makes beautiful creations out of old junk and is one heck of a snappy dresser.

mama you are the queen of my heart!

the highlight of my day though, was talking to doug's beautiful sister, serving in the new zealand hamilton mission. she has been been out just 17 days and in the field just 5 days, but as it was mothers day she was entitled to a call home. it was so nice to hear from her and actually get to see her face! i already miss her so much and it was the best to see her!

all in all though, my mothers day was okay... because i got to share it with these two adorable monkeys that i get to call me "mum". how grateful i am to be their mum and for every single day i have already had to spend with them and every one i'm yet to have. even the hard ones when someone is in tears most of the day (and yes, that someone is sometimes me!) i love my babies - and i am so glad to be 

a mum

besties...

these kids are besties, no doubt. i frequently find maddie 10cms away from wherever i have left joseph chatting away to him, passing him toys, smiling at him and giggling away, which he now does back. she is obsessed with making him laugh, which makes my heart so, so happy. 

when he was smaller she would always take his dummy away so she could lay next to him and get close to him. it would be so hard to get her away from him. she still loves to have him close and will always check his bed a million times when she is waiting for him to wake up, cause "he wants to play with me!" she also reminds me over and over that he's crying when i can't rush straight to him. thanks love, i have my own ears...

i really hope they remain close as they make each other so happy.

i saw this beautiful frame necklace for sale online at the lovely bird (a gorgeous store on the sunshine coast in queensland - can't wait to check it out when we are over for a few days on our way back from samoa next month) and snapped it up with the thoughts of putting a pic of my babies in it. i could not have wished for a better picture and i am stoked to be able to wear them close to my heart.

i love them both - and am so glad they love each other. ♥

twinses

is it just me or do these kids look like twins? i swear joseph looks just like maddie in both these pictures (for those of you playing along at home - that's him on the left in both) except for the fact that he is wayyyyy bigger than she was at this age. same facial expressions, same big eyes, same pale skin... it's going to be interesting to see if they keep looking alike as time goes on!

young love

here's a little sneak peek of what we got up to today... we took mason and his adorable parents to the stirling civic gardens for a photo shoot. this was definitely my favourite of the day, maddie & mason at the tree we sat at... doug carved their initials into the tree and then we propped them there for pics. so adorable... if only it happens one day, we'd have the best inlaws ever. i guess arranged marriage isn't always a bad thing. haha! let's see if we can plant the seeds at a young age... 

so much to look forward to!

i have so so so many things to look forward to right now!

so many birthdays...

secret location trip with mum and laura

(more on that later)

three of my friends are pregnant

two are getting married...

(and i'm in one of the weddings for those who came in late!)

my husband is turning 30!

new car soooon...

life at this point?

pure bliss...

got a whole heap of happy :)

oh baby baby!

upon reading pip's blog today - i discovered that she and chels are due on the same freaking day! so not only are two of my besties having babies very close together - but i might even be an aunty twice in one day!!

just thought i'd share...

how very exciting!!!

:)