Pictures of our house

I finally got most of the house clean and tidy enough to take some pictures. I still need to take pictures in Abby's room but she was napping at the time so I could not get any, also I didn't take any of David's office as it is a mess, thankfully I can just shut the door and forget about it and I also still need to take some of the small bedroom as it is in the middle of being converted into the nursery so I will wait until then. Here are the rest enjoy them.



We painted and put down new flooring







Electric shower over the bath.



Kitchen. Looks out over the front garden. We haven't done anything in here.









Back door which we tend to use all the time as it is closer to where the cars park.



Looking from dining room into back entrance way.



Standing at bottom of the stairs looking at door to front porch



Standing at door to front porch looking into hall. Dining room straight ahead. Stairs up to bedrooms, Bathroom and David's office.



Standing at dining room door looking into hall





Dining room. Again we have not made any changes in here. Looks over back garden.





Small hatch links with kitchen. We recently took the doors off as the weather is warmer. One day I would like to make the kitchen and dining room more open plan. (I can but dream).



The table and most of the chairs were left by the previous owners - what a blessing.






Again we have not decorated in here yet. It will probably be the last room to be done.









Living room. Not changed it either but it will be done soon I hope. Runs the width of the house with doors at each end.











Downstairs WC. Painted and floored with leftovers from bathroom.











Our bedroom. We just painted and got a new chest of drawers. Looks over front garden.

Photo update

There has been so much happening but I really don't have time to go into everything as we are expecting a campaign group to arrive on Monday and we (I at least) am frantic trying to get the house ready. Here are some of our latest photos and I will post some video and stories soon.

Abby and Ted on "See Saw"





She is making this screwed up face a lot lately



We have had great weather lately so have had lots of picnic lunches in the garden. One day we decided to have a picnic dinner in the front garden and the following 2 pictures are of Abby eating some ice from her cup!





We have not gotten her a new sun hat as her others are too small so I let her use one of mine. Hence it is too big :)



David enjoying some sun after our Dinner.



Laughing at trying to get a nice Mama and Abby shot



That's better



Trying to put on Dada's shoes



Success!



Abby found one of my eye masks and decided it made a better necklace.

More New Shoes!

As I said we took Abby on Saturday to get new shoes. Her old ones were beginning to feel a bit tight and I did not want to repeat what happened last time.
Off we went though I could tell already she was in no mood for shoes shopping never mind foot measuring! All we heard was "Abby don't want new shoes!" We got to the shop and managed with the help of a performing circus to get ONE foot measured, we gave up on the second foot but the woman, who is possibly the best children's shoes attendant ever, checked the other one just by feeling it through her old shoes. She then brought out boxes and boxes of the most beautiful shoes but not even sparkles, flowers or colours would make Abby try any on! Somehow we managed to get her to sit down and quickly put the green pair that I liked on her feet. She walked in them a bit, we again through a miracle managed to take them off to change the insole and get them back on. She took another walk in the store and I told her to look in the mirror that was all it took....After admiring herself those were the shoes! Her Dada asked if she wanted to put her old shoes back on "NO!" came the quick reply and we were all happy, (except Dada who begrudges the cost of kids shoes). With her being unwell (see previous post) I took these pics on Sunday.



Aren't they fab!






The face of a girl with new shoes :)



I love the colours



Strike a pose



I'm so excited

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Sorry I know that my posting has not been as regular the 3 main reasons for this are that I strongly dislike the way this new computer up loads my pictures, that I joined facebook and all to often allow it to suck the life out of me and I'M PREGNANT (ie tired, hormonal and aching from head to toe).

So what has been happening....Well, I guess the first post I should have done was that on Saturday we got Abby new shoes (more on that later) but I didn't get photo's until Sunday evening due to Abby having some kind of 48 hour virus. On Saturday we noticed that she was extremely tired, she slept 13 and half hours Friday night, she did not wake until 10:30 AM but amazingly she was still ready for a nap in the afternoon. I am sure she would have slept for over 2 hours but after 1hr 30 mins we decided to wake her worried that she would not sleep that night. When we got her up we notice that she was burning up and still very tired. She sat on my lap and cuddled for the next 2 hours (virtually unheard of!). She was off her food and went to sleep easily on Saturday night. Sunday David had been asked to preach in Buckie which would have meant being away all day and getting home late. We decided to see what the morning would bring and decided what to do about that then. Sunday after we let her sleep as late as we could and still make it to Buckie we went in to check on her. She was again lethargic and hot and drank a cup of water before we had even changed her nappy/diaper. We decided that David would have to go to Buckie on his own, meaning that he would be away for more than 10 hours leaving a very pregnant wife and sick child at home! I am pleased to say that we all survived the day. Abby spent the first 3 - 4 hours as you see in the pictures watching praise baby and reading DVD's. In the afternoon she looked at some books and played a little with her tea set before going for a 2 hr 30 min nap. When she got up from that she seemed a bit brighter and had a bit of energy so after nibbling on some food we went into the garden at her request before heading in for bath and bed time. This morning she was pretty much back to her old self play wise although she still did not have much appetite and tired quickly. Thankfully David was off work today which made up for him being away all day Sunday.

Baking Days

Abby and Mama had their first baking day yesterday (it was rainy and windy outside). I did not have a kid apron for her so I put one of those half aprons on her (adult size). She looked so cute and loved it. She really seemed to enjoy it, adding stuff to the bowl and mixing. Yesterday we made cookies from a kit she was given at Christmas and today we made chocolate chip cookies. It was great to see her have so much fun with it all. I will have to make it a regular feature. I am sure that her Dada won't complain as he gets to share in the rewards!



Adding some water



Mixing the dough before rolling



Holding the shape she cut out



Enjoying the fruits of her labour



They taste great!



Chocolate chip cookie day



Are we having fun?!



While Mama finished of the oven stuff and clear up Dada and Abby played a new game with all the empty drinks bottles we have that are waiting to be recycled. Ten bottle bowling. It was great she would through the ball the first time but if any of the bottles were left standing she would take the ball and run up to them and knock them down instead of throwing the ball like the first time.

Easter 2009

We didn't do anything to special for Easter weekend but on the Sunday we let Abby get into some treats that her Grannie and Grandad left for her and her Mimi and Pappy sent for her. In the afternoon we had her first egg hunt in the living room. She found and collected the eggs like she had done it before! I think like her mama and Dada she can smell out chocolate!

In the Morning......







In the Afternoon.............

Day at the Park

Hi folks. It's been a long, long time since I posted anything here. Deborah does a great job of keeping you all up to date, so I generally leave her to it. But, I she's been encouraging me to write something, updating you all on what I'm doing. I'll try to do that later this week.
Today saw me do a few things for the first time in quite a while. We went out, together, as a family to a country in the sunshine! Abigail got to play on a big swing (a big deal, as our local big swing is "broke", and the little swing in the garden is now too small to be exciting, or so it seems!). And got my camera out and took pictures. Easy now!


So, I think this picture sums up it all up. In the park, on the swing, a picture taken by Dada.

P.S. If the colours in the picture look a little funny, it's just because I did something else for the first time in many moons; took a picture with overly-harsh lighting and made it look (IMHO) a little more pleasant on the eye.

P.P.S. What happened to my baby??? How can she be looking so grown up?!?!?