Our camping trip at Cervantes

We decided to have a short 4 day camping break up north to the beach before Cath gets too uncomfortable to sleep on the floor and before the baby comes! It wasnt the best weather because it rained for the first day and a half, then it was incredibly windy. But we made the best of it and spent some time at the beach and relaxing. The Whippet girls came too, so it was a family affair!

David's Birthday

David celebrated his 43rd (though Cath swears he is 44!!) birthday with lots of kisses and cuddles and special surprises this year. Laura made him a yummy birthday cake.

Poppa shaved his beard off!!

Poppa (Cath's dad Brent), has only ever shaved his beard off once before, since the age of 17years. So it came as a big shock to Laura when her nanny and poppa turned up a few weeks ago and poppa had no facial hair!!

Having said that - she actually preferred him clean shaven as he wasnt "all scratchy" when he gave her a kiss!

Daddy treats an Echidna!

David's work as a vet is not always confined to treating dogs and cats. Quite often he gets Australian wildlife in that are sick or injured. But he has never had something as unusual as an Echidna in ... especially since it was discovered in someones suburban garden in Armadale! Fortunately he wasnt injured, but Laura got to help daddy give the Echidna a full physical check up - armed with leather gloves of course!

Nannys Birthday

We went to Nannys house to celebrate her birthday on the 14th of September. Scott, Daniel and Olivia were also there to help us share a lovely chocolate cake that Laura made! Hunter, nannys new puppy - a poodle cross, was a bit sick that night after the girls fed him a few too many lollies and sausages!

Fairyland Festival

Laura still loves her fairies, so we figured she would love the Fairy festival at Kings park. The day was full of fairy glitter, pretty fairies, elves, pony rides and a bit of rain thrown in! She met up with her BFF Freya and the 2 of them had a wonderful glittery fairy day!

Kelmscott Show

Every year here in September we have the Kelmscott Show. It comes just after the Royal Show and is basically a smaller version and still as much fun. So we take Laura each year and she loves it. Her favourite part is the games, especially putting the balls in the clowns mouth and fishing! She won some great prizes this year and she braved the bumper cars with nanny and daddy!

RIP Dylan

Unfortunately we lost our last cat Dylan in September. We were on our way out when we discovered him on the road, we think he had been bitten by a snake which rendered him incapacacitated enough to not be able to move out of a cars way and was also run over. We only have about 2 cars a day go up our cul-de-sac, so he was a very unlucky boy. We have seen 4 snakes this year, most of them brought home by Benson through winter, so they are out there. Benson the Burmese also disappeared a few months ago, we suspect he also fell victim to snakebite. So our beloved cats are no more. It is a very empty home without a cat. RIP boys.

31 weeks

Cath had a growth scan today at 32 weeks, because sometimes the heart medication she is taking can affect fetal growth. Well there is nothing wrong with this little girls growth. In fact she looks to be a similar size to Laura, with long legs again!

Gorgeous scan photo of her yawning!

28 weeks pregnant.

Shes got that waddle happening now!

Our block in Parkerville

The building saga continues as we still have not settled on an outcome with the builder. We have sought the help of a lawyer and are currently waiting for a meeting with the Builders Tribunal and Builders registration Board. Hopefully the outcome will be that we can cancel the contract without incurring huge fees. Since the builder has breached the contract on various occassions, we are confident the outcome will be in our favour. In the mean time we have decided to stay in Cope Place as it did not sell again in this current market. Keep the block, sell Cope Place when the market picks up, then rent up near Parkerville for 3 years till we are ready to build again. Well thats the current plan anyway!!

Laura's swimming lessons.

After a long (and dry) winter and with the finer weather setting in, Laura has started swimming lessons again at the beginning of October. She loves the beach and water and enjoys the lessons each week, however, like her mummy - she still hates putting her head under water!!

25 weeks pregnant.

With the baby belly bump getting bigger, everything is fine and mum and baby are healthy and happy!

New career, new job.

On the 9th of August, after 5.5 years of university and working as a Registered Nurse in the Neonatal Critical Care Unit at PMH, Catherine started her career as a Registered Midwife at Armadale Hospital. She is loving every minute of her new career and is currently working mainly on labour and birth suite, the post natal ward and special care nursery. Now only working 3 days a week with the rest of the time spent being mummy to Laura, Cath thinks life is pretty good without the added pressure of study and exams!