SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD!!!

Finally! After over 2.5 years of being on and off the market, we have SOLD 6 Cope Place, Kelmscott!

We changed agents (and dropped the price, again, significantly) and within 2 days the new agent had a buyer for us.

No more home opens, no more mad clean ups for unscheduled viewings. Our move to our 5 acre block is suddenly looking like a reality!

It's a bitter sweet event. This house was mine and David's first house bought together that we lived in (we had previously bought an investment property together but never lived in it), we got engaged here, married here, we bought our 2 girls into the world here, literally in Amelia's case since she was born in the driveway! We experienced the devastation of the fires. We had many, many fun parties and Christmas 2011 was held here for the whole family. We had many evenings in the pool, overlooking the views to the coast and city, wine in hand! 

We will not miss the driveway, neither will most of our visitors and family!! 

So many special memories were created here.

But. We look forward to the future and the wonderful life that we will be making for ourselves and our beautiful little family, on our 5 acre block in Parkerville.

So, the move begins and many changes are before us ...

Fishing at South Beach

 Yay! A fishy on the pink rod!

 A beautiful dusk. 

Laura got a new fishing rod for Christmas from nanny Linda and Poppa Brent. So we decided to test it our at the beach on a lovely hot evening. We had fish and chips for dinner on the beach and then caught us some ... *cough* "fish" for tomorrow nights dinner! ... OK all we got was blow fish, but it was a good effort!

Daddy and Laura looking for the best fishing spot.

Poor poorly Amelia.

 Unfortunately, although Amelia is still beast fed - she has had her fair share of illnesses in her first year of life. It seems she picks up childhood viruses quite easily, which would not be so bad if it were not for the fact that every time she gets sick, she gets a fever and has febrile seizures. Her fevers tend to hover around 38.5-39.5 degrees (normal is 36.5-37 degrees) and only Neurofen will keep them under control. They last for days and as soon as the Neurofen wears off, she starts seizuring again. She has had quite a few hospital visits to our big childrens hospital and stayed over night, lots of drugs, frequent visits to our lovely Peadiatrician, an EEG to rule out epilepsy (which it did thank goodness), IV fluids and whatever else it takes to keep her temperature down. Now although febrile seizures are usually harmless, it is very worrying for us and not particularly pleasant for Amelia. We are hoping that she grows out of them quick, but in the mean time, we will keep our fingers crossed that the viruses leave her alone!

 A stay in hospital, with her IV cannula in.

This was 3am, she was so tired (as was I!) but the cannula was bothering her and she kept waking, in the end she refused to sleep, so she raided our overnight bags and we went and chatted to the night shift nurses!

An invasion of small furry creatures ... and this time they aint' cute!

We have a giant Cape Lilac Tree bordering ours and the neighbors property. It had a huge canopy of lush green leaves and berries and it provided our car with a lot of shade on the lower part of the driveway. Then suddenly, one day ... and i kid you not - it happened overnight - the tree was BARE! Naked, from the trunk up! It appeared to have been munched on and devoured by something surely sinister ... but on closer inspection, we see millions, yes millions of hairy caterpillas (I am quite sure they have a proper name like Hairus Horribilus Caterpillus!) have voraciously annihilated (not to be too dramatic here) every single leaf on that tree!

No more shade and a rather denuded looking Cape Lilac!

Amelia's 1st Birthday Party

Amelia had her birthday party at home surrounded by her family. It was a hot January day and more fun was had in the pool. She got her first taste of rich chocolate cake and of course she loved it!

Pretty little fairy princess.

Mmmm yum, chocolate mud cake!

Loves her Nanny.

Oh look what Torna gave me! A pretty angel. Torna is my Midwife friend who caught Amelia on her birth day.

Ladybird cake, made by mummy and daddy.

Our two beautiful fairies.

Family fun in the pool

Happy 1st Birthday precious girl xxx

Amelia's 1st Birthday.

It's hard to believe that one year ago today, our second daughter, our delightful, funny and happy little girl - arrived quickley, peacefully and surprisingly .... on the front seat of the car in the driveway! She came out a happy, content, quiet little cherub and that's how it has stayed. The last year has been full of turmoil, stress and heart ache and both our girls have coped exceptionally well, especially Amelia who had very stressed parents as the fire hit us when she was only 4 weeks old.

But here we are now, 1 year ahead and we are so fortunate and happy that we have been blessed with this beautiful little soul.

Happy 1st Birthday to our gorgeous Amelia Zoe!

 I tell ya, it does NOT get any cuter!

 Oooohhh Nanny, what did you get me?!

 A new BIKE!!!

 Amelia takes her birthday cards very seriously, she reads them back to front and even kisses the teddy bears!

More of Christmas 2011

 Cheeky monkey on their new garden swing from Nanny Jude.

 Ummm, someone has got into the chocolate balls! Good job there was no rum in them!

Another tiring day at Christmas time.

Father Christmas came to our house!!

Christmas is upon us again and this year we are super excited! It is Amelia's first Christmas and we are also holding Christmas at our house to celebrate how awesome it looks after the fire! We had a pig on a spit and so much good food in abundance. Both sides of the family came and it was a fantastic day, especially since the weather was hot enough for pool play!

 Leaving milk and cookies out for Father Christmas.

 Opening their stockings on our bed.

 Then the pressies in the sacks!

 The personalised present sacks i made the girls.

 Cuddles with Mummy at Nana and Popa's on Boxing day.

Oh it was a Very long day!

The lead up to Christmas 2011

As usual, Christmas time is a busy, fun and exciting time for us! We spend a lot of our time catching up with family and friends and various Christmas parties and going to Christmas concerts. This year will be especially exciting, since we will have Christmas, Cath's birthday, New Years and now Amelia's birthday - all within a couple of weeks!

Our Christmas Elves!

GIVE me the camera! Amelia 11mths.

At mums annual Christmas Party. Laura, Amelia and cousin Ruby.

Proudly displaying the tree we just decorated!

Burning up the dance floor with Nanny at her party! Laura 4.5 years.

Toofy Pegs!!

Amelia sprouted a few new teeth before Christmas. Im convinced it is the Baltic Amber necklace and bracelets that she wears that makes teething bearable for her!