Preparing for our new addition

Kale's room is finally finished! Hip Hip Hooray for that! I am knackered!

I painted her room in a light brown colour that matches her bedding perfectly. I love it!

This is her lovely cot! We got the cot for free! Can you believe it! Our neighbour was giving it away so we ran over like a flick of lightning and took it!! It's solid oak and is so great. I wasn't sure I liked it at first, but now that it's all set up I love it! It even has a little storage drawer underneath the mattress and the mattress has 3 height adjustments so it'll last longer!
Kale's bedding all set up with her little sheep from her Great Aunty Pauline and her bunny from her friend Diane!

The other side of the room... the baby changing station... all ready to go for Jason! The white tube looking thing is called a 'Diaper Genie'... you put all the dirty nappies in there and it seals in the nasty smells... not that Kale's poo will smell!This dark cradle wood was made by Jason's dad.

Now I just have to have a baby to put in the room! I can't wait... it's getting exciting now! Not long to go... oh! No! Not long to go! We are in so much trouble!

Getting Bigger... 6 months already!

I am growing by the day, as you can see!
It's been 6 months already and I just can't believe it.
Time is flying by.As you can see I am in maternity clothes now. No 'normal' clothes fit properly anymore, not even the really big sizes. I have found that maternity clothes seem to sit better on and around the 'bump'.

Getting Bigger

This is me at my brother in law's birthday at the end of June... we drove up to a friends house and hung out, ate GOOD food, played fun games and chatted with friends.I know I just look like I ate all the pies, but I am actually pregnant!

Visitors from the other side of the world

On Wednesday 11th June, I arrived home after a long day at work to find some strange people in my house... it was my Aunty Pauline & Uncle David from New Zealand! They came to stay with us while they were in America seeing my cousins Richard and Hannah who were having a baby. It was lovely to see them.

On Saturday we took a trip to San Diego to meet up with a friend of Paulines... a lady called Gloria who used to be the lead singer of my Dad's band. Gloria works on a HUGE cruise ship and just happened to be docked in San Diego for the day. So, up we all got, and hit the road!

We met Gloria outside a hotel right opposite the docks and walked across the road. We went through some seriously tight security before we were allowed on the boat but it was all so much fun. We had a lovely FREE yummy lunch while we were there and got a private tour of this MASSIVE boat! It was certainly an experience you don't get to do everyday.This is us as we were leaving. We had the whole boat to ourselves, apart from the crew, so we got to wonder around and explore.

While we were in San Diego, we took Pauline and David to the little Fisherman's Village right near the docks and had a walk around. We found a great shop that Pauline and David loved... it was all stuff from New Zealand!!

On Sunday we took Pauline and David out on 'Blue Thunder'. It was a bit rough. The waves were pretty big, but it was still fun! We were shooting along towards the harbour at about 20mph and then had to stop because of the rules of the Harbour and the waves came up over the back of the boat and soaked Pauline... it wasn't the hottest of days, poor Pauline was a bit went! Lucky she had her swimming togs on!

Their last night with us, we had a yummy dinner in the garden. Pauline cooked up a storm in the kitchen before I got home from work and so it was all ready as I pulled up... now thats service! Pauline and David are now off up to Seattle to see Richard and Hannah and their little baby girl, Thea. We are hoping that they will have time to pop in and see us again before they leave at the end of July. They are driving from Seattle to LA and may have a few spare days before they fly out. Fingers Crossed!

July 4th... armed and ready!

It's 4th July... It's time for the legendary Dana Point Harbor Water Fight.

We came ready this year, with tons of water guns, warm clothes and the boat stocked to the brim with food and water to last us the day.

We started the morning surrounded by fog... we got down to the harbor at about 10.30am because last year it was a nightmare to park the boat trailer after 11am. We cruised the harbor for a hour or so until some of the fog started to clear. While we were cruising the harbor we drove through the already crazy water fight but hid our guns so that we didn't get shot at. That was working... UNTIL Megan got out her gun and aimed it at another boat! As soon as that happened, we got completely and utterly SOAKED! Everyone seemed to aim at us and have direct hits! It was actually hilarious because we were soaked and the day hadn't even begun yet.

Here is Amy... wringing out her top!

Dan doing some VITAL and completely necessary gun repairs!

Because we got so wet before we were really ready, we had to hang up out clothes to dry when the sun came out!

After we were done with the water fight for a little while we headed out into deep waters... and look what we found! We found a HUGE pod of dolphins. Now, when I say HUGE I mean, at least 500 or so. They were all traveling really fast in a straight line. We think they were moving house! They were jumping in the wake of the boat and generally playing with the boat for about 2 hours. It was amazing.

Sarah & I chilling in the sun.
We decided to chill out in the deep water for a while because the sun was shining and the laughs were flowing!Megan and I having fun with the camera.

Amy... truly chilling out!


Everyone decided to jump in and go for a little dip... in 2073 foot deep water! I was a little scary at first, but once we were all in it was fun.

We headed in at about 5pm to go and get some fish and chips and get changed into our warmer clothes ready for the evening fun.
All wrapped up warm ready for the fireworks.

Amy and Dan snacking on a chocolate cookie and cheesy puff!

Getting ready for the fireworks... not long to go now!

We were provided with quite a show before the fireworks started... the sunset was just FANTASTIC!
Then, at 9pm... BOOM! The first firework shot off of the barge that was right in front of us. We hung back a bit when all the other boats were anchoring so that we could get a good spot... and without trying we got front row seats. It was great.Fun was had by all and a great fireworks show was seen.
Same again next year kids...!