Lily is 2 & a half and Jack is 10 months old!! Both very cheeky!!!

Hello everyone!

It has been a little while since our blog has been updated but here we are finally. Lily is 2 and a half (going 21yrs!) and Jack is 10 months old. We have been very busy lately getting ready for Daddy to go overseas on a mission trip to Zambia. But here are some things that have been going on before this.

'Daddy showed me how to catch circadas. I like bugs!' says Lily

'I love to smile and laugh! Mummy says I'm a very happy baby. But sometimes I don't like to smile at strangers......I'm a bit shy!' says Jack.


Lily likes to play with play doh so Daddy is helping. Jack just adores watching anything Lily is doing. He thinks she is funny and he gets so excited when he hears her voice or if she walks in the room. I must admit it's not hard to know she is close by! :)

'Look at me standing!'
Jack hasn't quite got the hang of crawling yet but he gets very frustrated not being able to move around. He rolls all over the place to get to where he wants to go. He is not far from crawling though.

'This is my Dar. He came to visit us for lunch one day.'

'Pa came to visit us too for 4 days. It was nice we went out for breakfast and went to the park. I got to play on the swings and see the ducks!' says Lily.

'Pa is lots of fun. He would sing with us and read us stories' Jack says.

'Jack and I love to play in boxes. Daddy gave us a box each. We pretend we are in airplanes and boats. It's lots of fun!' says Lily.

'I've got lots of teeth! I have 6 coming thru at once! It's a bit sore sometimes but it's easier to eat biscuits. I love food that starts with B - brocoli, bread, biscuits, beef and bananas!' says Jack.

Lily says, 'I like to help Mummy bake. We make cakes, muffins and pikelets. The best part is licking the spoons and bowls!'

Apparently I (Mummy) said to Daddy I wouldn't dress the kids up matching however, Nana made these outfits and I just couldn't resist. Aren't they just gorgeous!?

This is Lily's Tv face!

What a handsome bubby!

'I'm teaching Jack how to play with my toys' says Lil. Jack says, 'Stop taking the balls off me!'
The kids do play together but they have already started fighting over toys and time with Mummy and Daddy. It's hard to share!

'I love lollies!'

Bath time! They both adore their baths and like to play with each other in the bath too!

'This is my Granma!'

'I love to play with my cousins, Carter and Faith' says Lily.

What a big boy!

Pretty girl!

Special treat! 'Thanks Daddy!'

ahhh!

Silly billys!

'This was my first rusk stick.....yummy!'

'These are my friends Jenna and Holley.'

Lily's first dress up party. She was dressed as a bug - 'I'm a pretty butterfly!'

'This is craftworks. Mummy brings me here on Thursdays. I get to play with other kids, sing songs, learn about God and do craft while Mummy is next door doing craft with the ladies and Jack. I like it' says Lily.

What beautiful big eyes!

Cheeky girl!

'I love to help Daddy in the yard!'

'When Jack started to eat real food Mummy and Daddy let me feed him. He did a good job!'

'This is my friend Laura. Daddy was reading us a book. We love books.'

'This is my Nana and Pa'

'Mummy has been working hard with selling Avon to help raise money for Daddy to go over to Africa to help people. Daddy goes to work in the week. We brought a new car too. Mummy says it's a Nissan X-Trail. She loves it! Daddy loves it too. So do Jack and I because we can see everything out the windows.'

Lily is Miss Independent who loves to tell us what to do and run the schedule. She is a bright little girl and her words are coming along nicely. Jack is bubbly and happy but reserved with strangers. He can also get quite cranky when he doesn't get something he wants or Lily takes it away. They are both our joy and we feel very blessed to have 2 beautiful children.

Till next time.

Love the McDonalds.

Lily is just over 2 and Jack is almost 6 months old!

Hello everyone,

This is our Daddy! It's been a while since we have written and I am 2 years and 2 months old! Jack is almost 6 months old. I helped Mummy and Daddy feed Jack for the first time the other day. It was fun watching Jack's mouth. I don't think he liked the cereal very much but he liked me playing air planes with it! - Lily

This is my big sister, Lily. She likes to read to me. She also likes to use me as a pillow sometimes. Daddy pulls her off me. I think she is very funny though. She makes me laugh. - Jack

Mummy and I like to be silly. See my funny face?! - Lily

I like to take off my socks and put them on my hands. It makes my hands really warm but then Mummy gets cranky coz my feet get cold.

What gorgeous hands you have Jack! - Mummy

Mummy says I'm starting to become a bit naughty. I don't think so. She can't tell me what to do! - Lily

But I'm a good girl most of the time. I love my Mummy. She takes good care of me and Jack.

Our beautiful boy!

Hey! Leave me in peace!!! - Lily

This is Pip. She came to visit us and she is fun to play with.

This is my Granma and Dar. We had a big party for Dar near our house a little while ago. He turned 60. I love when they visit. I love going to their house too. They have cows and chickens. There is a big rooster too that chases after people. He is a bit scary! - Lily

Jack - I held my first baby chick there. It felt fluffy.

These are our cousins. They came to Dar's party too!

This is our family!

I love my Daddy! Kiss kiss!

Bath times are so much fun! I laugh and squeal and kick my legs - Jack.

It's funny having Jack in the bath. He takes up so much room! But I love to play with him - Lily.

I love my Mummy. She sings special songs to me about Jesus, animals and foods. There's a song for almost anything! When I get upset I love to hear Mummy sing. We play the piano together sometimes too. - Lily

Do you think I'm cheeky!?

3 generations.

This is my Aunty Kirsty. She Love to give me cuddles and kisses. There's my cousin Faith too! She gives me big cuddles too! She likes to come and see me when we visit and she talks to me too. - Jack

This was on our Queensland holiday. Mummy and Daddy took us on a long car ride all the way from our house in the blue mountains to Queensland for Daddy's cousin's wedding. We stopped off at a place where there was a big banana! Wow! I loved to keep running back and forth thru it! Jack thought it was cool too but just kept it to himself I think.

They made nice chocolate covered bananas. Mummy really like it so I shared it with her.

Here is Aunty Katy, Granma, Aunty Kirsty, Faith and Jack. They went to Queensland too for the Wedding.

I love my Granma. She gives lovely cuddles. Granma and Dar took care of me while Mummy and Daddy took Lily to Movie world for her birthday. They had a great time! I loved sleeping at Granma's and Dar's. They took Faith and I out for lunch too!

Cousins playing

This is Mummy and I at the wedding reception. I was a bit tired and so went to sleep! - Jack

All the cousins again!

Boo! Happy boy!

While we were in Queensland we went swimming, shopping and lots of playing. On the way home we stopped off at many places. This is in Grafton where we had a picnic.

Mummy's friend Sarah came to visit us with Isaac and his sister, Lucy. They were fun to play with and it was nice to have someone to sit with me at my table and have lunch. - Lily

Jack is a very placid little man. He is happy pretty well most of the time. Even when he is upset you can always manage to crack a smile. He hardly cries and just adores his big sister. He loves to watch whatever she is doing and follows her with his eyes. He loves being on the ground being able to spread out, kick and play with his toys. He grabs onto toys and puts them in his mouth. He has been healthy with only cold so far. He does a slight cleft pallet but not enough to make any difference to him at the moment. There is a 10% chance he may need something done when he can talk but we pray not. He is a lovely little baby.

Lily is a delight. She pushes her boundaries and throws herself on the ground at times in tantrums to try and get her own way. But most of the time she is a good girl who has very good manners saying "please" and "thank you". She is very bright and outgoing. She loves animals. She can count to 15 (but sometimes gets a bit mixed up after 10). She is also learning colours. Her vocabulary is getting bigger each day and I am surprised sometimes with how quickly she learns new words. She loves the outdoors, picking up rocks, sticks and dirt. She is a lovely, beautiful little girl.



It was mother's day a little while ago. I helped Daddy make Mummy eggs on toast. I got to have eggs on toast too! Jack was a bit slack and slept thru breakfast! We went up to Nana and Pa's for this weekend.

Uncle Ben, Aunty Christelle and Aunty Katie came up to Nana and Pa's too for mothers day. They have kangaroos and their house! I wish i could catch them. - Lily

We also went to have lunch at Granma and Dar's.

Granma, Dar and the grandkids!

Lily just adores her cousins.

Faith just adores Jack!

Hey, Uncle Ben! It's so high up here!

That's all for now. So many things have happened Mummy couldn't fit in all the photos. She has been busy lately trying to do some fundraising for Daddy. He is going on a mission trip to Zambia in October. So, she has started selling AVON to help fund the trip. It's going to be great coz we get to go and stay with Nana and Pa while Daddy is away.

Anyway, write more soon. Lots of love Lily, Jack, Mummy and Daddy.