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.

Jack's dedication! Happy 2nd Birthday Lily!

Hello everyone,

Sunday the 29th March 2009 was a very special day for us. It was Lily's 2nd birthday and we also had Jack dedicated to God too!

Here is Jack in his lovely outfit for the occasion waiting patiently on Daddy's knee.

"I got to go up on the stage," says Jack "and Mummy and Daddy made promises to teach me about Jesus and take care of me. I think they do a good job!"

Our Pastor, Chadd did the service for us. Dar (Rohan's Dad) did the bible reading from Mark 10:13-16 and Pa (Amanda's Dad) said a prayer for us.

"Daddy put together some photos of me and Lily up on the big T.V." says Jack. Yes he did and it was a lovely presentation. "Thanks Daddy!"

"This is Mummy's friend's mummy, Pat. She gave me nice cuddles."

Lily says, "The whole family was there. It was great! These are some of them. It was my birthday too and we had a party after Jack's dedication. Mummy's friend, Aunty Treenie gave me this awesome guitar. I was dancing with it and really love it!"

"I got all these nice presents. Thank you so much everyone!" says Jack. "I wish I could play with them. Lily keeps wanting to play with my toys but Mummy says she has to wait till I can. I wish I knew how to move and get them."

"This is my party. Daddy says I'm 2 now and a big girl. Mummy made me a great cake with princesses on it. I loved it! All my family were there except Aunty Nellie and my cousins. Poor Aunty Nellie got bitten by a red back spider and was sick. My Mummy tells me to never ever touch spiders coz they bite. We have lots of spiders were we live" says Lily.

"This is my friend, William. He came with his mummy to my party. He is fun to play with. We played pass the parcel. Everyone was laughing...I'm not sure why.....Will and I loved opening the parcel and getting the things inside. My party was at Wentworth Falls lake. I love it there. There is a pirate ship you can climb on with a slippery slide."

"Daddy, Dar and Aunty Kirsten cooked sausages and we had a sausage sizzle. I love sausages."

"There were balloons in the trees." Lily says "I'm not sure how they got there. I don't think they grow on trees!"

"My family and friends gave lots of nice presents for my birthday. Thank you! I love playing with all my new things", says Lily.


"This is my brother. I am so proud of him", says Lily.

"I don't know why i keep getting put on a pink lounge. I don't like it!" says, Jack.

"Nana and Pa have just come back from PNG and are home for good. I love Nana and Pa."

Lily says, "This is my friend, Holley. Mummy she is a really bad influence. :)"

"This is Holley's sister, Jenna. We like to just hang out. Her Mummy and Daddy came to visit us as a surprise for Daddy's birthday."

What a proud Daddy!

"What?!!?"

Cuddles with Aunty Katie. Jack is now 4 months old. He is very cuddly and a happy boy. When he is on his tummy he has been trying to push his body forward but hasn't quite figured out how to move his arms too. It's funny to watch...he pushes his face and head into the ground!

"I love to play with Jack. I wish he could run around with me."

"Lily keeps kissing me all the time. I love Lily. She makes me laugh!."


"I love ice blocks!"

Lily is 2 and has a very bright, vibrant personality. She is doing very well with her words and is finding it easier to communicate with us. It's great knowing what she wants (most of the time). She loves to play with other children and know she will enjoy it when Jack can interact a bit more. She smothers him with cuddles and kisses all the time. It's lovely. Lily can count to 10 and is learning her colours. She likes the wiggles, high 5, vege tails, pooh bear, and more. She is still a very mouthy child and sure enough anything left around has been in her mouth. She likes to draw and play with play dough. She also loves to read books too. She can be very cheeky at times and there is certainly truth in the terrible twos! We are teaching her things like: crayons are not for drawing on the new Tv. And the candle wax must not be rubbed all over the piano keys. :) She is a good girl (majority of the time) and always likes to help around the house and with Jack. She is a ray of sunshine in our house, as is Jack.

"I love my Mummy!"

"I don't know about this Aunty Treenie lady!"

Aren't they beautiful!?

"I love swimming!"

"This is my cousin, Faith. She is fun to play with. I love to give her cuddles"

"This is my big bed. Daddy says I'm such a big girl!"

"Granma and Dar have goats at their house. I love to visit there. They also have bubby chickens and cows." says Lily

"My Daddy is a funny man!" says Jack.

Lily says "My friend Will is fun to play with. This is my see saw."

We all went on a holiday to Queensland a couple of weeks ago for a family wedding. We will put photos in the next blog. The kids are such a joy in our lives and we thank God so much for them.

Thanks for reading.

love Amanda, Roh, Lily & Jack.

xxxxoooo