So I was going looney and we went away

To Ettalong Beach on the Central Coast. We stayed in a modern 2 bedroom suite complete with kitchen and laundry facilities.  Minutes from Woy Woy (we like double wording a lot of towns/ cities here, why stop at the one name? Wagga Wagga, Bong Bong- lot of happy people there, Bang Bang- Taiwan's sister city), stands the Mantra overlooking the Hawkesbury River, within minutes of following the path along the riverfront the river opens up to the beautiful Tasman Sea.
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Daz had a gig at the local bowling club so the night before (when I impromptu like booked the joint), I downloaded a couple of movies, The Blind Side and Valentines Day-enjoyed them both although particularly The Blind Side. Shortly after we arrived, Adrian and I went for a walk around the little village of Ettalong, picked up some Thai and headed back for a peaceful night of movie watching, gosh it was good to do that thing they call relaxing! The following day Daz bought some scrumptious breakfast rolls with lovely gooey egg and bacon from The Cat's Pajamas across the road and after packing up and taking in the glorious views from our balcony, we hit the road Jack. Driving around and trying to decide what to do, we ended up at Ettalong's Surf Life Saving Club on the beach where we watched with delight as Noah took to the sand and ocean with all the excitement his little being could muster, he's so beautiful. He loved the feeling of the cold water rushing over his feet as the waves rolled in, grinning from ear to ear and squealing every time. After the boys got their lolly fix at the club's canteen and Noah had a play in the little park, we headed home feeling thoroughly refreshed.

Sooo good for the soul. Reflecting back, I think it was just what the doctor ordered and as a result the last week has been fantastic, we just needed to re-energise our batteries. And SPRING has begun, wahoo!

Doubling Up

21½ month Noah and panda-eyed Memme

4½ month Flynner the Grinner

Doubling up on nappies, wipes, snot and crying but better yet, cuddles, smiles, laughter..so much joy to be had.


So little rest to be had too, so little sleep, so little time to myself, so little cups of tea as the other two thirds are left to go cold due to yet another demanding nappy or tantrumming toddler...but like I said, so much joy to be had.

Crappy pics taken with the web cam and my iphone4!!!, have I ever mentioned how much I love the iphone?!

My Star

Check out Adrian singing, 'Surrey with the Fringe on Top' and 'Boys from the Bush' in the youtube links to the right of my posts. Both sang at his school musical around a month ago and first time singing solo!

He has auditioned to get into Darren's school next year, highschool!! He was so nervous singing for the audition so to see him get up on stage and pull this off is a major achievement for our lad, proud as could be we were!

He's also very much into the idea of drama so I think we're in for some exciting highschool years ahead. I had no idea my boy would ever be doing something like this so it makes me incredibly happy to see him doing great things with his young life. He has come a long way in the last couple of years, leaps and bounds, what a relief and an ever so proud feeling I have!

3 Months of Absence

Although it seems an unexpected but more than welcome presence has taken inhabitance in the confines of my belly for the past 3 months....

Greetings Earthling

After a couple of years of infertility and the assistance of IVF, we were gifted with the news of Noah's pending arrival and now it seems a cold night in Griffith (as Darren so generously told his side of the family), is all it took to be lucky enough to concieve again. We are one grateful bunch of Johnstones right now!

13 weeks and 2 days along today. The glamour shots taken above were taken at 12 weeks 4 days pregnant.

And He's Off!

I know it's short but I'm excited. I'll have to get a better video tomorrow... and once I have vacuumed!
See? June, the month of a crawling baby...

To be considered...

I had wondered how the cats would handle the placing of safety gates around the house as our little man is on the move, Darren emailed this to me and said this should be considered..



I burst out laughing everytime I watch it, have I ever mentioned how much I love a good stack? Must be the awkwardness of it or something but it has me rolling!

A Mummy Update

Mum is doing a lot better it seems. Perhaps as I had hoped before, the meds have settled in and her body has become used to them. She hasn't had any fitting for a little while now, around 2 weeks or so I think whereas before she was fitting every few days and numerous times on that day. It's a huge relief on so many levels. It was dangerous for her, stressful for everyone and now Dad shouldn't have to take leave next term as he had planned. What's been amazing though is that she has remained in relatively good spirits throughout it all. I'm wondering if that is the new meds effects as well. Whatever it is, it's good to see that for now, things are a little brighter.

Taken from Mum's 50th earlier this year, she had blown out the candles before we had a chance to sing Happy Birthday. Goose!