Monday, December 19, 2011

Piece of home!

This week had been fun…besides the rain L
It just so happens to be the wettest summer in 51 years..I am sooo happy I am able to be here for it! Not!!
Anyway was like normal….playgroup. My phone completely died on me, so I didn’t get any of Kerry’s calls as she franticly called me I guess. Jonah had cracked his moler in half or something so she was seeing if I could bring Val to playgroup. She couldn’t get a hold of me so she ended up dumping him off at Kathryn’s. But the girls were happy when they saw him, and that we still got to walk to playgroup together, since Kathryn lives next door lol Half way through playgroup Kerry showed up and Jonah was completely fine she was just over reacting lol So we went home and had lunch and did whatever. Then Kathryn called and wanted to see if the kids wanted to come over. So we wnet over and played all afternoon. Then that night I don’t remember what we did, I think we just watched some t.v.
Wednesday, it was actually somewhat warm an sunny out and so I was off to school with the girls and the off to the Towers. I went to go see if they could fix my phone…they were completely useless. I knew more about phones then they did. Then finally their solutions was to send it away for 2 weeks that would cost me $50 and then give me a loner phone for $50 bucks. So it would cost me $100 just because they are sooo stupid. I don’t think so! I will just use the ghetto old one. So then I went home and hung out with Pip and the Baby. She is being really good. She just sleeps, poops, and eats!! Mostly sleeps. I feel so bad because most the time Pip just leaves her in her cot (crib) or puts her in a little bouncer thing. But I just wanna hold her!! She only has been waking up once in the night soo they are really happy about that. I went to go get the girls and as I was walking the clouds were getting darker and darker, I made it there before it started raining. But on our way home it started to sprinkle. Imogen was acting weird, and she got up into my face for something and I looked at her and she had the starting of Pink Eye…noooooooooooo!!! I wasn’t for sure but her eye just looked weird. So I was being all paranoid, not letting her touch anything and washing my hands every 2 seconds lol Went to meeting, where nobody was. Took 4 different people to ask for a ride before I found someone that was going lol I was supposed to be Sandra (Alyce’s Mom) householder, but I hadn’t heard anything from anyone so I txt Alyce to ask if it was for sure tonight or what the deal was, she said that she actually will be doing the talk and that she had to drop her friend off at the airport so she’s stuck in traffic and probably wont make it…then she stopped txting me. So I am heading to the meeting having no clue what the plan is. When I get there a sister comes up and said that Alyce emailed her the talk at 6:45 and that we will be doing it together lol So we practice it once , it went fine but still I would like to be clued in on some things, how hard is it to email me the talk so I can look it over or just txt me whats going on…and I know they have their phones because they are constantly on them. Whatevs.
Thursday morning wake up to find that Imogen’s eye is bright red and oozed shut when she woke up! Ewwwie…nooooo!! So I stripped my sheets, I was freaking out. I was sooo paranoid that I was gonna get it. Needless to say she didn’t go to dance with us. She stayed home with Pip, which she seemed pretty happy about. So me and Madeline went to dance, went and had lunch. Went and bought some lollies for Imogen and her. Then when we headed home…it started raining…not just raining dumping!! I had to walk in the rain a few times but this was the worst…it was just sooo wet! I just started laughing…it was just sooo ridiculous. I was just dripping wet. A few people that drove my looked at me and gave me a sad face, but I didn’t care I was sooo over it. So when we got home I had to change out of ALL my clothes…everything was soaked. When Pip saw me she just started laughing, because the only time it rained the whole day was that 20 min that I was walking home, it wasn’t raining anymore lol When I went to change I saw that pip had changed my sheets and tidied my room. Sometimes she treats me like a little kid, but I don’t care lol she doesn’t do it becaue she thinks I cant or wont she just has nothing to do. Anyway so Imogen was still all oozie, but she seems pretty upbeat. So the girls played for awhile and then Kathryn came over to bring some stuff for Imogens eye. She then said that she would take Madeline over to play for awhile. That was fine by me. So when we were saying by to everyone and they all were headed down the driveway, Imogen all yelled all loud, “Bye Madeline” and it was in this sad, sick little voice and it was sooo heartbreaking. They never do anything with out each other soo it was just sooo sad!! So we went and put on the stupidest movie ever (Return to OZ) which the girls love, and with in 10 min Imogen was asleep. I just went into my room and played on the computer. Until Imogen started crying. Then she threw up , then she said her ear hurt, then she threw up again, then she wanted mommy (who was also taking a nap) then she wanted medicine, then she didn’t. Then finally I bribed her to take the medicine then we could go see mommy. So we got upstairs and Pip is just passed out, Im surprised she didn’t hear Imogen. So I told her that she should just go lay in her bed and then she fell aleep. Right as she finally fell back aleep, Kathryn was bringing Madeline back. So I got her dinner, and it was nice because usually have to sit there and force feed Imogen to eat anything. I gave her a shower and that was that. Pip finally got up and woke Imogen up…im not sure why but she was actually pretty good. Didn’t eat anything, but she just kinda played around. Adam was at a Work Christmas party or something and so me and Pip watched Wife Swap and FourWeddings, and our girly shows!
Friday, Adam took off from work, but he was hung over from the party and he was a bit sick with a cough. So he slept most the morning which was annoying cause I was trying to get the dumb cleaning done. I just didn’t the quieter things and then at around 11:30 I decided I was just gonna start vacuuming because I didn’t want to drag it out any longer and it was late enough that he should have been out of bed. I just did my thing and then about an hour later they come down stairs and said that they were gonna go shopping. So they took the girls with them which was nice, but I don’t think Imogen should’ve gone but whatev. And they left Trinity with me! ♥ So when they left I had nothing else todo so I was just gonna watch some telly, and Trinity was sitting there awake in her jumper soo I just held her!! Pretty much the whole time there were gone. She is just sooo little and cute, how could you not! So I had nothing going on that night, that I heard of and I cant txt anyone because I don’t have anyone’s numbers on my ghetto phone soo I just stayed in and watched a movie with Adam and Pip. We watched Overboard! I love that movie its so funny!!
Saturday I had plans to meet up with Rachel (Bry’s friend from abck home). I was gonna stay the night but she said her fam had plans on Sunday so we were just gonna spend the day in the city together. So I had to start my journey at 10:30..walked to the bus stop, get on the bus and then drive all the way into the city about 45 min drive. Then from the first stop into the city I had to get off and walk about 10 min walk down the Circular Quey, where all the ferries come in. So we had planned to meet at Warf 4...so I get there and im looking around. I don’t see her, so I stop and im just standing there, I have never met her in person so I was thinking, we should of planned this better like say what we were gonna wear or something. But then there she was, standing against a pole waiting for me. I think I screamed..a good scream, like a “AHHH there you are” kinda scream lol So we said our Hellos and then off we went. First we headed down towards the Opera House, we were gonna do a tour but then thought that might be boring. So we just walked around it and got some pictures:
 
 
 
 
Then right behind the Opera House is the Botanical Gardens…so we sorda walked through there. They have these really cool big trees, so we were gonna take our Pictures in front of it and I was trying to do my timer pictures, and it sorda worked but then this random nerdy goes comes from nowhere and is like “Here ill take the pictures for you ladys, if you will take one of me” So he takes them and then when we go to change cameras, Rachel asked how he wanted the picture..and he said “With one of you girls” hahaha so I was like well lets get a shot of you first then maybe ill get in it lol So he goes and poses and then I jump in there and im sitting like 5 ft away from him but he all leans over like he wants it to look like were together or something. It was sooo funny. Only to me that would happen.
 After that we went and walked to The Rocks area and they had all their markets up and found some really cool stuff. Got some sojourners, I am trying to stalk up. Then we got some lunch at this little cafĂ©. After that we wandered into the city some and looked in some shops. Awhile later we had to go back and meet up with her cousins and Aunt and Uncle. First we just met up with the kids and got Ice cream. And of course the little girl is drawn to me at once. She kept wanted to hold my hand and she had a million and ten questions to ask me. When we were eating our ice cream she asked how old I was, I was like “Im old im 21” and her response was “Really? Cause you act a lot younger” lol even little kids can tell im immature lol Anyway so it took us forever to find their parents and we just kind wandered around lol Finally we found their dad and she said we had dinner reservations in like 15 min. So we headed over to the restaurant and thought we would try some planking on the way, in front of everyone. Were not so good at it lol

I gave up fast!


 
 
 
So it ended up being Chinese place and so I just ordered some terrioki chicken…I didn’t trust anything else. So the whole dinner conversation was pretty much get to know Lyndsey. It was good though. Everyone seemed to like me enough, the dad even invited me to spend the night at their place. He was pretty pushy but in a good way, he just really wanted me to hang out. Hes was all “You can fit into Rachel’s clothes, it will be perfect ! You can sleep with the girls and Alex will get on the couch it will be perfect!” How could I say no to that. And the plan was to play beach volleyball after meeting!! I couldn’t pass it up!! So after dinner they all went back home. Me and Rachel went out to Kingscross for a drink.

 
 
I had been there before but when we were looking for a place to go we walked down a bit farther then I had before and it was total ghetto stripper clubs, totally safe area but gross clubs. So we turned right back around and just went to a place I had been before that was perfect. So a while later we headed back to the Harbor. I think I wore her out, we walked A LOT and I am used to it know but when we got to the ferry and bought our ticket we had some time to spare and she was like “ Lets just sit here and watch people” lol It was funny though when she bought her ticket, she paid with a $50 bill so she got like $45 back in coins lol everyone behind us was laughing but I think I was laughing the most.
Anyway so we got on the ferry and it was like a 20 min ride. It was neat seeing the city from a different perspective and all lit up at night. They live in Mosmin, which is just on the the other side of the Harbor. So her uncle came and picked up and brought us back to their apt. When we got there everyone was excited. I don’t think the kids have had much company over the last few months. American anyway. They live in Tacoma also but they have been here since Sept. and are leaving in middle of Jan. so its been awhile for them. So I got settled in, some were watching tv some were on the computer. Everyone was freaked out because they had a Huntsman spider in the house. They aren’t poisonous but their bite hurts really bad supposable.
The dad, Randy was all up for a game of dice. So we played, I had never played before but I totally creamed them. I am really good that this beginners luck thing lol Then we went to bed. The four of us girls all slept together.
The next morning we all got up and we were planning on going to meeting but the dad went somewhere and got stuck in traffic or idk what happened. So we all just went over the Watchtower together. After thast we headed down to the Manly to meet up with everyone for Volleyball. It had been soo perfect and sunny all day but of course as soon as we get to the beach it just starts dumping rain. So we go to a few of the shops and then head down to where the Volleyball nets are, even though it was raining we thought some people might be down there. When we got there, there was only one guy, Jono. He was the guy that invited them all so we stayed and talked to him for a bit. Then went home. When we got back to the apt. we just hung out. Emma the little girl had me playing a million different card games. Then we went up to the store to get stuff to make cookies. Alex the boy said he made the best cookies, and he didn’t realize who he was going up against. So we had a bake off! Lol Then we had dinner and most of us went for a walk down to the beach! It was a perfect night after all the rain earlier in the day. But everyone was sooo freaked out about the spiders. Because supposedly they all come out at night. We did see a couple pretty big ones. Once we got back all of us kids played spoons for quite awhile. It was fun, I love spoons. But this time it was about 11 and I was gonna take the 11:15 ferry back to the city and go home. But once we got down to the peir, there was no 11:15 ferry. The schedule online was completely wrong. Annoying!! So we went back home and and went to bed since I was gonna have to get the earliest one out of their in the morning at 6:20. So bright and early at 6 am they bring me down to the pier. I take the ferry back to Circular Quey and then have to walk like 10 min to the bus stop and then get on the bus to head home. I usually txt Adam if im not coming home or whatever, just because. But I didn’t that night because it was later when we figured out I wasn’t gonna be able to come home. So as I was sitting on the bus I got a txt..”You alive??” So I txt’d him how I missed the ferry yadda yadda and that I will should be home right at 8. He said he didn’t care when I got home as long as I was safe. I thought that was nice. That whole bus ride home it was just raining and I was just soo annoyed cause I was still gonna have to walk home from the bus stop. So after I got off the bus, I had Pips umbrella but it was all doinked out but it was good enough. About half way home, there’s Adam..he came and found me to drive me home!! J I got home right at 8 and everything went as normal.
Except when I got home I had absolutely no voice. It started going on Sunday, but by this time it was gone!! It was funny because Rachel said that “Its funny that you lost your voice, because all the stories I have heard about you , your really loud and now you can barely talk” lol I thought that was pretty funny!! What was even funnier was when the girls saw I was home they came to say HI and I obviously couldn’t talk. Imogen asked what happened and I said I lost it, and she just looked at me. Madeline said I sounded weird. Then all the sudden Imogen yelled, “I know what happened!! Ursula took it didn’t she??” all I could do was laugh…well more like wheeze!! But that’s how much they believe that I am Ariel, its sooo cute!! That night we were all watching Tv and Adam Jumped up and said, “I forgot to show you what I got” So he ran upstairs and came back down shooting a Nerf Tommy gun at my face. He was sooo excited!! So him and Alex went and bought these guns and are planning on having a big war. So me and Adam sat on the couch taking turns at shooting practice. Trying to hit targets and stuff. It was really fun!! J

*Sorry this blog is a week late..i have been sicky*

♥lynds

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Trinity Rose!!


This week has been very exciting!!
On Tuesday play group went good. Then just hung out the rest of the day. Then that night I walked up to the Towers, and we saw a movie. On my way home, I got swooped by a HUGE bat. It was soooooo disgusting. I don’t know what it is about these Australian animals they must not like me. I was just walking along and I heard some squealing and then I looked around because I am all paranoid now and next thing I know it was like a flash and and then I could feel the wind all on my face. That’s how close it got. Then when it swooped up I saw it in the light and ugghhh sooo huge.
Wednesday after dropping the girls off at school I was gonna go to the RTA..and get my Australian licence. Even though I don’t drive I want to have it just to say I have one lol Anyway I called ahead before I walked there and good thing I did because I cant get one until I have been in Australia for 6 months sooo I will have to wait until Jan.
Then I just went home and skped with some of my friends.
For meeting the Cecot family picked me up, which was a bit awkward but whatev, whoever wants to help I appricate. I had a demo with Sarah for the magazines. That went good. After meeting Alyce gave me a ride home, and we stopped and got Slurpee's and lollys!! J
Thursday…was a bit different. Adam decided to stay home because it was the last day with just the girls because Pip was getting educed on Fri. So he drove us to Dance. We just dropped the girls off and went and got a coffee. Then we went back down to watch the girls and Adam and me were cracking up. The girls are just sooo in their own world and don’t pay attention the teacher at all. All the other parents were looking at us funny!
After that we went up to the Towers and the girls ran around…we got them a treat..then we went home. Once we got home, and after lunch they were gonna put up the Christmas tree…which is a bit awkward but whatev its their house. I just chilled and hung out in my room while they did that. Then that night we just chilled and Adam asked me a million baby questions. He thinks I know everything lol
So then Friday morning bright and early…really early like 6:30 Adam and Pip headed to the Hospital. I woke up…said bye, told them to keep me updated. Then went back to bed. The girls just play in the playroom and would come in every half an hour or so because they wanted a different show. I finally got out of bed around 8..8:30ish
Watched cartoons for quite awhile, then decided to start cleaning. I did that real quick. Then had lunch…still no word? So then we made Pip cards for her and the Baby. Around that time it was 1pm and I couldn’t resist I had to txt Adam to see what was going on. So by that time he said that she wasn’t progressing very well and that she was only at 4cm so they were thinking she would have to get a ceaser (what they call c-sections down here) I felt bad because Pip really didn’t want one..and it would take way longer to recover and all that stuff. So then Kathryn came over and wanted to know the details of everything, because they weren’t telling anyone anything. Also they had just officially bought the house two doors down from us, soo they were moving all of the little stuff in that afternoon. So I went over and got the tour and the kids all played out back in the cubby house. By this time it was 4pm and Adam txt me again. He said that at 2pm she gave in anf got an epidural and it helped relax her so now she was at 9cm. YAY I was sooo excited!! It went soo fast!! So then we played a little while longer, then we went home to get some dinner. While the girls were eating I got a txt….”We wanted you and the girls to be the first to see her….Trinity Rose”


 
 
I was sooooo excited!! YAY BABY!!! So when I told the girls…Imogen just wanted to hold it and look at the picture….and Madeline looked at it and shoved it away and said, “Does that mean mom is gonna put her belly in the pool” She could care less about the baby it was sooo funny…but that right there is their personality's soo its not totally unexpected! Lol So Adam was staying there a bit longer, so I put the girls to bed.
When Adam got home….Kathryn came in with him..she must have still been moving stuff. And he had some bubbly..woo hoo!! New baby and new house!! Kathryn had a glass but needed to get home and so me and Adam were talking about how everything went and how cute she is and everything. Then he started saying how wonderful it is to have me there and how he couldn’t imagine anyone else during this special time in their lives and how Pip just adores me and how if something happened that she would want me at the birth over everyone else. He kept going on and on and it just made me feel so special that I have been with them and part of everything going on and its all soo exciting. Like obviously Trinity is never gonna remember me but Adam and Pip looking back remember how wonderful everything was when she was born is what makes me happy!! J
So that next morning Adam asked if I could watch the girls so that he could go help Pip for awhile. So the girls were sooo excited. They had their cards for her and little presents for the baby. And seriously every 5 sec…when is dad gonna be here.?...when is he coming to get us?….. How many min til he gets here? They just kept asking over and over…finally I got them entertained. Then Adam came home to get us!! First we went to Maccas and got some lunch…and already the girls were getting all excited and crazy!!
So then we go the Hospital and find Pips room…and there she is all bundled up sleeping!! She was soo cute! I just wanted to pick her up, but Adam was all “Oh shes still sleeping let her be” he must of seen it in my eyes. When Imogen saw her she just had her sweet little smile and rubbed her head. She just stared at her through the cart thing. Madeline on the other hand was like “Hi Baby” patted her head and ran off. Then she was like look at me..she jumped off the bed using the baby cart as push off and was all crazy!! She really could careless. Finally Trinity woke up and Adam gave her straight to me! J I was soo excited..she was just soo little and perfect!!


 Adam thought the girls would have fun giving her, her first bath. Pip was having a bit of pain so the doctor was in there talking to her and she told us just to go ahead and start. So we get down to the nursery and theres Adam the two girls and me pushing Trinity into the nursery. When we got there the nurse had some questions and she kept looking straight at me when she talked and then I would look at Adam and he would answer them. Then she would look at me funny. Then awhile later another nurse comes up to me and goes “Excuse me but where is your bracelet, we need to keep that on?” I looked at her and was like “Its not my baby!!” She got soo embarrassed and the first nurse looked at me and started laughing. She said, “Ohh I thought your were the mum too..I was thinking to myself Wow she really put herself together, the day after having a baby!” It was so funny, right after that Pip all walks in. So we gave her the bath and then went back to the room…after so long the girls were bored and there wasn’t a lot todo, so we left.
 I was planning on meeting up with Bry’s friend Rachel from the states, since she is down here visiting her family. So I got on the bus and went to the city. Half way there I checked my phone and realized that there was a mix up and she ment the following weekend. So no that day lol I figured what the heck…it was a really nice day might as well wonder around the city. I walked around for awhile…downtown..over byt the Opera House…the botanical gardens…just wondered around. I found a lot of good pictures spots for when Hannah comes down to visit, we will have to go back too. Finally I went around the Opera House to the very very farthest point out in the water and hung out. Nobody was really there, but it had an awesome view.
 
 
 
I called mom and dad and talked to them for a good hour or two. While watching all the tourist..it was quite funny! After that I didn’t know what to do soo I walked down to Darling Harbour to see if anything was going on there…just dumb Christmas stuff. So then I walked back over the Circular Quay and had dinner and went to a few different shops. Found some Berry skittles and Diet coke! J Then headed home!!
Sunday, Adam asked me again if I could watch the girls in the morning just because they don’t really have any family so its just Him and Pip so he wanted to help out as much as possible. The girls have swimming on Sundays so Adam dropped us off there. So the girls did their swimming thing…and then I got them ice creams..then we went a played at the park for like an hour, just trying to kill time. So then we walked home. It was a nice and sunny morning…but as soon as we got home these huge dark clouds rolled in and it just dumped rain. They arnt kidding when they say the “Thunder from down unda” the thunder storms here are crazy!!!
 
Adam got back and it was time for meeting! Everyone was just as excited about the Trinity as I was..well maybe not as excited. But they were. I must talk about the kids a lot more then I realized lol After meeting Rachel dropped me off at home but said that I could come over for movies later. So I helped Adam with the girls..getting them dinner and stuff because he had no clue what he was doing and Imogen was being Imogen about her food. Lol so after that I headed up to Rachel’s and got a Slurpee on my way. It was just the two of us, and we watched a couple movies. Then I walked home and that was that.
Monday, came super fast and I didn’t want to wake up. Adam said that Pip was super bored and lonely so that she might come home today. Then sure enough like 2 hours after he left for work he txt’d me…Pip and trinity are coming home around 12:30. So me and the girls made a sign.”Welcome Home Trinity” When I told the girls that Mom and the baby were coming home, all Imogen said was “That means shes bringing my fairy wings!!!!“ (She had forgotten them there the day before and has been stressing about it lol) Then right on cue Adam and Pip came home. I had forgotten how small she was until Adam pulled her out of the car seat. He brought her inside and handed her to me!! ♥ I loved it! I fed her, her bottle and she fell right to sleep in my arms. The girls were happy to have mom back home, and were interested in everything baby. Even though she just slept. We have had to be on Madeline a lot because she is constantly climbing and jumping and slinging her arms and legs around. We have already had very close encounters lol Lets just say I am sure Trinity is going to be one tough baby. So she pretty much slept the whole afternoon and Pip just did her usual thing…it almost seemed like she hadn’t had the baby yet. Lol I asked her if it was weird that she’s home and has a baby? She said, “That when we first got the girls they were over 3months old, and all they did was scream and cry. They never really slept soundly. So know I am bored, I don’t know what to do. Not that I want her to be that way at all.” I think that’s why they were dreading the baby so much because they had such a bad experience with the girls that in her mind and I heard her say it to a few people is that all baby’s do is cry. Which I mean ya they do that a lot but not as bad as they were thinking. So things are going really good.
Adam had to do a late night thing and so me and Pip and the girls all hung out…we gave Trinity a bath…then we looked through her clothes…then the girls were just pulling everything out…then I read them a story and they were out!!
And that was our night…we watch a bit of tv nothing to exciting!!
But that was our exciting baby weekend and I cant wait to see how things go from here on out!
♥lynds