Up up and away

Posted on April 30, 2010

Ok. So I have been absent. A screaming baby will do that to you. Something had to give. Since I couldn’t give Milla to anyone – blogging had to go. Horrendous choice I know. I apologise.

Milla is doing much better. A combination of medication and excellent chiropractic care seem to be making things manageable.

Currently I am on my way to the airport. This is the up up and away part of the post. Port Douglas here I come. Thanks Canon. (no pictures or pretty links coz blogging from the iPhone won’t let me).

testing testing tested….

Posted on April 16, 2010

See that little face up there.  Those poor little red eyes.  That’s what you get when you spend the day screaming.

Yesterday was tough.  Super tough. I had a super horrid night’s sleep – both Milla and Murphy tag teamed it through the night – and managed to keep me from sleeping too much.  Murphy decided that it was the night where she would like to go to the potty thank you very much rather than use her nappy.  At 12:15am. WHAT! Who was the duffer that toilet trained a two year old that still can’t even pull down her own pants? Whilst I was dealing with that – the light woke Miss Milla.  Apparently 12:15am is the PERFECT time for a feed thanks mummy.  Even though she hasn’t had a night time feed in oh – um – 8 weeks. I tell you what – I whipped that booby out quick smart and she had the quickest feed she’s ever had – threw her back into bed and attempted sleep – only to be woken again by Murph grizzling.  She ended up in bed with me. Humpf.  Akin to sleeping with Mr Snuffaluffugus.

SO – I started the day all cranky.

I walked off some of the cranks – but then then it all went pear-shaped.  Milla spent hours screaming. Blood curdling.  I just though she was over-tired – so I kept trying to resettle etc etc etc.  To no avail. Happened upon our gorgeous Maternal & Child health nurse (whoops – I unknowingly missed my appointment….) who mentioned reflux as the casue.  Quick call to the fabulous Dr L.  I am now armed with medication and tools for combat.  We will get through today.

Oh – did I mention – my favourite external hard drive also had a case of the cranks.  Fixed that up quick smart!

On a fabulous note – I received my travel itinerary for the Canon photo5 trip!  So excited. (quick newsflash for new readers – I won the ‘portraiture‘ category in the 2009 Canon photo5 competition.  My prize was a Canon 5D MkII, 24-105L series lens and a 3 day trip to tropical North Queensland).  It looks to be fabulous! Am looking forward to meeting Chris Bray – awesome adventures he has!

Oh oh oh – on ANOTHER fabulous note……. the fabulous MAEVE magazine will be debuting in 15 days…….. check out this little tidbit……..

Today will be a good day.  A little bitty babe is coming here to be captured – looking forward to meeting him.  Milla will be restful and happy, Murphy will not be too cyclonic, Madison will have a fabulous day and Mackenzie will ROCK her little world.

still doing it…

Posted on April 15, 2010

no… not THAT (Wilbur………)!

In the scheme of keeping things simple, I decided to undertake my P365 via iphone.  Specifically the shakeitphoto app.  Sure I have been taking a photo a day since inception.  inception of 2010 that is (although it feels like absolutely FOREVER!).

The above collagey thing (awfully technical tonight) gives a quicko glimpse into our Easter.  Note the lack of chocolate.  Considering my tribe started in on their eggs at 4:44am on Easter Sunday- I can be excused for not whipping out the iphone!  I particularly like Milla’s face  after screaming for 3 hours about goodness knows what.  She’s 15 weeks. What does she have to scream about?  I love Murphy’s face (or lack thereof) finishing off her breakfast. Madison and her first place trophy is a winner (pardon the pun).  She won her age group in Little Aths for the season!  What a champ!  “doing mum?” is the number one phrase from Murphy – right behind ‘bikskit?’  There’s the first cooler day of the year – out comes the scarf.  random hanging around the carvan pics, and the essential summer shot – gelato from Mr Whippy.

Yesterday – fabulous walk with B.   Discussion with Mackenzie’s paediactrician (Dr L) about her heart and how she is starting to be limited by it.  her heart problem is now starting to hold her back from her peers.  She physically can’t keep up, and is finally starting to mention that she feels left behind.  it is starting to upset her.  That upsets me.  It also upsets Dr L.  Time to talk to cardiologist Dr G and set a firm plan – rather than have Mackenzie be used for research purposes (she is a rare case).  On the plus side – when I questioned Dr L about how sometimes Mackenzie doesn’t seem to be ‘all there’ (my term – not his).  His response – “She has always been odd.  She is now less odd”.  he is happy with her.  She is ‘all there’.  Just a little ODD.  Perfect description!

Today… oh look – I am STILL trying to catch up on my five million six hundred and fifty-four things (give or take a few).  Still getting my head around the budget. Smooching with my Ms.

so today…

Posted on April 13, 2010

I will attempt to do all the things that I didn’t do yesterday….. and then some!

Yesterday was all about BUDGET.  Oh my golly gosh. As if that wasn’t doing my head in…. Murphy ‘wubbed’ a mosturiser all over her legs (common occurence), and came out in nasty welts. Argh.  Check ingredient list on said moisturiser – ALMOND OIL! It appears that we may have a little anti-nut child in the house.  Add to top of todo list – get M3 nut tested.

Today is all about getting things done. SIMPLY. I NEED to throw a run into the mix as well.  it’s not on the list – but I need one.

five million six hundred and fifty four

Posted on April 12, 2010

that’s just the number of things I need to do today – BEFORE lunchtime!

We went away over Easter to test out the BEAST! (AKA – large container on wheels that we will be living in when we travel across/around vaguely somewhere through this gorgeous country!).  A fabulous time was had by all.  The Easter bunny managed to find us – as we discovered at 1:30am when I woke up to find Mackenzie sitting at the table ‘watching my eggs mummy’.  I am still not sure how long she was planning on sitting there for…….. We were then woken up at 4:44am (note that daylight savings had also finished a few hours earlier – so we were already in a sleep deficit!) by M1 through to M3 sitting at the table ‘watching our eggs mummy’.  Watching eggs was closely followed by the eating of rabbits ears, tut tutting at the Easter bunny for leaving such a mess with his half eaten carrot, and a vain attempt to get them all to go to sleep again. No sleep to be had!  No photos as yet of our adventure – they are still sitting lamely on my card in the camera!

The above photo is my first holga play.  I shot a lot with film many years ago – and happily gave it another shot last year.  It was only a few weeks ago that I found a film processing lab that would develop for me! More to come.  Until then, enjoy my fish-face girl, and said fish=face giving my (then) pregnant self a big schmackeroon!

my april fool

Posted on April 2, 2010

I have never claimed to be a practical joker.  In fact – my practical jokes always fall flat. I am not good at them – so I rarely give it a go. SOOO…… yesterday morning when I was still awake at 12:20am, I remembered it was April Fool’s Day – ohmygoshI’llplayatrickonWilburandpretendIampregnant’.  Yes – it really came out that quickly! I whipped onto twitter, and posted the following…..

I had a little giggle to myself and went to sleep – not expecting much….

Little did I know – by the time he rang me at 9:30am – poor Wilbur had totally rearranged our lives, fitted five children into a new car, redesigned the caravan, grew a headful of grey hair, and subsequently decided he could manage five children – even if it was another girl!  This is only after the complete and utter shock had worn off!  Poor bloke – he read my post at 5:30am, and then spent the next for hours sorting everything out in his head!  never once did he question that a)maybe I would have told him quietly first (and most likely in tears) before telling the whole world), and b)apparently you need to do some horizontal folk dancing to make babies (and who has time for that when you have a 13 week old, plus three others that are all like mini-cyclones!).  All the blokes at work were still laughing at him late in the day – and we had a huge belly laugh over it ourselves.  I still let out a giggle every now and then!  Sometimes the most impromptu things are the funniest- and make the best jokes!

To clarify – there is no 5th baby.  There will not be.  I am still getting my head around four of the things.

In other activities….. Madison decided to get her hair cut the other day – so we took some photos of her – to show the before….. we haven’t had a chance to do any ‘after’ – but she did pose a little in the car for me…..

Okay – so you can’t really tell – she is all glasses, and only the last one is an ‘after’!

The other day – I discovered that the Mackenzinator has no ball skills.  her ball skills are right up there with her ’swimming like an elephant in quicksand’ skills. I have made it my mission to at least get her to be able to catch a ball without looking like she is a seal flapping its flippers at random fish.  We bought her a very retro-like ball and off we went to the school basketball courts.  Hmm – it’s going to take more than one ball session to get that seal-flapping out of her!  She looks pretty cool though…..

The photos up the top there are a random few from our little jaunt to the school playground – I even sneak into a few… SURPRISE!

Four children that are my own are hard to photograph – together. This is the best and ONLY I have of all four – and I LOVE it! It is a little squiffy – and yes – taken with my iphone – but it is ALL of them TOGETHER – in one frame.

Makes me happy.

Happy Good Friday to all – we are heading off camping for a few nights – all of 5 minutes down the road to the foreshore – gotta test the ‘container on wheels’ set-up!

That makes me happy too!

not again……

Posted on April 1, 2010

I will be in a heap of strife when this child starts to move – or develops the ability to turn her head away from the big black box!  Until then – I am going to continue capturing her sweetness and ‘girlishness’.  Simply because I can!