Catching up some more!

We're about to leave for Australia so we can celebrate Christmas with extended family. Yay! Not really the time to be blogging, but its been SO long, so I wanted to quickly do a bit of an update-in-pictures!! (oh, its in reverse order.... its going to take too long to move the pics around!)

Making a gingerbread house with Mrs Yen and Mrs Thom... Mrs Thom made the gingerbread and the ladies put together a 'kit' to decorate it. Wow!
Jemima and Emily did lots of watching :-)

Emily was mostly interested in the mini-gingerbread men (the 'babies')

Three girls holding hands

Happy Birthday Emily!

Ha! Love it :-)

We really need some photos of Dad and the girls!

Em had birthday cake in the lobby with the staff and some little friends

M, E and C came over to share birthday cake with Em too

Em was treated to a lovely birthday surprise by the Co's!!

Em opened this great birthday gift from the Millses over Skype!

'Emmy's dolly' must always been within close range

The Christmas tree is up!

Heading out to shop for a Christmas tree!

Uncle Andy came to visit!!

Cuddles with Mama!

Salsa made with the coriander that Emily grew in her garden!!

Jemima at 3 months

I went to a Women's Retreat organized through our church and Jemima came too... we had a lovely time together!

Catching Up!

Oh, so much to catch up on after being such a stranger to our blog for so long! Here are some pics of what we've been up to....

Emily LOVES to play with friends!

And there's no words for just how EXCITING it is to help Co Yen to CLEAN!

Making a 'car' from her little chairs hasn't lost its shine for Emily -- even after doing so several times a day for several weeks!

Jemima loves her baths, and WE love her SMILES when she's IN the bath :-)

M & E love to cuddle with 'Juss-Mima'

Today Emily and Co-Co planted beans, tomatoes, coriander and spring onions

Jemima went on the women's retreat with Mum and Aunty Jilly... and she seemed to have misplaced her trousers....

Jemima and Emily

M reading with Dad

Some things Em's been up to

Playing 'nappy hats' with Dad at bedtime

Wearing Mum's Ug boots (they come up higher than her nappy!)

Putting Emily 'away'

Counting Dad's business cards (while sitting 'up high')

Wearing Dad's belt

... and his shirt!

Just a little bit over?

Emily's had a bit too much milk

HA!

The Crucible of Night Waking

So we've had two nights of both girls waking - a lot! Emily has had temps as high as 39.4 (ouch) and Jemima pulled her '2am, 4am, 6am feeds' trick. Jon and I have both been quite exhausted. Especially with Emily unwell during the day too and Jemima still so little so we're still figuring her out. Its certainly trying us!!

Jemima Smiled!

Yesterday our lovely little Jemima smiled for the first time -- while Jon and I were both watching!!

A Family Outing

Our route to a weekend cafe outing....