Goodbye My Sweet Beautiful Mum

My beautiful Mum died unexpectedly yesterday. She was 56 and we were not ready. Love you so so much Mum and I miss you like crazy already.

In the very early hours of Saturday morning, I was lucky enough to watch this little boy enter the world.







Jusr minutes old in these photos. It was such an amazing thing to see. A perfect birth, a perfect baby and his Mama, wow, you were so amazing Ness. I can't thank you and Ed enough for letting me see this miracle. I can't even begin to put into words what it meant to me.



His Mum before he arrived.



And the birth announcement cards I am having done for them as a suprise. Jed is baby boy number three for his beautiful family!

snow

Leaving out a big chunk of time for the moment so I can post these from the snow.
I do want to say thanks to Sweet Chilly Philly and Sharon for tagging me though, very late, sorry girls! Maybe next time I'll actually get time to do it.





Poor child with goggles that were too big, not that he kept them on for long anyway.







Snowball! I should have taken a photo of Joel's nose after I hit him with one but I felt so bad already that I didn't, made him bleed!





Jordy and Uncle Benny making snow angels. "Welcome to my office" Ben said when we arrived, very nice office indeed Ben!



He doesn't have the greatest stamina Jordy, so it was either carry him or drag him up, hard work, lucky we had Ben to share the fun of that!





And a snowboard ride too!







Pom Pom! (Jordy named her that rather than grandma for those going huh?!)



Such amazing blue sky and sunshine! I didn't even feel cold and those that know me, know I'm always cold!



I'd left my camera in the car while we sorted out what we were doing, then walked back to get it which was a fair hike to go up the chairlift. While I was getting it, I must have left my gloves behind, which was a bit poor because it was cold without them but I thought nevermind, at least I have the camera. Got to the top and it was soo beautiful, pulled the camera out, um, no battery! Had taken it out to charge and forgotten to put it back in! Very annoyed is an understatement! I got only a couple of shots off my p&s (above) that was in my pocket before it went flat on me too!

Joel was calling Jordy The Cosmonaut with his suit and new goggles! The Cosmonaut didn't think it was that funny!





The Cosmonaut did like skiing though! We held his hands amd he said "Let me go, I know how to do it"!



Cute new boots that don't make blisters!



Waiting for the Ski Tube, a train that goes from the bottom, right up the mountain through a tunnel to Perisher Blue and then to Blue Cow. Trains are one of Jordy's favourite things, a train at the snow, how good is that!



And the rest of us thought these mini donuts from a shop at the station were pretty good!









I went without one glove for a bit so I could feel the shutter button on the camera properly, until I found these! Much better!





The navman very nearly got sent out the window on the way there, she didn't like us going the way we did! We had to mute her, there are only so many times you can listen to "Perform a U-Turn where possible"! She is normally very good and helpful but not up mountains apparantly! She didn't mind when we came home the same way though thank goodness!

And if you read this Ben, Jordy wants to say Hi to Lilly!

The nocturnal boy, he doesn't appreciate being woken up in the morning, quite happy snuggling under his favourite blanket.



I noticed this very pretty light and needed to take photos, only problem was it up at fence height, so...



I got the boy to stand on a table!



While he is still not exactly what you would call a hat wearer, I can get him to keep one on long enough for some photos now.











And one from yesterday

5th Birthday!

(happy birthday graphic by kateF @ Pickleberrypop )

Can't believe he is 5 already! He got a Nintendo DS which he loves, could barely get him to look up from it for a photo!



We had planned a party at Kidstown which is one of his favourite spots but the weather was dismal, the only time it has rained here pretty much all year and freezing to boot, the coldest day in 30 something years! So a last minute change of plans, we went bowling, he loves that also.



Joel and Jordy, yes we actually got those bowling shoes on him, no socks though eww. They insisted he wear them, the other bowling places we have been to have been more lenient with kids and shoes, no such luck here though. He didn't like them at all but we got through!

Also having a birthday on the 17th is Jordy's cousin Emma, with her brother Phillip's 5th just a few days before.



Jordy had wanted a Transformers cake for ages beforehand and was so happy with the Bumblebee cake Lisa made him (not that he ate it, but loved the look of it!) So with two nephews and a niece with birthdays in the same week, poor Lisa had a busy time the night before the party! She did an amazing job though, huge thank you!



Jordan' Bumblebee is in the middle for those that haven't experienced the joys of Transformers!

While we were getting party stuff we got some new crafty stuff for Jordy to help keep him entertained, particularly important at the moment because he hasn't been going to kinder. He has been sick and his sleeping is also way out of whack again. One of the things we got was beads, good fine motor activity.







This fishy bead was his favourite, he named him Goldie and he's "Keeping him forever"! Don't you love the over the top expression of love for Goldie!







And one last one from yesterday, I got the speedlight (flash) out and had a play. I bounced the flash off the window to the side. This was taken very late afternoon and without the flash there just wan't enough light left. I don't use it often but you can get good results from bouncing flash.