William is growing up….

11 weeks and look what I can do



This little man is the highlight of my life at the moment, thank heavens Kylee keeps in regular contact and sends me all these little snippets of William.  I miss them so darn much.



Been a very topsy turvy week. Last Thursday I caught up with my nieces for coffee…and left before lunch as we had an appointment at the post office to submit forms for our passports. On the way home my mobile rang…I checked it and saw it was hubby, so I pulled over as I don't have hands free in my little car to answer him….and he said would I go to his mum's instead of home as I was needed there. He reassured me his mum was ok….BUT i knew something had happened as hubby very very rarely even turns on his mobile!
And it was bad news…hubby's Aunty Coral, his mums younger sister had passed away. She was nearly 87. Hubby's mum is nearly 89 and of course that news has upset her very much….so a lot of our time this week has been spent with her.

Exercise has been good so far this week again…but food…pfffffft…
Hopefully once the funeral is over, life might go back to normal again. 
Why is that whenever there is any stresses in my life I eat….yet my mum and my sister tend to forget to eat!!  I must take after my fathers side of the family….my mum reckons I do, and remembering my Dad's sisters I can see that I do…

Anyways…as per usual I haven't given up.  I have just under 12 months to lose the weight…as the cruise IS BOOKED !!

We fly to Sydney from Perth and board the boat on the 16th March next year.  We go to NZ, stopping at Wellington, Picton, Dunedin, Dusky Sound, Doubtful Sound, then onto Melbourne,  Adelaide then disembark back in Perth WA.
I so can't wait….
if the above is not incentive enough to lose the kilo's then I don't know what will. 

Mummy fed me...

More bad days than good...

But I haven't given in…I will keep on persisting. The clothes are tight, make that very tight..and I refuse to buy any new ones in a bigger size.
And I now have more than my health to think about. Today, hubby and I went and organised our passports….as next year we are doing a cruise….look out New Zealand …. I am a coming to visit !!!  Excited much….
Now its just get my act together and just do it ehhh?  Easier said than done sometimes, but I am thankfully am stubborn so its just a matter of trying, trying and trying again till that good old mojo kicks in again. Hope its soon…sometimes I feel bloody ancient, I am just too heavy and my bones keep on telling me so.

Now to finish…..

 Wee little William having his first taste of veggies...

and one of those cute smiles of his that I miss …hasn't my little man grown so much?  I get to see him next month…...something else to get excited about.

Time to wake up to myself….

me and my gorgeous niece Tammi

The gorgeous bride Crystal and handsome groom, my nephew Tom

 These pics are taken at my nephews wedding…aren't my niece and nephew just gorgeous…I love these kids. 

Me with Tom and Tammi, my twin niece and nephew.

Family pic.

This pic was my wake up call this morning, I realised how fat and horrible looking I have become….omg what have I done to myself??
Today, I have thought about this pic as I have worked. Farkkk no wonder my feet hurt, and feel so goddamn unhealthy!! I had a few chores to do at work today..chores that I used to find easy, today after seeing that pic I realised why I struggle. 
Tomorrow it has to be 120% on track and as many days as I can thereafter!!
                                                                         

My gorgeous wee little William..


And to end the post…I can't go without sharing this gorgeous pic of my little man William. Thankfully Kylee sends me lots of pics….and we have FaceTime whenever we can.
I really want to be able to run and play with this little man…another reason to lose this damn weight I have put back on!!
I am ashamed of myself…but its up to me now to make those changes again..done it once, surely I can do it again.

Home again...

 We are home again after travelling over a 1,000 kilometres up the coast to move our daughter and little William…and then a 1,000 k's back again. 
Boy was it heart wrenching walking away from them….I sobbed my heart out….till hubby pulled our vechile over and said you drive, concentrate on that instead of leaving them behind.
We towed a trailer with all of her and Williams belongings…and hopefully as the house she will live in with Garry , his mum and uncle is small it will be be big enough to house them all. They have been renovating, painting etc….and when we arrived the house was turned upside down. I was not impressed with the mess….but I am sure Kylee will get in there and make sure it is cleaned and made healthy enough for William.

Diet…well we won't go there…this last week has been very emotional…and I have eaten every single one of them.
Tomorrow is a new day. 

pfffffffft

 I was going so well up to 3 days ago, then I started helping Kylee pack her house up ready for the move next week. Now I am a real sook, someone mention Kylee moving…or I think about it, I cry and I start eating.  I know she has to move, she needs her man and William needs his Daddy, over 12 months of a long distant relationship is long enough!! 
But boy am I going to miss them. 
Trying desperately to try and reel myself in….but its so darn hard.
So NO weigh in tomorrow…I KNOW my weight is up.
Tomorrow is another day….I will try to not to eat my emotions. I have a wedding to go to on the 1st March, my nephew that I re-connected with a few years back…and I have bought myself a stunning dress, I won't fit into it if I keep this up!!

Will be packing...

…. up Dear Daughter next week. Kylee is travelling back from Carnarvon tomorrow. Thursday she is getting imprints of Williams hands and feet for a picture like the one shown here. 
On Friday William has to have a ultrasound on his hips, just to make sure all is well there after being a breech baby.  I am sure all will be well, the little imp can kick them quite well when he gets himself wound up. 
Then due to having to start work up in Carnarvon at the beginning of March…we have 2 weeks to pack up her house, ready for the move in 2 weeks.
I am devastated that Kylee is moving…I know she has too, she needs her partner…12 months of a long distance relationship is long enough…and William needs his Daddy. But ohhh I am so going to miss them.

This pic was some professional photo's that were done over Christmas. I gave Garry and Kylee a girl vouchers for their present…and with Garry having his twins down over Christmas they managed to get some gorgeous family shots. 

And this is our wee William asleep in his cot up in Carnarvon….ohh he is growing so fast...

And this is mumma and baby ….geeee I don't want them to go.  

William is still colicky but is so improving, Kylee is coping very well, proud of her.

Have had a great week food and exercise wise. Happy to report a kilo gone… and cms disappeared too. 

More pics...

As William is the latest happening in my life at the moment todays post will of course be full of lots of pics of him…he's so cute I am sure you won't mind.

William in the sink.

Kylee did a rush trip up to Carnarvon  yesterday…she had a few things to sort out with William's daddy…really don't know which way the situation is going to go, very upsetting and unsettling for her thus the rush trip. Fingers crossed that it can be sorted for all there sakes.
Its very hot up there at the moment and both mummy and William are feeling it. Lots of extra baths and lots of extra water for the wee man.

Kylee has been using the swing to settle the wee man…he has a lot of trouble with getting his wind up and she has found he settles quicker in the swing.

Me…diet wise, I have been on track and have lost a kilo this week. A long way to go to get back to where I was before christmas….and then even longer to get back to goal……but plodding away at it. 

Its been busy….

Rachel and her wee man

 First up Racheal, one of  Kylee's best friends gave birth to a wee little man. Rach got gestational diabetes and was going to be induced at 38 weeks, but at her check up the last week it was found her placenta was breaking down, so at 36 weeks and 3 days her wee son was born after she was induced. He was only 5lb 80z but all is okay. 

Simon's 40th birthday cake.

Simon cuddling William

Great-Nanny meeting William for the 1st time

Little Frog (William)

Jess and William

Glenn working Ted's radio

Glenn, Alek and Ted….all radio hams

Blogger is playing up for me tonight….so I'll try and work around it.

Last Friday the 10th, my son Simon celebrated his 40th. He hosted a bbq/spit at his house and our best friends travelled down from Geraldton and started with us and drove up with Ted. I drove up with Kylee and William….Kylee is still not allowed to drive after her cesarian.
It was a great evening, more so after a sticking hot 40 degree day. 

Its been a busy week….I did a trip down to see Mum and let her and my sister meet little William.
Mum was wrapt…and fell in love with our wee man, as did my sister and brother. They both called around to see us….even though my brother did meet William at Simons 40th. Mum is looking very frail and hasn't been feeling very well at all. Its been so hot of late and I was worried about her and the heat as she doesn't have air conditioning, but she has been feeling cold. She was wearing a jumper the day we visited and it certainly wasn't cold!


I have had my eldest granddaughter Jessica staying over for the weekend, needed some time out from her siblings…..and some one on one time with me. She has been a sheer delight….we have had lots of fun together.

Today we met up with Glenn a radio operator from Canada who was attempting to sail so around the world but rang into some trouble between Australia and Africa, so he turned around and headed back to Fremantle to do his repairs and make up his mind as to what he was going to do. Today he told us, the yacht is going to be repaired and then sold. He is getting an agent to sell it and he's flying back home.  He is a truly wonderful man.

Anyways….my diary has been helping some….I still  having some good days and some bad days. Good news is I I still weigh the same. I don't feel as fat, but my mirror says I am…but haven't given in. My good health demands I keep on trying.

All good….

William having his first bath at home.

Mummy with William in his Daddy's footy colours.

Kylee and William are settling  in okay at home. Today Garry went back to Carnarvon ready to open up his bakery tomorrow….K and baby missing him dreadfully already.
In the meantime Kylee will organise all the centrelink details and also getting the house on the rental market. As soon as that is done, it will be empty the house and pack up the car and Kylee will be moving north.

I am trying my best to eat as healthy as I can. Some days I succeed, other days I fail. I have given up on ww and points…but have bought myself a diary and each day I record my feelings, my wins and my failures. 

Happy New Year

I leave 2013 with Kylee bringing home William, happy and healthy ready to grow into 2014.

He is the bright light of 2013 for us and of course Kylee.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all, may 2014 bring you all good health, a little wealth but above all love and happiness. 

Baby has arrived..

We have totally fallen in love with our newest family member, WILLIAM STUART. He was born at 9.17am this morning by cesarean section. 
A BIG boy, weighing in at 9lb 110z and 52 cm long.
A very placid babe, content to feed and sleep….so far.

Have a very Merry Christmas

A very Merry Christmas to one and all. Take care and be safe over the festive season. 

We are not going far over the break…I will be working….and waiting the birth of our grandson.


              MERRY CHRISTMAS 

Disappointed...

This is dear daughter…nearly ready to pop last week. This week she was scheduled to have her cesarean as bub is not interested in turning out of his breech position. Today as she had not received word from the hospital as to when she was scheduled her and Garry visited the hospital and they were informed that a place had NOT been booked for her!!!!  Now she has to wait for her due date late NEXT week unless of course she goes into labour before then….and they will do an emergency cesear. 

I was soooo looking forward to meeting my little grandson on Friday….now I have to wait…..very impatiently.

I too am disappointed in myself….I can't get myself back on track. My clothes are getting tighter and tighter….and I am finding some things at work a real chore to do, because of the weight.  I HAVE TO do something and do it soon, or I am going to find myself right back where I started in 2004….fat, very fat. 

Our Christmas gathering..

 This is me and my mum. My brother bought her up for the gathering and it was lovely to see her looking a lot better than she has been.  She has been rather unwell, was loosing weight she can't afford to lose and hadn't been sleeping much but now she has settled into her new flat, made friends and established a garden she is a lot better.

And above are all my little and not so little grandees and great nieces and nephews with my Christmas elf dil Tracey. Missing is Jess, who was there but was leaning up against a pole and I couldn't get her in the pic, Luke, my eldest grandson who was at work, and a great niece and nephew. There were 16 kids running around, aged 2 to nearly 12…11 were my grandee's. What an awesome day it was. 

Yesterday we had Kylee's appointment to try and turn baby. I was so proud of my girl, she endured so much pain and discomfort as Dr tried to get him to turn, but unfortunately his head is up under Kylee's ribcage and he stubbornly refused to move. My poor girl cried in disappointment. A caesar has been booked for next week…won't tell you the date, a mumma to be has to have some secrets ehhh? But there is still a chance the little man can turn between now and then…fingers crossed he does. 

My weight…well so much for a good week, we'll leave it at that and try again this week. 

Counting down...

This is the ultrasound pic of my next grandchild….Kylee's little man. I love this pic.
She had to have a ultrasound yesterday to see if he was still breech…which he is, but everything else is all okay. 
On Friday she is going to see a specialist to see if he can be turned…hope so, Kylee doesn't want to have a caesar unless she has to.

I have woken up with a headache this morning, trying to get rid of it before work this morning…

Weigh in day too…a small gain, next week will be better. 

Been busy….

We had to pick all the peaches of our tree as they ripened up at the same time…and were falling off the tree and going to waste. We got friends to come and take some, but still we had so many left. I ended up cooking/blanching/stewing them and now have nearly 30 containers in the freezer. I also bought a pie maker and made up a heap of pies….the apple and peach combined were yum. I also made some peach cupcakes which were absolutely deelicicous.

 While Kylee has been away we got to and finished all the flooring in her house…so now it is nearly all ready for her to get a agent in to get it assessed ready for rental. We go up to Geraldton to meet up with her and Garry on Saturday and bring her home to wait out the last month of her pregnancy. Garry will follow her down in 2 weeks time and will stay till after the Near Year.
Kylee has an ultrasound on Monday 2nd to see where bub is, as at her Drs visit on the 15th he was still breech. If he is still breech on Friday 6th she has an appointment with a specialist to have him turned. 

On the 21st of this month our little grandee Skye had her 10th birthday. I took her Daddy around to hers so he could give his little gig a birthday cuddle….she was thrilled.

Now to end…weigh in was Tuesday….happy to report a 1. 3 loss, I am happy with that.  Just got myself into a routine where I am eating sensibly again…and thinking before eating. It hasn't been easy as work has changed my shifts…so my regular routine is in disarray.
Am on the road this weekend…mantra is no junk. Esky is already sitting on the table, I will pack healthy snacks for the 7 hour road trip so no junk food for me. 

Onwards...

 On Saturday we drove 6 hours plus from our house to Geraldton with Kylee. We were not prepared to let Kylee drive all the way to Carnarvon by herself at 34 weeks pregnant…no way. So she arranged with Garry to drive down from Carnavon and meet us at our friends place (a 4 hour drive) and pick up Kylee from our friends there. So whilst there Kylee got to practice on little Gus who is 6 weeks old. So Kylee is up in Carnavon for the next 2 weeks, then hubby and I have to do the drive again to pick her up and bring her home again….ready to wait out the last month of her pregnancy.
She has a ultrasound on her return to see if bubba has turned her not….as last Dr checkup on Friday showed him still breech. If he is, Kylee has a specialist appointment to see if he can be turned.

This afternoon I had a very very dear friend from the Blue Mountains who I met in 2006 come in for a visit whilst she is in WA for a few weeks. It was a wonderful relaxing for few hours reminiscing and chatting. Our hubbies got along very well too which was great, left time for lots of gossip for us.

Whilst Kylee is away I have her cat Troubles and Shera her dog staying. Late in the afternoon I took Shera down the beach….she has so missed her walks down there and so have I.

Today….finally I have got myself back on track. I have cleared my online tracker, all old data has been deleted (I printed it out first)…and I am beginning anew. I know I will have moments where I indulge….but the thought of failing is not an issue, not this time. My scales screamed at me the other day….now is the time BEFORE I end up where I started in 2005…. so one week at a time…small goals, small challenges…will result in BIG happy results.

Baby shower….

 Kylee and one of her best friends, Rachel. Rachel is having her little boy 6 weeks after Kylee.

 The gorgeous cupcakes that I great ww friend of mine made for me for Kylee. The darn things were so deeeelicious…..that yep I DID overindulge. Ahhh well it was so worth it. 

 Yep…me. Cupcake in one hand, dummy in the other, tape measure to measure the size of Kylee's tum tied up in my hair.

 This is Fiona, a very dear friend of mine who I met many years ago up in Onslow. We had our baby girls 6 weeks apart..

And this is Carol and Robyn, very dear friends of mine that I met 8 years ago through weight watchers.

A fun day was enjoyed by us all…
Kylee and I have some lovely friends who spoilt us rotten with some lovely gifts. 
Great food, even better company, lots of laughs.

WI…need I say…a gain for me. I didn't stop after the cupcakes I am afraid. 
Back on track again now…sorta….