Baby Dales

Happy Australia Day!

2012-02-09T02:15:00.000-08:00

We went to Hyde Park to enjoy the kids concert in the rain...
Waved our flags

Someone started to come down with a busting huge fever

We may of just done something a little bit naughty
I wonder if Harper knows what it was?

Fever has hit and we've had some Panadol
And a little kip
Until we felt something smacking our head
And climbing on top of us
But then he legged it before being caught
Feeling better now

Recent shots of harper

2012-02-09T02:10:00.000-08:00

A section of photo's taken by Aston with his Camera!

2012-01-11T18:26:00.000-08:00

Walking to the park!
No idea!
His legs
Head
Head
Head
Lego
Walking to the park
Legs again
HP
HP
Sticker head
HP
Gingerbread house
HP yesterday
His head again
The Xmas tree
Getting ready
On way to park
again

playing together with the playdough

2012-01-11T18:11:00.000-08:00

Aston trying to take a photo of harper

Various

2012-01-11T18:05:00.000-08:00

Aston's had a haircut, the first in about 3 years

loves and hates!

2012-01-11T17:58:00.000-08:00

Loves the fridge
Really loves the fridge as Aston did at the same age

Loves the de-humidifier, especially turning it off
Loves the walker and manouvers it well

Hates wearing hats!

Someone else thinks they are 4 1/4 as well

2012-01-11T17:55:00.000-08:00

Not this guy, he knows it!

But this guy REALLY thinks he's the same age as Aston. Hilarious

On your marks!

2012-01-11T17:54:00.000-08:00

Get set
GO

Baby Batman

2011-12-28T18:35:00.000-08:00

Slightly less exciting damp proof course

2011-12-28T18:28:00.000-08:00

More activities from the week

2011-12-28T18:26:00.000-08:00

Xmas arrives

2011-12-28T18:24:00.000-08:00

THe leadup to Xmas

2011-12-28T18:20:00.000-08:00

Aston and I decorated a Ginger Bread House

Aston played in the drizzle with his Xmas present from Zac and Zoe

The boys both loved the Advent Calendar though Aston was the only one to get a treat each day.

Jobs around the house and stuff to do

2011-12-19T14:20:00.000-08:00

Aston helping with the painting
Rob and Harper taking a break
Peekaboo

I bumped my head
The world is better in blue

Sticker madness
Best in show

Safety goggles

More from the week

2011-12-02T13:13:00.000-08:00

Guess who's 1

2011-12-02T12:56:00.000-08:00

Various

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Aston showing off his skills

The view from our garage at the moment

Fun with sunglasses

2011-12-02T12:52:00.000-08:00

Harper and Rob trying to work out which ghost is which

Someone has been playing with Postit Notes

2011-12-02T12:51:00.000-08:00

This weekend

2011-11-13T00:35:00.000-08:00

New, bigger backpack from Nana!

Post it note madness

Balloons balloons balloons
Tong hands

Transforms

The Phantom cartoon

And trucks, That doesn't include grocery shopping, three parks and some DIY, no wonder we are exhausted.

Various

2011-11-13T00:30:00.000-08:00

Presenting ... the boy who transforms from a box to a (wait for it ...) boy!

Bring on mango season

2011-11-13T00:27:00.000-08:00

We're going to the beach!

2011-11-13T00:26:00.001-08:00

Bronte last weekend, heaving surf and FULL of blue bottles. Nice picture of the boys
A couple of the earlier attempts

And now the fun begins

2011-11-03T03:05:00.000-07:00

Someone can crawl into the kitchen area and pull themselves up on the cupboards while I'm trying to make, breakfast/lunch/dinner

Melbourne Cup hat games

2011-11-03T03:03:00.000-07:00

Stripes and Spots

2011-11-03T03:00:00.000-07:00

Our Aston

2011-11-03T02:58:00.000-07:00

Aston has been a big help this week, displaying more maturity here helping me bath Harper when Rob was home a little late one night.

And I can't tell you how much Harper LOVES him, giggling hilarously whenever he thinks Aston is noticing him.

Aston also had a few firsts this week, his first ever Trick or Treat. Our street and the three next to us were very well organised and Aston joined a group of about 20 kids trick or treating. He literally couldn't believe that he got a treat at each doorstep, I don't think the process had sunk in from our explanations in the same way that collecting loads of candy did. He was almost beside himself, but to his credit when Rob came home was so preoccupied with showing Rob his treats that he didn't notice the other 19 kids heading to the next street. Bless, he though it was over, enjoyed handing out some treats to kids at our front door and then participated in a willing agreement to choose and keep 6 treats that he could have one a day, the other 15 odd treats were re-donated to kids at the door. He also had his first ever Melbourne Cup and in a cashless sweep with Zac and Zoe picked the 1st and 3rd placed horse and was able to watch his horse come first because he was watching the yellow jersey with blue stars from his picture that we gave of the horses he had selected. He's been a good boy of late, we've noticed many improvements, though we still regress quite a lot, possibly there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Cleaner and warmer

2011-11-03T02:51:00.000-07:00

Sitting down!
Look at my ENORMOUS head!

Food, glorious food!

2011-11-03T02:49:00.000-07:00

Recent Activities

2011-10-14T02:28:00.000-07:00

I can't tell you how much Harper LOVES Aston!
Doesn't matter how much he's been squashed, trodden on, hit, kicked, swiped, or squeezed, he absolutely LOVES Aston and follows him with his eyes EVERYWHERE.
He squeals with delight whenever Aston pays him the smallest bit of attention and loves a wild ride in the walker or at the park when Aston is at the other end of the activity.
He LOVES chasing after Aston in the walker and can move pretty fast now so its harder for Aston to get a head start.
He has a new bathseat
Is pretty keen to participate in whatever bucket head, lego, superhero game is going on

Also loves his Mon/Tues with his mom ... soon to be seriously reduced in hours, sniff sniff!

Has a new bathseat and loves it, meaning we now bath the boys separately as it is altogether easier to manage Aston at the end of the day when he is getting 1 on 1 attention.
And in big news, huge news, amazing news, given how little time the poor guy has been put on the floor, can now crawl, proper, serious, hands and knees crawl. Of course his preference is to still pull himself up to standing and try his best to join in the activities but he can crawl.

And is so proud of himself!

There is really no need to look at camera or ponder who won the bike race when we both get a biscuit at the end of the race.

Our Life in photo's

2011-09-24T23:58:00.000-07:00

Wishing he was the real Spiderman
Double trouble
Probably cranky because I haven't given him a biscuit
Looking cute

Another quite Mon or Tues with Mom

Shooting my web
Yep I can walk forwards now and love openign the oven door

Yep I fit in too
Going Ginger
Trying to talk

Brothers

Another Spidey day
Trying really hard to talk

Our life in photo's

2011-09-24T23:55:00.000-07:00

A new place to sit
Enjoying the balloons left over from Aston's party
Having fun on Monday's with Mom

The adventures of Spiderman

Having fun on Tuesday's with Mom

Eating every last bit of fluff of the mat if left alone
Getting a cuddle

Getting a squeeze

Getting used to wearing hats

Bad hair day

2011-09-18T01:02:00.000-07:00

on his bday of all days!

Had to choose pics without faces of other kids as public blog, activities on the day included, paint a canvas, make a fruit face,pin the tail on the donkey,and a pinata! Aston was very well behaved and so excited tohave his friends at his party. His friends included Zac and Zoe, Molly and Flynn, Gracie and Tabby, Avivi, Kobi, Sam and his sister Sophie.

Someone turned 4 this week

2011-09-18T00:56:00.000-07:00

Harper is in da house!

2011-09-08T02:27:00.000-07:00

Rejoice in the miracle of food!

2011-09-08T02:26:00.000-07:00

Finally we are starting to get it!

Its been a long hard road
Completely unlike his brother

But now we are there

And we love it

A life of crime?

2011-09-08T02:24:00.000-07:00

Or an amazing imagination!

Fun in a box

2011-09-08T02:22:00.000-07:00

Everything Aston does, Harper is desperate to try!

One box each worked best in the end

Happy Bday English Nanna

2011-08-22T03:41:00.000-07:00

Note: Aston if you are looking at this when you are older and wondering why you don't feature more heavily in the photo selection, well it's because you NEVER SIT STILL FOR MORE THAN ONE SECOND and taking photo's of you at the moment is a LITTLE challenging

Welcome to my life, photo's by Aston

2011-08-22T03:35:00.000-07:00

Ewok, hmm Harper since we returned

2011-07-31T02:36:00.000-07:00

Loving up on Paddington Bear!

Loving up on food, NOT!

Loving up on his toys, definately!

Aston since we returned to Sydney

2011-07-31T02:32:00.000-07:00

Being Cheeky

In his new big boy chair for meals!, Ahm we need the Highchair for someone else now!
In his big boy bed around the right way with UK bed rail and built in cubby house!

2011-06-09T03:10:00.000-07:00

Dad's goggles
Aston's Goggles

Rob's B'day dinner which lasted about 34 mins and we ended up taking it mostly as Take-Away because Aston clearly needs to spend more time eating in restaurants to learn his table manners
Hi
Double hi
Me again

Various

2011-06-09T03:05:00.000-07:00

first attemps at food, not so keen

Rob's Birthday dinner

Sittin up on the lounge

Love a good bath!

2011-06-09T03:03:00.000-07:00

I can fly

2011-06-09T03:01:00.000-07:00

Buzz Lightyear style of course, 'engage anti-gravity'

This is what you call cheating!

2011-05-29T02:48:00.000-07:00

No new photo's but I had a load printed this week and here are a few of my favourites form the past few weeks!

I had this one above blown up and it looks great!

Line up for the daily Squeeze

Aston is sick and shouldn't be touching Harper here but it's very hard to keep them apart

A different look for Aston, think this is swimming hair

I also had this one blown up and it really captures both their features in detail
I love that Aston's holding Harper's hand here

too hard to choose ....

2011-05-13T14:52:00.000-07:00

This one's for Brian and Brenda!
oh and this one
And this
And especially this!

Making dinner

So i posted them all

Sometimes we sit here too.

2011-05-13T14:47:00.000-07:00

Hmm I can now upload more than four pics at a time, cool

looking gorgeous

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thanks to Kerry and Ray for such a beautiful coat

Aston has been desperate to climb this tree like all the school kids and with Rob home on the weekends we can lift him into it

CLose ups

2011-05-13T14:39:00.000-07:00

Three new things! Well four actually!

2011-05-13T14:36:00.000-07:00

1. Starting to enjoy a little teething rusks
2. Have not 1 but 2 new teeth on the bottom

3. Aston fits the bumbo better as a 3.5yr old than he did as a 6 month old

4. Harper can also sit in the bumbo now for short periods and doesn't need to be squashed into it either, though it's still a snug fit!

More cuddles for Harper!

2011-05-13T14:34:00.000-07:00

A few from today

2011-05-01T03:00:00.000-07:00

And a final wave goodbye for the night!

Randoms

2011-05-01T02:58:00.000-07:00

Yah baby, za vodka is in ze back pocket! How nordic does he look here!

Did I blog this already? Too cute

2011-05-01T02:54:00.000-07:00

Random uploads and more Aston photography with THAT hat

2011-05-01T02:53:00.000-07:00

Photos for Maxine

2011-05-01T02:47:00.000-07:00

Max thought you'd be thrilled to know this hat will be making a re-appearance this winter. ha!

Enjoying a bath

2011-05-01T02:45:00.000-07:00

Aston the photographic genius!

2011-05-01T02:37:00.000-07:00

Excuse the HUGE nose, hmm Mine not Harper's!

Yeh, blog is working again, often happens when I ignore it for a while.

Goldilocks and his babe!

2011-05-01T02:35:00.000-07:00

2011-04-09T21:56:00.001-07:00

Blogger is not currently working in Picasa so it's very annoying as loading photo's the old way is very painful but we are working on it.

Teppanaki baby!

2011-04-02T01:09:00.000-07:00

Some photos from the very early dinner that we had to celebrate my 40th, thought Aston would love or hate the Teppanyaki and he LOVED it!

Some good loving before aston got sick

2011-03-19T14:38:00.000-07:00

Lets get physical

2011-03-19T14:37:00.000-07:00

Note these photo's taken before the 2 hourly feeding frenzies commenced and we PORKED up again!

2011-03-19T14:35:00.000-07:00

Pretty sick but not at our worst in this photo

2011-03-19T14:33:00.000-07:00

Hanging out!

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THe life of a 3 month old!

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Aston's eyebrow split by garlic crusher

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How u might ask and it is a good question

Aston's building goggles

2011-03-19T14:25:00.000-07:00

Hanging out on the mat! With the roo!

2011-03-19T14:23:00.000-07:00

Second child, first runny nose!

2011-02-12T01:04:00.000-08:00

Finally the second child gets a look in!

2011-02-12T01:03:00.000-08:00

Brenda's Camera - Part 3

2011-02-12T01:00:00.000-08:00

Indoor slide fun above, Aquarium again below, then the Carousel ride at Darling Harbour which he thought was friggin excellent fun!

Brenda's camera - Part 2

2011-02-12T00:58:00.000-08:00

Sydney Aquarium below, with lego exhibition, Aston told Brenda it was absolutely awesome when we left.

Spot Harper in above pic!

Brenda's camera - part 1

2011-02-12T00:57:00.000-08:00

Soccer training - look out Beckham! We can bend it here too!

In the bath and an ice cream treat at Manly Spit bridge, which opens

Too Cute! Got to keep the sun off the face in Australia!

2011-01-29T02:38:00.000-08:00

2011-01-29T02:37:00.000-08:00

A few more of the poor kid being squashed!

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Hi there

2011-01-29T02:34:00.000-08:00

When does the sumo wrestling start?

Hi there. Aston has taken to calling him Harpie but he cant' say the 'H' sound so it comes out like Hi there RP - driving me mad!

Nice!

Aston's face is hilarious in this pic! RP is like when is my next feed sorry?

Trying it out for size!

2011-01-29T02:31:00.001-08:00

Here's what we do to Aston when he's naughty now!

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The Various faces of Harper!

2011-01-29T02:30:00.000-08:00

Just had a feed!

WHo do I look like?

2011-01-29T02:27:00.000-08:00

Aston!

Aston!

A clown!

Aston's FIrst day of Preschool

2011-01-29T02:25:00.000-08:00

On Monday just gone Aston had his first day of Pre-School, here he is posing with his bag, shoes and new drink bottle. When I gave him a hug on this morning and said he should stay my baby forever he told me, I am really tall now and look I'll show you, I'm tall enough for school. So I went with that and he had a great day, no tears and no accidents.

Australia Day!

2011-01-29T02:22:00.000-08:00

I've explained to Aston when his English Pop and Dad ask him who he will be playing for, he needs to say AUSTRALIA!

A final selection for the week

2011-01-15T23:36:00.000-08:00

a sleeping angel

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for a long seriesof 10 min cat naps all day -in the end we stuck him here so he could dose while watch what was going on, too humid to sleep

fun with a box!

2011-01-15T23:22:00.000-08:00

look at me!

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look at us!

Look at me!

2011-01-15T23:13:00.000-08:00

You'll never Guess?

2011-01-15T23:12:00.000-08:00

What's going on in this backyard today!

Some running, some digging up of some carrots which we planted sometime ago

And look how many we grew!

Lots of funny shapes, non edible of course due to the amount of concrete, broken tile etc that is in the flower bed after the renovations

hugs for Harper

2011-01-15T23:07:00.000-08:00

Brothers cont ...

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2011-01-01T13:50:00.000-08:00

Brothers

2011-01-01T13:48:00.000-08:00

Finally at 5.5 weeks Aston has shown more than a passing 'Hello baby Arper' interest to stop and have a chat which meant i could snap this set of photo's. He has Bob the Builder backpack on as we were about to head out to pool.

the great weekly hair wash

2011-01-01T13:41:00.000-08:00

photos are self explanitary for sure

Harper - 5 weeks cont ...

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Harper - 5 weeks

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