pregnancy series/19 weeks

many thanks to my darling husband for taking these photos - he's not bad is he?

i'm being a bit of a dag on these black and white ones but i am enjoying it - you can't half tell :)

xx

pregnancy series/18 weeks

we said we would - and now we are!

that pretty much sums up the last six months (or more!) of our family's life.
lots of long chats about which state we'd rather live in.
lots of procrastination.
MORE procrastination.
and then a decision (HOORAY).

and then all that follows a decision to move states.
organising...quotes...phonecalls...packing...de-cluttering...shipping the child off to baby-sitters...more packing...throwing lots away...late nights...early mornings...socialising...having fun (oops i don't think that one belongs here).

but here we are - we've made it! with the packing all done (if not, its too late now!) and ben in the car with little mate, revving to go, there's nothing more to do.

what a feeling! so excited and nervously thrilled about what's to come, yet a little sad and sentimental about what we'll be leaving behind.

dear little tassie - we will miss you. and all that you've brought us over the last five years. its been a full and happy time; we've made some incredible memories that we can't forget.

for me, tassie is where it all began - my life with my darling husband, and our life as a little family with our boy. tassie - you have brought us SO much, so thank-you. thank-you for just being you - i have really learned to love this place - seasons and all!

to our dear friends and family in tassie - thank-you all so much for the blessing you are (and will continue to be) in our lives. will miss you a lot - so there'll be plenty of visits i'm sure :)

now, as we pack up the life that we know and head west, my heart breaks for what we'll be leaving behind.
but every part of me is excited to start a new one, filled with the promise of family, friendships and more good times.

xxx

into your window

on my most recent trip to the west on one of the many mornings that aimee and i were dilly-dallying around i came up with the idea to do to her what she does to so many people she knows – make her room in its entirety the subject of a blog post.

in the past aimee has blogged the rooms or houses of some of her friends, my friends and her sister chantelle’s. i’m sure at this very moment she is conspiring ways to bring her next “into my window” to life.

but for now its time aimee and her room were subject to a creative and descriptive post of their own… enjoy xx

"i think what makes my room especially mine is all the little things that i've put together to create a space that hopefully reflects a little of who i am. if all the things in my room are separate, they're just peices of art or gifts or bits of junk that i've collected over time. if you look at them as part of a whole however, they're like little bits of a puzzle that come together to make the whole. My room is a bit of an amalgamation of everything that i like and am interested in. I guess in that way, all the little things that I put in my room and the way it is set up make it my little space. My photoboard has lots of memories on it from my "lomo" days and represents my love of photography. i like reading and books, and i'm studying literature, so the recent addition of the bookshelf has added to the "nerdy" side of the room. i've got a few photo books hanging around that are a bit inspiring, like the lonely planet "one people" book. i love my cooking books too (mainly because i'd love to be a food photographer!!). "apples for jam" by tessa kiros has some great recipes and stories and my frankie baking book is also delightful - i love all the photography in it! i've made the yoyo biscuits and took a picture of them, a bit like the one on the front cover! i also love tea! my collection of loose leaf teas is slowly building! the latest edition is "mango tea" from broome, which is yummy! if you walked into my room you'd see that i like birds and branches, the colour white, patterns, little flowers, cutesy pictures, 50mm bokeh, cole clark guitars, pretty guitars, music, fresh flowers in glass vases, all things tea, twine, frankie magazine, photos, etsy and probably brown paper bags."


when i asked aimee if there was anything in her room she felt she couldn't live without she replied "i couldn't do without my bible, that's for sure :) and although its technically not a part of my room, i couldn't do without my guitar either. i got it as a birthday present and i think its something that i'll keep forever - its a little bit beautiful :) cupboards are probably an important part of my room as well - they hide my hoardes of junk away! i have things in my cupboards that i've kept since preschool - i think its time for a springclean!"

"i can't put a geographical location on my most favourite part..but...i think the thing that i like most in my at the moment would be my bookshelf, because i can put so many things on it and recreate it's displays in so many ways that i don't think i'll ever get bored. my room looks the best in the late afternoon when the sun is starting to go down. the light reflects off the white bedspread and all the little dust particles float around in the dappled sunlight. it's rather poetic :)"



"i've been in this room for a while now, and a lot of things have changed from when i was a kid to how i am now as a much older and wiser adult (chortle). i've painted the walls a different colour, got a new bedspread, adopted a new bed frame, shifted the furniture multiple times, covered my walls with posters, taken them all off again, made a photoboard, cleaned my drawers only for them to get messy again, re-organised my wardrobe, assembled a bookshelf....my room is ever evolving! a lot of the stuff i have retained from childhood is in my cupboards. i used to write a journal nearly every day - they date back to 1998 when i was in grade 4 - kind of cute reading back over them and seeing what i thought as a kid, and then a teenager. the journals are the one thing i think i'll keep so my grandchildren (?) can read them and see how much of a dork i was. i've got heeps of letters from friends that i've kept as well that i think i'll always keep. i guess its all a bit sentimental. then there is other stuff i've kept like old jewelry and barbie dolls and slinkies that i should really throw out but i guess the nephews and neices can play with now. the other day one of the kids was playing with one of those slinky's that i had since year 2. wasn't long before it was broken and i was feeling a little cut :) i also went through a phase where i wanted to learn the panflute - i did it for a little while but i got over it as you do...i still have the panflute and maybe it'll come in handy one day - maybe it will feature on our debut album haha!

the story of "doggie" : i've had that teddy bear since i was five. i got it as a birthday present from one of my brothers i think. i remember waking up on my birthday and my brother came in my room wearing this really scary mask - i had a little cry because i was a bit scared and then he took the mask off and gave me the teddy bear which was promptly named "doggie". his neck has since been opened and stitched back up again, he's had eye surgery before i think, his entrails are slowly leaking through the seams and he is missing one ear. but he still sits on the end of my bed with my grumpy white teddy bear. teddy bears are one of those things that people seem to keep because they got them when they were born or they have a story attached to them..so i think i'll keep this one for a little while yet!"


"music is a big part of my room too..my guitar isn't always in my room, as its one of those travelling instruments, but i love to just sit on my bed and sing a tune. i think i've probably even made some songs in that room just by looking at the things around me.

my room doesn't really have a set theme, but then again, neither does my life. in that way, my room really reflects who i am :)"