All about C&C

I am back

2009-07-02T22:28:00.000-07:00

Ok its been sooooooooooooo long but so much has happened and some of it sad, some of it just darn time consuming and others of it just doing my head in literally!

First off I just didn't know where to start after we lost the big G in Nov. He truely was a blessing in all our lives and one that will be missed greatly and fondly remembered. I guess I was just truely blessed to have him in my life and my kids got the bestest grandad in the world.

Any how everyone is doing well and gearing up now for the cold weather as winter is hitting us here down south nicely now.

We had our first snow just before cam's birthday in June. Cam loved it, and I wish we had more so he could have made a proper huge snowman and Charli ....well she couldn't wait to come inside after ten mins coz her hands were frozen LOL.

Ok I will come back later when I have some more time but here are some pictures of the last six months that I can find right now on computer.

Big news

2008-09-13T04:07:00.000-07:00

Cam had his soccer break up today and he got "most improved player" for the season....woohoo he so deserved it. Its like this year he just clicked ith soccer and amazed us every game with his skills and love for the game and his team. Rock on Cam! Willget some pictures of him with his first ever award to keep. He is still getting his head around the fact that he gets to keep it forever LOL...too cute.
Matt doing charlis hair lol
Charlis first time at pool

Charli trying to put her sock on LOL

August has gone...where did that time go?

2008-09-05T19:55:00.000-07:00

Where did august go? I think I blinked and missed it totally.
Anyway the computer is crying out to be decluttered so best post some more pictures before I off load them to disk.
Cam had a mini world cup for soccer..For this they had three 10 miin games. His team won 2 draw 1 so fab outcome. His team has done so well over the season only loosing one game due to most of us parents thinking the game was canceled as it was raining that morning. Try tell Cam his has lost a game is like getting him to eat veges all day LOL. So on their last game they were already talking about playing next year. They had 2 young boysMicheal and Matthew(well they are probably 19 LOL) coaching them again this year and the whole team just loves them to pieces! And yah they are planning on coaching them again next season but one(Micheal) is going to Brazil for most of the season to further his own soccer career. Amazing boys anyway!

Charli and my walk to the beach..we decided to go for a walk before picking up Cam from school due to little miss only sleeping an hour at lunch time. Charlotte lovedthe walk, esp since she was wearing her new dora sandles LOL....abit big but a girl kows what she wants. Oh and she loves her taggy blanket at the mo too so that had to come with us as well

Cams sleep over....Cam had his first ever sleep over last weekend at his friends Oliver's house. WE dropped him off a 12 on sat and he was there til sun nearly 4 oclock. I felt like a very neglectful mother not having my son all weekend. Anyway he was fab and I didn't even get my night phone call like I thought I might. He went on this kids 4 wheeled motor bike on the sat..wicked aye! And then the next day they did all sorts inclucing pool and hydro slide. Cam came back buggared! He lost the plot about 30mins after returning home! Try telling him he was tired but that didn't go down well. Anyway after another 30mins he found some sense and just chilled out abit. Over all a very successful first sleepover.

Mean mummy moment LOL... Ok so charli's hair always looks like a mess so we just helped her along by adding som props LOL...she loved it.

Charli at rainbow coffee group ....having alittle moment..she was coming over to me to have a wee sulk so I got the camera out and shot her movements ...mean mummy!

Another....yes another

2008-08-15T16:17:00.000-07:00

The 13th of Aug was an early start for Matt and I as we headed to Mercy Hospital for Charlotte's grommet op. She was blissfully unaware of anything odd and thought the idea of going for an early morning drive was just dandy. Though she woke up earlier than normal (5.45) she only asked Dad for toast once and was happy with the "not yet" answer.Totally will give Mercy hospital the top rating for children's service and care. They all were amazing. Charli fell in love with a ride on car as soon as we got put thru to the waiting ward. She was first on the list so Matt got the lucky job(again)of holding the child while getting gassed out. I so wish I had taken the camera not only to get pictures of Charlotte looking so cute in the kiddies op gown but of Matt looking super sexy in the theatre scrubs LOL......nice! But All went really well as they only gassed her so not GA needed as she was only out for 15mins. When called thru she was the one screaming with a lovely nurse comforting her. I took over and she continued to scream for a go 20mins. Matt and my arms were tired after. We got to head home by 9.30 so very pleased to have that out of the way and have seen a happier girl since....such a great outcome!

Got some pictures of Charlotte at home not long after. She got given a "Maddie the mercy bear" to bring with her...so cute.

Just like time repeating itself here. I so have very similar pictures of Cam doing the same thing. Well actually I think Cam got his whole head in the bowl but Charlotte was close I tell ya. LOL you think I would worry about what was floating in the bowl of the dog (Tyson's) water but no I run inside to get the camera haahahaha.

ok ok I know another post so quick

2008-08-11T02:25:00.000-07:00

I know its not like me to post so close together but I am just sorting out the mess in my photo files and what do you know ....I have heaps and heaps to share ! Plus it was a not too bad day here on Sunday so finally got to take our poor house bound kids out to the park. So had to take Camera too.

This is a must share picture...OMG can you see the look on Charlotte's face...this is not her going mad, crazy or having a devil moment...no its her trying to push my flash down on my camera when it automatically pops up. I tell ya, its hard getting a picture of her when she thinks so gotta do that!

And the famous hand action shot from Cameron...he is sooooo cool!

At the park on sunday.for some reason Cameron is trying to bolt from the camera at the moment...so I quickly told him he couldn't moan if I do not Scrap pages of him if he won't let me get some nice pictures LOL..I managed a few sneaky ones though.

And this is Charlotte's new past time activity! Wrestling her brother too the ground, half suffocating him and not moving off him LOL...he loves it until he finds it hard to breathe.

Cute family one LOL..minus the person holding camera as normal

just to tell ya

2008-08-09T19:34:00.000-07:00

LOL I have another blog thru wordpress that will hold all my scrapbooking info,ideas, and woes of learning the art, oh and plus my completed layouts too
enjoy it if your interested and add a comment so I know who has been nosey hahaha
http://lynne1.wordpress.com/
enjoy!

Wow where has time gone!

2008-08-09T17:15:00.000-07:00

Ok its time for this slack mum to blog some new pictures to keep all the lovelies happy! LOL

Have just had 3 way interviews at Cam' s school last week and he is doing fab. Jumping leaps and bounds in learning in all aspects. Got told he is doing really really well in maths ....gee don't think he got that of me and Matt said not him either. So overall w are so happy with how his first half of this year is going.
Charli is loving rainbow preschool..well when she can get there. She has had heaps of issues with her ears and on WEd this week (13th Aug) she is getting grommets put in so hopefully she can get back to her cheeky self with out ear pain.

Cams 6th birthday..yes my baby is 6 OMG..
6 years ago on 19th June my teeny tiny boy looked like this..can ya believe or even remember?

And now looks like this...wow not so prem looking now LOL but not sure he ever did look to prem!

For his birthday this year Cam invited 5 friends and Matt (with the help of Aunyt Katie and Aunty Carol, plus another parent) headed to Moana Pool for hydro slide and pool fun. They had a blast and I think the adults were way more tired. I headed up to take Pictures then Shot back home to prepare the food. Cam wanted Pizza so Pizza and other food it was. They had a ball .
Charli had a fun day too as Gran & Grandad (Linda & Graeme) took her out for the afternoon. So was totally unaware of what 6 years olds get up to at the pool LOL. But it was so much easier to do the things we needed to do without a certain little miss begging for more attention. She said she had a fab time and I am sure she didn't wanna come back from the Grandparents. Bet they were tired though LOL.

Cute kiddies shots

rugby shots

Little super girl...yes they are Cam's underwear and he now will not wear these ones hahaha

Butterfly house with the whole family

Where has my boy gone

2008-05-23T18:08:00.001-07:00

LOL Cam had a "as scary as you dare" party to go to today. We couldn't find anything to fit or that he liked so I made this up for him.
Boy its hard face painting a wriggly excited boy in detail.
Before....sweet innocent boy
After .....arhhhh are you scared??? Even the boy who's party it was didn't recognise Cam...nor the parents of the other kids arriving at party LOL

And because I knew Charlotte would want to start dressing up if her bro was I picked this little fairy up at the $2 shop LOL
She ended up getting annoyed because she could not touch the "butterfly" and wanted to...lol she was going around in cirlces like a dog trying to catch its tail

My big girl

2008-05-10T18:24:00.000-07:00

My wee baby is growing up....where is that baby???
Charli has some new and exciting things happening all so quickly.
She is trying hard to jump(with feet actually leaving the ground), she starts Rainbow Preschool on Wed , doing 2 hours twice a week to start with. Ohhh I so remember Cam starting at this age too and it was sooooo nice to shop without a child but then realizing this is the start of the whole letting go and growing up stage too! Lucky she is "Miss Independent, to stroppy for own good" kinda girl.

Charlotte has one very special friend (Dallas) who just happen to have an easel sitting in her garage. And when I mentioned looking for one she dropped it down for Charlotte to use. So rushed out and got some paint pots, paint and chalk. Charli loves it so much she doesn't even want to get dressed first before the paint has to come out.
Also she has wanted to sit on the toilet when we are i the shower or just in the bathroom, so we went off and brought her a little seat to help her out. Guess that potty I brought years ago for Cam will never be used. (LOL they are alike in one way).
Charli playing at a friends house the other day. Casey and her have a special wee friendship.....well depending on their moods on the day. They are definitely going to be trouble together when they are teenagers....well if they can last that long being cute!

2008-05-03T02:59:00.000-07:00

OMG has it turned cold!!! BBBRRRRRRRRRRR Yesterday (Friday) was full on hail storms ....It hit here about 3 o'clock and this is the outcome after under 5 mins of hail...just crazy I tell ya. Poor Charli wanted to come out but I was worried it would suddenly pour down again and hurt her hehe

Went to a special friends (Lucas's) 5th party today, both kids had a ball! I got roped into spraying the kids hair with full on bright colours but they so loved it. I did charli's piggie tails in a red LOL and she wanted more too but thought not at this age with too much colour LOL. Charli didn't last the whole time at party so Matt got to leave the rat race to the quietness of home with Charli , while I had to let mad sugared up children chase me ...all was fun and tiring too. Here are the shoots of today, hot off the press.

Charli...yes another bath shot but isn't she the cutest!!!!!

Cam and I went to the butterflies at the museum (the third time for cam) but wow it was amazing and hot!!!
here is one that cam got to hold and how beautiful they are up close.

all blacks in making

2008-05-03T02:36:00.001-07:00

marching song

2008-05-03T02:35:00.001-07:00

where does the time go?

2008-04-06T02:03:00.000-07:00

Right we are so over due to update with pictures....all I seem to do is post pictures with no detail as I am so behind.
Cam is back into loving school and having all his mates back to play with too. He is in a new class this year with all new children too. Was hard for him to start with but we know cam, it never takes him long to have a room of mates again.
Soccer started again this weekend and Cam's team seem to be very talented and work well together. He got 2 goals which he was very proud of. He said to us after "wow I only got 2 goals the whole of last year, and I already got 2 now on the first game". I think he was proud of himself too. So proud he had to ring up Gran (linda) and tell her the exciting news.
He is already planning his birthday even though it is months away still....just something else for a nearly 6 year old to get excited about heheeh

Charlotte...well well what hasn't she been up too. She is walking, running and really just about to jump off everything too. Such a totally different child to Cam. Like you can't trust her with a pen...she will draw on anything but paper. She will never cry when you put her back in her bed for the 50th time, just smiles and waits til your gone and tries it again! And cheeky!!!! Boy she got it all worked out. Talking talking talking too. Has alot of words and putting them together in 2-3 word sentences. Also last week she started this whole funny language,where she talks non stop but we can't understand most of it. So give her another week and she will probably be meeting with the university to gain entry LOL.

Charli walking tonight!

2008-01-24T00:02:00.001-08:00

2008-01-19T00:42:00.000-08:00

No time for long stories etc etc..
I have been so slack and hardly put anything on here lately...
So this is for Keeley and Alma that have probably been thinking "are they still living".
Its all random pictures but you get the drift!

Cam on spider web at Mosgiel park

Charli in sandpit with water up to her butt!

Charli just awake from Xmas sleep at Linda's

Cameron shilling out in Wanaka

Cam and Kayla...one of his longtime buddies

Matt and Charlotte

One for Charli one for dolly

Linda and Charlotte checking out the fish

Charli's first hairup

Charli at the beach

Cam and charli -arh sharing the love

Matt on Mount Iron-Cam took this picture

Our wee family on xmas day at the Elliott's

Charli girl time!

2007-12-01T01:30:00.001-08:00

Well Charli has been busy busy busy...just learning all she needs to get along in life. Well it helps having 3 non paid workers to help reach all her life demands....mum,dad and Cam are busy people!!
As you can probably tell by most of the pictures we get of her now she is one cheeky monkey and truly a hard case wee girl! We are so lucky that even as strong willed as she can be that she is such a happy, smiley girl. We are still having some food/reflux issues and hopefully the appointment with her pead this week will get her some blood tests to help us figure out what really is going on. They like the kids to be one before really testing...so I have asked matt if he would do that little job as I can't do it....mmmmm would make me cry I think.
Anyway charli is still into the bum shuffling but will crawl if she desires, loves to scream around the house with Cam and gets into anything she can reach. Finally my cell phone is off limits as I have been thru 3 in the last year.

What is she doing????

Her own room finally.

Her lastest friends.......toy ones that is!

Hangin with her friend.

Reading is hard work!!!

Ricies are my friends too.

My I didn't do it face....

Too cute to handle!

Poor Barbie

2007-12-01T01:29:00.001-08:00

Cam in pool....doing rolls

2007-12-01T01:27:00.001-08:00

Cam the man!!!

2007-12-01T01:05:00.000-08:00

Well Cam has been a busy school boy over the last few months and really enjoying it too. His reading is blowing us away really considering he couldn't really read before he started school and now he in the top level in his class and teaching the lower level how to read a little too(they buddy them up).

Cam swimming- Cam and I went out to the Mosgiel swimming pool with some of his buddies.....It was great and Cam just loved the slide!

dressing up as a pirate for school last week..was book week!

TeeBall time

first injury

mucking around

high five ..end of game

This week coming we have Cam's school's big xmas assembly. Should be some fun and hopefully am close enough to get a good shot of him singing his heart out....not sure what they are dressing up as yet as we all had to supply the costume...a tee towel...ummm interesting!

Talking - baby

2007-11-11T00:20:00.001-08:00

Talking- Hi wots that!

2007-11-11T00:19:00.001-08:00

sandpit fun1

2007-11-11T00:17:00.001-08:00

shh don't tell Cam..Aeroplane misfortune!

2007-11-11T00:16:00.001-08:00

bike fall1

2007-11-11T00:14:00.001-08:00

MORE......again

2007-10-17T00:26:00.001-07:00

I AM ONE YEAR'S OLD!!!

2007-10-16T23:45:00.000-07:00

CAN YOU FIND ME????

Well the big day has been...can you believe it? Our baby girl is one! Ok so sleepless nights still happen and life with 2 kiddies has had it definite challenges but one year down and we wouldn't have had it any other way!!

Charli at day 1 of her life.......

Day 4....................

4 months old..........

7 months old........

10 months old.........

To now one year on.......

awwww haven't I grown......I know ! I am soooo cute!

Bath bath bath

2007-09-30T02:16:00.000-07:00

MONKEY BOY

2007-09-30T01:57:00.000-07:00

STUFF

2007-09-30T01:15:00.001-07:00

LOL ...just random stuff I wanna show off!

Charli on a swing for the first time at a friends house...she loved it.

I love taking pictures of the kids in the bath....if you can't tell already.Thought these two were cute with their funny little looks.

Cam trying to half dress up after Matt had showed us what he was going to wear at a works party while he was in Chch not long ago...Matt was dressed up in the beige as ..yip you guessed it...a cricket player...

Oh and just to show you Charlotte did inherit that funny gene too...our little window cleaner hahaha....makes me crack up everytime I see this so had to share it!

First week of school holidays

2007-09-30T00:43:00.000-07:00

Well I honestly thought I would have put myself in a cupboard and locked the door to hide away for awhile as Cam is just so full of energy that I wasn't sure how we would survive.
But our first week has gone really smoothly.

On the Monday, Aunty Judith decided to be brave and take Cam and my niece ice skating...It was Cam's first ever go and he did really well. He managed to get a hang of things fast and by the end of their 2 hour session he was hanging out in the middle of the rink. Sorry the pictures were taken on a cell phone so not the best quality.
On the Tuesday it wasn't that great weather wise so he got stuck into some crafty things we had brought at spot light. Now the play room has some lovely window art stuck to them....rockets, aliens etc. Cam was very proud of how they turned out.
Wed- Linda and Graeme (gran and grandad) took him out for most of the day. They spent some time at the mueseum and a spot of shopping, plus back to their house to raid their weetbix box for the cards he is collecting.

Thursday we had coffee group at our house and that included kids aged from 5 months to 9 years old....busy but fun time. Then that arvo we went up to Rosslyn and Pat's (nana and grandad's) house to play some more with Gilly.

Friday- One of Cam's old preschool buddies came to pick him up and they spent the day on his farm. Cam loved this as he got to go on a huge walk. Apparently was alittle grossed out to start with as they have sheep poo on their lawn hehe it is a big farm and lawn. Niko and Cam caught some fresh water lobsters and just mucked around like boys do. Cam home after 3.30 with a few stratches and still some energy. Wow why do boys never get tired?

So this week we have a few play dates arranged so far and will take the rest as it comes..something normally happens to keep everyone busy.

Here is Cam showing off his skills on the bars at his school

OUR GIRLY GIRL

2007-09-30T00:32:00.000-07:00

Thought it was time we put Charlotte in something girly like hehe so that was another good reason to go shopping again!
Here are acouple of shots that I tired to get while she was on the move.

Ok so the skirt looks alittle big hehe but we are getting there.

Taking off now, thinks Charlotte's had enough of the camera!

And way to look lady like heheh..yip her finger is up her nose LOL

Fathers Dad pictures

2007-09-10T00:36:00.000-07:00

Miss cheeky

Cameron showing off his awards from school...one is a classroom award and the other is a principles award given to him in assembly. He was very proud and so he should be.

Here are some pictures Linda(Gran) took on her camera at our house for a Fathers day BBQ....
LOL there are so really good ones but I haven't got them on the computer so might beg them to email me some more hehe.

Puzzle time

2007-09-10T00:32:00.001-07:00

Bum shuffing pro

2007-09-09T03:44:00.001-07:00

random pictures LOL

2007-09-03T04:19:00.000-07:00

Charlotte bath time

Cameron and charli having fun

Soccer boy

Cam at park with his buddy today

Love the look on their faces here lol

Me and Charlotte..cam behind camera

Cameron in highchair LOL

Charlotte in pram at park today

ITs getting late so I just thought I would add random pictures just because I uploaded heaps tonight.....none of this order will make sense and will promise to come back on soon and make sense of whats been going on soon.

Laughter is the best medicine

2007-08-28T18:39:00.001-07:00

More more and more

2007-08-12T00:44:00.000-07:00

Am on a roll at the moment so best get all the pictures up and showed off!!!!

Charlotte at Linda's last weekend.....using the coffee table to watch all the action.

Alma, Cam and Charli having cuddles....

Cam at kick off

Cam's soccer team just after they had finished their game on Saturday. They all huddle around together to find out who got 'player of the day' and 'magical moment'. Last game Cam got the player of the day and it was also his first goal for his soccer career too. They get to take home a wee award and certificate.

When Charlotte wakes from her day sleeps she is so happy and has just started to really get into her own antics in the mirror.
She will wave, grin, talk and even yell in joy! Take her out of the bedroom without letting her look in the mirror will bring you some stern babbles from miss Charli.

And can you believe it, Charlotte is 10months old today...wow well will have a one year old soon. Just don't know where the time has gone really.

Its G's turn!!!

2007-08-12T00:36:00.000-07:00

Well couldn't let Graeme off the hook with this blog and got some real neat pictures with Charlotte the other day....

Love this picture...it was taken at Cameron's 5th birthday!

These pictures are of Charlotte wearing a hat that Graeme picked for Cameron a few years back while they were on holiday! Can't remember the name of them, you will have to ask G..and I am sure he will have a song to go with it. Anyway we found it again and it brought out a few more chuckles.

Well it's obvious that Charlotte will not miss out on a great sense of humour too....LOL how could she when she has laughs going on all around her.

Music fun

2007-08-12T00:21:00.000-07:00

Well which musical instrument do you choose when everyone around you can play something and so well. Cam wants to learn everything (LOL and thinks he can play everything anyway)
Up at Graeme and Linda's last weekend the guitar and piano were in hot demand.

Bruce and Christopher were over from Auzzie so we all got to hear a neat musical piece that Christopher had learnt on the guitar.

I think even Charlotte wanted to get her hands in it too.
Here is Cam on the guitar playing us all a song.

Katie, Cam and Charlotte
all having a turn on the piano....poor Katie did well keeping hold of little wriggly girl and being that close to Cam playing his own tunes hehe.

Food firsts!!!

2007-08-08T18:05:00.000-07:00

Well Charli has had some fun recently with Mum finally letting her try some firsts in the food department. She is not allowed dairy and has reacted to mince, kumara, banana and a few other things so it is hard coming up with something safe and that her 1 and 1/2 teeth will allow her to eat!

So here are a few shots of her first bites of finger food heheh

Charlotte's first biscuit....a ginger gem that mum finally found in the gluten free section of a main supermarket....talk about girls being more expensive.....12 biscuits cost us $5.00 and thats one of the less pricey packets.

First piece of toast with dairy free marg and marmite...we have now realised that marmite does no favours to her wee tum so much to Dad's horror she is going to be a vegemite girl for awhile.

Oh and Charli wants everything her brother has so really kicked up a stink when Cam had an iceblock on day after school. So I though oh well....hehe....She took a few bites and then threw it away. It was way too cold for her as she went "brrr" after. Cam loved it as he got to finish it off for her!

RAIN ANYONE?????

2007-08-08T17:49:00.000-07:00

Well if you don't live in sunny Dunedin you would have heard else where that we did get that awful rain that came from the North (hehehe) and boy did it rain.
It was a dark gloomy morning to start with on 30/7/07 and we managed not to get too wet walking to school. I refuse to get in the car to only park 3 houses away from our own when Cam goes to school. Cam does asked some days though.
Anyway the rain kept coming....rang Matt at work a few times giving him updates on our back lawn! I knew he was thinking "Yeah right its not that bad". Something by the tone of his voice gave it all away!
The updates were something like...."We have a pool in the back yard"....."We now how a lake in the back yard and the sandpit is floating"....."The water is now up to the 1st step of the shed"....."Now the water is in the shed, out the gate and the fish have a bigger pond". Yet still there was a hesitation in Matt's voice about my updates!!! Anyway Matt said to leave it (LOL like I could do much anyway) and he would look into things when he got home.......
Here is what Matt found hehehe

The backyard looking to the shed

The sandpit area

The side path to backyard

The Fishpond and Matt trying to save any fish he could find....he only found 3 but now none seem to be missing

FUN FUN FUN

2007-08-03T22:40:00.001-07:00

Charli has a new photo face....wot do you think??? Heh heh nearly ever second picture we take of her she goes straight to this pose hahaha cheeky I tell ya...

And also she has a few new party tricks aswell....ummmmhow does she do that with her tongue I just don't know!!!

And well maybe it could be in fashion in years to come but some how I don't think a pudding bowl on ya head will really hit the runway ...lets just not tell her yet though.

Oh and thanks to Alma, Charli is getting some very cute comments on the new jersey she is wearing....Now Alma do we tell everyone you made it LOL?????

One of Cams favourite past times is to go into the play room and create with his Lego....but now that his sister is here, he doesn't always get the peace to do this alone....ummmm what is Charli trying to do?? She has a hold of Cam's leg while he is reaching for some lego

And the cheeky monkeys just being cheeky!!! hehe. There is going to be some trouble round here when they are older....I can feel it now!

Ummmm I can't decide which one looks like more trouble heheh.....with gorgeous smile like that it is hard to believe they run rings around us most of the time

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CAMERON

2007-08-03T21:59:00.000-07:00

MY 5 YEAR OLD
CAMERON

OMG My boy is five now!!!! Been so busy with the school thing and charli that I haven't even posted his party pictures!! Sorry to all that have been checking and wanting a peek.
His party went really well....so well some kids (yes 30+of them) didn't wanna leave LOL.
We hired a hall again this year and also a bouncy castle and a lady called Pippty pop who does a magic show and makes up the most awesome balloons you have ever seen for each child at the party.

Cameron blowing out his cakes at the party

The birthday balloon hat Pip made for Cam

Doing some magic

Charli enjoying the fun too

Cam's new bike

Birthday party at Rainbow Preschool with one of the teachers

Wow in the end we had about 3 parties for Cam..One the big party, one for family tea and one at Rainbow Preschool...busy times but totally enjoyed by all

MNT in Action

2007-06-09T02:42:00.001-07:00

So much fun!

2007-06-09T01:57:00.000-07:00

So much fun to be had with two little ratbags in one house! You know I am not talking about Mum or Dad hehe!
Cam has been a busy boy with party invites still coming out his ears and the latest being a pirate party which he totally enjoyed. The last minute planning now begins with his own party creeping up on us so fast. So watch this space for some action fun filled pictures of his 5th birthday party. In total there will be probably be 30 kids for us to chase after and keep busy! Cameron is totally into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (a tv program for those who don't have boys of his age around them)......so with a few more dress up parties coming up, I send Matt on the mission to find the perfect outfit!!

We shared a dinner out for Tom's birthday last wed, which was great to sit down and catch up with all. But it also lead to a after hours dr's visit for Cameron as he slipped and hit his chin, leaving him with a cut that was debated about amongst the girls to whether it needed stitches. Cam got 2 options..either sedation and stitched up or just sterile strips with a little scar for a reminder when it heals. Matt promptly picked the strips LOL!
Here's the after math....typical mum out with the camera the minute they walk in the door from the Dr's. ..hey its a big even your first to-be scar!!!!

Charlotte is still growing like a mushroom and will be 8 months old next week...can't believe it really! She is getting cheekier by the day and learning new funny trick very fast. Her favourite thing at the moment is shaking her head "NO" and she waves at most people...but most of all herself in the mirror.

Last but not least a picture of my two cheeky monkeys tonight before bedtime....LOL lucky they are so cute sometimes!

Me and my girl

2007-05-31T01:50:00.000-07:00

Well our Cam is a little heart breaker already heheh...or should I say "likes the girls already"!!!
He has been very busy in the last 2 months with non stop birthday invites which half of them are off the girls from his preschool!
Sadly though most have now left for school , but they are asking daily about Cameron's start date for school. Lucky for him, most of his good friends are at his school and even in his classroom.
His preschool had its 18th birthday party last Friday so off we went to celebrate with them.
Here are a few shots of Cam in singing action....and yes you guessed it.... sitting right beside him is one of his girlfriends! She is in popular demand though already at school (so her mum says)so here's hoping he keeps his charming ways about him and continues his cute relationship with her

COOL CHICK!!!!

2007-05-31T01:36:00.000-07:00

SUN...... Nothing worse than sun in your eyes!!!

Just ask Charlotte and she will tell you all about it.....with grizzles and some very vocal sounds LOL

Here are the latest shots of Charlie trying on her bros sunglasses!

Oh and she is starting young to keep up with the ever changing techno world we live in........watch out Gran (Linda) she will be showing you how to use the cell phone soon too!

Tongue fun!!!!

2007-05-22T16:10:00.001-07:00

Happy play!!!

2007-05-22T16:09:00.001-07:00

PHOTO SHOOT LOL!!!

2007-05-13T19:34:00.000-07:00

Well I tried to get some decent pictures that maybe I could play around with but probably not the best day as Cam is home with a headcold and Charlie must be teething as she is abit grizzly. Don't think I did too bad in the circumstances though.

Here are a few....I think this is maybe the best of the two ratbags

This is one of the best I have got of Cameron in recent times LOL...even has a nice non fake look on his face.

Charlotte looking cute of course!

This one would have been a nice one if Cam wasn't pushing Charlottes ear forward with his face heheheh

Charlotte is about to give up on giving mum anything to work with!

2007-05-10T19:31:00.000-07:00

Bot time we posted some more pictures...just beause we can LOL!

Not alot happening here at the moment....

Only 40 days til Cam starts school and Charlotte is sitting really well now and still refusing to roll around much as still hates being on her tummy due to the reflux. Both are making the house sound like we are a creche with 30 kids having a party!!!! Wonder if ear plugs would work??? Hehehe.

Camerons first soccer game.
(cam is on the left end)

Cam is loving playing soccer heaps....and he can't wait til tuesdays when we have soccer pracise at the Edgar centre also. Must say the team is really cute together and all get along really well. They have improved so much in just 2 games. Cameron also got his first goal last saturday too, which he is very proud of. If you ask him about it he will say he got 2 but Dad missed the second one LOL!!!!

Gran(Linda) and Katie....lol just because it downloaded too when I got the soccer pictures off them

Charlie looking chubby in an outside chair having some fun. These were taken by Dallas in one of her random clicking sprees! Got to get use to the camera around a scrapbooker! Charlie has really found her voice and volume as well. She still thinks her brother is the funniest thing alive. Doesn't take much to get a smile out of her thats for sure. She has also developed a fake laugh and cough! Quite a crack up really as your not sure if she is just thinking we are all nuts or actually thinks we are funny!

First Soccer practise

2007-04-26T01:37:00.000-07:00

Well Cameron had his first soccer practise on Wednesday and boy was he excited!
He wanted to wear his whole soccer uniform and couldn't believe it when we said you don't need to. I can't believe he actually sat down and listened to the coaches as he was so hyped up when we got there.
He is in the same team as one of his best mates and soon to be school buddy Jahman....so they were giggling like girls showing off their new soccer boots etc!
I can tell already Cam is not going to have an issue getting in there and trying to get the ball off anyone....even his own team members....eeekkk!

So first game is on this Saturday at 9.30, so we will pack up the thermals, a hot cuppa and warm jackets to start freezing our butts off to proudly watch Cam in his first year of sport! I know this is only the beginning of many great games to come.

Look what my daddy makes me do!!

2007-04-22T00:36:00.001-07:00

Cruisy Sunday!!!

2007-04-22T00:20:00.000-07:00

Well Sundays are for cruisin but with Cam about there is no real chance of that!!!
Matt decided to visit Linda (Gran) as he was looking for a model toy he was talking to Cam about, so we all rocked up! Sorry Linda and Katie who were very tired and had just returned back from acouple of days in Wellington. I am sure they both needed a rest once our family left.
Anyway the camera was in my bag to perfect time to pop it out and get snapping!

THE ELLIOTT GIRLS

THE BOYS

OUR WEE FAMILY

ANOTHER ONE

BETTER FINISH WITH A RASPBERRY FROM CHARLOTTE

This is her favourite pose at the moment so you are lucky to get one without spit on the camera

P.S.....Its your turn next Graeme. Watch out!!! Not that we think you will have an issue with the camera.

Educated!!!! Gotta start somewhere.

2007-04-21T03:07:00.000-07:00

Education is important at all ages right??? Hows this for start???? Not bad aye? At least she had the book up the right way!

Charlotte in her pj's....couldn't resist buying some big girl ones! Pity we had to change her back to her normal nightwear as she would have got too hot.

Ok so I went to town because I needed some jeans but just couldn't resist a peek in PP! Well who can when you have a cool
little man and gorgeous girl to dress! Here is Charlotte in one of her tops.....thought it would look good on her CV when applying for med school....hehe no pressure!

Update on the two ratbags.....

CAMERON-
Can you believe it Cameron is going to be five in just under 2 months now and off to school. OMG where has the years gone.....he will be starting school visits soon and he can't wait. It will be sad to leave his preschool (Rainbows) as he has loved it there but also be fab as all his mates have nearly left for school anyway. When he actually starts school there is about 7 kids waiting for him to go and probably lining up to show him the ropes too.
Cameron has been having some reflux issues lately so the pead has booked him in for a barium meal (7th May) where he has to drink some chocolate flavoured barium and get it xrayed going down. This is just precaution to rule out anything abnormal in structure, and the only thing worrying Cam about this procedure is the non eating/drinking 4 hours before!!! Typical male thinking of his tummy! So I have promised him anything to eat after and a surprise too (gee I am such a sucker).

CHARLOTTE-
Wow 6 months old already....my baby is growing up too! She is finally into 3-6 month old clothing and is still growing like a mushroom. Took her to plunket for a weigh in and height, she was 6.9kg and 65cm tall. Can you believe that....she has grown 20cm since birth, that is huge!!!!! Maybe she might be taller than me by 10 like I think Cam will be. We went out and made use of the fab baby factory sale and picked up her next carseat. Only problem... she is too tall for the lowest setting but too short for the next setting around her shoulders. So looks like we will be keeping her in the baby capsule for at least another month.
Her reflux is slowly settling down too and she has only just started to show that her current meds where not doing their job so we have made the move to the next med ...day one being today and she has been great! Hope we have the right combo going on now!

Right enough bragging...back soon with more!

My toy boy!! heheh

2007-04-21T02:59:00.000-07:00

Well ........kinda!!!!!
He is the cutest boy around.
Couldn't believe he could actually fit in Charlotte's toy barrel ..
where theres a will theres a way!

The big 90!!!!!

2007-04-21T02:51:00.000-07:00

My gran turned 90 on Friday ...woohoo.

I think she looks fab too!

Cam asked me if that was old and how much older than us is it!!! I just had to laugh and say Mum and Dad had along way to go to catch up that was for sure.

Heres a picture of Gran, Gillian and Cameron blobbing on the couch after afternoon tea with very full tummies by the look of their poses!

MORE MORE

2007-04-08T02:55:00.000-07:00

OK.....So I can't help myself ,....they are just too cute!

Here are some more taken today while the kids were cruising out in the play room
LOL Love the one of Charlotte pulling Cam's hair...wonder what that means...sticking up for herself already????

Jolly Jumper continues..............

2007-04-08T02:48:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures of the first time in the jolly jumper....she wasn't not going to follow her brothers path and reflux while in the jumper........OH NO...much more effective if you wait til you have finished and puke over mum!!! Anyway she loved it totally and I think she got the hang of it pretty fast!

First time in the Jolly Jumper

2007-04-06T23:15:00.001-07:00

HOW CUTE ARE THESE????

2007-04-06T23:09:00.000-07:00

A friend I know made some really cool work with her photos and she offered to do some for me if I provided the pictures.....well I jumped at the chance!

Now I just want my own programs so I can do some other neat stuff too......imagine it...................LOL............might need to gain some computer skills first.

AWWWWWW HOW CUTE IS THAT!!!!

AM I CLEAN YET????

2007-04-06T23:03:00.000-07:00

The story goes like this.....when feeding time at the zoo happens, mum gets ready for any mess with acouple of wipes nearby. Charlotte is becoming way too aware of what is around her and noticed mums plan of attack.
So while I was feeding her yesterday she took matters into her own hands and grabs the wipes and started the job for me!

I think she didn't do such a bad job...what do you think??

Audition for New Zealand idiol

2007-04-06T23:00:00.001-07:00

Xmas at the Elliotts LOL

2007-03-31T02:11:00.001-07:00

Bath time fun

2007-03-31T02:10:00.001-07:00

Bath time!

2007-03-31T02:03:00.000-07:00

Well its always fun and loud at bath time! Cam gets in with the goggles (or gobbles as he calls them) and his snorkle set and pretends to swim the great big seas and Charlotte is getting more and more keen on the water everyday. I am not sure who gets more wet....me or her! But its all way to cute anyway. Check out the video clip above....it is surpose to be of Charlotte spashing about but Matt is on the other end of the camera so everyone else is included. Ha haha

Oh look at me go!! I am loud!

2007-03-30T03:55:00.001-07:00

funny as..have a look

2007-03-30T03:50:00.001-07:00

Its all happening here!!!!

2007-03-29T00:41:00.000-07:00

Ok so mum really got snappy happy with the camera today but since the batteries have needed charged all week she had withdrawal symptoms and had to get clicking!
This has got to be our favourite at the moment of the two cuties....is really hard to get a nice picture of Cameron at the moment as funny faces seem to be permantely on him, so this seems to be the most natural one of him with Charlotte at the moment.

Since Charlotte has been on solids I have always feed her in the bouncer but she can sit up so well that I thought it was time ot bring out the highchair seat. Charlotte seemed to love it.....wish she loved the vegetables I was trying to feed her!
She has tried pumpkin and sweetcorn-(likes this),Brocilli, peas and potato (hated this) and today she tried a chicken and vege mix(hated it).....ummmm Gran(Linda) seems to think she is being fussy like her mother!!!! Well tomorrow is a new day and we will see how the veges go again.

Charlotte showing the world how well she can do at sitting by herself.......shhh don't tell her that its really the tri pillow supporting her and the angle of her body. She is nearly sitting an can do so for about 3 seconds unaided. Clever little cookie she is.

I am a golfer!!!!

2007-03-29T00:27:00.000-07:00

READY
SET
GOLF PRO

This was soooo funny! Matt has been having a few "work golf tournments" so now Cam wants to be the next golf pro on the circuit!
He got to have a go with Dads big golf clubs and then when Matt left he got outside to brush up on his own skills. Only problem is he might actually beat dad at his own game LOL!

Two cheeky monkeys!

2007-03-19T02:59:00.000-07:00

This is my favourite photo at the moment of Cam and Charlotte! Gee wonder what they will get up to when they abit older.

This is way cute of Charlotte to!!! Can you see her new hair do??
Oh and Charlotte can't understand why we move her from this position when trying to get her to sleep??
And Cam riding his bike at the park!

Look what we are raising LOL

2007-03-19T02:55:00.000-07:00

Well it doesn't take much to get Cam to be silly.....just ask him to pull a funny face and this is what you end up with!!!
Are you scared yet?

I am allowed food!!!!

2007-03-18T02:54:00.000-07:00

Finally mum has started giving me some real food! After talking with Charlies pead ( for reflux and dairy allergy) it was thought that solids may be more appealing to me than my formula, as I am not drinking that much at a time but still want more. I am on Neocate which is prescription only...and dad thinks it tastes like peas....not sure why he had to taste it but hey meant I didn't have to have that 1ml he drank LOL! I have tried farex, farex with pear added and today I had pumpkin and sweetcorn. It was delicious! Hope I get that one again soon.

We are trying Charlotte on each food quiet slowly to make sure she gets no adverse reaction , but mum thinks I will be ok as long as I stay off the dairy and anything that is known to annoy my reflux....like apples and tomato!
The dr said I am allowed to try dairy when I am one and if ok I will be slowly allowed more.....but if I get a sore tummy I will not be allowed to try it again until I am two! Poor mum will have to try and find a dairy free cake mix for my birthday cake if this is the case!

Ummmmm can't wait to try something else new!!!!! What me grow now!!! Might have to get my name changed to little budda if my appetite continues to grow this fast.

Lets eat!!!!!!

2007-03-12T23:33:00.000-07:00

Yip Charlotte decided no matter what she really had to try and get the talc powder after her bath tonight! She was showing off a little trying to sit all by herself too. So here are a couple of cute pictures we just had to take! I know we are alittle on the side of favouritism but hey you gotta admitt , she is pretty cute!

Oh and she was 5 months old yesterday...where has the time gone???

Cams a photographer!!!

2007-03-12T23:27:00.000-07:00

This is what you get when you give a nearly five year old a camera!!! Lets see, we have Cameron up close, Spongebob from off the telly, Ummmmm now his animals which he obviously gave a home, and Cameron funny face!! I wonder if anyone will hire him with this portfolio?????

PARTY PARTY

2007-03-12T21:53:00.000-07:00

We love parties!!!!! Aunty Katie had her 25th birthday (mum said thats it still pretty young) and we all went up to gran and grandads for one of their famous BBQ's....yummy. Couldn't believe it, they even have balloons and noisy blowers still when your 25. Cam thought this was the best!
The weather was brilliant so most of us spent alot of time out side chatting and having alittle bit to drink. Cam was strictly on the juice and Charlotte on the bottle (milk that is).
Gran made a gorgeous cake that we managed to fit all the candles on for Katie to make her wish. Cameron and Caleb got to have a second round with blowing out the candles (i think Gran sneaked a few off to give us a chance). Grandad was in full force again with the happy birthday song and his add on. This made Charlotte cry! Could be the noise of us singing or just the singing in general. Dad thought Katie's hair looked funny when she was holding Charlotte so he had to get a photo....maybe if Charlotte is lucky her hair will look as lovely as Katie's.
Photos were taken,food was eaten, and Katie opened her cool birthday presents.

Xmas day!!!!

2007-03-12T21:17:00.000-07:00

Xmas 2006....
Well it was a great but very busy day and for Charlotte it was her first xmas ever! Cam was keen on showing how things go.
The day started off at home with Cam opening all his pressies first and searching the tree for anything that said his name on it! Charlotte took awhile to warm up to it all so she decided to sleep in! (we were pleased one decided it was a good idea to get sleep).
Then it was up to Gran and Grandad Elliott's for lunch (boy was it yummy).Katie, Alma (great nana) , Keeley, Viv and John were also up there too so there was loads of action going on. We were greeted at the Elliotts by Graeme (grandad) doing a silly dance to Johnny Cash with a santa hat on. Katie joined in on the fun too! We missed Tom, Rachel and Caleb but santa still visited them at teatime up at the Roseberry st.
Next it was onto grandad and Nana Harwood's house where the whole whanua was there sitting back rubbing their full bellies from a great lunch too. We stayed there for the arvo, chilling out and having a good chit chat. Cam was still in full force and Charlotte was starting to fade!
After this we dropped our full sacks of pressies off home and then headed to Greg and Muriel's house for a relaxing BBQ tea. It ended up being left overs from their family lunch, and it was sooo nice too! Pity we were so full from Grans lovely lunch to eat much more. Cam enjoyed the time playing with Ben outside while the weather was still nice and Charlotte managed to fit in some kip in a quiet room.
Over all Xmas day went well and we finally headed home for some much needed rest. .....guess who can't wait for next Xmas to come??

Wanaka holiday

2007-03-09T02:23:00.000-08:00

Well it was fun in the sun for sure. We went to wanaka just after the new year and like we expected, the weather was fab! Charlotte wasn't to sure of the port-a-cot start with but soon realised that this was her bed for the week. It wasn't really too much trouble travelling up with 2 kids (touch wood for next time), but was pleased Charlotte couldn't talk yet as Cam made up for 20 kids all the way there and back!

Tom, Rachel and Caleb joined us there on the last two nights which gave Cam another playmate and us some more sanity.
LOL We even had a game of scrabble (which got really sad and very low scoring as the night wore on).

Cam enjoyed the lake, parks and the walks yet again. Even in Wanaka he has such routine that he knows well and loves. I am sure Charlotte will follow suit if she is anything like her brother. Thanks to gran and grandad that we can enjoy this time away and have such beautiful relaxing scenery around us.

Sharing the love

2007-03-09T01:31:00.000-08:00

Cam and Charlie have built a great wee bond so far and it is sooo cute to see! There is no escaping for Charlotte when it comes to kisses, extra tight hugs and songs to be sung! Even when Cam is using his very loud voice...... Charlotte seems to think it is so funny.

When do we start to worry?????

Charlotte's story

2007-03-08T23:17:00.000-08:00

CHARLOTTE MAREE ELLIOTT

I was born on Thursday the 12th October 2006 at 0.25 . I didn't waste any time arriving and it was lucky Mum and Dad made it to the hospital with 15 minutes spare before they got to say hello to me! We all decided that it would be really nice to surprise my brother Cameron with "me" in the morning so came home at 4 in the morning! I was born weighing a small 6lb 15oz at 38 weeks gestation but totally perfect. It took me awhile to get the whole day/night thing switched around but when I did the whole house seemed less tired.
People are forever telling me how smiley I am, but hey if you were looking at you what would you do??? I have reflux like my brother did but mum and dad wasted no time and got me my own private pead and things are slowly getting sorted out and I am feeling better day by day. I have already seen my first xmas and that totally rocked!

Really didn't know what all the fuss was about (some how I think I will be this year). I have had my first holiday to in Wanaka and I handled that pretty well to. My whole family went up after New Year and I had never felt hot weather like that before, but I cruised out at the lake with my family and just watched life go by.

I will be five months old on the 12th of this month and time has flown by. I can roll over but choose not to show many people and blowing raspberries it the best! I love the sound of my own voice too (hey who doesn't?). I think my brother is the funniest thing out and he makes me laugh at anything.

Cameron's story

2007-03-08T20:39:00.000-08:00

CAMERON GEORGE ELLIOTT

I was born on the 19/06/02 at 32 weeks gestation! Yip....couldn't wait to meet my mum and dad, so thought surprise!!!!!!
I was a healthy 4lb 9oz (2.065kg) at 11.52.....right before lunch!! Mum was surpose to sit her last exam that day but never made it! I was admitted to NICU in Dunedin and there I stayed for just over 3 weeks....came home on mum's birthday and had to go back into hospital again on Dad's birthday for my hernia operation. I was 6 weeks old then. From then on I have grown so much and Mum and Dad still think I am pretty neat. Since the age of 18months I have gone to Rainbow Preshool and think its just great.....so do my mum and dad:) . I now can't wait til mum tells me its time for school visits. I ask her nearly every day. My favourite things to do at the moment are bike riding, playing with lego, making my dad play cars with me and swimming with my gran. I love dinosaurs and playing pirates with my friends, but apparently I am very noisy too! I really don't believe that.

Introducing C & C

2007-03-08T19:38:00.000-08:00

Thought I better start bloggin away as I always mean to but never get there! So introducing the tribe!!!

Cameron is 5 in June ( wow 5 can you believe it) where has my baby boy gone!!!

Charlotte is 5 months on the 12th...If you bink she will be at school at the rate of her growth.

Right now I have this started I will get to work and actually find out how things work.
Keep ya all posted!