My baby boy is 2!

Today my beautiful Brayden turned 2! I can't tell you how happy I am that he's reached this milestone. I know everybody says it, but I honestly can't believe how fast the past two years have passed. It seems like such a short time ago that I was holding him in the hospital bed, thinking about what a good boy he was because all of the other babies were crying and he was sleeping soundly (that didn't last long, mind you). I have such great memories of those first few months - Greg was on leave and the four of us just hung out at home together. I used to feed him in the front lounge room and we would all sit in there, talking, laughing and eating ridiculous amounts of watermelon. Now all of a sudden we're saying happy 2nd birthday!!!

We had such a great day celebrating the day.

Liam woke him but he refused to get up which drove Liam crazy because HE wanted to see the presents opened. Finally Brayden walked out to the lounge room and when I told him they were for him, he said, "ME?" as though it was just unbelievable. All day I was calling him 'birthday boy' and every time he would say "ME?"

After brekky we headed to the library for story time and crafts. The theme today was dragons which Liam actually guessed before we left home. I couldn't believe it when we arrived and I saw that he was right.

After stocking up on lunch and some birthday treats we headed to one of our favourite spots on the coast - The croc park (Australian Reptile Park).

It was a great time to be there because there was hardly anybody around.

Of course we headed straight to Elvis the crocodile (creepy) and then to the park area.

After seeing the dingoes, koalas, alligators, snakes, lizards and spiders we headed off and Brayden fell asleep in the car. After about an hour he woke up and played with his big brother for a while.

Soon after that Daddy came home and we headed out for dinner (too lazy to cook) and then to the beach for a play. 

Finally it was home to sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY and have some Freddo ice cream cake - a big hit with the boys.

My Brayden, I love you moooore than you can imagine. You're such a joy to be around because you're so loving, caring, daring, clever, wild, funny and entertaining. You just fill our hearts with love and laughter each and every day. The past two years have been fantastically indescribable and fabulously unforgettable, all because of you.

Lots of love always,

Mummy

xox

Our Hawaiian Getaway (Oct/Nov 2010)

We've just returned from our latest trip to Hawaii and whilst I was looking forward to getting home, I have to admit that I'm already dreaming of going back!
We left Sydney at 6pm on Thursday 28th October and arrived in Honolulu at 8am on (their) Thursday 28th October. How good is that!
Heeeelllllooooo Waikiki...

First up was one of our faves - a trip to Honolulu Zoo.

3D Glow Golf was also a priority since it was closed when we went back for a second game on the last day of last year's trip.

Cowabunga little dudes!!!!

Dinner at Shorebird, a tradition of ours

Then fireworks at the Hilton. Love that place.

The next night Greg, Mum and I went on a sunset catamaran cruise with an open bar - I can't drink that many Mai Tai's in an hour and a half!

Greg driving on the wrong side of the car!!! We hired a Chrysler for 2 days and drove around the entire island, which is actually quite small.

Kailua Beach Park. This place has been on my to-do list for the past few trips and we finally made it there. Well worth the wait.

Kamehameha Highway. The road that takes you around the entire island of Oahu - pretty much.

I took this photo for the Magnum reference. We love T.M., P.I.

The swell on the North Shore was huge. The HIC Pro was underway at the time but was apparently cancelled on this day because of the danger.

We stopped off at the Dole Plantation and fed the crazy fish.

This is still my future workplace...one day

Waikiki Aquarium - only $7 with a coupon. (But really only worth that much).

At the end of the Boardwalk at Waikiki;

Lunch at Chili's - yummmmmm

Greg's birthday at Duke's. The BEST food ever!

Liam met a friend one night...

HANG LOOSE

(or as Liam says - hang loosey)

Mum had been promising to make them in to mermaids for weeks before we left.



On our last day we went back to the zoo since it's so nice, cheap and is something we don't do often at home

Then we hung out at Kuhio Beach Park to watch the Sunset hula show.

No view from our room, but this was looking down at the pool from the elevator corridor.

See you in about 3-5 years Waikiki. We loooooove you x

Back in Sydney. All the worrying about our luggage being overweight (well, Kelly's and Mum's) and they didn't even care!!!!