Latest Draper Babes pics

Awwwww!!!

How cute are these!!! Darcy looks about 4 years old!! Love em'

Where has my baby gone??!! Joss has taken a real shining to waking up every night to be re settled taking me a good 30mins, only to wake almost 1 hour later on the dot to be fed!! If I am lucky he will go back to sleep after his feed but last night he woke at 2.30am and I didnt get him to sleep till 4.30am!! But how can you stay mad at him??!! Especially with those smiles.. At least he is sleeping a good hour in his cot a few times each day which gives me time to catch up on the washing or sit here LOL! I guess I will just have to ride out whatever it is he is doing, letting him cry wakes up the other babes. The thought of introducing solids to see if it will encourage him to sleep better does not sit right, so will wait till he is ready. Just mean's I convert back to that tired new born mummy phase!! ahhh!!

back to kinder today!!

Thank god!! Erin needs so much mental stimulation and gets bored easily. It is almost impossible to physically tire her out, she can be up with the sparrows and go and go and still ask late at night how she is supposed to fall asleep!!


. She now has her own playstation game, Daffy Duck and at least has some of her 'own time'. It also proves as a wonderful tool to get her motivated when being asked to do something!! A quick threat that her playstation game will be put away for a day means she will hop to it. She usually lasts about 10 mins before she gets stuck, but she is pretty good at it!
At kinder they are about to get into the spirit of easter so we are having lots of lovely easter master peices coming home. Erin has her little easter party and 'bouncathon' coming up, so that will be fun. Erin has also mastered writting her own name and recognising a lot more numbers and letters. She is also writing mummy. Growing up waaay too quick :)

I've Been Tagged

1. I have a big....pile of washing to be done
2. I wish I was in.......less debt
3. I am so tired of.......working late at night
4. I hate......the smell of seafood YEEEEUUUCCKK!!
5. I was just....talking to mum on the phone
6. My boss is .......a good person, lucky to have her actually!
7. This weather.......a little too cold, i love having all the doors and windows open, especially with the children playing outside.
8. My friends are........invaluable!!
9. I like to.....play silly pc games LOL
10. This morning I woke up and ....fed joss and waited to hear the other 2 kids come sneaking into my room
11. I am very.......lazy today
12. My Bed is really.........comfortable and warm, the best way to end a day and the best way to start the day (bed full of kids!)
13.My Car is.....great, could not live without it!
14. My mum said that I should.....always tell her where i am going
15. My space is for......me to zone out and think
16. When I get home......check the phone and dump all the stuff I am usually carrying
17. My phone is....my life line to my hubby, we text all day long, we rarely go long without 'talking' to each other
18. When I am in a bad mood I....tend to keep to myself or say something i will regret
19. My room is........in bad need of a make over LOL!!
20. I want to get.....a bigger house with a pool and a gym!!
21. I wish I had a......cure for cancer
22. My computer is.........my leisure time, can't do with out it!
23. The weekend was....very relaxed, just fun with DH and kids and not working
24. When I get drunk I seem to get......to talk a lot of crap and flirty
25. I am.......good at time management
26. I wish.....I didnt feel guilty taking time out for myself to go for a walk
27. I love.....food. probably a bad thing!
28. I want.....to have another girl.
29. I know....i was born to be a mum
30. Love is....the reason I am alive!
31. I need....my children, my husband and my mum.
32. This is....something that made me use my brain for good not evil LOL

4 months old!

My little babe is 4 months old already. He is such a good boy!! He is just a beautifully quiet and happy little boy. Erin and Darcy love him more and more each day. Darcy can't get enough of holding his brother now and always plonk's himself down slapping his knee's saying 'umon! hold!' He talk's to him sweetly in a hi pitch voice making him wave and saying heewwoo mummy heewwoow daddy! The are certainly bonding well. If anything, Darcy is jelous that I am holding Joss and Not him!! Erin still helps out all the time which is wonderful. She is loving giving him his bottle when I go to work, certainly makes her feel important.

Here is Joss's Stat's @ 4 months:

weight: 6.26kg

height: 62cm

head circ: 42.2cm

He is almost 1 kg smaller than my other 2 babes at 4 months! I love having a little bubs. He has gained a little over 800gm's in a month, so certainly going well.

Joss pretty much hates being in the car and cries every time the car stops. He is a tummy sleeper 100% of the time so sleeping in the car and pram is almost impossible unless we are moving. That is about the most he gives us grief! He is learning more to sleep for longer time frames in his cot during the day, and not on us. He is sleeping well over night too. Although the last week he has woken for a quick feed and back to sleep again for a few more hours, but can't complain, I just go with the flow. Gotta take the good with the bad!! But we all love him!!

TRACTORS!!

Darcy had a very special afternoon today. We visited Poppi's work for some sand and Darcy went out in the Yard (daisy's garden supplies) and had a drive in the truck around the yard. Then drove 2 of the big CAT tractors (o.k. 'front end loaders') He was absolutely in his element!! He learnt to start it up, control the bucket and steer. I filmed him and Poppi load up a truck full of mulch and up loaded it onto the computer when we got home and Darcy watched it over and over again (3mins of footage) Darcy is SUCH a boy!! He is certainly going to be a blokes bloke!! Poppi has big dreams of Darcy racing the 66 Mustang he is doing up at the moment. I am sure Joss will be a mirror image. Something tells me these boy's are going to cost me a fortune!!
With Darcy's 2nd birthday less than 2 months away now, we have endless things to head out to the shops and get for him. He will be very spoilt! Not to mention his love for train's!! AHHH!! I was lucky with Erin not into dolls and barbies, but my god you pay a weeks wage for a good train set!! I am so excited about his birthday, might even try my hand at making him a Thomas cake!

Erin's Commonwealth Games

Erin Getting her Gold Medal

Erin and her best friend at Kinder Natalie

Erin doing her 20 Jumps

Erin with the Parachute

Yesterday saw the last day of term 1 for Erin at kinder and they celebrated by having their own Commonwealth games. The children had fun on the trampoline and egg and spoon race. Erin was the winner in her turn at the egg and spoon race! They all then performed a mini closing ceremony with the giant parachute. The kids all loved their gold medal presentation, each getting a gold medal. They then sang Advance Australia Fair to end their fun. It was so cute!! Can't wait to see what next term brings me....aahhummm, i mean ERIN!!

Breast feeding getting HARDER!!

Just had to share a picture of me feeding Joss the other night. It seems this is how I have to feed him some times! Geeee it makes the job a little harder!!LOL

Darcy insists on sitting in my lap if I am sitting cross legged, and Erin always likes to sit nice and close, and well, Joss getts burped from all different ways! It is certainly a joint effort.

Now just to wait until Joss gets more interested in what his siblings are doing instead of drinking his milk.....hmmm

All fun of course!