Here are some random photos from the past few weeks. With all the rain, we have remained indoors which has given me loads of time to spend with my girls.

Babies are such time wasters. I could spend all day just looking at Olivia.

I think every mother loves the sight (and sound) of their baby sleeping.

I think Olivia is undergoing a constant growth spurt. She is the same size at four weeks as Charlotte was at eight weeks!

And she has just about grown out of newborn nappies!

Oh, the serenity.

Olivia seems to enjoy tummy time much more than Charlotte ever did.

Charlotte was very upset when she thought that I was going to leave Olivia at day care in the babies room. She wanted Olivia to stay with me. Had to explain that it will be quite awhile before Olivia goes to day care. Speaking of which, Charlotte started in the Kindy room this week. It is hard to believe that in two years, she will be starting school.

Happy birthday Lyn! We took Grandma out to lunch to celebrate her birthday. Miss C was in day care so Grandma got some uninterrupted time with Olivia.

Settling in

It is hard to believe that Olivia is 2.5 weeks old. Time has gone so fast yet it seems that she has been part of the family for such a long time.

We are still in the babymoon period where all she does is sleep and feed (with the occasional cry) but I know this will all change soon enough.

Second time around, the bond seems to be twice as intense. I am loving spending all this time at home with my girls.

Miss Olivia doing what she does best ... sleeping!

We took Olivia for her check up this week. She is suppose to gain about 170grams a week. Seems she has put on close to 600grams in 1.5 weeks!

We have ventured out a few times this week to the shops and every time she has slept through most of the trip.

A little hard to see but here is Phil and Charlotte enjoying some time at the park.

And of course, Miss Olivia slept through it all.

Introducing Olivia Harper Kelly

Welcome to the world Miss Olivia Harper Kelly, born at 5:48pm on 23 December 2010, weighing 9 pounds, 2.5 ounces and measuring 56 cm long. I don't know how we keep producing these long babies. We came home on Boxing Day - it is so nice to be home and Olivia is settling in very well.

Charlotte and Olivia have a cuddle before we leave hospital.

Daddy with his girls.

Mummy with her girls.

This was taken a couple of hours after the birth - I think I was still in awe of Miss Olivia.

Phil kicks back and enjoys cuddle with Olivia.

Family holiday

We managed to sneak in a family holiday at the end of October and spent the week at the coast.

We visited the Ginger Factory and Super Bee. Charlotte loved seeing the bees making the honey and, of course, eating the honey.


We swam every day at the beach. Charlotte was so worn out that day time naps lasted hours and hours.


We bought Charlotte a boogie board and she caught her first wave with daddy.

Making friends with the seagulls.

Where have the months gone ...

Now that I have finished work, I have no excuse for not updating this blog. So here is a snapshot of what we have been up to over the past few months. Time has passed by so quickly. It is hard to believe that the newest addition to the Kelly gang will be here in just under two weeks (hopefully!).

Our bird feeder works a treat and everyday we get an assortment of birds at our window: galahs, king parrots, cockatoos.

Charlotte just loves her cousin Imogen. She blindly follows Imogen everywhere and mimics her every move. Here is some cousin cuddle time.

Charlotte and I went to see her cousins end of year school concert. Needless to say that Nikolaus was performing to a Michael Jackson song.

Now that I have finished work, I am trying to do lots of outings with Miss C before the bub comes. We made it to the museum to see the dinosaurs.

And then went on the Eye of Brisbane.

With Poppy.

Charlotte had her Day Care Christmas Party last weekend in the park.

We were so surprised that she sat still long enough to get her face painted.

Depending on the facial expression, she looked a little evil at times!

The alphabet according to Charlotte

An attempt to count to 30