Carrick Hill

Another adventure with Nan/Mum

 The owners of Carrick Hill both came from rich families, they were given 100acres of land as a wedding present...they travelled to England on their honeymoon and visited a mansion that was having a sale, they bought paneling and staircases and fireplaces and then had it all shipped to Australia and asked the architect to build their house around these items.

 While hubby went to war wifey worked on the garden...

 It was a sad story, they never had any children and the lady collected cradles ( a little creepy) they were all over the house with flowers in them. Because they didn't have kids they gave the house, land and everything in it to the South Australian Government.

Toby loved it! (See his face of excitement below) When we were on the tour of the house he kept interrupting the tour guide with squeals and talking. (He can get very loud!)

The Move!

In January we said goodbye to our little townhouse on Terminus, and Hobart, and Tassie, to make our way to Adelaide for Hayden's new job. All went well with the move and our stuff arrived safe and sound! We've been in Adelaide for a month now and it's been great! The weather has been extremely hot and then wet but it is exciting exploring new places and getting to know our surroundings. Mum's been here for a couple of weeks visiting and we've been doing lots! One such exploration was the Adelaide Zoo...

 Toby loved it! (When he wasn't sleeping)

 We took him in to the petting part and he freaked out a little bit. Guess who took this pic?

 We moved into a big old Bungalow which had ZERO storage. Like not a cupboard in sight, except for the kitchen cupboards (no pantry) ...so we've made use of our close proximity to IKEA. Now everything has a place, so we are pretty much cupboard self sufficient :)

Our bedding suite from 40 winks was the last thing to arrive, and we were very glad to be off the mattress on the floor!

We found what we liked online and it was on SALE, so we got a bargain!

Toby has handled the move really well, in fact he's been sleeping 7pm-7am since we arrived! He's sitting up (except when he throws himself back) most of the time, and FINALLY is confident with going down onto his tummy and rolling back to front and front to back. He is so entertaining!

Toby - 6 Months

Toby is 6 months next week on the 2nd of January.

It has really flown! He LOVES to eat and is now devouring three meals a day...he still loves to laugh and smile but is now too cool for the camera, as soon as he sees it, his smile disappears.

 Love this grumpy face!

He had a really exciting first Christmas, no idea what was happening, but loved ripping the paper off his presents. 

Love you Tobes

Two Years

Last Tuesday the 17th was our 2nd wedding anniversary.

To surprise Hayden I booked us a scenic tour of Hobart on the Sea Plane.

It was just like the one McGyver got started with chewing gum and a match in one of his episodes.

 Because we live so close to the wharf I just told him when he got home from work that we were going for a walk. He was suspicious immediately and started telling me how he hated surprises and then he started guessing...First guess "Are we going on a plane?" ... "Yes" says I...obviously thinking i'm joking he keeps guessing "Are we getting amazing tempura?"...Silly boy didn't realise I wasn't joking until we pretty much got inside the office.

Clearly that's not my picture of the seaplane, I forgot to take one so I stole that from the discover tasmania blog. It was a lot smoother ride then I imagined, especially because it was a bit windy and choppy on the Derwent river runway. It was a fitting present and a nice goodbye to Hobart as we move to Adelaide in the new year for Hayden's work.

Things we have achieved in our 2nd year together:
Travelled to the Whitsunday's for our baby moon
Had a baby
Learnt to leave the house with the baby
Didn't harm the baby (too badly)
H got a registra position in SA
Both got a few more grey hairs (actually Hayden got  a LOT more!)
Gained weight
Lost weight
Gained it again
Built a game machine
Sold a bookcase

Love you HaydenVadenboBayden