Sydney Trip

Do I have some photos for you!! Paul, Jasper and I just arrived home from Sydney, NSW this afternoon.. we went there for Paul's younger brothers wedding.
This first photo was taken in Matt and Christine's house (that is Paul's brother and his wife). Jasper just loved their dog - Coco. She took a while to warm up to us, but it was not long before she was all over Jas and loving the attention (for the most part!)



Here are three of the brothers and their babies - from left to right there is Paul and Jasper, Shaune and Indiana, and Matt and Jai.
It is the first time we have met Jai and Indiana, so there were a few photos taken of them!

This is Jasper, Paul and I just before we left for the wedding. Paul was a groomsman and looked really handsome! The tie and kerchief matched the bridesmaid dresses. It was a gorgeous colour.

This is in the church (it was a Catholic wedding). Left to right - Shaune (best man), Michael (brother), Kerry (Shaune and Matt's mum), Matt, Alan (father to all 4 boys), and Paul. It was really nice that Matt had asked his 3 brothers to be his groomsmen. They don't look alike, but they are brothers!

Here is my handsome man. He took over the camera for most of the rest of the day and night. Who could say no to a photo from this face?



Here is a Jasper shot - Christine's dress was amazingly beautiful. Her grandmother and mother made it for her. Amazing.

Here are the boys and Christine outside the church.

Jasper and his Poppy Miles. Jas does not get to see this Poppy very often as he lives on the other side of Australia, but it does not take him too long to get up for a snuggle, and you can just see how much his poppy loves him!



Here is Jas with one of the pretty ladies he took a shine to! This is Sally and she is Shaune's girlfriend (and Indiana's mum). Jasper took about 47 photos of her, and they even had a dance together.


The beautiful bride with her beautiful baby! (photo by Jasper)


Jas' Uncle Matt - photo by Jasper.


My boy and I on the dance floor - until someone better came along for him to dance with!!


... like his dad!!!

more snuggle time with Poppy.



The day after... it was really hot on the Sunday, so when Matt and Christine got home, the boys went for a swim. It was a nice way to cool off!

Jasper and Paul saying goodbye to Nanna Kerry (Shaune and Matt's mum).


I could not resist taking this shot.. We had gone to Paul and Matt's dad's place and the boys were both leaning against the car with their arms crossed.. it was so funny!


Paul and his dad.

This shot was too cute to not include. This is when we got home from the wedding and I put Jasper to bed. He was asleep in the car and barely moved when I carried him into the house. He was sleeping in Jai's room, and Jai was with his Nonna. Jasper decided that rather than taking the cot mattress out and putting it on the floor to sleep on, he would sleep in Jai's cot!!!
Oh, the benefits of being 14kg at 5 1/2!!! This is one that we will have to put up at his 21st!!

We had a great time and really enjoyed every minute we were there. Another good thing that happened on the way home was getting upgraded to business class!!
We had a few very late nights and early mornings, so are ready for bed NOW, and it is only 7.20pm!!

Thanks for reading, and will post again soon.

Brooke
xxx

First Day of School

Well, the summer school holidays are over, and Jasper is back at school.

He has started at a brand new school this year, and so far so good! He has a lovely teacher and the kids seem pretty nice!

He was so nervous about going to a school where he did not know anyone. Once he got there though, he was happy to be there, and is excited now in the mornings to get dressed and go!

Here he is on Monday morning eating his weetbix for breakfast! He looks pretty confident and happy... but wait!

Once we finally got dressed and out the door, this is the little nervous wreck that I had! he would not put his arms down for anything! he is shoe-less as he did not want to wear his nice new school shoes, he wanted to wear his old ones, and they were in the car!!

Then we have day 3. Jasper was more than happy to pose for a nice photo, not a nervous photo! He loves his school, and thinks his teacher is pretty cool too - and he loves his new school shoes!

We can't just have "nice" photos taken where Jasper is concerned... He wanted some silly ones too! I have just added one.. but there were many!

I don't know who thought that white shirts on primary school kids was a good idea... I am washing the one he wears every evening - orange, paint and dirt so far! Lucky they come out easy!

I am feeling a little lost without my shadow, but he is only in half days for the first 2 weeks, then it is full time. It is exhausting for him, even just with half days, but he loves it!

There is nothing else to report. I will post next week - we are going to Sydney this weekend (about 5 1/2 hours flight away) because Paul's little brother is getting married! I am sure to have some pics from our 4 days there!

Thanks for reading.

Brooke