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146 DAYS

Polly is 146 days old, almost 20 weeks, that's FIVE months old!  Polly's latest milestone is that she has started solids, farex in the morning and this afternoon she had her first taste of pumpkin ... all going well and another thing to fit into our already busy days ... here are her latest shots ....

Day 134, getting some ipad lessons from Fred.

Day 135, her very first taste of solids, not overly keen.

Day 136, enjoying a power nap while we wait for Jack to finish footy training.

Day 137, Freddie calls this Polly's zebra dress.

Day 138

Day 139

Day 140, obviously getting a little more active under the playgym, she managed to shimmy under the TV cupboard.

Day 141, I have always bathed Polly just before her 10pm bottle but have just brought it forward to before the 6pm bottle.  I figure the 10pm bottle should go soonish.

Day 142, having a cuddle with big sister.  Polly loves "standing up" and she is so strong.

Day 143, dressed for a cold and rainy day in town.

DAy 144, just at that stage where everything is going into her mouth.

Day 145, a visit to Gran and Darra's today.

Day 146, her hair is growing back, there is no doubt that she is going to be dark.

Will be back very soon with the JUNE DOUBLE UP layouts ... there are 7 double page layouts this month .... just couldn't stop scrapping!  Thanks for stopping by.

 

POINT FORM ....

Once again it's been awhile since I last blogged .... our lives seem ridiculously busy, can't see it slowing down anytime soon .... here is what has been happening since Week In Our Life ...

• First weekend in May was a four day weekend for us (show holiday on Friday and Labour Day holiday on Monday).  We headed to Toowoomba for Brett's nephew's wedding and also a family reunion on my Mum's side of the family.
• Netball comp started last Saturday for Evie.  Her team won their first game.  Then on Sunday we travelled to Miles for a netball carnival all day (yes, Mothers' Day).  Polly, Eve and I did arrive home to a special Mothers' Day dinner cooked by the boys.
• Brett, Jack and Fred travelled to Clifton for Club football on Saturday then onto Toowoomba for Darling Downs footy training.  They stayed overnight so that Jack could do a swimming training session on Sunday.
• Jack and Eve competed in their school cross country.  Jack finished third and now goes onto Mac Zone and Evie came in about 9th or 10th.
• Travelling to Moree once a week for Jack to continue with his swimming training.
• Polly is now 18 weeks and I think that she is ready for solids, not sure that I am ready though!
• We have an orphaned calf, BJ and he is Fred's new best friend.   
• Have had our first frost of the season.    

Polly 365 catch up ... Day 120, spending more time in the bumbo chair and she is starting to dribble just like her big brother Fred.  Exactly 16 weeks old.

Day 121, she still drinks 5 bottles each day and takes less time to chug down 180ml, about half and hour if she is hungry.

Day 122, her official 4 month old photo .... look how ridiculously long she looks!

Day 123, every girl needs a little leopard skin print in their wardrobe.

Day 124, can you spot Polly?  A photo of all the cousins with their partners and kids at the family reunion.

Day 125, Polly loves being outside on the grass, so much to look at, it's sensory overload and distracts her from grumpy moods.

Day 126, more outside time, watching Jack doing his exercises .... such a serious little face in this photo.

Day 127, needles today and a bit cranky by sundown, fever during the night ... snuggling with Fred on the couch waiting for a bottle.

Day 128, trying to encourage some tummy time, she isn't a big fan.

Day 129, sometimes Polly's lunch time naps are very disruptive and the only way to get her back to sleep is to put her on my bed with me of course!

Day 130, Polly's eyes are so sparkly and very blue.

DAy 131, thank God that Polly travels well in the car, does she have a choice!  Here she is ready to drive home from Miles on Sunday.

Day 132, sadly, she has outgrown the snuggle bed, her head touches one end and feet the other.

Day 133, her very first sleep in the cot without the snuggle bed, she did wake a couple of times during the night which isn't a good sign, might need to squeeze her back in the snuggle bed.

I have been a bit slack with capturing our everyday moments ... note to self, take more photos.  Here are a few randoms ...

Yep, a pathetic amount of photos for May so far, my month in review is going to be very blank this month.

Currently working on June Double Up layouts, looking good so far .... May was a sell out, thanks everyone!  Haven't even thought about putting together my Week In The Life album, it's on the TO DO list with about a million other things!

That's about if from me, thanks for stopping by.

SHE IS FOUR MONTHS

Can you believe it!  Polly is F O U R months already. I still think of her as a newborn until I saw a newborn at the grocery shop and realised that she is definitely no longer a newbie (sigh). 

Here she is ....

At four months she is ....

super smiley

has fantastic head control and loves to try and pull her shoulders up off the ground

is on five bottles a day

absolutely loves company especially Freddie

is definitely going to have blue eyes

has almost lost all her newborn hair including the fuzzy bits on her ears

is size 00

loves the play gym

can grasp toys

likes to throw Pinky Boo Boo (cuddle rug) over her face when she goes to sleep

is quite fiesty and really YELLS when she wants her bottle or to be picked up

she loves to chatt and makes the cutest little sounds

has just started dribbling

sleeps through the night from 10:30pm to about 6:30am and rarely wakes up

likes travelling in the car (does she have a choice!)

loves the TV

Still not sure who she looks like.  Lots of people comment that she looks like Freddie .....

I guess there are similarities, I am really useless at seeing family resemblances.

Anyway, that's it from me today, thanks for stopping by.

 

 

FINALLY FINISHED MY BLANKET!

It started with 10 different coloured balls of wool almost two years ago.

Which were then turned into little Granny squares.

The piles of Granny squares grew slowly over the winter months.

And then last September I finally had crocheted 182 squares and began joining all the squares together.

After they were all joined, I then crocheted a border and FINALLY my lovely Granny blanket was finished.

I could not be happier with how it turned out ... worth every little treble.

It now sits on the end of our bed waiting for some cool weather ... I love, love, love it!  Next project, a blanket for Polly.

Miss Polly has lost the newborn baby look, she is so very cute and really interested in everything around her.

Day 105, she is always so happy to see a face when she wakes up.

Day 106, hanging out with her bestie.

Day 107, admiring Mum's blanket.

Day 108, swinging away in the swing chair.

Day 109, busy checking out the world.

Life continues to be busy .... Jack has started football and Eve had netball try out this morning.  Trying to fit in a couple of pool training sesions for Jack each week which means a 320km round trip!  Fred is his usual little self, keeping Polly and I entertained while the big kids are at school.

 

Never a dull moment!

Thanks for stopping by.

EASTER AND A CHRISTENING

Hello, I haven't intentionally neglected my blog, just been on go slow internet speed which makes uploading photos to my blog exceptionally painful .... so are you ready for complete photo overkill?

Easter was spent camping with friends at the Bengalla Hut ... there were 8 adults, 15 kids and 4 dogs .... the weather was just perfect and everyone has a great time ....

loads of fun in the river .... kayaking, mud fights, fishing, sand toys .... the usual Easter egg hunt .... good food and even better company .... we all had a great time .... although, Polly and I cheated as we came up to the house each night to sleep (perfect camping holiday).

Saturday just gone was Polly's christening ....

She was perfectly behaved a looked like a little doll.

After Polly's christening lunch we all went off to the Picnic Races .... a big day indeed.

Guess who went and saw One Direction in concert in Sydney of Friday night?  Evie scored a ticket from her cousing, lucky girl.  We put her on the plane to Sydney from Moree and she had a couple of days in Sydney with my sister then travelled back with them on Saturday for Polly's christening. 

Now Evie is an official One Directioner and screams everytime they come on TV! Here she is at the One Direction shop in Sydney.

In other exciting news, yesterday we had a phone call from Queensland Swimming to ask if Jack would like to be part of the Queensland swim team....

 one of the boys who placed in the top 3 in 50m Breaststroke is unable to be part to the team and seeing as Jack came 4th, he is next in line.  Just when we thought swimming season was all over until September .... very exciting for Jack but not sure how we are going to keep him swim fit until August considering our pool has closed.  There is absolutely no way we could say NO to Jack considering how hard he worked all season.  So he is off to Sydney for a week all decked out in Queensland maroon.

Polly continues to grow and is cuter than ever .... catching up on her 365 photos ....

Day 86 though to Day 103 .... Polly is such a delight .... she continues to sleep well and is currently going through a bit of a growth spurt .... her baby hair at the back is slow to fall out but she has all new hair at the front ... she is spending more time "playing" and loves getting hold of her toys ... she is really chatty and smiley .... a very cute little bubba.

So now you are caught up on our lives .... school starts back tomorrow and visitors leave Wednesday and then we shall be back to normal (well, as normal as it gets). 

Thanks for stopping by, hopefully I will be back soon.

 

 

SWIMMING SEASON IS OVER!

Hopefully things will start to slow down in our household with swimming season just about over ....  we have spent the last few days in Brisbane at the Queensland School State Championships with Jack finishing the season on a fantastic note ....

He swam in seven events and made the finals for five ...

7th in 100m Breaststroke and 50m Freestyle, 5th in 50m Butterfly, 4th in 50m Breaststroke and 100m Freestyle .... we are so proud of him and all his hard work and determination .... he was really hoping to make into the top three for one event which means swimming in the Queensland team at Nationals but we think that there is plenty of time for that ... he has made so much progress this season .... last season he competed in 3 events and was over the moon when he made the final for one event ... ambition is a funny thing!  So the Gundy pool closes on Friday for another season and the Prosser family get to sleep in again, yippee!

Polly is 3 months old today .... I know, where has the time gone .... catching up on 365 photos ....

Day 69, hanging out in the car seat at a Swimming Club meeting.


Day 70, having a cuddle in Mum and Dad's bed and trying not to feed her before 6am.


Day 71, enjoying Fred's swimming lesson.


Day 72, Freddie trying to keep Polly entertained while I do my hair.


Day 73, little Miss Smiley who loves to chat and gurgle away to anyone who is interested.


Day 75, another car seat shot, this one taken at Gran and Darra's.



Day 77, still not sure what colour eyes Miss Polly is going to have, sometimes they look really dark and other times they look totally blue.

Day 78, Polly loves checking out everything around her.

Day 79, Polly's hair is thinning out at a rapid speed.

Day 80, ready for a trip to town.

Day 81, Polly is still a great little sleeper and has a good sleep between every bottle.

Day 82, this photo was taken by Eve as we were in Brisbane and Gran and Darra came out to look after Eve, Fred and Polly.

Day 83, another Evie photo, a busy background happening here.

Day 84, all played out and fast asleep under the playgym.

Day 85, happy to have Mum, Dad and Jack at home again.

Polly continues to be an amazingly content and happy bubba .... she is a happy little thing and lately she is very busy checking out everything around her ... she loves hearing Fred's voice and always turns her head to find him .... she is super strong and loves lifting her head .... she is just gorgeous.

Will be back on Friday with the APRIL DOUBLE UP layout shares, looking afer the boys this month with not a trace of pink in sight .... thanks for stopping by.

HELLO

Another weekend comes to an end ... more swimming in our household ... Friday night was our school swimming carnival ... Evie was third runner up for Age Champion .... Jack was Age Champion and broke all four records for his four 50m swims ..... to say he was happy is a huge understatement!

Fred and his friend Lily enjoying the carnival!  And to top off a great swimming carnival, Jack and Evie's sporting house won!

Saturday was our Swimming Club Championships .... Jack won age champion and Evie got a second place in the 400m Free ...

was a good afternoon.

Then on Sunday, just because they hadn't had enough of swimming, Jack and Eve went off to the Texas Triathlon ... Evie did the swim leg for Claudia and Tori ...

they came third in their age group ... Jack did the swim for a mens' team ...

they got first place (photos courtesy of Jot as I didn't go).

Fred doing his usual clowing around .... Evie decided to play dress ups with him!

Freddie is still swimming too .... he actually started swimming lessons at the town pool one morning a week, the photo above ... he loves his lesson and can't wait to get out in the big pool like Jack and Evie.

Update on Miss Polly who is almost 10 weeks old ... she has dropped the graveyard feed which is brilliant, has been two weeks now.  She is really smiley and loves to coo and gurgle away, it is the sweetest thing.  She also seems much more settled and there have been less of her yelling sessions, I think that she must have been going through a bit of a growth spurt.  I think that I would like to freeze her about now and not let her grow anymore!  Catching up on 365 photos (last post was Day 55) ...

Day 56, dining out at Sizzler.

Day 57, hanging out in the swing chair trying to stretch out until the next bottle.

Day 58, grocery shopping.

Day 59, trying on a new outfit sent to her by her cousin Jess, rocking the skinny jeans!

Day 60, sleepy bubba.

Day 61, had to buy Polly a new outfit as it was so cool in Toowoomba.

Day 62, Polly's 2 month old photo in the clothes basket ... growing for sure!

Day 63, she is really alert now and loves to follow voices and smile at everyone.

Day 64, there is something so cute about a baby all wrapped up with a cute beanie on .... the cutest little bear every.

Day 65, just trying to catch that gummy smile on camera and not being successful at all.

Day 66, out and about at the town pool.

Day 67, fast asleep on Jack's shoulder.

Day 68, waking up in my bed after we both went back to bed after the 6am bottle.  Polly loves stretching and her facial expressions are hilarious ...

like a cat!  And that brings you up to date on Polly!  Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

SHE'S AWAKE

Remember all those photos of Polly sound asleep ... I was almost worried that her eyes were glued together .... I can now stop worrying, she is well and truly  A W A K E and happy to tell the world!  She is very vocal and there is no stopping until she is picked up or fed!  There is no way that this 4th child is going to be forgotten.  Thank goodness she sleeps really well during the night, still just waking once for a quick feed then straight back to sleep.  Just very random during the day, working on a routine.  Catching up on photos ...

Thursday Day 51, those eyes are looking decidedly blue, was kind of hoping for another brown eyed girl but don't think it's going to happen.

Friday Day 52, she loves looking at her hands and trying to get them in her mouth, this is her extremely concentrating look.

Saturday Day 53, Polly's thinking pose ...

thinking about screaming!

Sunday, Day 54, play time.

This was yesterday, Day 55, Polly was either sleeping or yelling .... this is a yelling shot as I was trying to get the clothes off the line ... let's just say that yesterday was a long day.

On Friday, the two big kids (Fred and Polly had a sleep over at Gran and Darra's) and us went to Redcliffe for Jack to compete in the Queensland Aquathon titles ... the weather was a bit wild which made the swim component challenging, but Jack had a fun time competing .... was nice to have a night away from the littles too ....

Jack came 29th out of about 80 boys, not bad for a country kid who doesn't swim in the open water much.  Please note that some of the above photos (the really clear and crisp ones) were taken by another Mum, thanks Bec.

Lots of swimming coming up in the next couple of weeks, I feel tired thinking about it.

Will be back Thursday to share the MARCH DOUBLE UP layouts, packs will go on sale then too .... thanks for stopping by.

 

HELLO

Just waiting up to feed Polly before I go to bed so thought I would share Polly's 365 photos ...

Saturday Day 46 Freddie loves nursing his little sister, check out her fingers!

Sunday Day 47, Polly and Freddie having a snuggle in our bed.

Monday Day 48, Polly loves nude time.  She is so long and has so much hair happening at the back of her head.  Not a great look considering the hair at the front is thinning out at a rapid rate!

Day 49, ready for a trip to town.  We were at the Chemist so I quickly weighed her .... a whopping 6kg, she is certainly not starving.

Today, Day 50, seven weeks old.  Finally her rash is clearing up but her skin is so dry.

The top photo is Freddie taken on Day 50 and so is the photo of Polly ... I think that the only similarity is their chubbiness!

And here is my assistant ....

trying to calm the photography subject!  He then decided that he should be part of the photoshoot ....

the love affair between Doug and Fred continues ... so much so that I don't know what Fred did before Doug came along, he loves him to bits.

Almost as much as all things Apple ...

ipod, iphone or ipad, he isn't fussy, he loves them all! An apple addict for sure.

That's about it from me, thanks for stopping by.

 

CATCHING UP

It's official .... LIFE IS DEFINITELY BUSIER WITH 4 .... Iam thinking that that particular statement is a no brainer, of course life was going to be busier with another child, what was I thinking!?!  Polly continues to be an easy bubba but I had forgotten how time consuming babies are.  Jobs are put on hold because I know how fleeting these newborn moments are.

Catching up on Polly's 365 photos ...

Day 35 .... I saw this idea somewhere in cyberspace ... take a photo each month of your baby in a clothes basket and see how much they have grown in 12 months ... this is Polly at one month.

Day 36, reached the 5 week milestone ... Polly was weighed today, 5250 grams, 61cm and her head circumference is 38.5cm ... she has grown 5cm in length already and looks at those rolls.

Day 37 ... Polly has a nasty rash on her face, according to the Doctor there is nothing that can be done about it ... I remember that Fred had the same thing about the same age .... hiding from the camera here.

Day 38, hanging out in the pram at the town pool as the kids had a qualifying swim meet.

Day 39, an entire day at home ... Polly is becoming fond of her dummy and it definitely helps when she is fighting sleep.

Day 40 "watching" the kids swim in the pool at home ... last night was the first time that Polly slept for a total block of 6 hours, looking foward to more of that!

Day 41, play time.  Polly is certainly less sleepy now.  She still feeds every 4 hours and roughly is awake for an hour and a half and then sleeps for 2 and a half hours between each daytime feed .... not always but that's what we are aiming for.

Day 42, ready for another road trip.  Off to Toowoomba for the night to get some loving from Gran!

Day 43, a quick photo with Darra and Fred before we head home.  Six weeks today, my goodness, those six weeks have absolutley flown by.

Day 44, I love the moments when Polly sleeps soundly.  No matter how much noise or where she is, she just keeps sleeping.  I love how peaceful she looks when she is sounds alseep, Ireally could watch her all day.

Day 45, today, outside watching Fred have a swim.  Polly has started to smile, they are a treat and melt my heart everytime but impossible to catch with the camera.

In other news, life continues to revolve around swimming at the moment ... all the hard work of the season is coming to an end and that means quite a few carnivals.  Last Friday was our qualifying meet to get a place in our Zone swimming team ... for the first time, Eve made it ...

so excited for her .... both her and Jack now go to the next level to earn a spot in the Darling Downs team.

Nothing else too exciting, just the usual cooking, washing, cleaning, feeding, cooking, washing, cleaning, feeding, you get the picture!

Yep, that's Jack giving Eve a wedgie in the photo above.

Now this photo makes me smile .... it is a rare moment indeed to find these two happily hanging out together, actually enjoying spending time with each other .... I think I need to enlarge this one!

That's about it from me and mine, ready for another weekend ... will be back soon without a layout share ... thanks for stopping by.