Hello lovely people

We haven't put anything on here for ages.......so i've just posted some random shots to let you know what we've been up to. I finally started playing with the digital camera and realised it does B&W and sepia too, so I've been playing...... Exciting news for those of you who don't know, Tony is getting married!! Tony and Tookta met toward the end of Tony's recent overseas trip, and it was love at first sight. This Friday the 24th he will fly to Thailand and they will be married in a traditional Thai service. Tookta will then accompany Tony back to Australia where they will then plan a second wedding sometime in February. Below is a copy of the invitation for the Thai service. Tookta photoshopped their images onto the clothes - very clever!
Here at last is a proper photo of Baylie, isn't he just angelic? I have no idea how his mother produces such beautiful children :p
Brodie and Baylie
helping daddy mow and whipper snip is really hard work!

The spare room has been turned into a mini "Sodor" and is a very busy place.
Daddy and Kylin playing on the flight simulator
I picked this house up from the op shop for $20. I had to assemble it and wallpaper it etc.(including furniture pictured here and about 20 other pieces which are beautifully made)

Kylin adores it.

In other news, my brother Peter, broke his back! An ATV he was riding flipped and crushed him. The handlebar gouged his hand as well. Long story short, he fractured his L1, toward the front of the spine (ie away from his spinal cord) He was incredibly lucky, and is grateful for every step he takes. He is obviously in pain and will be for a while, the healing process will be very slow. He is seeing a physio and the Drs are scanning him regularly for changes. Other than that...we are all well, we have started making our own wine so fingers crossed for that, and that's about it I think.
except.........
Happy birthday to our October babies:

Debbie, Bella, Alex, April, Lee, Mat, Damian B, Rosie, Flipper, John n Peter, and Oliver.

And so we're not late

Happy birthday to our November babies too:

Nicholas, Ben, Caroline, Filiz, Cindy, Jessica, Riley and Lis.

Hope your special day was/will be, magical - we'll be thinking of you.

Hope you are all happy and well, love and hugs - from us xoxoxo

Wow where did that coupla weeks go?

Hiya, loadsa photos, n lots to report. Kylin has taken to "swimming" in the bath lately, I have had to plastic wrap the towels because he swamps the bathroom - but that's ok - he just loves it.

Dress up time, I got dressed one morning, and he wanted to get dressed up as a pretty lady too, I took that as a compliment........
Daddy came home and we packed heaps into our time together. One morning we did bubbles in the garden really early before breakfast, too much fun...........
Daddy was kept busy on the big bubble blower
Our skies were full of rainbow bubbles, there were lots of smiles that morning!
It's warming up here but still too cold for the big pool, so we broke out the shell pool and the dogs love drinking out of it, Kylin loves copying them..........
He is starting to want to pick his clothes on special occasions,
here he is in his "restaurant clothes"

Daddy n Ky wearing fruit smoothie moustaches
Daddy set his slot car set up, and for the first time I was able to use the remotes by myself, so we could race each other for real.
Mummy caught Polar in a nest he'd made under a bush.
Daddy makes the best pizzas, so on his first night home, we all made pizza together.
Introducing Baylie Shae Nelson. Bindi and Dan's newest addition, and Brodie's new brother.

he looks cute here, but this is a bad photo, he is a really, really beautiful looking baby. It's dark because I don't believe in using flashes in the faces of little babies, they have enough to take in and get used to without people blinding them with bright lights.

After visiting Bindi n bub, we went to the Yorkies boat club because Big noise were playing again, Jock was very happy to see Ky and he just jumped in with them and started playing his guitar. Jock set up a mic stand for him during their break but Ky was so tired he just melted into me n said "I want to go home" so we thanked the guys and explained that it was nap time, and off we went. Because we were only there for about 30 mins, I didn't get any photos this time. Kylin fell asleep about 5 mins from the boat club and slept for ages after we got home, then I took him to the local playground.......
He played until the stars started to come out and was exhausted. I had to bribe him with a (pseudo) chocolate milkshake to get him to want to come home.
Not sure how these ended up at the bottom, however, there was a fundraiser for the variety club we heard about on the radio after dropping Damian off at the airport. The announcer said there was a fire engine and police car for the kids to look at......had they thrown in a cement mixer....he would have been in heaven.
the firies gave him some stickers and put a helmet on him, when he got to the police car, he jumped into the back seat,

I said to him that was the only time I wanted to see him in the back of a police car!!

He explored all seats though and just loved every second.

So heaps goin on here, hope all in your world is as exciting, or you can share in the excitement of others. Love and hugs from us xoxoxo

Just photo's to start with......

We played around with a magazine thing online that superimposed hairstyles over your pic, these are two that Kylin loved.

Kylin discovered my rainbow ink pad one morning

Kylin's preschool had its first birthday party. The animals were a big hit, especially the goats, he just adored them.
Kylin and his friend Connor with the goats.
I came to pick him up one day and he had some fetching boots on while bike riding - just gorgeous!
More muck making - too much fun.
We have been busy but well, not always with a camera ready but doin heaps.

Happy birthday to our September babies:

Dan, Damian (yes that's right you missed it), Aiden, Kiah, Micheal, Wayne, Denis, Dianne, Greg, John, Peter, Nic, big ears, Amanda, Richie.

Hope you have or will have an awesome day.

Love to you all - Damian, Karen n Kylin. xoxoxo

Circus, bands and too much fun

Hi everyone, photo's are all jumbled up again , but I'm sure you'll all get over that :) Here I am asleep in a little bed mummy made me in the car, I just love going to sleep in the car.

At Palm Cove where mummy later saw Boom Crash Opera play - it was awesome! Daddy and I made sand castles and I tried to bury him.
Another band at Yorkies, I sat on the ladys knee and she let me play her tambourine

We went to Yorkies again when "my" band was playing. Jock and the boys were very happy to see me and this time I took my own little guitar and microphone. After the first set, Jock set up a microphone stand just for me - I was sorted then and rocked on into the afternoon with them.
Mummy and daddy took me to the circus and I got to have 2 rides on the little ponies at intermission.
Palm Cove playing games with daddy while we had a picnic.
PUSH ME HIGHER!
Grunk is staying with us at the moment and we all went to Gordonvale today for a play and some lunch. Today is 12 months since Damian's dad passed - he was born in Gordonvale, Grunk went to school here, and the family have many happy memories here.

My first venture outside on my big bike, I fell a couple of times because I was watching my shadow, but when I watched where I was going, I did really well.
Daddy won't be home for his birthday so we had a little mock birthday on Sunday for him, mummy and I went and got some little cupcakes and I sang and blew out the candles. We gave him his present early too (I helped to wrap it)
Last Friday we had toddler olympics at pre school, the teachers put in a huge effort, making torches, certificates and "passes" for us all with our pictures on them. We got to have a party afterwards and everyone had a brilliant time. We did egg n spoon races, horse races, gymnastics, sack races and races on the little bikes. Miss Sam had us all dancing and doing aerobics - it was ace!
FINGERPAINTING - too much fun!
Happy birthday to all our August babies: Muzzy, Ashlin, Scott, Dani, Barbie, Serena, Mark, Jordan and Morgan.

Hope your special day is/was magic.

Daddy has finished the first part of his course and is now driving the trains under instruction. He is loving every second and has made friends with everyone (as he does) He has settled into his QR accommodation in Bluff now, and is setting about making it homely. He is able to make it home roughly every 3 weeks for about 4 days at a time, which is not so confusing for me. I get to talk to him everyday and tell everyone I meet, that my daddy drives a train. Daddy has also signed up for his own facebook and myspace accounts so you can catch him there or on daca61@yahoo.com.au He will have regular internet access very soon.

We hope you are all well and that everything is good in your world. We think of you all often and although mummy is very busy, we try to keep you updated here when we can.

Love and hugs and squishes - Kylin xoxoxo