41 WEEKS (OVERDUE)

A week after our Nautilus experience most people are asking where the baby is? Alison and I are wondering the same thing. After all the aromatherapy massage, acupressure, hot baths, pineapples, Clary Sage sniffing, copious amounts of water, steak, laxatives, walking up and down the "red arrow" (a local walking track on the Whitfield range), four wheel driving, raspberry leaf tablets and driving up and down the Gillies range you'd imagine that we'd have welcomed our little bundle of joy into the world all ready. However in spite of him being overdue he remains comfortable and cosy inside his mother's tummy.

We have tried to make the most of or time in Cairns but haven't been able to do all that we've planned. I guess that means we'll just have to come back again...if the baby comes and we can ever leave, that is.

Joys of motherhood

Every once in a while things go very quiet at our house. Unfortunately, this is not my cue to relax it is my signal to ruuun because I might (and usually do) find something like this:

40 WEEKS

The due date finally arrived and assuming that this could very well be our final night alone we decided to celebrate it in Port Douglas at the Nautilus restaurant. We had heard that it was the grand daddy of all fine dining and that we had to experience it at least once in our lifetime. The restaurant does not cater for children under eight, in order to "preserve the experience of elegant outdoor dining with a unique ambiance," and we figured it was either now or never.

Dalmeny Pics!

Dalmeny Summer Holiday

Dalmeny absolutley lived up to all the hype all these years that I have been hearing about it! What a beautiful place... The views amazing. We had to do all the things that lucas remembers growing up. The 'Kinema', listen to the bell birds everytime we went into Narooma. Tilba cheese is the best cheese that I have tasted to this day! We even took over mum and dads role of looking for a property to buy! We have decided on one thing, this is where the kids and I will be living for 6 months while Lucas is doing his training at Jervis Bay only 2 hours away. Already planning the next one! See you there!

Cairns. . . .LOVE it or LEAVE it??

After spending all morning under blue skies at the Lagoon and then stopping at the Brittish Lolly Shop afterwards for Dr. Pepper and other American goodies, Cairns is back on my good side (although the relationship is still on shaky ground). This time of year is always the time that Tim and I decide to leave Cairns. Last year we decided to move to the States, this year Williamstown has caught our eye. I have started to recognize that there is a pattern! We can't stand the whole build up to rainy season and its even more unbearable when the rains come and don't end for months. If we can hold out until April we usually fall in love again but its a struggle to get there. One thing that makes me happy, however, are these lovely paintings. Hayley Gillespie is a local artist (I only just discovered that she lives right down the road). I would love to one day have a children's bedroom with these prints adorning the walls and then it wouldn't matter what the weather was like outside!

on a more serious note. . .I am sure that there are others out there that have something to add here on wolff 'n' stuff (I'm talking to you "concerned citizen " ) Can't wait to hear from everyone soon!

GETTING STARTED

This past week has been about RAIN, RAIN, RAIN. . . Our thoughts have been with the other members of the family who are currently basking in the sun and drinking in the never-ending stretch of blue sky and golden sand that is Dalmeny. Yes, we are jealous! Tim has been digging a "french drain" around the house to keep the waters at bay. It has been a muddy, mouldy, sweaty week and we can honestly say, "we wish we were there!"