Riya-Ray

I’d love to say that after the kids have finished all their organic, home made vegetables and protein for supper, had a lovely bath, gotten dressed without a fuss and…

Recently our girls have developed a sense of humour and are starting to play well together – I just LOVE it!  Here are a few moments that I had to…

On Tuesday we decided to explore somewhere that was not the Barnyard!  After some deliberation we decided to drive half way across the world to the other side of the…

Ri unfortunately spent her very first birthday celebrations suffering with an ear, throat and chest infection!  Plus it was bucketing with rain, stopping us from going for a quick visit…

As per the previous party post we decided “go big or go home” and because of that there are some big thank you’s before we get down to the beautiful…

Meal times are something that I often dread when I know that I have to feed them by myself.  There are a few reasons for this: You cannot feed the…

Although the girls’ personalities are like chalk and cheese, they really do get on well when they aren’t fighting!  These are some of those precious moments from this month… In…

So for Kyla’s 2nd Birthday and Riya’s 1st Birthday we decided to go big, cos we managed to keep them alive so far ;).  We rented a hall.  Now before…

Kyla loves make up and Riya loves to take out things that are in a bag, so as you can imagine, “make up bags” are a real hit!  While destroying…

I am a Spur addict.  I guess I must have a taste for life.  Anyway, we recently met up with my good friend Liz Pitt (and sweet little Elijah) to do…

I have been debating whether to make this blog about our months of sickness with a hint of a failed time away or if I should tell you about the…

As is now becoming the norm, this happened some time ago, but I just haven’t had the time to blog about it.  You might wonder why I am even bothering…

The moment you mention the word “park” in our house (or especially Ga’s house), it will be instantaneously followed with Kyla jumping up to get her jacket and hat – no matter…

Sometimes I wonder when this “Super Mom” thing will kick in, you know…  That thing that every other Mom has except for me.  The thing that enables you to change…

It’s amazing how quickly one forgets – Kyla has only been walking for about 6 months and I’ve already forgotten how it all works.  Riya is trying desperately to crawl,…

Riya is real little busy body – never ever sitting still.  Now not only is she trying to crawl, she always wants to stand – pulling herself up on anything…

We haven’t put Ri in the pool yet, but Thursday was perfect for it.  The water was a cool 32 degrees (!) and there wasn’t too much wind.  She wasn’t…

It was inevitable, one day my young, gorgeous hunk would get old…  Yes, the downward spiral occurs just after your 25th birthday.  Everyday thereafter you are in your LATE 20’s…

I know I’m about to turn into your worst/most annoying nightmare…  You know…  Those people who ask you to do/vote/like etc something that you wouldn’t necessarily do/vote/like if you didn’t…

What an absolute blessing this little girl is! Current Nicknames:  Ri-Ri, Sister, Frowny Frownensen, Smiley Smilensen, Lippy Lou, Noodle, Noods, Ri, Little pretty monster From the word go, Riya was…

Although I had been through this once before, I was not as prepared for this as I thought I was. Both experiences have been very different, and what I had not learnt with Kyla, I am learning now. And in some cases I am re-learning things again. From my experience there are a few things that have helped and things that I have needed (writing this more so that I can look at it for the next baby – but if it helps anyone else then that’s great. It is very open, so if there are any dudes reading this you might want to stop now, as there are probably things that you never wanted to know that you would rather find out when you go through this with your wife)…

These first 8 weeks have flown by but also taken forever.  It has gone by in a blur, but yet there are awesome moments that still stand out.  I have…

The start of our little holiday away from the “real world” began when my beautiful little Ri-Ri was placed on my chest.  What an experience.  As I was gathering my…