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TB crawled for the first time over the weekend whilst we were staying at Mum & Dads house. It was so fun to watch her try and figure it all out over the past couple of weeks, and then - success!! She has been busy this week trying to figure out which door leads to where in our house. She is crawling up on her hands and knees, which is different to the way Mooey crawled - again showing us how different two little people can be!

Here are some photos from our Anzac Day long weekend:

TB after she had crawled

Sisters having a morning cuddle

Moo learning to pose for the camera

Maisie making sure Talias hat is on right

Talia ate her morning tea quicker than Maisie did

Maisie spending some quality time with our pet kangaroo

who would have thought that keys would be so much fun!

Interesting fact to note: Talia (9 months) is wearing clothes that Maisie wore when she was 14 months… if she keeps eating like she does, i will have them in the same size clothes!

These shoes were a present from my friend Emma at my baby shower for Maisie. She joked at the time that she didnt know what size shoe to get, and the funny thing at the time was that I didnt know either…

Well, the joke is now over, cause the “baby” nikes finally fit!! Thanks Em - she loves them!

Maisie had her cousins teach her about hide and seek and has enjoyed playing it ever since.

The hide bit isnt the important bit in our house at the moment, the counting and then the seeking is much better.

This morning she got to 10 all by herself, but it in a round about way:

“1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10 - mummy come”

I was too busy laughing at the counting to leave the room so it was a pretty quick round of count and seek, but fun for everyone, apart from poor old five…

(theme to Bananas in Pyjamas comes on tv)

Maisie - “mummy sit”

Me - “why”

Maisie - “maisie scared”

Me - “of what”

Maisie - “maisie scared bananas pyjamas”

Me - “fair enough”

Last week was the end of daylight savings, and it was the most annoying week ever. The girls jumped from waking up between 7 - 8am to waking between 5-6am, which was horrid for everyone involved. Maisie would make up for being so tired by having 3 hour day sleeps. I am hoping that after two mornings of 7:15am wake ups, that we are back on track…

Our night routine at the moment with a 22 month old and a 9 month old is:

6:00pm - Dinner for everyone

6:30pm - Play time in the lounge room (this week it involves the hokey pokey for Maisie and crawling practice for Talia)

7:00pm - Bathtime

7:20pm - Bible story on the couch

7:30pm - Bed

This has been the case most of the summer, so Maisie hasnt been outside when it has been dark since last winter, as it wasnt getting dark here until after 8.  So, you could imagine her delight that last week after church, when she went outside after she had finished her dinner - there were stars in the sky! She just stood with her head flung back saying “stars, stars, stars!!” She was even more surprised that everything was dark and kept telling us all about it all the way home…

Tali laughing it up

Having a daily catch up session

Say CHEESE (& BISCUITS)

Maisie realising that she can climb up into the toy cupboard…

We were on our first and only family holiday with Maisie - just the three of us.

This time this year, we are happy at home in our new house with our two beautiful girls - now it’s just the four of us.

Despite the weather being a lot cooler, we have all had a great day today out in the sun. We did clothes washing, gardening, the girls and Cade went to the park and then this afternoon we washed the cars out the front on the lawn. Here are our happy snaps:

Maisie helping Cade with the gardening this morning

Talia telling everyone that she is going to be turning 1 in July

Maisie all wet after helping wash Naa’s car out the front this afternoon