planting seeds, really?

Hiya my fabolous readers and bloggers. There are a few updates since my last post, exciting ones too, hence the title of the blog. First, we have purchased a house..whoo hoo here in Australia. We just figured why continue to spend money renting when we can buy. I know your thinking, house purchsed equals permanent stay in Australia. Not quite, we figured we buy the house take it year by year and see how we go. Australia might kick us out in 2013...haha or they might grant us permanent residency, who knows. We are really excited as its our first home bought together.

The big move is in two weeks as we are waiting for some finishing touches to be compeleted, yup a band spanking new home. Second, our nanny arrives from Italy in a few hours, we have had some dramas on the nanny front but finally found someone we know will fit right in with our family and more importantly care for Jordayne. And last but not least, I am heading back to work. Not sure if that's good or bad news but either way I am happy as I need to feel a part of the adult world. I will be starting off part-time and if things are too stressful slowly work my way back up to full-time. With Government jobs you can work part-time until your child is 5yrs of age..how nice.

What else, oh yes we survived the unkindly acts of nature; flooding, cyclone and humidity. Thankfully, the kinder seasons are upon us.

Until next time, PEACE

p.s. PEACE signs up for Egypt

Our home!! Jordayne

Where have we been????

Hiya blog world. No we have not dropped off the face of the earth mom and company have been super busy. We safely made it to and back from Canada, little J was such a pleasure to travel with. I feared being thebsingle parent traveling with a crying infant. Well I was a single parent traveling solo with J but he did was not that crying infant. You know the one everyone looks at and says "oh poor thing"? Well he wasn't that child. He traveled very well and stayed well throughout our stay in Canada. We arrived at the moment when the leaves were falling off the trees and the colours were that of Fall. The weather started to cool down near the end of our trip and by that time both J and I were ready to return to the warmth of Australia. I left Australia with 3 bags and I returned to Australia with 5 bags, yes that's right picture the single mom with an infant and 5 pieces of heavy luggage, that was I...lol. And thankfully the lovely people at Air Canada did not charge me for overweight luggage..whooo hoo. As we have returned home and settled in I have realized how much I (we) need to be close to family. Being in Australia we are just too far from everyone and everything. Now that little J is with us having family around has become so much more important. We have decided to stay out our work visa and then start to plan from there. I MISS HOMEL

As for our little man he is approaching 9 months. He has cut two teeth well there are two little pegs not sure when they will come through but we are thinking by xmas he will have two full teeth. It will be our first xmas with child and I have decided that we need to make it special so I have bought a xmas tree and will have J help me decorate. We are also in the midst of looking for a nanny, guess from which country? That's right Italy. We have done some interviews on Skype and think we have narrowed it down. E and I really would like J to speak Italian and since daddy is not around much during the day J doesn't have the opportunity to hear the language. We are hoping to have the nanny out here by February as I will be returning to work between March-April.

Until the next update..cherrio!!!!

Oh Canada!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh Canada here we come! we (J & I) will be heading to Canada to visit family and friends. I have not been to Canada in a couple of years. I am happy and nervous all at the same time to make the trip. Happy to see my family and friends but nervous as I am not sure how the trip will be for J. It's the perfect time to make the trip as I am on maternity leave and don't have to rush the trip. Other mom's say its the best age to do the travel as it's easier to keep an infant "happy" throughout the travel. Any readers out there travel with an infant overseas? any
suggestions/advise would be appreciated...baci

sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeppppppppppppppp!

Well as many of you know our little man has joined us which means much less time to blog. I do miss the blog life but with a little one around free time is limited. Our son (Jordayne) is now approaching 5 months and he is bloosoming into a very special little boy. He has developed this fun loving character one that any parent would wish for. We have seen his first roll over, watched and listened afar as he speaks his own language which consist of a lot screeching sounds. Each day we anticipate the next "wow" moment with our Flip video camera standing by to capture every moment.

I titled this blog sleep because I am in desperate need of some;) I took the wise advise of many and slept every moment possible while I was pregnant however with a newborn it seems like all that sleep wasn't enough. Now that Jordayne is sleeping (10hrs) through most of the nights it has provided some relief. How do other mom's do it? I have tried to sleep when J is sleeping but there is always something to do. I await the day that nursing stops and J is able to sleep through all nights.

Until the next spot; stay well...

Baci

P.S. at this moment we have decided not to put pics of J up that however might change in the future..xxoox

Thank You...Thank You...

Hi everyone, thanks so much for your wishes. As you all can imagine we have been busy adjusting to parenthood. Our little boy is growing too fast that words can cannot describe. Every morning we wake up we see new and developed features. We have had visitors during this time as well. We had my mom come from Canada and currently have the help of Enrico's mom from Italy. What would we do without those extra hands, we are so thankful for the help.
As for our plans for a permanent location, at this moment we are not sure. Australia has a lot to offer minus our families of course and with the situation in Europe we don't see that its the best time at the moment to head back to Italy:( We will see what the year holds.


baci X

New Edition!!!

Hi everyone, baby Sedita (surname) has arrived on St. Patty's day. All is doing well and planning the next few days to catch up on sleep and eat..xo

Home Stretch!

That's right we have just entered the home stretch of my pregnancy. The little will arrive soon and our life will change forever but for the better. And as we wind down to birthday we still don't have a name for the little one. The two of us cannot agree on a name and gosh it makes things difficult. My fear is that HE will be born without a name which is traumatizing. Can you imagine being called "bambolotto"? I can't imagine it. So we decide to turn to the web and all our readers out there to help us name our little boy. Please, pretty please!

baci
E&R