December 14 - Bob the builder, WATCH OUT!

Austin put on his boots and grabbed the hammer to help daddy build Austin's new bed.

December 8 - Story time with daddy

December 6 - Austin's first concert!

Austin enjoyed his very first concert with cousin Eliza: THE WIGGLES!!

(Pardon the poor quality mobile-phone pictures!)

Sienna - 2 months old

Here is Sienna at 2 months of age. She's growing so quickly!

Week #36

August 30 - September 5

Austin shocked us this morning when he started singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star just out of the blue. He was playing with his trains when I heard his little voice. It took a while to get him to do it again for the video, but I finally got it (sorta).

The first part of this video is of him saying "rock-n-roll!". He says a word before hand that we haven't been able to interpret. Maybe you can figure it out!

**We finally figured out that he was saying "High Voltage, Rock -N- Roll"!!!

Week #32

August 6

Brenda & Pris & Max were here in August for a fantastic visit with us. Here they are with Austin on the day after his bday having fun in his red [deflated] car.

Week #14

March 29 - April 4

We took Austin to the Flower & Garden show. It was an extra special treat for him because we rode the tram there. He loved the ride on the "choo choo". At the show, they had a special Sesame Street section which Austin LOVED!! Needless to say, he had a wonderful day.

Come on guys...I'm WAITING!!!






On the tram:
(which he really did enjoy...we just didn't capture the smiles in the pic):



And, last but not least, here he is with his idol:
(I wish I could have captured his expression when he first saw Elmo. He was overcome with glee.)

Week #13

March 22-28

No pics (holding head in shame, yet again)

Week #12

March 15-21

No pics (holding head in shame)

Week #11

March 8-14

Our little monkey:

Playing with his friend (second-cousin) Eliza:

Week #10

March 1-7

He learned how to pull a stool up to his bookshelf so that he can reach the books and THROW them down on the ground. GRRRRRR...


Having a bit of a read:



He discovered his POCKETS and just loves posing as Mr GQ.

Week #9

February 22-28

Ashamed to say that I did not take ONE picture this week. I'll have to make it up with lots more pics in the coming weeks.

Week #8

February 15-21

Breakfast in front of the TV!?!?! What kind of parents does he have?!!!

Week #7

February 8-14

Mmmm...Mmmm...Mmmm, vegemite sandwich!!

Week #6

February 1-7

Ashamed to say that I didn't take many pics this week. Here are a couple taken the day we had Austin's mates over to our house for our [very] late annual XMAS party.

Sorry this one is blurry:

Week #5

January 25-31

Burst water main in our neighborhood; water shot up over 130 feet into the air:


Watching the ducks at a nearby lake


At the zoo:

Week #3 & #4

January 15-24

Our little gardener decided to help Chris on his garden (in King Lake).


Yes, this is what happens when you leave a child with ketchup for ONE SECOND.

STOP!! YOU CAN'T ESCAPE!!! (He's obsessed with keys)

Our little drummer boy.

Enjoying his new swing-set.

Bath-time fun. (FYI, the water was drained already....we don't normally bathe' him in an empty bathtub!).

Week #2

January 8-14

One artsy-fartsy shot: