A new year a new us!

We have had some very hot weather here recently and it has upset Dylan's (and mine) sleep a bit although last night was pretty good I was asleep by about 9 and Dylan slept through so I did too, yay. We are moving Dylan into his own room today. The room that took longer to paint and carpet than it took the pyramids to build. We have put some of his toys in there and his change table/chest of drawers and I have been telling him that it is his room but today we are putting his cot in there and he will have his first night there. I am just going to be positive and hope that he goes down well tonight. I am fearing that I might get a bit of seperation anxiety from the experience. We will see. I will post a photo of the new room as soon as it is complete. It is like I am decorating his nursery (at 18 months) and it is very exciting.

The new year new us business is because well it is a new year that being 2008 and I am hoping that some good things will happen for us this year. Weight loss for me. The start of a new course for me. A job for hubby. Quit smoking for hubby. A house for the three of us. My/our finances in order. Some pretty big things there.

I enrolled in a course yesterday which is a certificate 3 in children's services which I am doing by correspondence and hope that it will lead me into a Dip Ed in primary or early childhood, I am hoping the latter. The course is for 24 months and as I was hoping we would start TTC in July this year I am considering delaying this until early next year. But we will see. I am sure it would be harder to complete the course with a newborn and a toddler.

Anyway it is an exciting new year and I hope these things will happen for us.

Christmas and all that jazz!

Christmas came and went so quickly there is always such a long lead up to it and then BAM it's over. Our Christmas was wonderful. Christmas morning Dylan awoke at his usual just before 7am yawn! Then we played for awhile and had breakfast and waited to wake Daddy up as Daddy likes to sleep in, so we waited not so patiently until 9 and then went and jumped on Hubby. I took all the presents from us and 'Santa' into the room and proceeded to give Dylan his gifts. Hubby armed with the video camera and me with the digital camera, I wanted every little bit captured for our memories! And Dylan did not disappoint, he ripped open wrapping paper left right and centre like an old seasoned pro he even tried to open my present from him. He looked at his gifts with delight and he wanted to play with everything all at once.

After all the present shenanigans we all got ready and went off to Grandma and Papas aka Hubbies parents place where we were greeted with more gifts and a platter of seafood, mmmmm, and I discovered my little darling boy has expensive tastes he loves smoked salmon and prawns! Me too. Dylan had his nap and during his nap we sat down to a lovely roast lunch and as we sat down Dylan decided that 40 minutes was enough of a sleep for the day and up he was. After much eating, drinking, and napping was done Hubby's brother arrived with his wife and their 3 boys and we had more present exchanging. (note I got my own way and all the adults received presents yay!) I was a bit disappointed with my 6 year old nephews reaction to the present we gave him, it was from the national geographic shop and is a shark game where you have this plastic shark and you open it's jaws and then each player pushes down a tooth each turn and then randomnly the jaws snap shut, it's a game of chance. I think he was afraid of it and did not look impressed. I usually do so well with the kids pressies., oh well. From his grandma and papa Dylan received a clam shell sandpit/pool which he loved playing in on christmas day.

We then had to drive to my mum's place where we had dinner with mum and my brother who is currently single. More presents of course! We discovered that Dylan is very sensible and discerning when it comes to presents, my mum gave him the least interesting present first which was clothes and he started unwrapping it but as soon as he saw what it was it was tossed away in favour of more exciting packages, funny little fella!

After all of the attention and food and presents my little darling was pooped and so we headed home and he went to sleep dreaming of all of his new toys (but not the boring clothes from Gran, which I might add were pretty cool, well they would be I picked them out)!!! So another successful Christmas we all got spoilt, our tummies full and our families happy we were together. Next year I dream that we are in our own home and we can have a tree and I plan to do Christmas at our place with everyone invited, ooohhhhh it will be so gorgeous.