The Update...finally!!!

So...a very quick rundown on what has happened in the Wyllie household this year

Happy Birthday to Heather (who had a 16th couples party) - was a lot of fun dressing up as The Phantom of the Opera and Christine. Lydia and Zac dressed as the Princess and the Dragon

Christmas Day - All the family came over for wonderful celebrations minus the Stanley's :( But we did get to Skype them)

Smashing the Gingerbread house

My Dad, Mum and Brother stayed longer after Christmas and we went to the pool, Questacon, and did bargain birthday shopping

The kids loved MiniQ

 

Baby #3 Ultrasound - We took the kids in with us so all four of us got to see our little baby on the TV.  It was so wonderful to be able to "meet" our little one.  It's amazing how you feel like you have a sense of their personality before the baby is even born into the world.  Our #3 seemed a little shy...it wouldn't move its hand away from its face (just wanted to cover up and be left alone). No matter how much the sonographer poked and proded, our baby would not move its hand.  It even did a sumersult and totally changed direction in the womb but still left it hands over its eyes.  It was kinda cute and the kids thought it was funny that the lady was calling it a "little rascal".  Lydia is very proud of the photos that the sonographer gave her.  Zac was great at pointing out the different parts of the baby...feet, hands, face, etc. I cant wait to meet our baby for real in a few weeks.

Lydia turns 4 - to her, this is a HUGE accomplishment.  I had not realised that there are SO many things you can only do once you turn 4...but I have now been informed of them all. We went to Merry Beach for her party.  The Merry Beach Mission was on that weekend so we went and had a beach/pool party with Lydia's cousins, the Watmuffs and the Papavegerisis.  The kids had a great time building sand castles, watching their dads get a little carried away with "who could dig the biggest hole" and splashing around in the pool.  So the weekend was exhausing but SO much fun.  It was a lot of fun to be back at Merry Beach for me and Ben too...it brought back many fond memories from our dating days [grin]

I turn 25 - Started with some shopping, then cleaning, etc.  We went and picked Ben up from work and he took us out for a surprise dinner to El Darado.  Now, this just shows how well Ben really knows me...I always crave red meat when I am pregnant so going to El Darado's and having a big steak with potato bake and veges was the perfect meal for me...very yummy

Brother Nick turns 22 - Happy Birthday Nickky :)

Australia Day.  We woke up at 6.30 and got ready to go to the Australia Day Breaky.  We got there just in time for the "Fireman Sam" show to start.  Had a lot of fun eating sausages and fruit while watching the kids dance and sing along with Fireman Sam. After lunch and a nap, we went to Lake Ginninderra for a BBQ picnic dinner with friends. They guys played cricket, the women chatted, the kids played in the lake and playground and we ended the night with some Aussie pavlova.

Day after Australia Day -We went to see The Muppets in the afternoon. We were really unsure how Zac would go as it was his first trip to the cinemas but he did really well. He danced along to all the songs and cracked himself laughing numerous times.  Ben is very proud of the fact that "The Muppets" was Zac's first cinema experience :)

Happy Birthday Nathan (In February)

Zachary turns 2 - we celebrated by taking him Bowling with some extended family.  By his request, we ate chips and chicken nuggets and he had a chocolate cake with strawberries.

On the same day as Zac's birthday, Lydia started Pre-school.  She is loving it, making lots of friends, having fun being crafty more offen then I ever let her be at home. She is learning many new things and is growing up SO SO quickly.

25th Feb - Ben and I went to see Celtic Thunder for our Anniversary.  They were amazing. Mind you, I think our baby now thinks it is Irish. It didn't seem to mind that it was giving me motion sickness while jigging away through the WHOLE concert. We had a great time though. They are coming back next year so we might have to start saving our money :)

Church Camp - We had Family Camp at the beginning of March. Roger Palmer was the speaker and he did a series on Nehemiah. It was a great weekend of relaxing fellowship together.

Antigone turns 3.  Happy Birthday Tig. Penny made her dress - isn't it gorgeous!

 

Elley turns 18 - with a fine Bush Dance Birthday Party. Once again, it was fun dressing up (and dressing the kids up). Happy Birthday Elley.

My Best friend had a baby - Mary and David had a baby boy last Wednesday -named Daniel Raymond.  He is VERY cute. I can't wait to see the 3 of them when we go to Adelaide at the end of the year.  I miss Mary terribly.

So, that pretty much brings you all up to date.  The four of us are eagerly awaiting the birth of our little baby - 5-6 weeks left.  
There has been a lot of talk about whether it is going to be a boy or girl, how big it will be, when it will be born etc. So if you decided you want in on the arguments - feel free :)
By the way, I have no idea so am not saying anything. I just HOPE it isnt born late like Zac was :)