Ben

With all the chaos of having a new baby in the family, I totally forgot to wish my hear husband a Happy Birthday.

Ben really wanted Levi born on his birthday and he almost got his wish. I went into labour on Ben's birthday but Levi actually decided to come an hour into the next day.

Ben and Levi have both decided that maybe this is better because in the future, if they want to share a birthday, they can; but also, if they want to celebrate separately, they can also do that.

So, Happy 26th Birthday to my wonderful husband. I love you lots and I am very thankful to God for you.

May this next year be a wonderful blessing to you.

 

The 2 birthday boys on Levi's Birth Day - Ben and Levi

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 :)

Floriade

On Monday (the long weekend) we went to Floriade.

Since one of Zac's first words was 'flower' and Lydia just likes pretty things, we really wanted to take the kids to Floriade so they could enjoy the pretty flowers, the animals, the music, the food, and some fun family time.

Well, unfortunately, the petting Zoo was closed and its now a reptile house.  The lineup was long and we didn't think the kids would enjoy it that much so we moved on. We ended up browsing the shops, smelling ALL of the flowers and then sitting on the grass to eat crackers and dip while listening to live music. We had a great afternoon, and it was lots of fun to just be able to go out as a family.

Zac having fun running around

 

Ben and Lydia listening to music

Photo taken by Lydia

Pretty flowers, Pretty girl

Me and the kids

 

Whats been going on with ME!

Outside my window its sunny and there are a few fluffy clouds floating around.  It's the first day of spring and its beautiful.  I'm looking at the kids sandpit and realising a great christmas present would be sandpit toys :)

I have been listening to the string quartet group 'Bond'.  It's nice, fast music and helps with the housecleaning, plus its very nice music!!!

I am wearing track pants, toe socks and my faviourite knitted puple jumper (daggy but extreemly comfortable)

I am thankful for cold and flu panadol rapid.  My whole family is sick this week and panadol is the only way I'm surviving looking after two grumpy, sick but for some reason very active kids

I am pondering on how to truly love my husband and children whole-heartedly and to not take them or other great friendships for granted.

I am reading a book by Mary Beth Chapman. I havent gotten very far because it made me cry. I hate crying so I stopped reading for the meantime.  I will need to compose myself and get on with the reading for Book Club.

I am creating nothing..I'm not a creative person at all. But I will need to make dinner soon...that might be kinda creative.

I am praying praise to God - one of my best friends is pregnant with her first child.  Pray for Gods blessing on her, her husband and the little miracle growing inside her.

I am looking forward to floriade.  I havent really gone properly since living in Canberra and I think the kids will have a great time especially at the Petting Zoo. Plus, I love the flowers and the little shops. 

A few of my favourite things are

• Saturday morning tea with Ben and the kids - coffee, donut, playground, and family catch up time.
• Breaky chats with my Mum and Dad
• Evening walks with the family
• Listening to Zac call out "Mummy" which sounds more like "Marmeeee"...he sounds very adorable.

A picture thought I'm sharing is my sister and her kids.  Thinking of them and praying for the whole family as they prepare for the birth of their baby next month.

Random Happenings

I've taken a few photos of recent things that we have been doing and thought I would share them.

A few weeks ago the youth group went to Wee Jasper for a camp out.  Lydia stayed at her friends house over night and Zac slept in the back of the car. We had a great time of fellowship, studying the bible, singing, and games.  I couldn't get many photos because it got dark quickly, but here are a few of my two handsome men.

Happy boy

 

trying to claim daddy's camp stick

Zac has recently started loving typical boy things. So, instead of just following his sister around and playing with her things, we will now find him playing with cars, trains, balls, anything outside, and his favourite...Ben's nerf gun.

Zac 'shooting' the TV

A VERY happy Independance Day

On this day four years ago, my life change changed in a lot of ways.

After spending many hours late into the night packing my bags and organising my room the night before, my Mum, Dad and best friend Mary took Ben and I to the airport to say goodbye . . . I was leaving home.  I was leaving my parents, my family, my church, my job, my Adelaide and going to Wagga Wagga to be with my now husband, Ben

Me, Mum and Sister Penny at farewell

Me and best friend Mary

Ben and I had been dating for over 2 years.  With Ben living in Coolamon and me in Adelaide it was hard but we were continually getting to know each other with Christ as the centre of our relationship. While chatting for hours on end on the phone, we would pray together, share what the Lord had taught us, ask random questions about each other and just get to know one another.

So, back to the 4th of July . . . It was a very confusing goodbye.  I was very sad to be leaving my family and friends but very excited to be moving closer to Ben and starting a new and exciting chapter of life. I got on the plane with a mix of emotions.  I was sad but happy, nervous but determined, excited but terrified.  I didn't know how to be sad and happy at the same time.  I still feel sorry for Ben during that plane trip - he had to put up with me crying one minute and then totally overwhelmingly excited the next.

So, Ben and I flew to Canberra and then drove to Coolamon (Ben's parent's house). I'm not telling you the whole story of how Ben proposed (coz its a secret) but Ben asked me to marry him, to spend the rest of our life together loving each other and serving God together.  After getting to know Ben and seeking God's will concerning our relationship, I realised that he was the man who I had prayed to God for.  God had given me a man who I could love, honor, obey, follow and serve God with for the rest of my life...so of course I said a VERY happy "Yes"

Ben, you are my best friend, my confidant, my love, my man.

I love You 
Thank you for asking me to marry you

And so now we are married

My First Post

This is my new and first blog!  I love reading other people's blogs and finding out what other people do in their days. So i though that maybe I should start a blog and try to give as much encouragement to people as other blogs have given to me. So I'm going to attempt to be a blogger!!! This blog is going to be where I can post my thoughts, my photos, and what the Lord is teaching me day by day. I pray it will be a blessing to you, and you can gain encouragement and enjoyment from what is going on in the Wyllie household.

So, I'll tell you a little about myself . . .

I was born in January 1987. I grew up in Adelaide, SA with my parents and 3 other siblings. I am the 3rd out of my siblings and very much enjoy having both older and younger brothers and sisters. I grew up in a Christian family where we were all encouraged to seek the Lord in everything.

I went to Para Vista Primary School and Modbury High School. When I finished school I went to Stones and Muriden Business College. I then worked for 6 months at Education.au (in Adelaide). In 2006 I moved to Wagga to be with my fiance Ben and worked at 'Sureway'.

I was married to my wonderful husband on 10 February, 2007.   I love my Ben so much and I love that love and care that he shows to me and our children. I love his gentle and funny but leading spirit. I love that God always comes first in his life and I love how he portrays this to his family.

So, we lived in Wagga while Ben finished his University degree in IT. In October 2007 we moved to Canberra and Ben started working for an IT security business.  We started attending Westminster Presbyterian Church and have made many long lasting friends.

In January 2008, the Lord blessed Ben and I with a baby daughter. Lydia is a beautiful girl. She is happy, talkative, funny, caring, sociable, sometimes stubborn and just a really special girl. She is always so much fun to talk to and to spend my day with.

In February 2010, the Lord blessed us again with a baby son. Zachary has quite a personality.  He enjoys being at home with his family and doesn't much like other people yet. But when we are home, he is always laughing and trying to be funny. He is a happy, playful boy. He is a very special boy and is lots of fun to wrestle with on the lounge room floor.

Anyway, I need to go now but it has been fun to start a blog. I hope you have fun reading. Let me know what you think!!!

Love,

Gini