The Bell Family

To the Bell Family, October is a big thing… no I better rephrase that, it’s ‘huge’!!! In fact, most Bell Family birthdays appear in October, so traditionally, you don’t even start thinking about Christmas until October has passed!

Here’s a piccie of the entire Bell Family, taken on Jason’s birthday (lucky Laura came early, or we may have added another Bell to the October birthday list)!

Anyway, cheers to all and thanks for keeping an eye on our web site!

Well, we can’t believe it…. Laura is already 6 weeks old! Time is just flying by!

Laura had her 6 week checkup yesterday and was given a clean bill of health, which is a great relief! For those keeping track of Laura’s stats, here’s the latest…

Weight: 5000 grams
Length: 56cm
Milestones: Smiling at Mum and Dad and ‘cooing’ when she’s happy

She’s still feeding well, generally about four hourly, with a good sleep in between feeds. In the late evening she normally stocks up at the ‘milky bar’ with feeds every two hours, in preparation for bed time and hopefully a big sleep (we have been lucky lately as Laura’s been having a good 5 hours sleep at night which mightn’t sound like much, but to the initiated, you’d realise that just being able to get a few hours sleep in a row feels like heaven to us)!!!

Cheers,
Chrissy

Hi Everyone!

Just about all the photo’s we’ve posted, to this time, suggest that Laura sleeps ALL day! She’s a good little girl, but it’s not completely true that she sleep ALL the time!!! A few people have requested a photo of Laura with her eyes open, just to prove she does actually have plenty of awake time! So here it is… isn’t she gorgeous? She’s growing so quickly, we just can’t believe it!!!

Cheers,
Chrissy

Whilst we were tackling the front yard of the house, we also performed a face lift on our courtyard area (gee I feel like this post is part of a back yard blitz) !

As you can see, the courtyard area was in need of some major renovations. The bougainvillea was running riot and the garden was in disarray!

So we hacked into it and practically removed everything from the garden, hoping to start anew. Whilst removing everything, we did come across a few interesting things, including some old concrete edging (buried under the already existing edging).

With new soil, tropical palms and plants and a splash of paint, we have made some major changes to our courtyard area.

Well thats a brief look at the changes we have made to the yards of our house. As soon as I get a chance, I’ll add some pictures of some of the renovations we have made to the inside of our house.

Until next time,
Jason.

As we have had a lot of people visiting our website, especially those who haven’t been kept up to date with our house renovations, I thought I would begin showing some of the changes we have made to the house over the past few years (we have been here about 2 years).

Need not to worry though, as most of the posts to the website will be about Laura, I just thought it would be good to show off some of the changes we have been making to the house and yard since we bought the place.

As you can see from the top photo, the front yard looked okay, but it was fairly over crowded and the pine tree was a bit dangerous. So the first thing we did was remove the pine tree. We then removed the gardens from the front of the house so that we could keep the termites as far away from the house as we possibily could!

We also removed some grass and made a new garden with nice curbed edging and tropical palms and plants. I think the changes have really improved the look of our front yard!!! What do you all think????

Note, all of these posts to the website have been made under different Categories, so by clicking on any of the category links on your right, you can choose to view the category that you are interested in, for example, Princess Laura or House Renovation.

Take it easy,
Jason.

Can you believe it, Laura is 4 weeks old today…. Gee time has really flown by.

Laura went for her check up today and she is doing great!!!! She has been putting on the weight and growing in length. As of 4 weeks she is:

• 4.580 Kilo’s (or 10 pounds 1.5 in the old measurement)

• She is also now 55 cm’s in length (or 22 inches)

As usual, I have to posted another picture of her, as this is a piccie of Laura at 4 weeks.

Chrissy and I will endeavor to keep you all up to date with the latest news on Laura and the rest of the family.

Keep your comments coming!!!

Take it easy,
Jason.

As you all know I have been having fun with the digital camera. And because you all have been requesting more photos’s I have another one for you.

This one was taken after Laura just had a bath with her new present “Cadbury” (named because she is a “Dairy” milk Cow).

Remember, both Chrissy and I love to hear from everyone so please keep on sending your comments.

Until next time,
Take it easy,
Jason.

I took these piccies yesterday and thought they were so cute, I’d just have to post them to the website for all to see!!!

Jason and Laura are having a little nap together in the first shot – whenever she’s a little restless, Jason just picks her up and gives her a little cuddle. He seems to have the magic touch!!! Whether it’s dancing around the house, playing on a rug or just having cuddles, it always seems to do the trick and gives Mum some valuable time out!!!

We’re all doing wonderfully though and surprisingly enough, this ‘Mothering’ thing is coming pretty naturally to me and I’m really enjoying every moment! It’s an awesome experience and I don’t want to miss a thing!!! Jason is certainly the doting Dad and this little girl has him wrapped around her little finger already!!!

In the second piccie, Laura’s getting some ‘tummy time’ just after her bath – isn’t she a cutie!!! She screamed her head off during her first bath, but seems to be pretty impressed with them now!!! Jason can’t wait to start playing with bath toys – we already have some whales and a turtle – don’t know who’s going to get more fun out of those – Jason or Laura!!!

Cheers,
Chrissy

Here’s a piccie of Laura’s Room. It’s a big cot for such a little girl, but we guess she’ll outgrow it soon enough!!!

We’ve got her into a bit of a routine already (well as much as you can with a baby, she’s the boss now and changes the routine at will)! She has been sleeping well at night though – when we go to bed, we put her into her cot and she knows it’s sleep time (as opposed to play time)! Much to my relief, she’s been feeding at 4 hourly intervals (mostly), which means I get a good 3 hours sleep in between feeds – now for a two week old baby, that’s great!!! It takes a while to get a full nights sleep of course, but I’m grateful that she’s been as good as she has!!! As soon as we get up in the morning, we bring her into the loungeroom where she rests/plays all day in the rocker and on her play mat.

Very proud Mum,
Chrissy

Jason and I have been overwhelmed with all the well wishes we have received from everyone – from flowers and baby clothes to photo frames and bunny rugs and even a couple of bottles of wine to kick off the celebrations!!! A big thank you to everyone for all your love and support – you’ve been wonderful and we ALL feel very spoilt!!!

Cheers,
Chrissy