The Bell Family

Greetings One and All!

We started 2007 by welcoming our new addition, Katelyn Lee, on 18 January 2007. She’s a gorgeous little girl, happy, adventurous and cheeky! Katie’s crawling now, can stand by herself and is walking around the walls and furniture. She’s also starting to get quite talkative, waves goodbye, let’s you know when she wants something and when she doesn’t and even has a good throwing arm! Katie and Laura are getting on wonderfully and just adore one another (most of the time)!!!

Laura’s growing up so fast… she’s quite the little chatterbox now and can have a very long and detailed conversation with you when the mood takes her! She’s incredibly active, loves getting out to the park, the shops and with her little sister. She’s learning to ride her bike at the moment which is proving to be a bit of a challenge but we’re sure she’ll master it eventually, like everything else!

Jason’s still at the Uni and still enjoying it, however the Uni is going through a major restructure at the moment, so there are changes to occur in the near future. Again, he’s had the opportunity to present to a number of international conferences, some done remotely via the ‘Access Grid’ and a few in person (Chicago and Perth, which he really enjoyed, just a pity the whole family couldn’t go)!

Chrissy’s back at work again now after enjoying 9 months maternity leave. Both Laura and Katelyn attend the community daycare centre and love seeing their friends, doing art and craft, reading books, playing outside in the garden and on the swings, singing, dancing and playing dress-ups!

The extension is now finished and it’s fabulous! We’ve now got 2 new bedrooms for the girls, a store-room and a big games room downstairs. We also did a few extra’s including tiling throughout the main part of the house and rendering the outside, so it looks great. The girls love their new rooms (and really appreciate them after spending a few months living in the lounge-room). The games room is great too, complete with pool table and new TV, so it’s really come together.

We’re looking forward to a quiet Christmas at home with family this year, ensuring there’s plenty of time to have fun with our little girls!

Compared to 2007, next year should be much quieter (we hope)!!! We’ve got a few more things to finish off around the house, so that should keep us fairly well occupied. But we’re planning a few family holidays and a bit of camping perhaps, so that should be fun! Other than that, it’ll be all about helping our little ladies grow and develop!

Be sure to have a wonderful Christmas and a safe and happy New Year!!!

Thinking of you all,
Jason, Chrissy, Laura and Katelyn