Exhibit A: Me with long hair, before baby, on holiday in India with Steven:
Exhibit B: Me with long hair and highlights, approximately 1 million years ago (where is that dress now I wonder...):
Exhibit C: My hair at the moment (semi short):
And lastly, Exhibit D: Me with a hat (short hair???):
Hmmmmm.
Sinead: "Hey, I think Nana is getting a bit fat, you might want to cut back on her food."
Steven: "No she's not fat, that's just her natural shape. She looks good. And anyway, she gets less food than Nails as it is." (Her 'natural shape'!)
Sinead: "Yes, although Nails is very energetic and works off his food. He exercises. So he needs more."
Steven: "Oh Nana exercises! What do you think she's doing all day? She's out chasing rabbits and guarding the place whilst Nails is lazing around here looking for pats..."
Which just goes to prove what I always say - Nails is the most loyal. And therefore the best! Look how he jumps up to the window and then as soon as Nana comes along shifts to the side so that she can't jump up too. So cute!
And the look of dismay in that last image ("She is ALWAYS cramping my style").
Oh and for people thinking "I want to see pretty weddings on the blog not dogs!" I have two lovely winter weddings coming up in the next couple of weeks...
Ha ha!
(05.31.10 @ 05:00 PM)Hi Sinead, it's Megan (midwife) here!! I love Nails he is so cool, this time last year he was sneaking in the door while I was visiting!!! I love your pictures and have loved looking at that beautiful baby of yours!!! hehe
(06.19.10 @ 10:22 PM)Aww, thanks Megan, lovely to hear from you! Haha, I remember Nails sneaking inside to listen to the baby conversations :)
(06.20.10 @ 01:27 PM)I love the afternoon light at this time of year. The dogs with their shiny black fur look particularly handsome as the sun sets lower in the sky.
I made some impromptu gloves for Elmer out of his legwarmers. Such a stylish baby!
Shun! I've finally worked it out! So glancing quickly at the various shots you've previously posted with Elmer eating... I assumed everything you gave him was swimming in gravy. But thanks to these pictures I can now see it's actually the brown background on his little tray!!
Gravy and flowers ;)
I thought that was the accepted method of fattening up a baby. Just exchange the milk for gravy! No, it is the tray. I'm all style me - with my 70s patterned baby tray.
(05.01.10 @ 12:31 AM)Wonderful! Max is going to love having Elmer's droppings to mop up...
(05.01.10 @ 06:11 AM)I presumed everything kicked off that early because it took all day to pour the concrete and finish everything. Not at all! By 8.30am Steven came in to tell me they were almost finished the pouring stage, so I had to race out with my camera to record events. I'm very impressed. Of course I've witnessed concrete pouring before on Grand Designs so I know how these things work, but great to see the pad being finished so quickly.
Its been a long time coming, but since we are paying for the house as we go along there's no point rushing!
He's not having a tea break - the coffee cup is for pouring extra water out. Quite a posh cup for concrete work I thought.
Steven's handiwork:
This is Ross smoothing out the surface:
You just want to squidge your hands in there don't you?
Exciting times! Those bits of wood on the edge are to level the pad up to exactness - it was 5mm out on one corner. Ross was very impressed, he said professional builders are routinely 40mm out. That's my perfectionist husband! I can't wait for the rest of the house to go up. I might record all these little perfect bits on our journey to housedom, take them to the bank and say "SEE?! You wouldn't give us a mortgage but we did it anyway. NAAH!"
Yay! How exciting!! xx
(04.29.10 @ 01:23 PM)Well done Steven!
Perfect baby and now.....perfect house! Goes without saying about the wife of course..
Thank you mum :)
(05.01.10 @ 12:02 AM)Two men in our life - and now a concrete foundation! Love the pics of Elmer. It must be exciting to see those foundations down - real progress? It's a year since we saw you (ANZAC day 2009) but we remember the Jervis Bay days with big smiles. Love to you all. Mike
(05.05.10 @ 03:24 AM)Aw thanks Mike! How lovely of you to comment. Yes, two wonderful men, and when I have my walk in wardrobe life will be complete! haha. I'm home in the summer so hopefully see you then x
(05.05.10 @ 09:09 PM)
I like exhibit A. Probably also because it has that 'we are wonderfully carefree and on holiday' look. But you also look great with highlights and a hat... is this helping? I like them all! you could also wear a hat for the next 3 months. This is Dunedin after all. Oh but you're going to warmer climates. Hmm, I think I should stop babbling now.
(06.02.10 @ 10:36 PM)Personally I like long with highlights. Definitely long... but highlights is your choice. xxx
(06.03.10 @ 03:39 AM)I think long hair. Use it while you've got it that's what I say.
And I've just noticed we have the same teeth. Weird.
(06.03.10 @ 12:52 PM)Long : )
(06.04.10 @ 08:54 PM)Woops... it was me that said long : )
(06.04.10 @ 08:55 PM)I think long then!! How exciting. For some reason I was thinking short.. but actually the worst photograph of the lot is the recent one with me and the short hair. Decision made. Thanks for the comments!
(06.04.10 @ 09:52 PM)I am totally late and am going against the grain! I like semi-short Exhibit C. I think it's the best photo! Elmer helps :)
(06.06.10 @ 11:31 AM)Yes, you've thrown a spanner into the works there Belinda. But thank you for the compliment! A non-blowdried version of the current me probably isn't the best image to post! Well,I will be leaving it as it is, and seeing if any growth looks good. Thanks for your help folks!
(06.08.10 @ 12:09 AM)I'd say long, too. I always think of you as a short-haired person, but you do really suit it long. Remember when I gave you a graduated bob with highlights? That was quite ambitious for an amateur.
(06.10.10 @ 03:37 AM)