02-23-12

Autumn goal list

It’s almost the last week of Summer and I am very much looking forward to the seasonal change. I’m daydreaming about what I will do in Autumn…

French toast from Big Table, how I love you so!

• Go out for lots of breakfast dates with B.
• Find the perfect pair of boots- this year I am making a vow to buy nice ones that will last more than a few months!
• Drive to the country to see pretty Autumn leaves.
• Enjoy wearing tights, legwarmers, and cardigans again. (I miss layering so, so much right now).
• Make a little craft project.
• Keep doing yoga once a week.

Oh and…

…prepare for the arrival of this little Autumn baby!
(But that is a whole other list of its own~).

I love the in-between seasons! What are your Autumn (or Spring) goals?

See my Spring and Winter goal lists too~

01-12-12

Happy anniversary~

On the 7th of January, we celebrated our 10 year anniversary ♥ We had dinner at our favourite Italian restaurant, then shared some delicious gelati. It was a perfect little celebration.

I think we make a pretty good team~ And I can’t wait to see how things will be once we’ve added our newest family member this April!

I’m looking forward to another ten years… and many more ♥

01-02-12

Hello twenty twelve!

I love the start of a new year, it’s such a good time to be reflective, but also make lots of goals and plans for the future. It feels so nice to have the whole year ahead, full of possibilities~

I’ve been enjoying reading everyone’s year in review posts (if you’ve made one, please share!). 2011 was pretty good to us over here.

In January, I said hello to the new year with a big list of goals. I got promoted to my current job, IT librarian/systems administration, and we continued to settle in to our new house. I took some fun photos, and felt very inspired to create lots of pretty drawings.

In February, B. and I went on love date to the beautiful Mortlock wing of the State Library. I read lots of books, and did some more sketches.

In March I made a pretty chevron feathers artwork for our lounge room, we bought Edith, our Peugeot 206, our first ever ‘new’ car. We celebrated by taking her for a road trip to the hills.

In April, my mum, nanna, and I flew to Melbourne to visit my great aunt. I had a fun time showing my mum around one of my favourite cities. B. and I had lots of coffee dates, and I made a rainbow bookshelf.

In May, I worked on my 26 before 27 goals, and we said goodbye to Autumn with another little road trip.

In June, my photo was featured in the Frankie magazine newsletter! We went to an antique fair, I drew some pretty girls, and started to become addicted to Instagram.

In July, I decorated some photos, we went on lots of op-shop adventures, I drew a portrait for B.’s birthday, and inherited some pretty retro cameras.

In August, we went on a date to a fancy Italian restaurant, I shared five little facts about me, and looked forward to Spring.

In September, we found out that we were expecting our first baby ? With the excitement came horrible morning sickness, so I had a very quiet month that ended with my 27th birthday.

In October, I rested a lot and looked forward to the end of my first trimester. I listened to some records, and painted a portrait for Lo’s blog.

In November, we decorated our house for Halloween, my morning sickness finally went away at 16 weeks and we saw Bebe’s little face for the first time ? We ended the month by taking a very special trip to a new favourite beach.

In December, I finished a knitting project, and reached the halfway point of my pregnancy. We found out that our baby is a boy, and started to get very excited about having a son! We put up our Christmas tree. B. surprised me with a pink iPhone, and we had a quiet but lovely holidays filled with lots of delicious food.

I’m so excited to see what this year will bring. It still hasn’t quite sunk in that we’re going to become parents in just over four months. Things will be very different! But we can’t wait ? I don’t have many goals for this year, just a few little things:

• Keep going to yoga classes
• Try to be organised and tidy around the house
• Stop worrying about little things
• Enjoy the rest of my pregnancy and have a positive birth experience
• Have some love dates with B. here and there
• Work hard at being a great Mama to baby Felix~

I hope everyone has a magical 2012!

12-24-11

Merry Christmas!

12-24-11

Christmas eve

It’s almost Christmas! Even though we are having a super quiet one this year, I am so excited to spend time with loved ones. Oh, and eat lots of food!

I decided to have a little holiday change when I last dyed my hair, I’m loving this new colour! It reminds me a bit of my fun Mink Stole hair from last year… I think starting a new year with a new hair colour or style is a fun tradition!

The belly says hello too ♥ 22 weeks now! I’m so in love with this dress that I bought from Megan‘s ‘shop my closet’~

And B. surprised me with an early Christmas present: a pink iPhone! (He found a place that does phone repairs where they can change the black part of the phone to a new colour.) It’s so cute!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas eve, whatever you are doing~