Love, bubs and life on our little farm

We are back from a hectic eight day road trip covering about 2400 kms. Fun times with a 6 month old bub! Although I truly cant complain as Elka is a dream baby who endured up to 8 hours in the car a day and only really cried once. And that was our fault as we left her bunny comforter in the back of the car rather than with her in the car seat and we weren't too keen to stop in the middle of pouring rain on the Newcastle/Sydney freeway to retrieve it.

She didnt get thrown too much by the daylight savings, the long day drives, the port-a-cot, the bright light in peoples guests rooms and the endless faces and arms that wanted to coo at her and hold her. I think I found it far more trying than she she did ;)

We visited both of her Great-grandmothers which was lovely, we saw Jasons parents and we stayed with some of our best friends and met their new bub. We also visited lots of random friends and got to introduce Elka to everyone. It was an important trip - not a holiday for us as such but a trip that we needed to do :)

But its sweet to be home. We came home to evidence of a nasty storm - our driveway is ruined yet again at drain crossing and our verandah and study had evidence of flooding. The gardens were overgrown and the grass approaching knee high out the back - yes we were only away 8 days - crazy stuff! So after some hectic hours this afternoon in 35 degree heat (a far cry from the cold we endured in Canberra bbbrrr!, the grass has been tamed and the house and animals restored to their usual states.

Now onwards to Elka's 6 month needles tomorrow, the farrier coming to hot shoe Spech in the morning, we need to find a real xmas tree, complete the xmas shopping, host a xmas party, celebrate my brothers bday, the drains are in desperate need of finishing and did I mention we had 50 sleepers delivered today to continue work on our loooooong retaining wall!

Oh and we are hosting xmas for both our families in 7 days - arrghhh!!!