Laughs to birth and all things that follow: February 2011

Jeepers creepers it certainly seem like it has been forever since i did a blog post, and indeed it has, i mean really?? Last post was done December 19th 2010... it is now two months (a whole new year) later and this would be my first post...

To say that a few things have happened would be a gross understatement!
First off we had a few celebrations since our last posting, these include family and friends who have had birthdays, Christmas, new years(which we had a lovely holiday to Albert Falls Dam)

Aidan then had some exciting times when he started going to school(only on a Friday though to meet new friends- also mommy couldn't handle more than one day a week without him) On his first day at school it was a bit over whelming for him and needed to be collected half day and on that same day we found ourselves sitting with what we thought would be our little rebel, as when Carol(his teacher) would get the kids to sit ready for school time, our little guy wanted to do his own thing - even walking right out the classroom , but since then he has settled nicely and is now climbing out the car and running off without a second glance, in just a few short weeks he has made such a change (even goes to sit up against the wall when you give him something to eat) and we are really proud!

We have also adopted a super cool cat, who goes by the name Tigger( his previous owners called him Shaun/Shauni) as in Shaun Pollock(he is ginger) but we decided we had to rename him as our neighbour is Shaun and well of course you all know about Sean - Aidan's Godfather... it would have been just too creepy!!

Aidan has also had his first party of the year- courtesy of the Akeroyd family ( an awesome little family that we met through Mommalicious Mommas) Kyla was also at the party, and to say that our kids had a blast would be an understatement of note- they even stripped down to just their nappies at one point... oh to be a toddler again!

WOW!!! so much happened and we are not even near finished!

Aidan is also busy with potty training, and although there are people out there that cannot understand how i could be so excited, there are also a few people who could relate...
since starting his training he is only in a nappy at nap time and at bedtime, the rest of the day we are without nappies... And YES we are making improvements, Aidan has done both wee and poo's on the toilet and has only had 3 accidents!!!! YAY YAY YAY boogie!!

Aidan's party is coming up and i have been soo busy with sorting the planning out its been crazy, i have also decided to make(a pretty complicated cake- will post pics when the time comes)
And depending on how these cakes turn out will determine if im ready to start a little bit of baking for a bit of money on the side...

Anyway back to the happenings in our household...

Yesterday (17/02/2011) was andrew and my 4th anniversary, and i was really spoiled, i woke up to boogie shoving a gift bag in my face followed by a loud and sloppy kiss, in the bag was a selection of some of my favourite chocolates, but wait mom, there is more, another bag is shoved at me, this one with 3 scented pillar candles, with a card inside- in the card(besides how wonderful i am...) was what the days itinerary was to be...

1: Aidan to go to granny and grampa Bevan for the day

2: Mom and dad to enjoy a day at The Spa in Virginia for a day of treats

So we arrive at The Spa and are greeted by the friendly staff at the reception, where we are given a form to fill out as they go through our schedule...
9.30am refreshments and use of Facilities
10.30am Full Body massage and Indian Head Massage(2 hours)
12.30pm Lunch
13:00pm Facial(hour and a half)
(after treatments use of facilities)

So off we go to get dressed into our robes and costumes, and head off to one of their two Jacuzzi's which overlooks the ocean, it is sunny and very relaxing.
We are then lead to a dimmed room and told to lie down on the bed, the therapists come in and are very professional and friendly and explain to you what they will do and ask you the pressure you would like, of course we chose hard, and that's what we got... It was pure bliss, i think at one point i may have lost control of my facial muscles as i could have sworn i drooled a little...

Lunch was divine and filling and very fresh...

Our Dermalogica Facial starts and once again the therapists were thorough and had vast knowledge of what they were doing, once again a very calming effect and it felt wonderful, (while our having our facial we also had another head and foot massage)
After our facial we were shown products that could help us...

Only problem with that was that these products were very expensive, i know Dermalogica is very good but to be honest i cant justify R750 bottle of moisturiser! i know many women can, do and love to buy those but im a really down to earth girl who washes her face with soap, doesn't cleanse,use toner or facial moisturiser (i just use the excess body cream i have left on my hands) and for me that works(clearly it does, the therapist told me i have lovely skin, and that i dont even have fine lines developing yet!!)

A lovely Spa with friendly professional staff...

http://www.healthspa.co.za/
http://www.safindit.co.za/specials/spa-for-two/

We then finished our day off with dinner at Olive and Oil, which was awesome, food was great and we had a really pleasant waiter too!!
Whilst at dinner we discussed a major question many (mainly family) pose to us... and yes i will tell you the answer here(so you have it in black and white...) WE WILL ONLY BE LOOKING AT TRYING FOR ANOTHER CHILD FROM THE END OF THIS YEAR ONWARDS!!!

(there we go straight from the spokeswoman herself... NO more asking, k? it wont change...)

We were however pleased to get into bed and just crash... all that relaxing can make you tired hey??

Anyway tomorrow Aidan will be going to the hairdresser to have his hair cut for the very first time ever- and as you can very well imagine im a little sad about it, but trust me i will be keeping every curly little lock!! Pictures of my little "grown up" to be posted at a later stage...