For you Bev

So you can see Sam's haircut!!

Alone

So, Nat left on Thursday for 5 weeks overseas. She's currently on her way to Sweden as I type. I'm so thrilled for her, but we'll miss her, and I will most certainly miss her help around here!! Poor Sam was sobbing as she was leaving - as she went down the escalator (towards customs, so we couldn't go) he was just sobbing into my shoulder cos he "just want to give Nat a cuddle". It was so cute....but I think poor Nat had some tears too!

I was telling Cas about it later that night, and she made me realise that the poor kid probably doesn't understand that people actually do come back from Sweden! Hakan left last year and Sam hasn't seen him since. Cas left in Feb, and Sam hasn't seen her since. I ended up asking him if he knew that Aunty Nat would be back in a few weeks and he said "yeah, but I don't like her now cos I just want to give her a cuddle". The logic of a 3 year old.

Max is walking full time. Has been for a few weeks now. He still looks WAY too small to be walking - I am still struggling to believe that I now have 1 little boy and 1 toddler. No babies in this house anymore. It's a bit sad, but I'm looking forward to this next step in being able to enjoy the boys interacting together. Sam can be the sweetest big brother sometimes. He can also be awful and rough....but Max doesn't seem to mind too much most of the time.

I am up to date with proofing at the moment, so I've enjoyed 2 nights away from the computer. First time for over a month!! I've just got a shoot tomorrow at the coast for Phil, Shamus and Finn - and they want them for xmas, so I will have to rush them through! Nothing like stress, huh? I actually think I've lost a bit of weight from being so stressed and busy! It's a good stress though, not a bad stress.

On another note, Clydey told me today that I should just go ahead and get the camera that I want. I was talking to him about how I am starting to feel the limitations of my camera, and that it really underexposes a lot, so I think there might be something wrong with it - and he told me just to go do it! I'm very excited...but have decided to sleep on it. I can't get it for less than $1800 unless I buy it online, and if I do that, it would have to be on my credit card, and I'd really prefer to do interest free terms. Will sleep on it and see what I think. I know I've got enough work over the next few months for it not to be a problem in paying it off.....but I really don't want to have to put it on the credit card.

Anyway, not much else here. Looking forward to a xmas break - although we have to sort out what on earth we are doing with the dog??????? I imagine the kennels will all be booked out by now (mum and dad don't have a fence at their house so she can't really stay there with us).

I am thinking of starting the new year with a post for every day with info on me starting with the letter A, then B, then C and so on. Get me posting regularly again.

Ok, best I leave with some photos then: