Dana

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So I just turned 31... a strange age to be and I feel strange about it. 30 was crazy. It's exhausting just thinking about it! I think 31 will be just as big. An overseas holiday (and wedding/honeymoon) all in one. Another wedding party when we get back. Mahlie turns 2! Markets, makeups...

For my birthday I took 11 girlfriends for lunch on Sunday in the city and then we saw Sex & The City movie at the directors suite at Melbourne Central. So much fun. I won't bore you with a movie review - there's enough of those going around already. Just see it.

On my actual birthday evening(Tues), Pete took me to Movida for dinner. We stuffed ourselves so much we could hardly breathe. Such a treat to go there. If you're in Melbourne you MUST try it. Although we had to book 6 weeks in advance...

 

And I actually got more sewing done! This was made in 10 minute spats of free time. It's a custom playmat for a lucky little lady due to enter the world in August.

Catching Up...

Hello!

I'm still alive!

It will be a jumbled catch up post and will last as long as the bubs are both asleep. (Can you believe I got them both to sleep at the same time? First time since Leon was born and he is nearly 8 weeks. Still hope for me!)

Well, it has been crazy. Fun, chaotic, stressful, emotional, frustrating, busy, amazing. At times I feel like all I do is clean-up after, run-after, feed, and do it all over again and that that is all my life has become. I keep telling myself that it will get easier. I keep telling myself it's not forever. Other times I wouldn't have it any other way and feel lucky to have a girl and a boy whom are beautiful and healthy and make my heart sing and I keep telling them not to grow too quick!

Amongst the chaos I have:

Seen The Black Crowes live. (Amazing band but didnt play any songs I knew and dragged out the songs they did play for 10 minutes...)

Saw Brick Lane. (Beautiful film, as is the novel.)

Did a few makeup jobs (some 4+ hours - boy did my breastmilk leak!)

Visited 3 new babies (Owen, Hardi and Gisele)

Spent half a day at Aurora Day Spa (thanks Pete!) twas lovely - although it's the kind of place where you feel like you need to have a pedicure before you go...

Tried to finish decorating Mahlie and Leon's bedroom but it's still a functional WIP

Got frustrated about having no time for Twiglet (or any craft/sewing at all) and have since found a way to keep it going. Mahlie is now in childcare once a week and also goes to Pete's parents house for the day every second Tuesday. Pete is also going to car pool to work once a week with another hairdresser so I get the car one extra day a week. Woohoo! So fingers crossed I might get out to the studio finally! To celebrate I am doing a giveaway and a May Sale. I will post again in a few days with giveaway details!

Some catch up pics of the babas and around the house...

Ooooh - and did you get your copy of Mixtape? Did you see mine and Nichola's bumps? Heehee! Sooo glad to be back in normal clothes again...

20 of 30

That much bloodspill (even if it looked like paint) is not good to experience when for the last half of the film you are having painful contractions. Result of contractions? Nuthin. Just Panadol and bed. Again. Review of film? I do love a Tim Burton number. I do love Johnny and Helena. I don't usually love a musical - all the singing - it shits me - but I did like this one. I just didn't love it...

show and tell

Got a bit a goodness in the mail the past week! Finally purchased my fave image from Aunty Cookie for my studio wall and bought a couple of metres of this fabric which I cannot stop staring at and running my hand over. I'm tempted to make marketbaby things to sell out of the fabric but I think I may wait a few more weeks until I find out if we are having a boy or girl. If it's another girl (which I am 99% sure for some reason!) then I will save it and use it as trim on the girl's bedspreads and base their bedroom decor around those colours. I'll be stumped if it's a boy - maybe I'll go for something more unisex like this: In other news I was given this fab handbag from my friend Anthony as a (very!) belated birthday gift. Went and saw 'This is England' the other night. It was sweet but violent. Well shot. EXCELLENT soundtrack - right up my alley. I love all that old ska reggae. Definitely on the wishlist. We also bought tickets to 'Spicks and Speck-tacular' in November. Love that show... What else? Had the flu, morning sickness still coming and going, having urges to throw years worth of hoarded stuff out. Not sure if it's a pregnant nesting thing or because slowly, but surely, all surfaces in our home are being cleared due to Mahlie being one and a bit of a menace. Sometimes practicality beats good lookin decor. Oh how I never thought I would say that! She of the 60's art glass greed. Perhaps a Camberwell market stall is in order?

4 posts in 1

Finally I have a bit of time to catch up on posts! The past week has been really busy with work and social occasions and party organising! My makeup website is almost finished and I can't wait til it's online. This past week or so it has been my mum's birthday, my brothers' birthday, good friend Claire's 30th and little Ava's 1st birthday and it's my 30th on Sunday!

The other day I met up with Leslie and Jo in Yarraville which was fun - but I had to run off early to go to Ava's 1st birthday party at the Aquatic Centre. Pete took Mahlie in the wave pool and she smiled and giggled for half an hour! We will have to go back, for sure. Ava's cake was so cute....look! (The blue jelly in the middle was the best bit.)

Had (quite a few) drinks at Acqua e Vino on Saturday night due to old friend, Lana, contacting me through myspace after about 10 years... it was great to see her and great to have girly drinks and stumble home afterwards.

My mothers group had 'dinner and a movie' on Tuesday night and we saw Romulus, my father. Such a beautiful movie, but so, so sad. Glad I saw it, though. Eric Bana was amazing. Favourite line:"It is not a waste of time if you enjoyed wasting it".

Claire's Birthday last night - we had dinner at a really great Lebanese restaurant in Bridge Rd, Richmond with belly dancers and all. I gave Claire, amongst other gifts this little guy which I purchased from Melly and Me. It was really hard to give him away - Mahlie & I became very attached! His name is Hooty.

And here is Mahlie meeting him - so cute..

My mum, brother, myself and Mahlie took a drive down to Geelong to see Shae as it is all of our birthdays at once and she has no car and is very pregnant - 10 weeks to go before Mahlie will have another little cousin! We went for a walk to have coffee and cake and passed this cute little tiled wall. And check out the birthday gift Shae gave me here!

I guess the most exciting news this week is that our baby & kids stuff went into Meet Me At Mikes today! Pip is so lovely and gave us such great feedback and a few pointers. I could hang out in there forever and look at all the cute stuff for sale. I am so over the moon it is in there with all that other goodness..

So anyway, as you can tell it has been a mental week and I spoke too soon about having some time to do this as Mahlie just woke up after a very short sleep and is screaming. I will just put this photo here and all will be forgiven..

Please excuse the basic post - I may have achieved lots this week but i am feeling a bit simple today. Time for a cuppa and a TimTam, I think!