yippee it's almost Christmas

Hi just letting you know we went and saw 2 very proud Sangster parents today and the latest A J Sangster is B E A Utiful. He has heaps of hair and looked incredibly cute fast asleep on Naomi's lap. The're both doing really well...YAY!

Here's some last minute November pics of bunny my honey... stealing our hats and trying them on in her mirror (the reflection on the TV)

love Sarah

walking

our walking song...

walking walking everybody's walking
walking walking walking along X2

walking walking everybody's walking
walking walking singing a song

and

standing up tall
reaching up high
trying to see if we can reach to the sky x2

here she is

pics from november

hi

in November we've been blessed with a visit from Greg's parents and Lyssa has baby-sat a couple of times. Madeline enjoyed water play with Lys and here are some of the photos. She also wore her new dress from Grannie and has started to do major walking so there's a little video of that too.

Christmas is rapidly approaching YES!!!! and so we're almost completely booked up till we go up north for Christmas day.

with Poppa and Grandma (singing twinkle twinkle)
with Grannie in my new dress off to church

Water play with Aunty Lys

pouring the water down my front and having a little drink...gross!

yelling...she pretty much has one volume when it comes to communicating with anyone walking around outside... you can usually hear her from the other side of the street... this is to get Daddy's attention as he's just gone outside to water the garden.

my actual birthday and some other cuteness

here's me with cat and lamb and Roberty Bob
Here's me squeezing roberty-bob in a cat and lamb sandwich

our most recent family photo, taken on 23 Sept at Western Springs

Eating my special actual birth day lunch

Here I am with my daddy who i kidnapped on my real birthday and took to see the ducks- hence the snazzy work clothes

Madeline's Auckland Birthday

Aloha...
Here are some long awaited photos... this little person had a lot of fun at her birthday party with her family and her Windsors. I attempted my first fondant icing and shape cake... so if anyone needs pink icing colouring paste i'm your girl.
Here are some highlights (thanks Lys for the photography).

23rd morning opening my present from Mummy and Daddy, wooden letters for my room spelling my name, bibs and some summer clothes

Singing Happy Birthday with Mummy and Grannie

Yo!

"Yuss... I can squeeze it and shake it"

the favourite toy... enjoyed by Madeline, Matt and Stephen

the twinkle twinkle little star cake

Yusssss... we're online

Hi all,

We're online at home now so we can finally give you more regular updates on this blog... with more timely photos of Madeline etc.

Madeline walked 7 steps in a row this morning. She has new confidence after borrowing a little dolls push chair from her Grannie. Anyway watch this space i'll be updating everything in the next few days

love

Sarah

More early september...gettin the walking sorted

hi thought you might also like to know that there have been 5 steps in a row and a lot of walking behind the block trolley... but here is some cuteness from this month lots of pointing
te he in daddy's compost bin
gross dad!

On the farm...

playing the piano with Aunty Shelley
checking out the cat under the aunties watchful eyes
cheep cheep cheep
look Madeline some eggs from the chickens

meeting the calf

13 Sept Madeline's first 1st birthday Party

Hi all...
we've got 3 birthday celebrations for Madelines first birthday. This weekend kicked them off with a trip up north for grandma and poppa's turn! Shelley is getting another year older too so we've celebrated with her... and nana came for lunch. Today (sunday) we took Madeline to feed the chickens and the calves and she totally loved it.... she's been beside herself with the woo woo's which is her word for dog and the cats have had a bit of a hammering with some gentle stroking and some not-so-gentle ear pulling! She unfortunately has conjunctivitis and today developed a cold so we're feeling a bit sorry for her... but in usual Madeline fashion she isn't phased at all! hopefully her laid back and happy personality remains for the rest of her life!

anyway here we are...hope you're well

love


Sarah

opening my first birthday present!

Aunty Maree bought me a hand painted height chart in africa!

get off my foot...silly beads!

yay daddy

under the gum tree waiting for the calves

Aunty Shelley made me a Hickory Dickory Dock Cake

Chillin with Nana

Cake detail... prune for a mouse

ready to blow out my candle

and blow...

some other cute ones