Louie is asleep in the car... What the eff. Like I am not even joking, this is so weird. I was heading home and as normal he was crying and then all of a sudden stopped.... and I turned around and he was sleeping.... Wha?!?!?

I was to nervous to go home and wake him so I kept just driving around and now parked at the beach waiting for him to wake.... And they say parenting is hard.. Pftt *rolling eyes* hahaha.

Jaques is in the kitchen cooking up a storm with the Thermomix, for dinner... :-) Lou has just gone down for the night and hopefully will stay asleep :-)

Had an awesome week in Mackay and a pretty chillaxed weekend. I worked on Saturday and we had a 'horror' movie and Ben and Jerry's night on Saturday night. Hahaha not very horror because all we watched was the Addams Family.. but it was awesome, Mortisha Addams is such a babe. We are looking forward to Lowery visiting this weekend and our photo shoot on Sunday, although ill have purple hair for it so not sure how it'll go!

Louie is growing up so quick... Literally before my eyes and changes every day. He is so close to crawling and is such a happy and active baby. We are going to swim class this week and hopefully play group and pcyc with Louie's new friend Rosie.

Xxx

So.... Louie went to swimming class and is now a starfish. It will be a while before he graduates into a sea creature that can actually move.

I find that hilarious.

That is all.

Hey Babe (and Baby),

Thanks for your awesome poem and love letter.... I L.O.V.E loved itttt!!!!

Also, thanks for taking Lou and I to Brissy last week was soooo awesome seeing everyone and getting back to the city for a few days. It has been nice being back in Mackay over the weekend though.

We had dinner and a Bon Fire on the beach last night with Mia and Eben. Louie loved the fire and I loved the s'mores. hahahhaha....

Lou and I are off to swimming class tomorrow. Hopefully his first swimming lesson is a little more succesful then his 'swimming lessons' in the bath. haha

Darling, you are amazing and dammmmm sexy! Thanks for all your love and support. xoxoxoxox

If I could quit my job and be a professional sleeper with you and Lou I would. Unfortunately until I find a vacancy in that area I'm stuck lawyering for money which means I have to go to work :-(

Thanks for a great weekend. Hopefully I'll see you at lunch :-)

Adios bebe and baby. You two are my favourite.

Me and Louie are just strolling around the streets. Lou is being stubborn and doesn't wanna go to sleep.

He just wanted me to tell you that we love you... More than pear and apple and even more than his sippy cup.

That's all. See you soon.

dear con and lou

i love you two

this poem's for you

to show you who

loves you true

that's me! i do!

from andrew...

the kangaroo.

Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for coming to Brissie with me and thanks for putting up with my work life at the moment which is a bit hectic.

The good thing about it is it's shown me where I want to be in five years and that means I can work to get there.

I want to be down south, where the action is, but living on a little farm in the country and commuting to chambers in the city to work as a barrister.  It will be hard to carve out a career but I think it will be worthwhile.

I want to be married to a beautiful purple haired girl and have an awesome little dude running around and pulling the tail of the goat and fishing crayfish out of the dam.

I want to have a bulldog with a grumpy face just like Louie's when he's got his grump on, and I want to have a key bowl where I never forget to put the keys!

I want to cook you pancakes each morning on a stove which runs on firewood and have a big old cast iron kettle which is always warm for tea and coffee.

I want to get around in jeans and shorts unless I'm in court or with a client and draft long submissions about the construction of contracts on my laptop while simultaneously abusing some poor schmuck of a solicitor.

Anyway, I love you both!  Even though Louie makes a racket!

Lou and Jaques, you boys are awesome and thanks for my awesome first Mother's Day!

It is so great being back in Brissy for a couple of days. Lou and I went to GOMA, Southbank and lunch with LoMack today while Jaques was in court lawyering it up big city style. Being at court, Jaques has been suited up which is super hot and he looks dashing (hopefully Louis gives us some alone time) hahaha ;-)

Was so great seeing Jenny, Matt and Jack as well as Samuel and Julia yesterday. Hopefully we can catch up with Christine and other friends over the next couple of days as well. :-)

Jaques is ordering Chinese takeout at the moment so we can eat up in our Hotel room and Lou is just kicking and squealing happily in the bed.

Tomorrow Lou and I might go watch Jaques battle it out in the courts (after I go Cosmetics shopping, Kit and Mecca style) .... And hopefully I get to catch up with Em or Jen Bush for lunch. It is great having a few days off work from the business, although there are a bunch of work emails piling up. Ekkk. Busy busy....Ah well :-)

Love you both like Fat Noodle loves making awesome soups!!

Hey babe,

Didn't wanna wake you because you and Lou were so sleepy and comfy. Wish I could be in bed with you but the lawyering won't do itself.

Looking forward to our Brissie trip. Hopefully nobody reads this and spoils the surprise!

Anyway, better run or else I'll be late again. Give me a ring when you wake up!

Love ya both.

J.

P.s. here's a photo of a cool sunrise to brighten your day.

Good morning Darling Jaques,

Hope your walk with Lou is going well 😜 I am still in bed having a rest. Last night was a pretty good one with Louie only waking to feed 3 times, plus he has slept in to 6am (which is awesome) !!

Remember how you skydived yesterday!?! Haha it looked awesome and hope you loved it!

I have been reading this awesome article on attachment parenting and raising a high needs child, which is pretty interesting. They wrote that the mother needs to write a list of things that are essential (sleep,shower, meals etc) and that I need to try and put those things first (otherwise i will be hopeless for Lou)... I guess it's kinda like how the air hostess tells you to fit your own oxygen mask before the infants, you can not do much if you are passing out from lack of oxygen to the brain. Do you think I can add Louie free time to the list, as something essential?! 😜

Anywayssss, I should go so I can try and dry/clean the wet patch -left by qLou- in the hotels bed. 😬..

Looking forward to breaky this morning and hanging out with you two today 😍 Love you so much darling, you are awesome! Xxx

Constance.

Darling Louie,

You are 5 months old tomorrow and what a delightful 5 months it has been. There has been smiles, laughs, cry's, sleepless nights and MANY walks around the block.

Today we both slept in the king bed all afternoon and when I woke you stayed sleeping for another hour or so while I just lay there contemplating the mass amounts of work I had to do, but I did not want to move incase I woke you.

We are all off to Airlie Beach over the weekend and then onto the Wintermoon festival. I know your Dad is excited/scared about jumping out of the plan for his Sky Dive... I can't wait to take you to Wintermoon Festival and listen to some music, I am sure you are going to love all the activity and people.

All my love Mum. xxx