Chapter Ending

This will be my last post from here in the beautiful land down under. Today and tonight was quiet. We all just laid in bed together. Rose had her fingers and toes painted something she couldn't do for a year due to school regulations. I will pack our carry ons tonight and then it will all be over. This chapter will end and a new one will begin. We are all very excited and apprehensive about the flight. When you are traveling between two countries and four airplanes things can get a bit harry. I have only summer maternity clothing so I will be under dressed for the occasion but there is nothing I can do until I can get to a Walmart. I still have a nasty chest cold which is making my life that much more fun. Liam has a lot of work ahead of him and Rose well she is just happy to be on "vacation". The bags have been packed and what ever isn't in them we will have to live without. The weather is beautiful tonight and I wish I felt better so I could go and sit out side. Liam is putting Rose to bed for the last time. We will not see him for a month and who knows what kind of state. The kitties are running around playing. I am praying that Liam is able to find a cheap way to get them home. They are all still fairly young but you still worry about what can happen on a 27 hour flight. I will miss them all! How does one sleep without a cat on your face? Liam and I don't like to be apart so that will be very hard. I pray that soon things will settle down for the 3 (soon 4) of us. I would love to sit with my family and not worry for 10 min. I think that may have to wait. Loving you and missing you all. Jenny thanks for setting up to send those photos for me! Talk to the Aussies on Gmail and the Americans in person. Love you all! Its been a wild ride South Australia! Couldn't have landed in a better country!

Roses Party

Last night was unbearbly hot. I didn't sleep much now that my cold has moved to my chest. The worse part was the heat. I am only 4 months pregnant but I feel for all the Aussie women further along then me. This morning Ann-Marie and Ji Young visited me and we said our good byes and then Liam and I headed for the Market. That's were we did our bargain hunting for goodies. We did rather well, but he is going to have to make another trip because we didn't get everything. After that we picked up flowers and cupcakes for Roses class. Rose passed out her treats and received a sweet card and journal and stuffed teddy from her class. Both reception classes then drew her pictures and I put them together as a book for her. We passed out flowers the the principal and her secretary and her teacher. We love this school and will miss it terribly. You could not ask for a better start in your education life. Rose took it all in strides and seemed to enjoy the attention. She is well loved and will be missed. Tomorrow will be her last day. I am sure tears will be shed.

Mad Max

Adrian Bennett

Rose has joined me in my cold. She has a runny nose and is slightly more whinny. I slept most of the day trying to make up for night of illness. Rose headed for school and Liam taught in the morning and then picked me up so I could go to the doctors. We do not know the sex of the baby. The doctor said she wasn't good at reading Sonograms and so we wait. Rose went to step dancing and was picked up around 5pm. We then went to dinner trust me when I say it was to hot to cook. We hit around 92 degrees. We then stopped off at the Bennetts to see Adrian's world famous Interceptor from the Mad Max movie. This car has been featured in many English and American Magazines for being probably the only Interceptor replica in all of England. The famous cars steering wheel was done by none other then our guy Brad who's web page can be accessed from my side bar. Adi, Liam and Brad have all been online friends for at least a year or two and have finally all met. They are all fabulous guys. Liam is hoping to have Adrian paint his motorcycle to look like Gooses bike from the first Mad Max movie. The Bennetts and the Coulters will be missed.

Nov. 19th 2005-2006

My cold has taken hold of my nose and body. I slept most of the day just trying to breath. Then at 5:00 we went to Glenelg Beach for the last time. It was one year today that we set eyes on the ocean for the first time. Rose loved it tonight as much as she loved it a year ago. We had Copenhagen Ice cream and walked along the beach. Rose stripped to her underwear like most of the little Aussie kids do and went swimming. Daddy kept yelling "don't splash me". I didn't care and went in up to my knees. By 7:30 I had had enough and needed to go home and put Rose in the tub and lay down. So now we are laying around in shorts and t-shirts trying to stay cool in the heat of summer. Only three more days and we will be in the freezing cold. Living with my mother who loves to keep windows open even if there is a blizzard going on out side, she claims it keeps us healthy. I have my doubts. Tomorrow we go to the doctor to have the baby checked out from head to toe. We maybe able to find out if its a boy or a girl. Talk soon.

Last Saturday

Today I woke up with out the ability to breath. I caught a cold and it has effected my already swollen head. Lets just say I am not happy camper. But that did not stop me from doing the things we had decieded we were going to do. First off I didn't sleep so I woke up at noon and declared we were leaving. So off we headed to Jenni's for Micheal's birthday party. Where we met her family Sarah, Laura and her mom. All are so sweet you want to keep them in your pocket. Sarah makes the most wonderful bears and sells them through her web page which I will post later. Laura makes belly dancing costumes and makes amazing dream catchers. She made me pillow with lavender and a dream catcher for me. Both of her sisters are house bound do to illness but I was thrilled to finally meet them. We left Jenni's at 5 pm and headed to Tania and Brads to see them and the Bennetts for dinner. We stayed there until 10:30. We had dinner and I had a small glass of wine. We had a great time but we know we will real miss them when we leave. Saturday was a good day and Liam is looking forward to the Michigan/Ohio State game on TV. I will probably spend the day in bed making up for my wayward ways but oh well I had fun.

Australia

Missing you all already!