Summer Blossom Creations

I have a wonderful friend who makes the most beautiful canvases. 


I already had one which she made for Ebony's 1st birthday as a gift, and also one which she made as a gift for our wedding, so I asked her to make one for Jack and Melody as well.


She popped around yesterday to deliver them, and I'm so impressed I thought I would share them with you.

Our Wedding canvas

As you can see, they really are beautiful and make wonderful gifts or keepsakes.

If you would like more information, or to see some more of her wonderful creations, click on the following links:

Webpage: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melbourne-Australia/Summer-Blossom-Creations/154860154530271?ref=ts

Email:  summerblossomcreations@gmail.com

Ahoy there land lubbers and fairy princesses...

Well, I said that I would post some photos up of my handy work redecorating Jack and Ebony's room so here they are :)

This is what Jack's room looks like now...

Enter... if you dare!

This is Jack's door, complete with skulls hanging from the door frame.

And this is what Ebony's room looks like now...

Our vesicostomy journey is coming to an end - YIPPEEEE

A few nights ago, when I changed Ebony's nappy, she was wet down the bottom (where wee is supposed to come) and only a little wet where her vesicostomy is... which is a sign that the bladder is starting to function properly on its own again! I was soooooo excited! I was doing a happy dance around the house!


I took Ebony to see Professor Dewan (her Urologist) today and told him that she had the wet nappy the other night where its supposed to be wet, and he was just as happy about it as me!

He said that this means he can now close her vesicostomy as it means that her bladder has started working on its own again.

We have to go back and see him at his clinic in Geelong on 15 October so that we can go about organising getting her booked into hospital so that he can perform the surgery to reverse the vesicostomy, and also do the bilateral ureteric reimplantation.

He originally told me before she had her vesicostomy operation that once she was old enough, it could be reversed and I would have to catheterise her myself 4 times a day to drain her bladder manually. However, when I asked him about it today he said that as long as everything goes well, I shouldn't have to do that now because the bladder is now starting to work on its own again.

YIPPEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I'm sooooooo happy!!!

I'm Baaaaaack!

Well, what can I say other than I've been really slack with my blog over the last few months! For those who have been following me and waiting patiently for me to post my latest ramblings... I'm very sorry!

Since my last post, my friend has had her baby girl, and I was fortunate enough to be her support person throughout her labour. I can honestly say that aside from the birth of my own children, it is one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. It was fascinating to be on the other side of the labour process and to experience it from the other point of view.

I've also been busy redecorating the kids rooms after Jack complained to me that his room was "BORRRRIIIIINNNGGG!"

He decided on a pirate theme for his room so I found him a new pirate doona cover, hung up some new blue curtains, hung up a jolly roger flag and some bunting with skulls and crossbones on it (which I made by simply printing out images onto paper, cutting and sticking on some string) and printed out lots of pirate themed pictures to stick all over his walls. He is so happy with the end result, and considering how much of it was achieved just using the computer and a printer, it was really cheap to do. I think all up for a new doona, the curtains, flag, a few ornaments and stickers it cost me about $50!

After doing Jack's room, I got the redecorating bug and decided that Ebony's room needed a revamp too. She now has a fairy princess and butterflies theme going. Her room probably cost closer to the $300 mark to do, but that was because we had to buy a whole new big girl bed and mattress, plus all the bedding and manchester to go with it. She was so excited about her big bed though and couldn't wait to go to sleep in it!

I'll post some photos later so you can see my creative handy work :)

School holidays have started, but because Jack has been at his Dad's for the last few days, today is really the start of the school holidays for us. so I'm looking forward to spending time with all my babies doing lots of fun things!