A quick update ....

It has been very quiet here at ourfamilyfreeman. After a whole pregnancy of pain and bed rest, I made the call to fix the problem. On Wednesday I was admitted to Cabrini hospital and a very nervous Mama underwent a microdicectomy. John McMahon the surgeon removed a big chunk of disk from my spine -L5, S1. I am still in hospital and recovering well. Andrew - aka superdaddy- is home with Lucy and Holly and Harry are hanging out with Grandma and the Staffords. Andrew will have them all back under one roof tonight and I will be home tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed that this relieves some if my pain! I have a 4 week recovery of no sitting and no lifting - including Lucy! Luckily superdaddy has 4 weeks off work.
2012 is going to be a great year!!!!!

Lucy at 4 weeks

 Lucy is 4 weeks old this week! How time flies. She is just beautiful and fitting in perfectly. there are still lots of arguments over who gets to hold her - the novelty is definitely not wearing off! She is such an easy baby, she barely cries and feeds like clockwork every 4 hours.  We love you Luce xx

 Sunbaking outside last week while Holly and Harry played on the slip and slide

 How lucky Lucy is to have such a doting big sister.

Harry 2 and a half

Bring on Summer!!!

 We had a couple of hot days last week, so I finally decided to break out the slip and slide!  This was one of my favourite things to do as a kid ... and judging from the fun Holly and Harry had, I think it might now be one of theirs too!

Putting up the Xmas tree ... on the 1st of Dec!

 We put up the christmas tree a couple of weeks ago. Both the kids took turns putting the star on top!

On top of this Daddy has also gone a bit crazy with the lights and has decorated the front of the house! We have lots of twinkle lights, Merry Christmas signs, and even a big inflatable santa!

Our neighbours won this year, but Daddy swears that it will be twice as bright next year!

Merry Christmas!

 This is the first year that we have had a Santa photo where no one is afraid of Santa! It is also the first year the kids have sat on his la. For the past 4 years Santa has hidden behind the chair while the kids sat on the chair, and popped his head out that the last minute for the photo!
Harry's was insistent that he wore his Roar outfit (as he likes to call it!) and wouldn't take no for an answer, I kind of like it though, because this is an absolute snapshot of him at this age - always in costume!

Santa also had a sense of humour this year and asked if he could use  Lucy in his sleeping baby pose!!! Very cute!