In a blink of an eye our girl has changed from a baby to a toddler who is running and jumping (well, trying) and throwing tantrums! I didn’t expect this all to happen so soon. Luella is a curious, inquisitive and confident little girl.
The biggest challenge we are facing right now is getting her to eat. Continue reading…
Mark just pointed out that we have not written a blog post since Lulu was born. Sadly, according to this version of our life she does not exist! I thought I’d better fix that so starting from today I am going to be trawling through my emails and doing a bit of retrospective posting.
We have a gregarious, fun and willful 13 month old who is the love of our lives. We have already had so many adventures and we continue to learn everyday. Continue reading…
(We’ve been married for almost four months, but thought we’d better finally post about the big day. What better time to do it than Valentine’s Day!)
We had an amazing and beautiful wedding on the beach at Cutter’s Reserve, Point Lookout on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland on October 25, 2009. We had 70 guests including our parents, most of Lakshmi’s aunts and uncles, and many of our great friends from around the globe.
We made it a whole weekend of fun activities including a surf lesson on Friday (unfortunately the surf was flat that day!), barefoot bowls on Saturday, and our wedding and reception on Sunday afternoon.
We couldn’t have asked for better weather, as you can see in the photos. Our guests told us that they even saw dolphins and a manta Ray swim behind us during the ceremony!
We had a delicious reception dinner at Amis Restaurant, and our delectable cake was made by our talented friend Krista.
Thanks to everyone who came and made it an unforgettable day. Click the link to see all the photos!
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[Update: this post is a bit old, but I thought we should add some photos!]
It has been so long since we have posted. In between our last posts we have bought a house and got married!
On August 28th we moved into our beautiful new home in Wynnum, a suburb of Brisbane on Moreton Bay. Our house is a Queenslander “worker’s cottage” built in 1937 (so we were told, but we haven’t found documentation of the date yet). We love the Queenslander style — raised on stumps to increase airflow (and protect from floods and termites), with wide verandahs, high ceilings, and timber floors and walls (often called “VJ” or vertical joint walls).
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Last Valentine’s day my mum surprised us all by proposing to Darren. They planned to get married in 2009 which would be their 20th anniversary. We had many conversations about the wedding over Skype and I witnessed a renewed romantic spark in their relationship. They decided to have the wedding in my aunt and uncle, Lyn and Biddy’s, garden. They chose to make it a double wedding with my cousin Pip and her partner Geoff.
The wedding took place on the 14th of February 2009. It was a great celebration with lots of family and old friends. It was a very special day and many people commented on how good it was to get everyone together for a big celebration.
