once again its been awhile since i last wrote a blog.  Well my family had a fantastic christmas and new year.  Erin went swimming for the first time in our friends pool on new years eve and she loved it! it completely wore her out.  Erin also enjoyed her first christmas she didnt know what to do with all the presents she was overwhelmed it was really cute. 

Well the start of the year has not gone to good for my family.  My mother inlaw to be passed away on the 25th January 2008 we received the call while we where heading off on our holiday for the long weekend and had to turn around and come back home to start organising her funeral.  Jamie's brother was also away and was hard to get a  hold of but we managed.  Jamie organised as much as he could and we headed back on the road to go to on our holiday with all the kids.  The kids has a great time away as much as they could knowing that their Gran had passed away. On the tuesday we had meetings with the funeral director and the celebrant and they where really nice.  Jamie wrote a euology about his mum and as i did not meet her until her cerabal dementia was in its final stages i found out alot about his mother and how she was a great and remarkable woman.  She lived a fantastic life and always put her family first before her several different careers. One of her careers she was a teacher and also organised the matriculation tests here in south australia.  The funeral went really well it was a hard week as I had organised to have Erin's birthday party on Sunday the 4th of February and the funeral was arranged for the 2nd of February i asked Jamie if he wanted me to cancel her party but he said no as we were celebrating a closing of one life we still had to continue with our life and celebrate Erin's first year.

Erin's birthday party was a big hit we had about 30 people turn up including children.  We where going to have a bbq but instead i ordered several platters of cold meat, cheeses, fruit salad and chicken.  Erin had a fairy's cake and she loved it.  Here is a pic of her eating her cake.

Erin had a fantastic day she got a eletric quad bike and loves to ride around on it.

5 days after her birthday erin walked for the first time unaided she looks really cute and now loves to walk around everywhere.

Well thats all for now hope everyone is ok and all well.

Take care from Deb