Well my surprise for Mr A worked and I got him to cry on Fathers Day – as I posted a few weeks ago I had some beautiful professional photos taken of our girls and we surprised Emilio on Fathers Day with them. We started with a beautiful slideshow with 40 photos from the session, followed by the presentation of some large framed favourites and a devine coffee table book.

Fathers Day (and Mothers Day) is always one of those days that makes us count our blessings as we are so lucky to have our beautiful children but also makes us think of our angel we lost and in my case my dad who I also lost just a few short weeks after our first daughter.

Thank you Chantelle from Forever Bliss Photography for capturing such beautiful shots of our family. We will treasure these wonderful memories.

Here are a few more of my favourite shots.

I hope your day was as special as ours.

The house is progressing wonderfully and I have all my kitchen and bathroom cabinetry in which is so exciting – benchtops arrive next week.

The paving on the back porch has been laid and looks fantastic and we have a letterbox!

All is on track for completion in 6 weeks and I suspect that we may even be able to move in a week earlier – now I will have the dilemma of my window coverings not being ready in time!!

Well nine is the number of the day.

It is nine years ago today that my gorgeous husband and I were married.

So it is the ninth month of 2009, we have been married nine years and we have just added the most adorable addition to the family and she happens to be nine weeks old!

Here we are nine years ago.