Albany Anzac centenary celebrations

The albany Anzac centenary celebrations started yesterday to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the departure of the first fleet of ships from albany to the battlefields of WW1 in 1914. Around 30,000 troops set sail from the harbour here. There are a lot of events in town and today we enjoyed the little markets, food stalls (we got killer bratwurst dogs) and the sunset ceremony at the peace park on the harbour. Apparently about 60,000 tourists have come to enjoy the events which puts us at about 100,000 people in town overall! It's a tad crowded! At 38 weeks pregnant today I definitely found it challenging to waddle around out there :)

Tamarillos and Halloween

I bought a young tamarillo tree a few years ago now and figured it just wasn't going to bear fruit but today I found lots of tiny fruit starting to grow!!! So exciting! Also it is Halloween here which is not celebrated much in Oz, such s shame. So happy Halloween everyone!

Forlorn Miski

Miski has been looking awfully sad and dejected these days. I think she knows something is up and is feeling my restlessness and apprehension as my due date approaches. She came and put her sweet little fuzzy muzzle on my belly this morning which was so cute :)

Painting the fence

Hooray! I've been wanting to paint our side gates and fence since we moved in here over two years ago. Jose had a burst of energy this afternoon and did a great job of it. It looks fantastic and nice and new again! We also got our taxes done and only have a few more major things to take care of (just to make life easier) before baby arrives; changing faucets in the kitchen and bathroom and getting carpets cleaned. Yay!

Pretty day

Last night we got Thai food again, which was delicious as usual. We shared some golden bags (sort of like dumplings) and I got laksa and jose had jungle curry. Yum! Today was quite pretty with dramatic clouds, though a tad windy. We did our Saturday food shopping as usual though I got tired rapidly. Then we sat in our front swing seat and enjoyed the beautiful day!

Wind farm

I'm now 37 weeks (heavily and uncomfortably) pregnant. I can't believe that there's only 3 weeks (give or take of course) left. I'm trying to still get up and around for walks but it's getting harder and harder to waddle around these days. We took Miski to the wind farm for a walk which was nice :)

Car seat

Well it's official - we have everything we need for when baby comes home. We just got our car seat fitted professionally which was the last item we needed. It's so weird seeing a car seat in the car! Poor Miski has been banished to the way way back of the car and she doesn't like that very much. Oh well! Jose has had a few days off of work and enjoyed some cuddles with moo :)