It is ridiculous that I feel this way but Jack is growing up way too fast for me!! The past few weeks have been amazing and we have all had so much fun just enjoying being with each other but Jackson seems to be in a real hurry to grow up (sob!). He has sprouted two teeth (thank god there was a reason behind the moods he was having!) which he proudly bites me with quite often, he is pretty much crawling now so I am having to run around and baby proof the house, he can clap his hands and he said his first word - Mama! Within two weeks of learning how to say that he started to say Dada which is now his absolute favourite word. He also says blah blah a lot which Brent tells me is a result of him having to listen to me all day long. He has also said 'typewriter' and 'marmalade' unintentionally but Brent proudly tells this to all of his friends none-the-less.
My Aunty Lynda and my Grandparents (Thomas) were all up in Brisbane lately which was lovely. It was nice that they got to see him again before he gets too grown up. Jackson loves all the attention and there certainly wasnt a shortage of that!
The hands in the photo belong to Jackson and his Great Grandad Thomas who got along famously.

Family Gathering

The next week after ariving home from our holiday, all of the Hansen clan met down at Coolangatta to celebrate Carmen's thirthieth and to get all the kids together at once. It was awesome to have all the kids there and they all had a ball! Trisha threw an early Birthday party for Lachie and Millie (who were both close to turning one) and Jack-Jack (turning six months!) which was hilarious! Jack tried his first musk stick (not impressed!) and his first bit of mud cake - mmmmmm..... Jackson was a bit hard to live with when it was all finally over as my company just couldnt compare to having the cousins around!

Our first family holiday!!!

I have been very slack with the blog lately but I will try and bring it up to date. Brent surprised me a while back by getting him and I tickets to go and see The Foo Fighters Acoustic at the Opera House!! Brents brother Scott and sister-in-law Trisha and their beautiful kids live in Sydney and we had been meaning to go and see them for some time so 'twas doubly exciting!! And so the three of us embarked on our very first holiday together......Seeing as this is really Jacks blog I wont rave about the fantastic night that Brent and I had (much as I would like to) at the concert but the rest of the time was brilliant as well. We got to meet the amazing Emilia and spend lots of time with the whole brood. Jackson loved being with the kids (as did we!) and had an absolute ball. Thanks for having us Scott and Trisha...... hopefully it wont be too long until we are at your doorstep again!