Happy New Year!

This year we were able to go to Garden Island and watch the Sydney fireworks from the naval base again - Becky works there and was able to get us tickets...we went with our friends, Matt and Justine...

Emmy is crawling!

After 'commando crawling' for ages - Emmy is finally crawling properly - watch out, Jared!!

Boxing Day

The Coopers' Christmas 'do' was at Uncle Brian and Aunty Jan's place - Emmy was slithering around like a little snake - she started crawling properly two days later...

Coopers' Christmas Dinner

Jared and Emmy had a great time with the new car toy. We went to the Coopers' Christmas dinner on Christmas day...

Christmas Lunch at Mum and Dad's Place...

After church (at St. Thomas') we went to Mum and Dad's place for lunch with the Landles family...the babies were very spoilt! (Emmy had to wear her second Christmas dress after an unforuate incident with the first one...)

Emmy's First Christmas

The tree in our front living room and opening presents on Emmy's first Christmas morning...how exciting!!

Emmy stretches...

Emmy is trying soooo hard to crawl - but not quite there yet!

Joel and Jill's Wedding...a perfect day...

Jared and Tim outside the church (St. Barnabas, Ingleburn)...
Little Emmy
Joel and Jared
Becka and Emmy
Joel and Jill

Looking under the lounge...

Jared and Emmy love playing together - especially when it's 'what's under the lounge time'...Emmy also loves her bird bath.

Our Christmas Card Photo

This is the photo we used as our Christmas card picture this year - taken in November, 2005...Jared and Emmy...

Our Family...

On the lounge in our front room - November...

Emmy wants to crawl

Emmy 23 weeks old...


Emmy is looking forward to crawling (well, we think so)!!

Emmy 22 weeks old...

Emmy at 22 weeks - a very noisy baby!!

Jared loves bikes!!!

Jared loves to ride Daddy's motorbike!!!
Jared on Tim's blue Honda CB 900, aged 19 months.

Jared is such a climber - here he is climbing into Emmy's cot - again!! (Aged 18 months.)

Our holiday to Port Macquarie

We had a lovely holiday (our first holiday as a family of four) in Port Macquarie...

We had lots of fun at the koala park and swimming in the hotel pool...

Baby Em goes shopping!

Here we are on a quick dash to get groceries - with Emmy for the first time!!
Jared is underneath!

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Everyone came to our place to celebrate Grandma's birthday - Emmy was in the prime 'help Grandma blow out her candles spot' until a little hand grabbed Grandma and poor Emmy lost her spot!!

Our little teddy...

Jared looked so cute - in his teddy bear costume at the teddy bear's picnic day at Playgroup...

Our little girl!!!

Emmy arrived (induced 3 days overdue) on 30th May, 2005. She weighed 8lb 11oz and stared around at everyone with big bright eyes - we all love her sooooo much!!! Here she is at one day old all wrapped up in her snuggly hospital blanket, and again with her 'Oliver' bear at 1 week.