Up, Up and Away!!

As in Ever has taken her first steps!! Mum, Dad, Chels and I were witnesses to the big event where she took about three steps a week ago after much coaxing! Pete missed it but we got it on video for him. Today she has spontaneously gone for little walks about 20 times today and she's getting more and more adventurous!! Watch out world!

Short Family Catchup

Janine arrived home early in the week and we enjoyed having both girls home together even if it was overnight. Lauren arrived late Friday night with her friend Anna and the 3 girls checked out what's been happening in the paddocks. It was an interesting experience for me to see the process the girls go through getting dressed up in their finery. They were heading to the Roma Races with the main aim of catching up with school friends who live far and near. I'm not sure if the horses got a look in! Hopefully we'll get more time together at Christmas.

hey cousins...and aunty merryl.
finished exams!!!! woooo..... So good to be heading home.
Soon heading off to Coonabarabran for 2 weeks placement then Canberra/Sydney for a week and then work awaits me when I return home:(
Hope everyone is going super!
Janine:)

Cunningham News Report

No news.


Just kidding! Had a fantastic birthday last week...every single present I got was awesome! I got the 'Glee' soundtrack (only the best show on television for those who don't know it! Watch it 7:30 Thurs night!), a book called 'The Crafty Minx' which is all about making homemade goodies like bags and toys, the next Killer bunnies set (cousins - if you havn't played this game you should! Super fun!), a sandwich press to replace my overused jaffle maker, aaaaand....my favourite thing....a Christmas tree! Have had a $12 tree from Big W since we got married and the poor old thing was looking very, VERY sad...so now I have a big pretty one! And it's up already!! Pics to come! Also got a visit from Nanna & Poppa with a mango (yum!) and a bunch of pink carnations!

Yesterday I thought I was going to Mum & Dad's for a quiet morning swim when about 25 of my closest friends decided to pop in for a pool party! Sneaky Pete! Was a wonderful time!

Ever still not walking...being quite stubborn about it! Starting to say a few words though..she picked up my mobile this morning, held it up to her mouth and said 'grandma' and then 'hello'. So we gave grandma (mum) a call and she said 'grandma' again! Speak of the angel...I hear her waking up from her morning sleep...mummy duty calls!

News wanted

Aunty Merryl would like to hear news from the nephews and neices out there. Aunty Janelle would like me to be on Face book . I have decided not to go there yet.

kenny road happenings

Hello everyone. We have just had two inches of rain in 30 minutes. ..and Chloe came to visit in the middle of it. Doug had 60 men for breakfast a couple of Saturdays ago and they got the D8 out and started digging a dam. It will probably have a lot of water in it soon. Kimberley got a young Cassowary award for making a butterfly farm at the school. We went to a flash dinner on Saturday night to accept the award. She got family pass to Harleys Creek , 2 of us on skrail and a family pass to the Daintree Discovery centre all in the same week as Grandad getting a letter from Canberra asking why he has cleared Cassowary habitat at Daintree. Poor Grandad, he then got a letter (like we did) outlining new fertiliser and chemical requirements for our farms so we don't kill off the Graet Barrier Reef. Then he got a letter fro Main Roads informing him of further resumption for Main Road purposes. He is not having a good month! The tilers are here doing the wall tiles in the new bathroom. Everything is getting busier in the lead up to Christmas.

Thats all for now Merryl

Kisses for Daddy

Ever turns ONE!

Here comes a tonne of photos for those who aren't on facebook...oh, that's right, it's just Aunty Merryl! Hee - I'm happy to do it! It was a really fantastic day, kind of, but it was. I know that's confusing so here's the story...the party was going like a dream - kids were playing, adults were mingling, the atmosphere was wonderful, old school carousel music was playing, painted ponies were delighting! We cut the cake and made some little speeches (thank you God for letting us have that moment) and then sat down to open the presents - shriek, followed by a gut-wrenching mothers cry, and someone exclaiming 'he's having a fit!'...panic! One of Ever's little friends, about 18 months old, was on the ground having a fit.

Thank you God that Jenny Ridolphi (Challenor) was at the party and leapt into action stations, very calm and very in control, she took care of bub and distraught Mum. He was taken off to the RBH and after few rollercoaster days for the family, he was declared well. But boy, did he give us all a scare!

So it WAS a fantastic party but it had it's moments. Ever had a ball though and so I declare it a success!