magical usb cord - unpacked! (=pictures can be uploaded)

qantas check-in: we'd just arrived in sydney, been through customs, and had our epic four-day trek to the opposite end of the terminal. it's hard to appreciate just how much stuff we had, but believe me, it was a LOT!


glenelg beach: nova's first-ever trip to the beach. not bad.


frewville city fringe apartments. ah, hotel living. here's payton hard at work in his cell. it was an all-in-one living space: bedroom, dining room, office, living room...


nova's hotel digs


whoa!! it's hard to stay contained in suitcases for two weeks.


henley beach: this beach is directly west (~25 min drive) from where we live. it is so hard to hold nova back from the water. i can't wait until it is hot enough to let her charge in to waves like she wants to do. in the meantime, her camo gum boots with skull and cross bones on the side will have to try to keep her dry so she can at least wade in up to her ankles (and baby ankles aren't very far of the ground. she gets wet a lot. trips to the beach always involve a couple changes of clothes).


henley beach


nova at glenelg beach


love bug. nova was thrilled when this article got pulled out of the box. i'm not sure why/how it got packed - i don't think they do halloween over here. she, of course, doesn't need the excuse, so maybe we'll just wear it anyway...


go ozito!


of course, the kid gets her stuff built first! first home-cooked dinner in the new house.


brekky with daddy.


nova enjoys brekky at her new table... which turned out to a bit of an oversight on my part. ikea was out of stock of these tall, little-person chairs that would have brought nova comfortably up to our level of dining. so, i nabbed it, thinking myself a fast thinker: this little set was cheaper, available, and oh, so cute for when her cousin comes to visit this spring or when she has friends over. as it turns out, all three of us now eat all our meals at a table made for midgets. payton's and my knees are somewhere between our ears and our plates... but nova seems right at home with it.


can anyone see the kangaroo in this photo?!