The end of summer is almost here....

Hmmm, so much for being back in a few days! Obviously I'm not that great at keeping this updated lol.
So much has happened since I last posted!
My brother got married a month ago and I now have the best sister-in-law ever!! That was a beautiful day and everyone had so much fun! Speaking of weddings, we're off to a friend's wedding on Friday then to Sydney again in a couple of weeks for Dave's cousin's wedding. I was a bit stressed about having nothing to wear but Mum bought me an awesome summer dress that actually fits!! I am now no longer wearing any of my old clothes (even tops!) We will be 28 weeks on Thursday so not too much longer now!!
We've got a heap of baby stuff :) I have 35 more days of work left (not counting weekends or school holidays). That doesn't sound like very long!

Dave and Dad have gone up to Dargaville for the day to look at a couple of tractors since that will be our next big purchase. We worked out that it will be cheaper in the long run than getting someone in to mow our place regularly to keep it topped and looking nice after hiring one for a day a few weeks ago. Our place now looks amazing!! They should be back fairly soon, they left early this morning :) We've also put in a few yuccas which we were very kindly given and they now line our driveway, so even without a house our place is starting to come together! The next job (probably over Easter/near the end of next month) will be planting our shelter belt along two sides of the property so I need to get my A into G and do some research about what would be appropriate to plant!

We're thinking about selling the little car and buying a four door as we are having issues with the first carseat already (and that's without the baby lol). Its only a little car and climbing in the back seat to get to the carseat is a real mission! Of course we're keeping the 4wd though :)

Mum is helping me research Dave's family tree (I've got my information as far back as both sides go lol) in our quest for names. It is proving very interesting, and the Maori side is quite difficult but we're getting there slowly. We're not really close to making any decisions yet, although we do have a list and Dave has his definite favourites :)

Well, dinner is in the crock pot and I've just made some fudge which should be cool enough to sample now :) If I remember I'll be back before we go to Australia, otherwise my next post will be in a month or so, maybe with some photos!!