Santa & Mumma!

Mum and Dad took us to meet Santa this weekend!

Stella was not so keen on the man in the red suit...

But she did like the lollipop he gave her...

The other big news from the past two weeks is that Stella now crawls forward and Harrison has said 'Mumma' 3 times!!! (Mumma is counting...)

2 more sleeps till we leave for our first trip to Oz!! We can't wait. We are so excited. We don't plan on sleeping a wink during the 23 hour flight..

Moving & Swinging

Before it gets too cold we have been visiting the park for a final few swings..

Lots of developments to report: Harrison now says Dadda too (no Mamma's from either rascal!), both of us can wave and clap. Stella can move from her tummy to sitting (which she loves to do in her crib when she is supposed to be sleeping!) and we are both on the move. We can crawl backwards and sideways and in circles but crawling forwards is still a challenge!

We love to stand and play with our new toy whilst Mum and Dad hold us. It makes us feel like grown ups.

9 month check-up and Thanksgiving!

Another exciting week!  First up, our 9 month check up..

Harrison weighed in at 19lbs 10oz and 29 1/4" long

 

Stella weighed in at 18lbs 1oz and 29 3/4" long

Aunty Carrie, Isy and Ava arrived from Oz this week. We have been brunching and lunching around NYC...

 

I think Mum and Dad were more excited than we were...

 

They also joined us for our very first Thanksgiving!

 

It took many many attempts to get the photo above. First.... Harrison had a melt down because Mum was holding Ava... 

Then.... Stella decided to 'lovingly' pull Ava's hair mid-shot...

Our best friend Jack also came with his parents.

We had a great day. Turkey is delicious!

The countdown is on until we fly home to Australia for Christmas!

 

Three Musketeers

It's just us and Mum this week. Dad had to go to Oz for work. We miss him terribly. We are taking good care of Mum.

Harrison is getting his fifth tooth and Stella's top two teeth have also cut through. The up-side is we can keep Mum company at 5:45am in the morning when we wake up from the pain.

Harrison has got the hang of waving hello and goodbye and Stella now loves to clap. We promised Dad we wouldn't start crawling until he returns.

Sick, cold and 'Dadda'!

Sadly, Harrison and Mum have been sick this past week. Luckily everyone is on the mend. It's been so cold that we had to up-grade from wool beanies to furry woolly hats!

Stella loves hers...

Harrison isn't too sure..

Dad is very sad as he has gone to Oz on a work trip. Stella gave him a big surprise the weekend before he left by saying 'Dadda'! Now she doesn't stop... it's 'Dadda Dadda' all day long. Mum is aggressively coaching Harrison to say 'Mumma'... watch this space...

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! In case you can't guess... we were Koala's!

 

Chilly...so let's brunch!

You know how we told you it was getting colder last post? That was nothing! This week has been very chilly!! Luckily Mum and Dad installed these fabulous wool sleeping bags in our stroller so we stay nice and warm.

We escaped the cold weather this past weekend by brunching with friends at Morandi (they have the best scrambled eggs) and Bar Pitti (yummy meat balls).

(check out how happy Harrison is in his big boy highchair!)

We have been enjoying new flavors at home too... Harrison loved Mum's croissants and Stella loved Dad's massaman curry.

Both of us have finally got the hang of using our sippy cups for water.

(check out Stella's bottom two teeth!)

Now that we are pros at sitting Mum and Dad keep mentioning this word 'crawling'... ? We just laugh in their faces!

FALL

Fall has really hit NYC and the temperature keeps dropping. It's time for jackets, beanies and blankets!

Each day we get much better at sitting (although Mum still surrounds us with a fence of pillows each time we play!)

We had another play date last week - this time with Jack and our friend Max.

Mum and Dad had a wedding to go to last Saturday... we decided to be kind and sleep through till 7am!