Little Archie Thomas

Elise plays tea parties with Aunty Chelle.
We went to Dubbo over the weekend to meet little Archie Thomas (Also happened to be dad's anniversary weekend) He is just beautiful and growing well. It was lovely to welcome him to the ever growing Bannon clan. We stayed with Michelle and Tim and we are ever thankful for their warmth and hospitality. We had a beautiful lunch/ afternoon with the Thompsons and Sparrows who we always love to see and spend time with. We managed to cram a lot in for such a short stay. We are a bit pooped this week but it is all worth it!

Here are some pictures of the new addition......

As you can see I have discovered Hallmark smilebox (which is FREE) so it is an easy lovely way to display photos and a cinch to put into a blog or facebook.

Here is some video of Elise & Toby dancing......

Make a Smilebox postcard

Our Gisele is now 8 months old and very cute... of course we are very biased about that. Below is a smilebox of some video and photos of her. The slideshow doesn't seem to flow through by itself but you can click on the slides beneath the main photo to move on to the next slide....

Well we are staying put in Sydney now until Easter (which is only 4 and a bit weeks away). At Easter we will travel back to Dubbo again to see Nate and Archie together (It's all about the babies!!!)

Hugo's Baptism

Last weekend we travelled to Newcastle for Hugo's baptism. We had a lovely time at the picnic in the park afterwards. It was Otis's birthday not too long ago, so we all celebrated his birthday as well. Mark and Dani were here from Perth. The girls enjoyed seeing their cousins and aunties and uncles as well as Nana & Grandad.

1. Gisele & Hugo having fun together. 2. Happy Birthday Otis & cake for Hugo

3. Dani & Elise 4. Gisele and grandad having a nap.

5. Mark & Dani came over for dinner a few days later. Elise had them playing tea parties in the cubby house.

6. What a smile!
Gisele is now almost 8 months old and is sitting up all by herself. She is starting to move round the floor a lot more. G loves her food and is so busy during the day she barely has time to breastfeed anymore....at this rate she will wean very quickly.

7. Elise and Nova up to mischief 8.G driving the car.
Elise is sticker crazy and poor Nova and Gisele end up wearing them all over the place....

We are off to Dubbo next weekend (seasoned travellers that we are) to meet little Archie Thomas Bannon. We are looking forward to seeing our Dubbo family and friends.