Wednesday, December 24, 2008

the BIG update post!!

Alright, fasten your seatbelts!! The wedding was awesome! I couldn't be happier for Bea and Wimpie, and they are just SUCH an adorable couple!!!

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Our visit in SA was just awesome, I LOVE going home!!

And when we got home to Abu Dhabi, it was back and forth about the house-move and then finally, we moved! So, right now, we're in our beautiful new house. There are still a couple of boxes that needs unpacking, but we're mostly settled. I love this house, it's fairly close to the shops, yet still out of town. It's a very new suburb and we don't even have street lights yet!! The garden is MUCH smaller than the previous house, but hey, we've got GRASS!!!!! {NO, not THAT kind, lol!} Green, green grass!!!! So beautiful! Gids of course, made provision for flower beds when we put the grass in, so we're just waiting for Ouma Hettie to bring us the herb seeds!!

said grass:

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The Kaydin is awfully cute, learning a new word almost every day, the other day, he said "Jackie"!!! well, ok, not quite, it came out "Ghekie" but we SO know what he means, and of course all the hand clapping and "well done's" just adds to his excitement of the new word he's learned! Happy

 

Playing the other day .... Gia-Michelle, if you listen closely, you'll hear him say "ganga"  Happy

 

Christmas in Abu Dhabi

So the G-man's leave was cancelled {we're not talking about it} which means we're here for Christmas. It's not the end of the world though, the weather is positively awesome, we had a whole 10ºC  (that's 50F to my American friends) the other morning and the days are gorgeous at no more than 26/27ºC (that's about 78F) it's awesome.

So getting into the Chrissy spirit, we have a beautiful tree and I got all creative and made a Christmas wreath {Marinda's totally chuffed, 'cause she got one too, happiness all round, what can I say, I like to share}

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Then we had the oh so important Christmas card photo shoot:

Kaydin, come stand here in front of the tree and smile, please?

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hhmmm, no? ok, Daddy, please come and help me here?!

Daddy put him on his lap, and proceeded to tickle him, I kinda new it wasn't going to be too helpful, but hey, I got some awesomely cute shots :)

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This is the card I made, we asked him "how does the baba smile?" and this was the response, just hilarious!!

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in other news:

well not much actually, like I said Gideon won't be on leave this year, he'll take Christmas day off though. We have friends coming over for Christmas Eve, going to unwrap presents and have a merry good time, then Christmas day at the neighbours, where we plan on stuffing ourselves with some good food.

My mom arrives on the 27th, we've been telling Kaydin that Ouma (grandma) is coming for a visit. Now, if you ask him who's coming to visit, he'll say "mmmmmma" and then when you ask him when she's coming, he answers "nnnnou-nou", which is "later". Shame it's been "nou-nou" for about a month already! lol!

Kaydin and I joined the mad people that wake up early to go ride their remote control cars, he SO enjoys it, got some nice shots:

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Big Grin

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We went camping a few weeks ago, just way too much fun!! This was the sunset:

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And Kaydin has a new girlfriend (sorry Jo!!, these long distance relationships never seem to work, lol) her name is Francesca and let me tell you, she's a looker!!! Her mom's gonna have to buy a shotgun in a few years time!! hehe, the shotgun will be for the OTHER boyfriends, as Kaydin's got dibs on this one!!! And yes, if you were wondering, she's Marinda and Oscar's adorable little darling, I tell you, she was first in line when "cute" was being handed out, oh, ok a very close second to the K-dude, lol!! Big Grin

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Kaydin showing her his car, she's a girl though, not really interested, heheee

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Did I mention that it was COLD?! We froze our nunu's off!!! My boys, nice and cozy the next morning:

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Gideon, practicing for number two:

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Kisses:

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(no, I have no idea why he's pulling, that face, lol!!)

The camels came for a visit, and they weren't scared of us... at all, they just kept coming closer!!

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And if I remember correctly, Chantel didn't even use her zoom lens on this one:

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{Credit to Chantel for the pics of the next day}

Right, and tomorrow (or in a few hours) it's run, run, run, to get this house in order for all the people coming over! YEAH!! can't wait!!

We send much love to all. We wish you a blessed and happy Christmas and a wonderfully prosperous new year!