What Happened?

- Last week a gentleman I work with asked me what happened?
- The week before a friend of ours from Burma asked about my weight gain.
- My friends from home keep saying I'm not showing.
Hopefully, this photo will prove I am showing, I am gaining weight, and what happened is we're expecting another baby this August! As of now, I'm just over 5 months along. Cooper seems to be the only one not recognizing something is happening to my tummy. He still just thinks it has a belly button as you can see that's not quite all that's going on. It's not the greatest photo, but all I could do after work last night.

While in Australia we had an ultrasound and are thrilled to report we are having a baby GIRL! Here she is...

And of course, we can't post without a photo of Cooper. Here he is last night all ready for bed.

Cooper's Second Birthday Party

We had a mini celebration for Cooper's birthday in Australia, but the next weekend we had a few of his play friends over for a proper birthday party. Cooper had no idea what was going on while we were getting ready, but as soon as his buddies started arriving he was thrilled to have them there.

Even after we sung Happy Birthday, Cooper still didn't apear to understand the party was for him. He had a great time and really enjoyed the chocolate cupcake.

Canberra & 2 years old!

Luckily, Cooper didn't even realize it was his birthday or he might have been disappointed he spent it on a train headed for cold Canberra. It was probably in the lower 60's or so, but it felt really cold to us. We didn't even have socks or long pants. We ended up buying Cooper a pair, so at least he was warm.

Cooper's birthday was on Good Friday, which is a public holiday in Australia, so the capital was far from bustling. In fact, they get a 4 day weekend, as did we, for the Easter holiday. It took some work, but we finally found a restaurant suitable to have a mini birthday celebration. The actual party took place when we got home. Stay tuned for those photos!

Cooper was surprised to the sparkler in his banana split, which he thoroughly enjoyed!
Like Sydney, Canberra is full of really great parks. There is a large lake in the middle of town with a park and trails all the way around. We spent a lot of time around the lake chasing birds and enjoying the outside. Cooper loved running down the hill with papa.

Canberra is similar to Washington DC in that the parliament building, museums, and war memorials are all in alignment in the center of town. Here we are on top of the roof of the parliament building looking down towards the war memorial. That concludes our trip to Australia! From here we took the train back to Sydney and headed back to Fiji. Not a bad place to go home to, but we still weren't ready to leave.

Sydney: Part Two

We spent one morning wandering around the area called Circular Quay and the Opera House. If you look closely at the photo of Cooper with the bridge you can see the people climbing the the top of the bridge. Of course, we couldn't do that with a stroller, but it is a famous thing to do in Sydney.

The opera house is really pretty amazing. It would have been fun to do a tour of the inside, but two year olds are much more into running around outside, so that's what we did.

The Sydney Zoo was Cooper's first trip where he was actually into the animals and enjoyed running from animal to animal. We all thought the kangroos and koalas were cool, but everyone else there seemed to think they were just a normal thing to see everyday.

What a view these giraffes have! The giraffes were beautiful! You would think that would have been one of Cooper's favorite parts, but no, it was the large rat like Bilbos that he liked.