What Shall It Be?

this week is a pretty exciting week in the ormsby household.

we get to find out what this little person is going to be and i turn 21 for the 3rd time ;).

what do you think it will be?

a he or a she?

daddy is guessing a boy

mummy is guessing a boy

kaikai is guessing a girl

brax is on the fence.

Family Date 9

this family date is probably one of my favourites this year.

we got to tick off some things on the boys list that they have been dying to do but we couldn't because of the price.

for as long as i can remember makai has been begging to go on a "ferry boat" like not just any ones the green and yellow ones that travel between the city and manly.

this month we based our whole day around things the boys have been really wanting to do or see or eat.

the day went as followed -

*drove to the city (we get to park at jevan's work now and it's awesome because it's FREE-yay)

*we hit up the rocks markets and scored ourselves a egg & bacon roll, i have to admit this was purely on my wish list the boys didn't care.

*we headed to wharf 3 at circular quay and caught a long awaited ferry ride straight to manly wharf.

*these boys are the biggest chip lovers (including the biggest one) and what better place to have chips than right at the beach.

* sharks, stingrays, turtles, penguins and jellyfish were a big hit with these two boys at the Manly Sea Life Sanctuary.

*to finish off any good family date we had to have ice-cream and milkshakes - braxton looks like he is a milkshake-a-holic in this photo, we really need to get him help with that problem ;).

Mrs Ormsby

when you get engaged all you think about is planning the wedding.

then once that is all over life will just fall into place and live happily ever after, right ?!

WRONG.

i've learnt that life always have something different in store for us.

when jevan and i got married i thought of all the time i'll get to spend with him, we will have kids and spend all weekend doing amazing family dates with one another, we would be able to go on couple dates regularly, ya know things like that.

i can't lie this year has seen alot of change in our family and some have been tough.

some expected, some we did not see coming in a million years.

we moved out into our first family home, jevan started a full-time job after completing 3 years at uni, jevan then began his full-time chartered accounting course, i fell pregnant and had ridiculous morning sickness and jevan got a new calling at church which takes him away from the home alot.

sometimes i find it really really difficult to deal with what life hands out.

all i can say is my happily ever after mindset has been replaced by reality.

when i see families all going out on the weekends, when makai asks why can't daddy play with us today i have to say to myself "this will all be worth it in the end."

i don't want people to think that i'm complaining because i'm not, i just want people to know that it's ok to be overwhelmed by it all and it's ok to feel like it's all to hard.

i am like super hormonal right now, this baby have turned me into a crying machine - and if you know me very well you know that i hate crying in front of people.

so i have spent alot of time crying this past month and honestly sometimes i don't even know why.

life is just hard sometimes - all those women who can manage all this and not complain hi-5 to you guys, you need to tell me your secrets because sometimes it just consumes me and becomes all abit to much and you guessed it - i cry.

i guess the key is finding joy in the journey.

Fathers Day

today, i came to ponder on the fathers that i am grateful for.

i am grateful for my very own father, the man who raised me, provided for me, comforted me, taught me, disciplined me but most of all loved and still loves me to this very day.

i have learnt so much from my own dad.

my dad has the heart of gold and he loves his children and especially grandchildren unconditionally. 

he is quite and reserved but a man of wisdom and comfort.

i am glad i chose to come down to him on this mortal earth.

secondly, i am grateful for my babies daddy.

he is the love of my life and i would have chosen no-one else to be the father of my children.

he is honourable, he is kind and gentle, he is humble, he is a laugh a minute.

makai calls him his superhero and thats just what he is.

he is always ready to come to their rescue.

he is loyal and protective.

i always find my safe harbour from my storms in him.

thirdly, i am grateful for my father-in-law.

although i only knew him for 5 years, he lives on in his son everyday.

i am grateful for the way he raised him, for the example that he set.

he was caring and loving.

he never let anyone feel unwelcome.

i know my children would have loved their papa.

and last i am grateful for my father in heaven.

although i cannot remember him, i know that through these 3 fathers in my life that i admire and respect  i get a glimpse into what he would be like.

i know that when my sons grow up to be fathers of their own through the example that these fathers have set they will be the most amazing ones.

"a fathers calling is eternal and its importance transcends through time. it is both a calling for time and eternity"

Happy Fathers Day.