New Bed Love....With Some Drama...

So last Friday after being on layby a little longer than intended our new bed was delivered...yey...or I thought it would be yey but it turned out to be three days of ARGH!!!

Now Chris and I are usually more than competant when it comes to putting furniture together and we work well as a team and never lose out patience or temper with each other while building something....but this bed...this bed was a right royal pain in the ASS! It came with one page of instructions with no words on it just diagrams and all screws were shaded making them all look the same and the diagrams were all wrong....they had pieces showing in the wrong place and upside down and another piece that supposedly sat flush with the bed but in reality doesn't sit flush as it's too short.

After attempting to put the bed together Friday, Saturday (which included talking to Bedshed) and Sunday and getting pretty much nowhere we finally called Bedshed Monday ready to send it back and get our money back. However one of the guys there was really understanding and said he'd come out and have a look to see if he could help. It turned out we had a few screws in the wrong places, despite them fitting and looking like they belonged, some screws just didn't fit and had lost their thread and the middle beam needed to be taken back to the store to be adjusted. Russell finished putting the frame together for us as we had it mostly done but some screws had lost their thread and wouldn't go any further, he also said he'd be back after work to bring the new screws and middle beam back......when he did come back Chris was home from work himself and they both went down to the room and had the bed finished in five minutes!! Seriously after four days of cursing and wanting to throw the bed out the window they just finished it quick as.....mind you Russell did come back with some tools that made the job alot quicker and easier. So because of Bedsheds fabulous customer service and help in us keeping our sanity we will still be shopping at Bedshed when it comes time to buy Bec's new bed and a few other things I have my eye on....

The new bed that caused so much drama...it almost took the love away from it...

 

Now it's all sorted I love it again and totally enjoy having the headboard to lean against while feeding Francis in the middle of the night and it's made our mattress more comfy too...Now to just sit and wait a little while longer for my new couches...woohoo..!!

 

So have you ever bought a piece of furniture you've longed for just to have it go pear shape and almost send you insane?? I'd love to hear your stories....Well I have to go as I have a few things that need doing before bub wakes up...I will be back tomorrow with an update on how we're all going now Francis is here....take care for now....Au revoir..xo

 

Michelle

 

 

Another Year Together....And Many More To Come..

Bonjour mon ami's.

 

Well today marks an important day for Chris and I as it's our second wedding anniversary. The last two years have been filled with ups and downs and too many outside stresses to test our patience but through it all we have held onto each other and supported each other which has only made our marriage and love for each other stronger.

 

Two years ago today and we love each other more with each passing day...

 

And what better way to cement our love for each other than with the arrival of Francis...he has brought so much joy to our lives and we still can't stop looking at him and how each day he changes just a little bit more. He's a beautiful baby and looks just like his daddy and has his mummy's eyes..

 

Our beautiful boy looks just like his daddy with mummy's eyes...

 

Chris so proud to have a son, he loves him so much...

 

Me and Francis after a quick trip out on Sunday, it was a little warm..

 

This year we haven't as yet got each other anything in particular for our anniversary as it's just been busy, busy, busy since Francis was born and Bec starting kindy....though we have bought each other a card and I'm happy with that as I don't really think anything could top having Francis come into our lives as an early anniversary present.....I'm sure though we will find some time to get each other a small something out of our appreciation for each other....

 

You know when you think about it, finding that person you want to spend your life with and who compliments you and knows all your weird and whacky ways of doing things is defintiely not easy and believe me it can take years to find them but when you do it's more than you could ever have asked for and for this reason you need to cherish every moment that life gives you together.

 

The beautiful card Chris gave me....his own words inside mean so much..

 

The card I gave Chris before he left for work this morning....

 

One of my favourite scriptures, it describes just how love should be...

 

(1 Corinthians 13:4-8) ⁴ Love is long-suffering and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, does not get puffed up, ⁵ does not behave indecently, does not look for its own interests, does not become provoked. It does not keep account of the injury. ⁶ It does not rejoice over unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. ⁸ Love never fails. . .

 

Michelle

 

 

 

 

 

 



Welcome Francis Albert Lisle.....

Bonjour mon ami's and it's great to be back!! Well as most of you know by now the big news is that Francis Albert Lisle is finally here and it was no easy feat getting him to join the world...After three days of different methods of trying to get me to dilate and efface so the doctor could break my water it finally happened Friday morning on the 1st Feb 2013 but only after we had to leave Busselton hospital and drive to Bunbury on the Thursday evening. There were women coming in left, right and center in labor here in Busselton and being that it's a country hospital they couldn't go ahead and do the induction while other women were in labor, so off we went to Bunbury where they said they would be able to take us.

 

Thankfully we had the amazing Zoe as our midwife and she delivered Francis and was amazing. I don't think I've ever had so much gratitude for a midwife before as I have for Zoe, some people are just meant to be midwives, it's in their blood.

 

My amazing and wonderful husband Chris was the best support I could have asked for...He has never seen a natural delivery as Eva and Bec were both c-section deliveries...I had told Chris it would be different this time and I'm not sure if he fully understood what I meant until things were well on their way and I was in full labor. He stayed with me the whole time, never leaving my side and when it came time to pushing he was encouraging, supportive and strengthening to me.....at one point Zoe said I had to stop pushing as they don't like babies coming out too fast and I was like 'what are you kidding I can't stop I have to finish getting him out.' hehehe so easy to laugh now....Chris assured me I could stop and to hold on and then once they gave me the green light to go it was just a couple more pushes and Francis was out.....Chris says it was an amazing experience he can't describe and one he'll never forget it and neither will I. So at 7:15pm on the 1st Feb 2013 and little man finally decided to make his appearance.

 

So now we have our beautiful boy that neither of us can take our eyes off of or want to put down but we do as we don't want bad habits developing......and after a few sleepless nights once home we've got a good routine going now and Francis really is a beautiful, pleasure to care for and love.....he sleeps well during the day, feeds well, is sleeping much better in the evening now and after his first trip into town today he has come home exhausted and is sound asleep.....he never grizzles much unless he's having his nappy changed....he really doesn't like his bum being exposed....lol.

 

Proud Papa and a wonderful husband...I could not have asked for a better husband...

 

In at Bunbury Hospital...

 

Francis' frist day home...

 

Just a few of the presents from friends and family...

 

Snuggled up with me in bed after a feed the other morning....I love this pic...

 

All dressed up to go to town in an outfit daddy bought...

 

Stripped down and cooling down after a big first day out...he was amazing to take out..

 

So after a busy first week of life for Francis adjusting to the outside world we are more than happy to have him in our little home and lives and look forward to all the years of growth and change we will all go through together as a family.....So take care for now and I'll be back soon...Au revoir...xo

 

Michelle