January - April 2006
- Western Australia and New South Wales |
| April, May & June 2006 |
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 The
days are passing, as they do.
Now, there are three of us, with another on the way, who
have somehow materialised from out of time.
And here one sits, brushing his teeth, yet three years
ago he was not.
How strange and delightful.
click to see the
video |
| The Fair - April 2006 |
 Today
mum brought us all to the fair.
Fair in Western
Australia |
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A moment of time with
Devon.
~ end of June 2006 |
 It
is such a delight being Devon’s Mum, I feel that I
haven’t really shared of late how magical of a little
boy he is.
He is so caring and loving and so clever and
smart. The things he says and understands just amaze me.
I love him so much and everyday I am grateful
for him coming into our lives. I, of course, tell him this
all the time and he says “You’re welcome!”.
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 At
the moment I am also carrying his little brother, with 3
weeks to go to due date.
Then the whole family gets to meet the second
son in our family and we are all so excited. |
 We
are going down to our "Baby Moon" tomorrow to
Dunsborough to hang out in the forest with the kangaroos!!
Devon is very excited, today is our packing
day (along with pregnancy yoga and seeing 2 clients!).
This is the precious time we are taking together
with just the three of us before Darshan (little one's name)
arrives into our family.
We are taking 5 days together.
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 Being
a second child myself carrying Darshan is proving to be
an interesting experience. I can see how the first child
does have a different start in life.
MY midwife Sally calls the first babies, “The
Mother Makers”, and they are.
Before Devon I was a single person and now
I really am a mother. Devon has guided me to grow more selfless.
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 I
know it will be perfect for Devon, he is already embracing
Darshan.
He includes him everytime he speaks of our
family and he loves babies.
Anytime he sees a baby he wants to go over
and touch their face! |
 I
am ready now to meet Darshan.
He is just such a little mover, he wriggles
around all the time. He has been a wonderful baby to cradle
and nuture, the nine months has been blissful. I am more
aware and conscious this time so I feel great about bringing
him into the world. |
 I
have been supported wonderfully by several different therapies.
I have osteopathy with Anna, acupuncture with Sono, reflexology
with Ashi, chinese herbs from The Healing Point, massage
with Lulu and Vistara. I feel so nurtured during this entire
pregnancy. I feel honoured for the natural birth I am having.
It feels like a rite of passage.
He feels like a very easy going baby. Our
preparation for his arrival is so smooth. |
So with three weeks to go until
due date (14th July) . Vibodha thinks Darshan will come
around the full moon, which is the 10th, 11th and 12th July.
Let's wait and see...
click
for photos of devon, hold mouse over to see face change
CLICK
HERE FOR THE FACES OF DEVON
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| Painting and Playing |
More of Devon's life at age
2 and a half. |
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| Osher's Birthday Party & Pony Rides |
 Osher
turned 3.
He had a party, and they had pony rides. It was a wonderful
party and a great opportunity for Devon to be amongst other
children.
See the
party for yourself, click here. |
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| A Delightful Sunday spent in Jarrahdale.
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 Jarrahdale
is a place that we would like to explore. it is about 1
hour south of Fremantle and in the heart of a national Park
with beautiful forests, waterfalls and rivers. it would
be a wonderful place to own a home.
I looked up the website and discovered that some of the
locals of Jarrahdale run frequent Sunday walks in the local
forests, so we decided to go on this fine day in March.
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 We
walked around the forest trail together with the group finding
out all about the local area and meeting some of its lovely
inhabitants.
Then we went to the Serpentine Dam and Park for our yummy
yummy picnic and that was just a wonderful time. |
 I
feed one small piece of popcorn to one bright red multicoloured
parrot and before we knew it about 15 parrots were all around
us.
It was so funny, I was just welcoming them down there and
I could hear a slight hesitation in Vibodha's voice as he
saw more and more of them arrive on the table...
It was great! We had a great picnic and spent the whole
day down there just relaxing together as a family.
We all loved it. |
 Later
in the afternoon some other local children arrived with
sunflower seeds to feed the parrots and they kindly shared
it with us.
So we got to feed all the parrots with them sitting on
our hands. Devon let the birds eat out of his hands too,
he was not afraid.
Our camera ran out of batteries which is why we don't have
more photos to match the wonderful experience! |
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| Every day, one day closer. |
 As
quantum physics has proven, matter is both a particle and
a wave.
Thus, so are we.
We are particles in the sense that we are solid beings,
moving around in space. However even the particles that
make us up are not, in reality, solid objects.
I think that much of the mondern angst comes from believing
we are particles. That we are static. We are not.
Really, we are waves. We are the ungraspable part of ourselves,
not the stuff from which we are made. The stuff of our bodies
is never the same anyway, it is constantly being cycled
around and through our bodies.
 We
are everchanging. Like waves in the sea, flowing across
the ocean to cascade along the shore and be gone. We are
flowing beings. We are that which flows.
For instance, that which I see before me is not that which
I love. >> It is not the stuff from which he is made
that I love, but the being manifest in it. What I love in
them is much more than the particles of which they are made.
That which I love is ungraspable.
Yet it is so present and obvious, why can we not grasp
it? Because it is a wave. |
 Getting
that we are waves is where the fun begins.
A wave, thinking that it's a particle, will always be disappointed
to find out that it is really only a wave.
But a wave, knowing it's a wave, can travel to the ends
of the ocean and wash the farthest shore.
What will this little being inside my beloved's belly bring
into our lives? What will he look like? What will he BE
like? Beautiful, I'm sure.
)) see Darshan
now (( |
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| Making Muffins |
I was in the mood for muffins one day. Looking on the
internet, I quickly found a healthy, yummy looking recipe.
I tried it once on my own. I tried it twice with my son.
After that, Devon knew the recipe himself and could teach
his Mum.
She added the JAM filling!
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| Hari Krishna! |
 Little
Lefroy needed repairs.
Thanks to the arms of Krishna, brother Vijan (below) was
there to help.
Which is good, because we needed to climb onto a HIGH roof,
replace a dozen weathered panels, fill gaps, and really
get to know every part of our wonderful little property.
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 It
was fun. It was a bit scary too. Especially after it rained
and made the roof slippery.
See our South Fremantle short term holiday rental property:
Little Lefroy Studio Warehouse at www.littlelefroy.com
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| Growing Boy |
 Devon
is amazing. He is so clever, bright, intelligent, funloving,
enthusiastic, cheerful, and all-round a wonderful little
boy.
His vocabulary is amazing. Everyone comments on it. What
I find most amazing is how I usually only have to read a
book ONCE to him, for him to 'get' the words and be able
to recall and recite them next time. If, while reading,
I skip a few words, he promptly and accurately reminds me
of what it 'should' be.
It's quite amazing to see him read an entire book, without
knowing what WORDS are. He knows the entire alphabet in
both upper and lower case, and consistently spells things
out, asking 'what does this spell?" wherever we go. |
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| Devon enjoying the water, in all its forms...
May/June 2006 |
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| 3rd Birthday for our friend Crest |
 A
little over three years ago we attended a childbirth-education
class and met a heavily pregnant Aya and her partner Tony.
They only attended one of the 6 week course, as they had
a baby... Crest.
They live only a few doors down from us, and Devon and
Crest are friends (and so are their parents.) See
when the boys first met, back in 2003.
Crest is not a baby now. He's three.
And along to his birthday party we go ...
Crest's
Third Birthday |
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| Red Wheelbarrow and 1/2 tonne of wood. |
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We bought Devon a red
wheel barrow to help in the garden. He loves it. He wanted
to help me move the firewood, so I built him a ramp and
tossed it up to his wheelbarrow. He would then trundle down
the ramp and dump it near the 'firewood walls' as he calls
them. He would have moved almost a 1/2 a tonne himself over
the two days of hauling. It's so FUN! |
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| Babymoon - June 21 -
26th 2006 |
| Dunsborough,
Western Australia |
 A
time of three.
Devon, daddy and me.
Before we become four,
we thought we'd explore,
and enjoy our family of three.
In a spirit of celebration and adventure, we set off for
Dunsborough to stay in 300 acres of private forest (with
the kangaroos).
It was a magical five days, full of laughter and smiles,
climbing and exploring, loving, learning, embracing... and
eating homemade muffins.
Enjoy it with us again, now...
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Our Second
Babymoon ** |
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Boyhood and rock climbing
Canal
Rocks, Western Australia |
 I
wondered what Devon would think of Sugarloaf Rock. I'd climed
it myself almost three years ago on our first
babymoon (when he was still in his mummy's tummy).
It was quite an inspiring climb, full of beautiful rocks
and massive waves.
Unfortunately, Sugarloaf Rock was getting a new walkway
and we were not able to climb there.
However, as the universe has taught us many times... what
comes unexpectedly is a gift from existence. And it was.
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 We
drove a short way across the penninsula to Canal Rocks,
much better for little hands and feet to climb.
Mummy climbed over too, carrying Darshan in her belly.
Then Devon and I climbed to the precipice and looked down
the canal... |
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was a wonderful time. I loved this opportunity to be with
Devon so very much. We had such a good time together, climbing
over the rocks.
What a wonderful gift this is, to enjoy eachothers company
and explore together.
Together together together.
Read and See - Canal
Rocks, Dunsborough, WA
That's us, the small figures at the
top of the rock. >> |
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Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse
Dunsborough, WA |
 The
Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse (built in 1903) has been a popular
attraction since being opened to the public in 1986.
Only 13 kilometres from Dunsborough; the Cape Naturaliste
Lighthouse and Maritime Museum reveals the fascinating maritime
history of the Capes region.
Awe inspiring views of the Cape Naturaliste and Geographe
Bay coastline await visitors at the top balcony of the lighthouse
tower.
Numerous walk trails lead around the bays and beaches.
Take a walk to the top with us... Cape
Naturaliste Lighthouse |
| Busselton Pier |
Already a popular tourism attraction, the Busselton Jetty
is the longest timber pier in the southern hemisphere stretching
2 kilometers out into the sea.
Around 200,000 people visit the Busselton Jetty and Interpretive
Centre each year to learn more about its interesting history
and spectacular marine ecosystem.
We were three of them... come with us during our 2nd Babymoon
Busselton
Pier |
| Haircut time for little Devon |
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Time
with Devon is precious. 
