Lucas finally wears a hat

It's been a struggle to get a hat on Lucas. Every time I put one on he pulled it off. In Winter I overcame this with a chin strap that tied but could not get a summer one the same. Anyway finally at 1 year 11 months he finally decided he would like to wear a hat with a car on it.

Here is the proof (the first night he wanted to wear it to bed and had tears getting it off) 

Summer fun in the backyard

Summer has begun. One November Saturday we got the sprinkler out and the kids had some fun as you can see by the photos.

Gala Day Fun

We live in a rural area with lots of local schools having calf club and gala days. Both our kids love it. We go and have rides and Evie always lines up for face painting. It's a cheap day out and we get to support the local schools.

Here are some photos.

Fiji Trip (part 4)

Fiji Trip (part 3)

Fiji Trip (part 2)

Fiji Trip (part 1)

September Family a Holiday to Fiji

At the end of September we had our first international holiday as a family of 4. We chose Fiji as had heard it's very family friendly and it certainly did not disappoint.

Lots of time in the water, pools and gorgeous blue water. Scuba diving for us parents and babysitting once kids had gone to bed so we had some adult time in the evenings. Throw in some time in the spa and I was totally spoilt. A great way to celebrate my 40th

Day out at Tin Tins

Taking the kids for a morning out expending some energy. Catching up with Becks, Craig, Henry and Corey too.

Trip to Auckland Zoo

Awesome Local community

We live in an amazing community that is very supportive and today they had organized a fundraiser event for a local man needing brain surgery overseas.

We went along and they had a car wash, face painting, bouncy castle and bake sale. The kids had fun and we supported an a fabulous cause.

We also took the kids for a bike ride while the sun was shining.

https://www.givealittle.co.nz/cause/robbieneedshisbrainfixed

First post: Why start a blog?

Reading blogs has been a part of my life over the last 10 years. 10 years ago we got the diagnosis of Infertility and were told that our dream to start a family was going to be difficult and we would need IVF if we were ever going to have biological children. This caused me to feel very alone as I did not really know anyone in real life who had been through anything similar. Me being me needed to gain information and research what was going to happen. I bought lots of memoirs from Amazon and turned to the Internet to gather information.
I learnt so much and was able to question my specialist and be an active participant in our IVF treatment in 2009. This produced our gorgeous daughter Evie in April 2010 and again in 2012 IVF gave us our precious son Lucas.
I documented our journey on my Youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/tinalouisetaylor) and joined Infertility/IVF forums on twitter @paul_and_tina.
I decided now to create a blog as a place to share my precious memories of parenting after IVF/Infertility.
I hope to provide hope to others who may be struggling with their Infertility diagnosis. I actually can look back and am grateful to Infertility as the long hard journey to create my family has made every day special and I am thankful everyday and never take a day for granted. Good luck everyone.

Evie's first Haircut at 3 years old. (She said she was having her hair cutdown)

Lucas was 18 months and was much less impressed.

Cupcake making on a Saturday morning

Lucas trying on his sisters glasses.

Evie's Third Birthday

Evie and Lucas mini-steam train ride