We had a nice but sometimes busy and stressful time in Perth. First came the landing..... OMG the pilot came in way too fast and when we landed on the tarmac the back end of the plane swayed one way and then back the other and I am pretty sure I aged 5 years during those first 10 or so seconds.The girl who sat next to Jaxon and I does the flight month on month of as she work up north in WA for one of the gas fields. She said this was the worst landing she has ever experienced and that yes the plane did sway twice. Scary stuff! (I spent the next 4 days dreading flying home and this comes from an experienced flyer)...
My Aunty Bev met us at the airport and then we went to Bayswater to pick up the hire car. We went in this because my Aunty drives a comby van (like a surfy van) and she has no bolt fitted for Jaxons baby seat.
We went and saw my bio Nan friday night. It was lovely to see her but she has lost alot of weight since we last saw her in Nov 2010 and she is abit forgetful at times. She is in the Nursing Home section now and is not happy there but after her fall she needs to be in this part now. Really it is not much different to her room on the other side of "Gracehaven" but she is monitored more in there and some of the residents have gotten forgetful or a in wheelchairs now. One of the residents was called Billie but she is abit forgetful now and talked about how her Mother was still a wonderful dressmaker although her dear mother has long passed due to her being 80 ish herself. She also asked my Aunty if she and I would love to go for a wal with her to NSW after tea.... (For those not in Australia that is from one side of the country to the other).. We said we would love to go but we didnt have anyone to babysit the baby! Naturally all of the old ladies loved seeing Jaxon.
After saying Goodnight to Nanna Joy, Bev (my Aunty), Jax and I went to LICk YA LIPS fish and chips shops.Jax fell asleep in the car so we sat outside eating out tea (evening meal) on the wooden table and chairs there. When Jaxon woke up Bev put him in her jumper and he looked so snug peeking out! :)
On saturday we went to lunch with Chantelle and her husband Jeff at Golden Gates shopping centre. Chantelle has been a facebook friend of mine for about 5-6 years now so it was lovely to finally meet them.
(Jeff, Jaxon sleeping & Chantelle)
Saturday night we caught up with my brother Mike and took Nan Joy kFC for her evening meal. She loved it because she doesnt get it very often and it is her favourite takeaway! She was so happy to see us again and Mike.
On Sunday it was lunch at the Baywater Hotel with some friends from my Yahoo 360 days, IVF and DS Communities. Unfortuntately some couldnt make it on the day and then I ran out of time on Monday to meet up with a bigger group of friends from the ds community but it was lovely to see those who showed up!
(Us girls at lunch on Sunday at the Bayswater hotel)
Monday morning we headed into the city with me driving the hire car and my Aunty leading the way in front of me in her comby to drop the hire car back. After that we had lunch at Red Rooster near the aiport and then headed to the Airport to book in. We had a few hours to waste so Bev and I took photos of different things at the Airport to post on facebook and joke around about NOPE NO DRUGS IN THE QANTAS FREE STROLLER. below is the photo for that.
Monday morning we headed into the city with me driving the hire car and my Aunty leading the way in front of me in her comby to drop the hire car back. After that we had lunch at Red Rooster near the aiport and then headed to the Airport to book in. We had a few hours to waste so Bev and I took photos of different things at the Airport to post on facebook and joke around about NOPE NO DRUGS IN THE QANTAS FREE STROLLER. below is the photo for that.
I am happy to report that landing home in Adelaide at 9pm Monday night was perfect. I was really nervous after our horrible landing in Perth and my hands were all sweaty but we landed and there was no swaying!!!!! Thankgod! Ty was waiting for us with friends and as soon as he was holding his little brother, Jaxon started smiling up at his big brother and then giggling. It was beautiful and they had missed each other!
