The Daly's

Our First Scan!

2011-01-23T09:42:00.000-08:00

We went for our first scan on Thursday. It was so exciting to see our litle 'Pip' - even though it so small! The best part was hearing the heart beat... man it was so fast, but so so so AMAZING!!! According to my dates, i'm supposed to be 8 weeks 4 days, but according to the scan, our baby is a bit smaller so it showed 7 weeks 1 day. The doctor said not to worry though that it is normal and the baby is growing perfectly and all is as it should be. So instead of my due date being the 28th of August, it's now moved to the 7th of September - yay, a Spring baby! So we have a petite little 'Pippie'. You can't see much in the pic so i'm really looking forward to my next scan which is on the 3rd of March - Bev's birthday! I'll be 13 weeks by then. I really can't wait!!!

(Sorry the photo is so blurry - i couldn't get a better pic coz it was dark.)

We are going to have a baby!!!

2011-01-07T06:31:00.001-08:00

I'm PREGNANT! How exciting is that! We found out on the 31st of December so it was a great way to celebrate the new year. It's still very early days, but we just couldn't wait to tell everyone. Here's a pic of our positive preg test - we were so shocked! We didn't expect to fall pregnant so fast, but we are so grateful and feel so blessed!

My Day with the Kids

2010-07-06T07:44:00.000-07:00

I went and fetched Shao and Blayze last week to take them out for the day. We went to my mom-in-laws house so that they could play with Olivia, my niece. Livy is only 4 days older than Blayze so they both 15 months. They were SO sweet together. They all played so nicely and had so much fun. Blayze and Livy were really so fond of each other. They shared so nicely and had a blast!

So i took some pics to capture this precious moment! This pic is so cute - oh so serious! Look at them holding hands man!

The three little munchkins... Look at Livy pinching Blayzes cheek like a real little girl.

Love it!

Just another cute one...

Livy just loved Shao and kept wanting to 'give her love'. She is so darling! Can't believe how big Shao has got - she turns 5 this year! Time just flies!

Look at them - ag man. I couldn't get over how well they all got on. But i must be honest, my mom-in-law and i were exhausted by the end of it and so were the kids!

More of our Garden...

2010-07-06T07:33:00.001-07:00

Here are my special helpers! Working very hard.

Dev watering for me.

Just another pic.

I was so excited, i got my first flower from my Diete! It was a very special moment, so i had to take a picture!

My New Garden

2010-07-06T07:09:00.000-07:00

Our poor garden was looking so sad at our granny cottage. So we decided to revamp it and what a massive difference it has made! I am now SO proud of our new little garden - it is so cute!

A huge thanks to my dad, mom and Devy Doo for all their help! We had such a fun day and it was worth all the sweat and blistered hands!

This first pic is the before...

This is the inbetween...

And finally, the after...!

I managed to find a little Penny Farthing for our centre piece. I just love it! Our land lords have gone totaly indigenous, so we had to follow suit which was great coz they paid for all the plants - Bonus!

So, for all those garden lovers, this is what i have growing in my garden:

Dietes Grandiflora, Bulbine Latifolia, Crassula Multicava, Crassula Spathulata, Agapanthus Africanus, Strelitzia Reginae and then good old mondi-grass and hen and chicken.

Our little bird bath. I still want to get a bird house so that birdies will come play by us...

It is so divine! It has brought me such great joy and i've just loved nurturing it. I sound like such an old fart, but it's literally therapeutic - especially watering it! Hehehe!

Feel It - It is Here!

2010-07-06T05:29:00.000-07:00

Fifa fever has hit South Africa with a bang! What an awesome vibe - you can literally feel it! We headed down to one of the Fan Parks in Durban to watch the opening ceremony and first match - Go Bafana Bafana! It was an amazing game and the atmosphere in the park was electric! We had an absolute blast and were happy to draw the first game with Mexico.

The only snag was that i didn't get a supporters shirt, so i felt very out in my grey jersey! However, i did manage to support a 'Zacumi' sticker on my face!

Whoohoo - Ayoba!

Kitty - cat - Q lent me his radical cool glasses for the photo! Trust Kuen to go all out... What a soccer fanatic! Love the pic tho!

I was amazed by this random oaks haistyle. Somehow he managed to shave a soccer logo into his hair - incredible!

I had to get a pic of our magnificent 'Moses Mabeda' stadium. It is truely something to see and is even more amazing in real life! GO SOUTH AFRICA!!!

More Farm Pics...

2010-04-06T03:32:00.001-07:00

Can you believe that at 23 years old, I still love Easter egg hunts! I get so excited and really enjoy the thrill of the hunt to find the most eggs! I think i get more excited than the kids even do...!

Bella was super keen to eat my marshmallow eggs. She was watching every bite that i took!

So, yes, i gave her one! (Actually 3!)

I love this pic of Byron - he really thought it was so funny that we still hunting for eggs at our age. But, as funny as it was, he joined in and we found so many together!

(In the background you can see that even Uncle Tony was hunting!)

We had to get a pic of our overflowing basket of Easter eggs! We have lazer eyes...! Hehehe!

Just before we left, we took a final picture of all the family together which was nice. We have made so many great memories at the farm and we continue to make more! We really had a super weekend away!

Our Easter Weekend at Lawa

2010-04-06T03:16:00.001-07:00

We all piled into the Quantum with not a single seat left and headed off on our 7 hour journey to the farm. It was really long and our butts were in serious pain! However, it was great fun to all chat and mess around together as a family! I love our family and really look forward to spending quality time together as we don't get to see each other as often as we'd like!

We had to get a pic with all us girls... Chloe and Dev had just been at a beach cottage the week before, so note their gorgeous tans! We all felt like albino's next to them! Anyway, it was great to all be together again! We've really missed Kris as she and Dane have moved to joburg now - SO SAD!

My gorgeous Stace! We had a super weekend together! Love her to bits!!!!

My hansome and I at 'World's View' at Eagle High where Wayne and Bean got married.

It is SO beautiful there!

Wedding pics continued...

2010-03-31T04:05:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pics from the wedding. The guys had some photo's fly-fishing in their baggies which was so funny!

The girls customized their gumboots to match their dresses. It looked brilliant I think their photo's are gonna come out beautifully! They had some really super ideas...

Gorgeous pic!

Mat and his dad fixed up this old Citreon and had it running perfectly as their 'get-a-way' car.

Bronwyn's Wedding

2010-03-31T03:41:00.000-07:00

One of my dear friends from college, Bronwyn, got married on the weekend. It was such a beautiful wedding! She arrived on a horse which was amazing and she looked absolutely stunning!

This is her mom, Simone, walking her down the aisle. She also looked really lovely!

Cutting of the cake - This is her husband, Mat. He's such a sweeet guy and they are really great together. We get on so well with them and Byron and Mat have really hit it off which is so nice.

The happy couple...!

Another one of my friends from college, Lindie, with her fiance Justin. Now how wierd is this, Justin is actualy Wayne Warburg's brother (Gerri's husband). So it feels like she's family now which is awesome! What a small world hey! They literally got engaged the day after this wedding - so happy for them! (Note no ring on the finger yet!)

My Niece's 1st Birthday!

2010-03-29T05:32:00.000-07:00

It was Livy's first birthday on the 10th March so we all went to the animal farm for the day. I can't believe she's a year already! Time just goes so fast it's unbelievable! She is really getting cuter and cuter every day! She just started walking on the weekend, so will have to upload a video of that. It is too sweet! Anyway, here are some pics from her special day...

This is her 'bestfriend', Bethany, who was due on the same day as her, but arrived 10 days before Livy Loo.

Livy with Granny - she was quite chuft with herself that she could sit on 'big' chair. Shaun and Ambz have since bought her her own table and chair set since she loved this one so much!

Touching and feeding all the animals was just too much fun! She was going wild for them...!

She is such a precious child and Byron and i just adore her! She's even starting to talk a bit now. She can say 'mim' (mom), 'juice', 'up', 'com', 'ganny', 'gomp' (grandpa). Very sweet!

The Dam

2010-03-29T02:11:00.000-07:00

We all hit the dam on Sunday after church to try Danes new jetski. What a joke! It was so much harder than i thought! You have to have serious balancing skills to stay afloat. It was so much fun though!!!

Blayze is getting so big now. He is too sweet! He was a bit apprehensive of the murky water - i don't blame him!

Mom and Aunty Zanne soaking up every moment with Blayze! We don't get to see him often, so when we do we all fight over him.

Dev was anxious to go on the jetski alone, so brave old me has a bright idea to go together.
Big mistake!
The two of us were far to heavy to balance and we ended up in the water after about 1 minute of riding. We could not get back on after our wipe out! We were stuck in the water for at least 15 to 20 minutes as the other jetski wouldn't start so there was no one to rescue us. Eventually they got it started and we were towed back to shore. What an experience! I had hectic bruises on my knees - but at least we weren't bitten by a snake, or worse, eaten by a crocodile!!!

Kelly Clarkson Concert

2010-03-29T02:00:00.000-07:00

Byron suprised me and bought us golden circle tickets for Kelly Clarkson! We were so excited and had such a great time! She has the most amazing voice, however, she has got really large which was a huge shock for us. That's besides the point though - she is freaking talented and we had so much fun!

On our way to our 'big' event! This is our famous 'cheesy' smile! Hehehehe!

Unfortunatly we didn't take ou camera in, so we onl have cellphone pics of her - how sad!

My little Neice...

2009-07-07T06:12:00.000-07:00

Amber fell pregnant within their first month of marriage, but don't worry, it was planned! This is a pic of her at 'bout 8 months... she carried really beautifuly!Olivia Taylor Daly was born on the 10th of March 2009 and weighed a wopping 3.84kg's. This was her first photo taken at the hospital - she is so sweet!

Once Ambz and Shaun were settled at home, they got Krystal to come take some pics of their new little buddle of joy...

The proud parents...

... and even prouder grandparents!

Bottoms up!

We had to take a pic of Shauns hands compared to hers to show just how tiny she was.

I just love my little neice - she is SO beautiful and absolutely perfect!

My New Family!

2009-07-07T05:52:00.000-07:00

Now that i married i have an amazing new family! I feel truly blessed to have a family like Byron's! So, i thought i'd put some pics up to brag...

This is my wonderful mom in law, Glenda.

I don't know where all the rude 'mom-in-law' jokes come from, coz i have never had a days problem with Glenda. She is the sweetest, kindest lady who will bend over backwards to help you. She is gentle and quiet spirited and is an absolute joy to be around!

Next is my new dad, James.

What an incredible man - always full of joy and life and enjoys a good joke. He loves to tease and stir for fun, so i've promised to buy him a wooden spoon for Christmas...!

This is Shaun and Amber...
I'm sure you can see straight away that Shaun is Byron's brother. They are so alike it's scary! Ambz is his lovely wife. I get on so well with both of them and couldn't have asked for better!

This was 2007 when Shaun proposed to Ambz... They got married in April last year (2 months before Byron and i).

A pic from their beautiful wedding...

I really love my new family!

Thank the Lord for that - i don't know how people cope if it were any different!

Honeymoon - Nguni

2009-07-01T02:45:00.000-07:00

Some more pictures of Nguni...

Sorry, Mr Zee bent down as i took the pic... Hmm!

This is a 'Pumba' (Warthog), they where everywhere!

This pic is seriously blurred because we were driving in the truck, but i put it up coz it's still so stunning!

Yes, it was FREEZING!

(Amber, Shaun, Byron and Me)

A gorgeous baby elephant...

He walked right in front of our truck - He was scarily close!

If you look really hard, you'll see 2 Lion sitting on the plane...

Some Buffalo... I think they look really ugly!

Some cuddle time before our evening game drive.

I know i put alot of pics up, but we just had such a super time that i couldn't decide which pics to cut out. I just love going on holiday - what a blast!

Honeymoon - Nguni

2009-07-01T02:35:00.000-07:00

This was our final stint of our honeymoon... We met up with Byron's brother and sister-in-law and flew to East London to another game logde called Nguni River Lodge which is situated in the Ado Elephant Park.

I must just say, the bath was AMAZING!!!

This was the oudoor shower, and yes, i braved it in the freezing cold because i had to wash my hair... how sad!

Honeymoon - Champagne Castle

2009-07-01T02:22:00.000-07:00

Ok, so at Champagne Castle, we decide we were going to do the 'Sunset Trail' walk which was a 3 hour walk. So off we headed having a jolly time, when all of a sudden, we realised we were horribly lost! Our little 3 hour walk turned into a nightmare 6 hours... We left after breakfast at 'bout 9am and managed to find our way back by 'bout 3pm!

It was so scary, but fortunately, my husband managed to get us home - thanks babe!

Believe it or not, this was a little waterfall we found...!

This was me dead on the floor when we finally arrived back - we slept like logs that night and could barely move the next day! (not to mention our sunburn too...!)

Honeymoon - Drakensburg Sun

2009-07-01T01:56:00.000-07:00

Honeymoon continued... We popped in to the Drakensburg Sun for a day, it's really lovely there and was just up the road from Champagne Castle Hotel where we were staying.

Now here is Champagne Castle Hotel... This is one of our favourite places to go! It's beautiful!

My dream honeymoon was to go somewhere where you could get a white robe and slippers, so i had to take a pic of my moment...

Honeymoon - Nambiti

2009-06-30T08:05:00.000-07:00

More honeymoon pics at Nambiti... It was Freezing there!!!

Our Big Day!

2009-06-10T16:30:00.000-07:00

Can you believe that it has almost been a year already since we got married! It's gone so fast, but it has certainly been the BEST year of my life!

I'm still trying to figure out this whole 'Blog' thing, so here are a few pics from our special day...

Our Honeymoon...

2009-06-10T07:41:00.001-07:00

These are pics from our honeymoon - What a fantastic time away! We went all over the place and just had so much fun! This first pic was at Fern Hill Hotel, as you can see, we stayed in the Mandela suite - Whoooo!

We then went on to Nambiti which is a 5 star game lodge in Colenso - This was most certainly the highlight of our trip!

When we arrived back from our evening game drive, we walked into our room which was lined with rose petals and our bathroom looked like this... It was mind blowing and it felt like we were in the movies!