A Slice of Paradise

Hi folks! 

Sorry I've been slack the last week or so, it has been a full on few days. Following up from my last post; turns out Blake wasn't teething at all (shows how intuitive I am!), she had actually contracted a virus called "hand foot & mouth" from the crèche at the gym. We ended up going to the docs fri as her rash which was initially just on her bum, had spread to pretty much everywhere & broken out into blisters.

Yikes. It wasn't pretty. 

So the poor thing had been gobbling down teething tablets like lollies and getting bonjella smeared all over her gums a few times a day for nothing! Luckily the virus isn't serious & only causes minor flu like symptoms aswel as the horrible blisters, it goes away by itself within a week and I'm stoked to report she is very nearly rash free already! Apparently it's very common in pre schoolers, I had personally never heard of it but I'm grateful she didn't need any medication to get rid of it, and now her immune system is just that little bit stronger- win win!

After the all clear from the docs last Fri we embarked on our weekend getaway to Margaret River with high spirits. As Blakes rash progressively got worse during the week, we had been fretting that we would have to post pone the getaway.. 

Thank goodness we made it because, wow, that place was amazing. I still can't believe paradise is literally right on our doorstep like that! 

We stayed with our friends Lee & Tali who were brilliant hosts- Tali even had a white magnum waiting for me upon arrival, how did she know?

Their house was a sanctuary surrounded in lush bush land and beautiful tweeting birds- it felt like a full blown retreat.

So there was a lot of this;

There was also some tinkering around markets on Saturday which resulted in a few purchases, one being two hand poured soy candles that have been making my bedroom smell like a coconut & lime haven, and there was also a life changing almond croissant devoured- so so good. 

The beaches were postcard perfect, white sand & crystal clear water..

And to top off this pristine setting- a humpback whale showed up a couple of hundred metres off shore & started showing off for a good 20 minutes, doing some sweet jumps and sun baking its white fleshy belly- magic!

Before we knew it our time was up & we had to head back to reality. We left feeling refreshed, relaxed, slightly sunburnt & very bloated. All signs of a bloody good weekend!

So now we're back into the swing of things, but not for long.... Bali is only 10 short sleeps away!! That really snuck up on us. I'm off to purchase (another) new bikini top today as my boobies have once again exceeded all expectations & moved on up to an F cup. My poor back is about to snap in half! 

So that's an up to date account on what I've been up to! I'll be posting my 22 week update shortly too,

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week thus far..

Ciao for now 

Gemma