This is the second surprise! The reason we had to keep Peanut a secret for just a wee while..
We went to Perth for the weekend! Flew over on Friday night, and came back on Sunday afternoon, totally exhausted! I dont think we really slept the whole time we were gone, but boy was it worth it! We went over to surprise N’s mum for her 60th birthday, so she had all 4 kids there! We didnt take our trio this time, they stayed behind with a friend for the weekend. It was very strange being so far away from them!
We woke up early on saturday and gave N’s ma her gifts from us, including a sneakily-added ultrasound picture to the back of a scrapbook. Took everyone a moment to realise, we got them a beauty! haha!
N and I got to spend a few hours zooming around Perth, taking some corny touristy photos and getting a feel for the place.
In short, Perth is stunning. The day we went out, it was warm, sunny, and not a cloud in the sky. I couldnt get over how QUIET it was! Melbourne on a saturday afternoon, with stocktake sales on, is PACKED. In Perth CBD, I didnt even spot a busy shop!
The buildings gave me a giggle – everything looks so NEW. Even the OLD buildings are new! Beautiful, though, and the roads are lined with palm trees and clean roads. We drove down to the edge of the Swan River, and breathed in a gorgeous few lungfuls of amazing sea air.
We then trekked around the beautiful Kings Park for a while, and sat down for a cuppa overlooking a lovely view of the city..
We walked down to the State War Memorial, and had a look around.
We then headed back ‘home’ and got ready for a huuuge family dinner. 27 people all from the same clan was overwhelming to say the least! But I think we coped, and it was great to share our exciting news with everyone. Pics of those will get uploaded to the family blog later on 
It was awesome to finally meet all the family, and to spend at least a little time with them.
We are home now, exhausted, but enjoying the long weekend.
Well yeah Perth is pretty – can be quite boring and what you witnessed was our winter – we rarely get rain. So why am I bitching?? Being here for 35 years I love the rain the snow and well just something different – but Perth is pretty
J