First family picnic

Saturday afternoon when Uwe came home from sailing, he suggested we go on a picnic, the first time together just the 3 of us. We drove over the Harbour Bridge to Kirribilli and bought some fish and chips and set up our spot with the best view in town. Seb happily slept in his capsule the whole time while mummy and daddy got to eat their dinner without being interrupted.

Sebastian - One month old

Its been one month since Sebastian was born. Time has really flown by. We have learnt alot in that one month and I'm sure we will be learning alot more everyday for a long time to come. We have started to venture out of the house more, mostly just walking with him in the pram to the park and we have been to our favourite restaurants a few times for dinner too. He loves laying in daddys arms while he sings to him and he has just started to enjoy laying on his play mat and doing tummy time.

Welcome Sebastian Schlagmueller

We welcomed our bundle of joy Sebastian Schlagmueller on Friday, 23rd September 2011 at 11.30pm. He weighed 3.75 kgs and measured 51 cms. Here are a some photos from his first few days.

Waiting for Baby

The official due date for the baby to arrive is tomorrow. So, could be anyday now. But according to the doctor, he is not ready to come yet!! There will be discussions this week about a possible induction if he is getting to big, so we will see what happens. The weather here in Sydney has been great the last few days, glad it is getting warmer. It was good to get out of our place and go for a walk in the sun.

The baby room is all ready, his clothes are all washed and hanging up waiting for him. Uwe did an awesome job setting up the cot and change table and putting all the flat packs together. All we need now is the baby!

Can't wait to meet our little boy, hopefully soon!! We will keep you all posted with our exciting news.

Baby BOB

Uwe and I are very excited about our little bundle of joy on the way which is due mid September. We are now just over half way there and my belly is growing bigger every day. We call the baby BOB - it stands for Baby on Board. We had our mid pregnancy ultrasound last week and everything is progressing along perfectly. It was confirmed that we are having a boy. The baby even gave us the thumbs up, it was as if he was saying "all ok in here!!".

Ayers Rock

After our wedding, we took Uwes parents and niece to the middle of Australia to show them the outback. We wanted to show them there was nothing much out there and the red and brown colours of the land. Instead, we found an outstanding amount of green vegetation and lots of blooming trees. There had been an amazing amount of rain over the past few months which had changed the landscape dramatically. All the rain also brought alot of flies. We needed to buy some nets to cover our heads, which were extremely stylish!! We visited the Olgas first, they were named after a German princess from Wuertenberg. Then we walked around the base of Ayers Rock which took us about 2 and a half hours. This was our first extended Schlagmueller family trip.

Our Wedding

We were absolutely delighted when we received our photos from our photographer from the wedding. All 427 of them. It was so much fun going through them all and it was like we were reliving the day again. It was such a wonderful day and one that we will never forget.

We stayed at a wonderful boutique hotel in Sydney called the Sir Stamford and we both got ready there. The girls came in early to get our hair and make up done and Uwe left to join the boys for some food and wine before getting ready. Us girls were ready quite early and had plenty of time to have some lunch and relax while listening to some music and chilling out. The day just ran so smoothly, we couldn't have planned it any better.

The ceremony was in the Herb Garden in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney. We had a string quartet playing while the guests started to arrive and while I walked down the aisle. We had a friend of Uwes translate the ceremony into German and Uwe said his vows in German so his family could understand. When we were exchanging rings, it started to rain. It only lasted for about 15 minutes, but we had lots of big umbrellas so we didn't get too wet. The gardens were absolutely lovely, they were so green and we got lots of great pictures there.

After having some photos done, we walked down to the Opera House where a ferry was waiting to take us on a trip around the harbour where we could mingle with all our guests for a while before taking us to the reception at the Dunbar House in Watsons Bay. It was very windy on the boat but thankfully the rain held off and everyone seemed to love the boat ride. The ferry was an old wooden boat with lots of character and style.

The Dunbar House was spectacular. It is an old heritage building near the waters edge and we had the run of the whole house. The food was delicious and after dinner we danced all night. Damian organised an Australian version of the Neubrunner Pfefferhafen wedding song, it was sung to the tune of Waltzing Matilda and was fantastic. It was sung beautifully by Damian, Penny, Jen, Guido & Jon. We all had such a wonderful day celebrating.

Photo Shoot

On Sunday, we met our photographer in Clontarf to take some photos of us. The day started out a bit dodgy with some rain, but the clouds cleared and it turned into a lovely day. We had so much fun and couldn't stop laughing the whole time.