So much going on!!

Aarrgghh... The last couple of weeks seem to have just flown by! So much has been going on lately that it's been a bit hard to keep up, so here's a bit of a catch up...

We held our second ever Embellished Retreat at Cool Waters on the weekend of the 18th April. It was so great to see so many new faces as well as a few familiar ones from last year. The fantastic Kelly Slattery and Kelly Turner travelled from New Zealand and Melbourne again and Marnie Sanford came all the way over from Perth! Kelly (Slattery) taught a superquick layout class while also giving out handy household tips and making everyone crack up! Marnie, Kirsty and Ali also taught a class each and we all had plenty of free time to get some other bits done. I managed to finish a couple of art journal pages while I was there..... haven't managed to get some photos yet though so will have to post them next time.

Here's a few photos from the weekend...

We also made a big announcement at the retreat..... I have decided to sell my half of Embellished back to Ali so that I can concentrate on being a full-time Mum. Working 5 days a week I find that I haven't been able to take the time to enjoy my pregnancy as when it gets to the weekend, I have all these things that I want to do, but I'm too exhausted to do them. I have loved seeing Embellished grow over the last year and can't wait to see what happens in the future. I will definitely still be around.... I'm going to continue teaching kids classes until I'm ready to pop and I'll be around the site and shop still. I would like to give a big thanks to Ali and Jo for all there support over the last year... I could not have done it without them!!! I have no idea what I'm going to do with all my time off... but I guess that's the fun of it... I get to take things as they come.

We've also decided that we are not going to sell our place in Brissy and stay where we living at the moment. It's going to take a bit of adjusting to get things ready for when the baby arrives as our main bedroom and living areas are upstairs, with the other 2 bedrooms downstairs. So it looks like baby will be in our room with us for a while and we might look at moving sometime later next year. Luckily we have a big bedroom with plenty of room once we move things around a bit. At least now I can get stuck into buying all the fun stuff and getting things ready. I'm 19 weeks pregnant now, so almost half way!! We got to hear the baby's heartbeat the other day which was fantastic! I keep thinking I can feel some movement, but it kind of feels just like gas so it can be a bit hard to tell! LOL...

Ali and I are off to Brisbane this morning for a girls weekend... I SOOO can't wait!! I've been looking forward to this for so long and now it's finally here! I'm taking my biggest suitcase and hardly packing any clothes so that I can bring heaps of shopping home with me. Mum and Dad are also coming down for a day so that we can do some baby shopping and stuff together.... they haven't been able to do anything like that with me as of yet as they live so far away.

Well, I better go and fininsh packing! Will post some piccies of our weekend away when we get back..... BYE!!