The long awaited holiday to nanas house!

Just before Christmas "last year" we went up to see Lyn and Jessie finally! It has been a good two years since I had been up there. i was pregnant with Ella last time, (jai managed to slip in a visit back when Ella was about three months old for Damian's wedding ) so it was a long awaited visit for all! Lyn and Jessie had not seen little Ella since she was 8 weeks old so you can imagine we were all very excited about it! The plane ride up there went surprisingly well, i had done my Google research about "what to do on planes with toddlers" or something to that effect...and there was some great ideas, including magic drawing boards and play dough..lots of snacks..they all worked a treat!
When we got off the plane, Jessie and Lyn were waiting patiently for us (of course the plane was delayed!) Ella was rather coy to begin with but after many many months of repeating the names "Nana" and "Jessie", she quickly warmed to them both ( finally she had a face to the names!!...especially Jessie!! it was Jessie this and Jessie that!! Nana quickly found Ella's weakness with some silly voices and yummy Christmas
"bombe" treats so she was also a favourite. After dinner most night she was at Nana's ankles saying "boom"...meaning "can i have some Christmas bombe Nana that stuff is awesome" in not so many words.
We took Ella to see the Sesame Sreet gang at Sea World while up there and you can imagine how thrilled she was, especially with the "show" where all the characters come out and preform. She got very upset when it was over and cried for "more,more"...luckily it was on again an hour after and Jai also taped part of it so we are still continually watching it till today!
We managed to get to the beach only twice while up there, we seemed to have brought the rain up with us, and then back down to Melbourne again...so there wasn't much opportunity to get there much more.
We all had a great time up there and wished it had of been a bit longer, the week seemed to fly, we of course hope to get up there again sometime soon, so if we didn't get to visit you this time, maybe next time we might have a bit more time?!

Thanks Lyn for being a wonderful host, the "foxy lady hotel" will definitely be recommended 5 star rating i think!...thanks for making it a visit to remember! Ella says "evvvvveeeeer!" to you ( hehe ) cant wait to see you both down here in march!...only 8 weeks or so away!!!