Life of Madelyn

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Who wants to hire me as their wedding florist?

Damn, how gorgeous are these flowers? See Lily, I am good at a plethora of things! This is my second floral arrangement class in Sydney. They are so much fun and definitely get the creative me going. :) Now I feel confident enough to do my own flowers at my wedding.

Happy Valentine's Day 2011

Chris and I celebrated Valentine's Day on Sunday since Chris's dad was arriving from the States on actual Valentine's Day. Chris did his third ocean swim at Bondi. These ocean swims are getting "too easy" for him now. It was the Bondi cole classic, total distance was 2K. The conditions were pretty rough this day (take a look at the sky and how rough the waves were getting out into the ocean from the beach) ... but Chris made it look effortless as he came out of the water looking like Rambo at the end. :) He did the swim in 30 mins which is amazing. After the swim, we went to Pier Restaurant in Rose Bay. Definitely really good, but the odd thing was that they charged a $10 per person Sunday fee. Why do we have to pay you to be open? Oh, Australia!

Chris turns 36! Manly Beach Ocean swim + Quay Restaurant

For his bday, Chris did his second ocean swim in Manly .. these ocean swims are getting to be so easy for him. :) It was a calm start into Shelly Beach to Manly Beach. Total distance 2K. He was in the top third of his age group. After the swim, we went to Quay Restaurant for a 4 hour dinner. Steph and Chris got the wine flight while I drank ginger ale. At one point, Steph thought she was going to drink Chris under the table.. boy was she wrong!

Bronte Beach baby shower BBQ

Greatest baby shower ever! Had a great time. Special thanks to Laura and Justin for bbq'in for us. Chris and I were hopeless. :( <3

Baby moon in Melbourne

Everything about Melbourne was dreamy! It has everything you can want from a city - great food, nice cafes, integrated population and did I mention how good the food was? Yum! We walked all over the city which was great exercise/training for giving birth in two months! Chris saw tons of bunya bunya trees which he loves and has one growing at his parent's house in Lafayette.  He wants to plant it in the backyard .. not sure how Mrs. and Mr. Azalde will feel about that! Ha! 

The not so great Ocean Road

Wow, this road never ends ... it's very pretty ... but long! The road goes along famous surf spots (Bells beach, Torquey, Lourne).  We spent 12 hours driving the Great Ocean Road... although, the duration may have something to do with the fact that we rented a smart car, drove very slowly and were being pushed around by the wind in our small car!  Chris got laughed at by some Aussie woman when he was driving. Haha!  The 12 Apostles are giant majestic rock formations along a beautiful coast line.