The van Wyk Blogging Corner

Chanette's 1st Birthday Celebration! :) 5 September 2014 I cannot believe that this year has gone by so fast...it feels unreal. I am so proud of my girl and loving my role as a mommy! God is so good and she is such a blessing :)  I baked her a Hello Kitty cake, it was my very first attempt at using fondant icing and what a success!!! ;) I loved it! Here are a few pics... It looked so cute and she liked it too! :) My in-law's dogs are in the background...they are good friends of her ;) Our little family! How i love this girl!!! We were being a bit silly ;) Time with her daddy! My darling love! He is such a blessing :) My best friend xxx    

Dearest friends and family. It has been 6 whole months since my last blog. Things have been rather hectic on my side and we have been through a roller coaster of emotions and trials...but God has been there every step of the way :) My brother-in-law, Pieter fell with his bicycle (not a motorbike, just a normal bicycle) on the 22nd of May and was immediately unconscious. He went cycling with my father-in-law and they took the trail they always do. On their way back Pieter was in front and he went through a dip in the dirt road, not a very deep one but the road makes a dip. He went up in the air with the bicycle and on impact with the road the bicycle went out from under him and he hit his head against a rock. He was wearing his helmet...my father-in-law saw it happening and when he got to him he was just lying there. He phoned my husband to come and help. By the time Quintus got there, Pieter still had not gained consciousness. My father-in-law had phoned the ambulance by then and t

You can see some resemblance in a few of my baby photos... She looks a lot like her Daddy...but in these 2 photos of me I do think that she looks like me when I was a baby :) Until next time! Hope you all enjoy the photos and updates. xxx

Happy 6 Months to our darling  Chanette! :):) "Liefste Chanette, Ons kan nie glo die tyd het so bitter gou verby gegaan nie...voel soos gister wat ons jou vir die heel eerste keer vasgehou het! Ons liefde vir jou word net sterker elke dag en ons dank die Here dat Hy jou vir ons gegee het. Ons is baie baie lief vir jou Chanetti! Jy is Pappa en Mamma se klein Poppie! :)" Al ons liefde xxx Finally able to play in her playgym :) what fun! Sitting in her eating chair at "Ouma and Oupa's" house...(my in-laws) Oh and does she enjoy it...hehehe ;) Her shirt's writing is in Afrikaans, it means: "Daddy's little sweetheart" :) With her BabyGym instructor...Aunty Tracey :) This was taken at Chanette's graduation. I will post her graduation photos as soon as we have them.  Flowers from my love <3 "Every love story is beautiful, b

Having fun outside :) She loves my in-law's youngest dog...Jessica :)  Holding my bottle, such a big girl! Bathtime :):):)  Snuggles with Daddy... Ouma and i! :) My mom enjoys her so much... Peek-a-boo! I see you!!!   I love being in the kitchen and watching the ladies cook :) My sister's little girl, Luzelle! Growing up so fast :) What a cutie!

Sunday morning :) Another gift from a friend of mine in Cape Town... Having a lovely time visiting at  my mom's house. My parents are a 5 min drive from our house :) She loves being outside I think she looks so sweet in this photo... "Do you mean i can run around and be out of this chair by next summer?" On the plot at my in-laws :)  Getting there....slowly but surely Sweetie pie!!! :):):) All smiles! Itchy gums! BabyGym class :) Making them aware of different smells...   "Hello friend!"   Mommy and me time <3 Visiting time with cousin Luzelle So tired...Oupa singing me a song Cousin Claudine and i  Sister time :) Cousins Lawrence, Claudine and Edward 5 Months :) Yum-yum, Rolo ice cream! A gift from a friend in New Zealand - Thank you Priscilla :) Frances and Fairlight visiting from Mauritius