What's in a name?

Gulliver stems from the protagonist 'Gully Foyle' from Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination. Xerxes is in honour of the Persian king 486 to 465 BC. Conroy is Morgan's maternal grandfather's surname.

27 June, 2011

Ballarat at midwinter


Getting ready for bed at grandmas


The boys got together and caused some trouble while the girls were off at the movies!

Visiting great gran and great granddad


Lincoln, great-gran & Gully

Got your nose!

Gully! Don't scratch Linky's face. That's no way to behave!


Good times!























Gully, Great granddad & Lincoln


A milk arrowroot biccie at grans and a teddy, just what Morgan remembers from when he was a little chappy


16 June, 2011

Afternoon adventures

I love afternoon adventure time. Today we headed off along past the high school kids as they left school, got a yummy roll from the Vietnamese baker, sat in the park and enjoyed some milky-afternoon tea, chatted to the nice Italian man at the Italian bakery and bought some treats for Morgan and a hot choccie for mumma and then managed to whizz down a side alley and find a secret park surrounded by tall trees hidden behind a lot of buildings!

 I decided to try Gully on the swing. He had a great time and even managed to use his legs to kick in some extra momentum! 


Gully standing by himself

Yesterday Gully and I were mucking around on the verandah and I was holding him up against the chair to play. But, then I thought, why not try removing some of the support. So, I made sure his feet were spaced and slowly moved away. The little fella can stand all by himself! :)

10 June, 2011

Learning to crawl

Every day Gully gets a little closer to learning to crawl. Today he managed to crawl backwards for a little bit!




08 June, 2011

Busy Week


First concert!


Trip to Ikea


Playing with gum leaves


Eating the swing!


Having fun with Gabriel 


Climbing a tree

05 June, 2011

First night in a hotel

On Friday night I booked a 'mystery' night on the Sunshine coast and took Morgan and Gully off for a little adventure. Gully was incredibly patient on the car ride and thoroughly enjoyed the luxury accommodation. Here he is with his 'youngest Conroy' giraffe and his current favourite activity--ripping up paper. 

03 June, 2011

Solo mosh

Gully loves to dance in the Jolly Jumper. Here he is moshing to System of a Down. Pity about the lighting, but his joy makes up for it!