30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 30 - Self Portrait

Mr D Wanted to be in on this. As well
as his musli bar!

And thus concludes my 30 day photo challenge!  May not have done them daily, but I got there in the end!!!

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 29 - A parent/grandparent

Thought I'd go the whole hog since it's the second to last of the 30 day posts.
Me, Mum (Wedding Day), Nanna and Great Nanna. Incidentally, at
the same venue as my 30th will be at later this month.

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 28 - Todays Outfit

Top from Farmers (non-preggy but works well)
Jeans from Pumpkin Patch maternity
Jandals from #1 Shoes
Bump courtesy of my husband.

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 27 - Eyes

Extra tired, headachy, sore neck eyes. But they are my
eyes, nonetheless.

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 26 - Shoes you are wearing today

I don't like shoes at the best of times, so as soon as it started to
warm up again, I was back in jandals/bare feet. Excuse the mildy
swollen piggy toes, I think it's going to be a long summer!

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 25 - Your latest purchase

Invites to my 30th Birthday at the end of the month. There's two parts to it,
hence the 2 different kinds of invites. To be filled out tonight and
posted tomorrow!

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 24 - Your favourite food/recipe

This was a bit tricky, I have so so many favourite foods, but not many photos of them, so I thought I would do one that I both have a photo of, and also know that it is always a big hit.

Oreo Cheesecake. Yep. So good.

Ingredients:
1 packet of Superwine biscuits
1 large tub of cream cheese 
1 small bottle of cream
75g butter
1/2 cup sugar
teaspoon or so of vanilla essence
1 packet of oreos (the last couple of times I have used the chocolate oreos - heaven!!)

Melt butter in microwave. Whiz biscuits until they are small crumbs. Mix biscuit crumbs and melted butter and press into a cheesecake tin. (Sprinform tins are the easiest to get off after, and a small tin makes for a nice tall cheesecake. Press firmly into the bottom to create base and refridgerate for min of 30 minutes to set.

Beat cream in a bowl until its to a firm whipped consistancy. In another bowl beat cream cheese, vanilla and sugar together until smooth then add whipped cream. (This will be easier if cream cheese is softened a little). Crumble most of the oreos into the mixture and stir. Add the mixture to the set biscuit base and smooth top. Add the last few oreos you have saved to crumble on top. Refrigerate.

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 23 - Something random/quirky

My current Gestational Diabetes nighttime routine - Check sugars and inject insulin.
I'm lucky to currently only need insulin 1x a day, but check my sugars roughly 2 hourly. Joy. 

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 22 - Close Up

Grapes

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 21 - Your Letterbox

Yes yes I'm way behind again. At least I am doing all 30 days, they are usually all bunched together once a week or so, but oh well...


So. Day 21. My Letterbox. With all the rain we have had, and a sick, very clingy 2 year old haven't been out to the letterbox a whole lot, so got this on my way out the driveway yesterday, from the car!

When we built our place we were too stingy to buy a letter box, so
used the free one we got with a NZ Herald subscription :)

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 20 - Your Hometown

View of Pilot Bay from around the Mount. Technically my hometown, as I
lived there for first 2 years of my life. (Mount Maunganui, not Pilot Bay)

Not a very clear picture as was taken on an old camera phone, but a view
from the Strand in downtown Tauranga, looking towards the Harbour Bridge.

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 19 - Happiness

Dexter + Sugar + Presents. That is all.

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 18 - Grass

Ok. I don't have any grass at my house, so I had a squiz through some photos for something a little different, and found this, Adam Zorb-ing in Rotorua. Lots of grass!

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 17 - Sand

Te Paki Sand Dunes way way up north.

Hubby doing a super jump off top of Te Paki sand dunes.

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 16 - A Childhood Memory

I couldn't pick which photo to use, so I have used both :)

Horse riding at Millikins in Brookfield. It is long gone and there is now a subdivision there,
but as you can see, my love of horses started young!

Roller Skating with my mummy at Memorial Park

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 15 - Before and After.

Housework with a 2 year old "helping".... That is all.

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 14 - A hobby of yours

Hmm. I have a few hobbies, but most of them would come under the "crafty" category. Here are just a few of my projects that have been sitting unfinished for SO long, and I am determined to make a dent in them before baby #2 comes!

Dexter's first year scrapbook. Although he is now 2, so I am even more behind on this!

Cute size 1 dress in a gorgeous print I found at the hospice shop.
Aussie holiday Scrapbook. Honey moon  Scrapbook.

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day - 13 - Your favourite colour

 PURPLE!! And Dex just happened to get a purple Ukelele for his birthday present from one of his nannas last week. Very cute and he loves it.

30 Day Photo Challenge - Day 12 - Wheels

This is Dexters new bike that he got for his birthday last week. And his Ben Ten helmet! Unfortunately it is a bit too big for him, but he loves being pushed around on it! Sadly, mummy's 22 weeks pregnant and not so into pushing round a bike for hours, but Daddy has been on pushing duty so far!

Behind on the 30day challenge again, but with good reason!

Yes, yes, I know I am 3 days behind again, but have been flat tack organising Dex's 2nd birthday party celebrations. A whole other post of it's own, but just wanted to say....

I will be back tomorrow to catch up to day 15 where I should be by then :) I promise!!!