My First Family Holiday

We took Oliver on his first holiday to meet his Melbourne family, celebrate three birthdays and meet the newest little cousin! If you look closely you can see his boarding pass says Latte McGrath - his name before he became Oliver.

The was some grieving at the airport as we realised we would never again travel light - how much stuff can one little fellow need.....all of the bags except the small one were Oliver's!!!

The first birthday was cousin Victoria turning one....it was a lovely party and Oliver met his aunty Cath with bump (who became Benjamin) and his three great aunts Shirley, Val and Audrey.

This is a photo of the gorgeous birthday girl with her family.



On Monday we took Oliver to our favourite cafe in the State Library in the city and also a wander around ACMI...




Oliver enjoyed the coffee as much as his mum and dad and charmed the wait staff as usual!



The rest of the week had a few more cafe visits and impromptu feeding sessions in the sunshine between visits with family and friends.


We even squeezed in a visit to our favourite park - Fitzroy Gardens!




The best part of the holiday was catching up with family and friends and seeing Oliver getting to know his family and especially his Grandma.


Oliver got to celebrate his Grandma's birthday, meet cousin Benjamin (in the photo below) when he was born and spend time with Benjamin's big brothers Ashley and Lachlan.


The third celebration was Lachlan's second birthday. It was great timing to get so many wonderful occasions in one week.


We are now safely home and Oliver is tucked up in his own little cot and sleeping peacefully (we hope!)