Monthly Archives: January 2008

Fiona and Mark’s youngest son Rory was christened on Sunday in the church at Middle Park. Alan stood in as godfather for Mark’s friend who is at home in Ireland. Rory was on his best behaviour and fell asleep shortly … Continue reading →

Saturday (Jan 26th) was Australia day which is the big day of celebration in the country and is observed as a public holiday in all states and territories (Monday was the public holiday as it fell on a Saturday). On … Continue reading →

Whitney and Brian are the proud parents to new baby Spencer who arrived safely on Friday morning. From watching the video clips on their blog, big sister Maddie is quite enthralled with her new baby brother. Ella & I visited … Continue reading →

I took Charlie along to the maternal child health nurse this morning for his developmental assessment – she was very happy with him and just gave some general advice about diet etc.  His measurements were (and Ella’s at same age … Continue reading →

We were excited about our first family camping experience only to have it washed out by the rain…. We headed down to a campsite in Geelong on Friday afternoon and the weather was lovely and warm as we pitched the … Continue reading →

Yes, a year has passed already and little (?) Charlie turned 1 yesterday.  It feels like such a milestone as he’s just starting to walk, cut teeth and use a few words……where has our baby gone????  We had a relaxed … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning we headed down to one of the parks in Elwood.  Amanda, Olivia and Sophie joined us.  Alan was determined to fly his kite but after many attempts (and some help from Amanda) decided there wasn’t enough wind. Ella … Continue reading →

It was Dave’s birthday on Saturday so we took the opportunity to go out for dinner minus Ella and Charlie.  We joined Jill & Dave and Mhairi & Harry.  It was lovely to have some time out with Alan and … Continue reading →

Melbourne has been suffocated by temps of 40+ for the last couple of days which has put a stop to any outdoor activities.  Yesterday morning we took an early visit to the library- we were home for 10:30a.m. and the … Continue reading →