Congratulations Lucy & Al (Laura's sister & brother in-law) for pipping us to the post and giving birth this morning to Andrew Callum Gregory!
We were very excited to hear the news, and can only get more excited about our own iminent arrival! Let's hope it comes soon.
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This weekend has been gorgeous, Paul and I have had such a lovely time together watching DVD's and catching up on lost sleep. We even got to the beach yesterday - my first trip of the season - which was beautiful even though it was a bit windy!
We also discovered some of the highlights of our local area purely by chance really. On the way back from the beach we spotted some kite and windsurfers right on the water next to our house; o we went and found where they launched their kit from and found that the windsurfers base themselves only 5 minutes walk from our house! Paul couldn't believe it and now hopes that by this time next year he will have some kit to do this himself.
Our front yard
The study/music room
and again!!!
Our lovely lounge
More of the lounge!
The lounge from the kitchen
Our Kitchen
Well we are into the final countdown - Laura is now due in under 2 weeks. Aparently in the last week the baby has had a significant growth spurt - it wasn't small before, but i guess it definately isn't now. The baby is progressing well into position, and so hopefully i'll get to catch the bundle of joy within the next few weeks! I thought i'd put up a couple of photos of the babies room so you can see where it will be living.
Also - should update you on some of our most recent 'in womb' baby nicknames. Our good friend Rachel has named it Mrs Goggins, after my teady bear that was orginally named after the lovely Mrs Goggins in Postman Pat!!! I have been recently calling the baby bubbles - not sure why!!!
Well U2 was absolutely awesome on Friday night - we had an incredible time; loved singing along with the timeless classics. I spoke on Sunday night at church, and talked a little about our experience at U2 - you can download it here. It's a pretty good talk even if i do say so myself.
Some nice person put a little video on youtube of them playing One Tree Hill on Friday night; aren't mobile phones great! Hope you enjoy it!
On Sunday I had my baby shower organised by my friend Anna. It was a lovely afternoon and very relaxed which i loved as I felt a little nervous and strange about people coming over to give me presents!
We played a couple of games-the first was to melt a tiny plastic baby out of an ice cube-the first won a prize! The second was to cut a piece of string, guessing how big i am- I then measured the string around myself (as in the photo!) -this was hysterical as most guessed massively bigger than I am.
There was so much yummy food and I revieved so many lovely cards and presents- i felt very spoilt and loved! Thanks to everyone who came!
Well today is my first day off when I would have been working normally and it feels very strange! I love my job, so its been quite hard to finish, however i'm lucky enough to have a few extra hours here and there for as long as I want them. Today Paul has taken the car to the garage for a service (I dread the cost!) so i'm stuck at home all day- its good preparation for having a new baby i guess, but I strugglewith having no choice but to stop and slow down.
Tuesday was my last playgroup with Jack and the other nannies; there are a few of us leaving or changing jobs so it really felt like goodbye - its all very sad but I am excited that i'm moving on to something that is far more exciting and challenging. The baby's room is really taking shape and i just can't wait to have a baby to put in there!
This weekend we've had Mike & Sally with us from Phoenix - Mike spoke brilliantly at church yesterday, and inducted Laura and I into the Order Of Mission this morning. You can download the talks from the St Paul's website.
Well.... I've heard that expectant mothers get baby brain during pregnancy, and forget stuff the whole time, but i'm wondering if fathers get it too? Now I know there is probably no scientific evidence to prove this, but i think we may; let me give you an example.
This afternoon we've been out for a fantastic afternoon with Mike & Sally - we popped into Newmarket at about 1pm to pick up a few bits and bobs before picking them up from the airport at 3pm. We picked them up, checked them into their hotel 'The Quadrant' which looks lovely. We then went down to the Viaduct, and then on to Mission Bay.
We finally arrived back to find our front door wide open - I have to say my heart sank as I prepared myself to find our computer gone, and all our other posessions gone. The strange thing though was that everything was exactly as I had left it 7 hours earlier. It was then that I realised that I had just gone out and left the front door wide open for anyone to walk in.
Praise God nothing got stolen - that could have been a tragedy!
Well last night U2 played in Brisbane last night, finally kicking off their tour again after a break for a couple of months. We're so excited that we'll be going to see them on Friday 24th November - let's hope the baby doesn't come that day... that would be tragic!
This weekend we had a giggle with our cluster watching the fireworks over the city from the top of Mount Eden. The evening started with 'fush and chups' in the park where we had fun eating and playing!
We then climbed Mount Eden-a fair old hike for someone being 35 weeks pregnant! It was great to see the fireworks all over the city, however Paul was less than impressed and said they compared to a school display back in the UK.
After this we went to a cafe to warm up with hot chocolate and cake- a rather splendid evening really!
Well, some great news to start the week. There has been much speculation in NZ about IKEA coming, but the NZ Herald seem to think that it will be here in 2008 - this is great news, as NZ currently has nothing like it.
In other news, also according to the NZ Herald, this summer is set to be the hottest in 10 years thanks to El Nino. Last summer was awesome, so who knows what this year will be like!
Well, it feels like the summer is well and truly here; This morning i left the house at 7am for an early surf - went to a great beach just north of Muriwai and had clean mid to head height waves. Sadly I tweaked my ankle and didn't catch too many waves becuase of it. Had a good couple of hours in the water though and it was bliss.
We followed that with an awesome brunch with our friends Cam & Michelle - Cam cooked us pancakes and we ate them on their deck with wonderful fresh fruit.
This evening we are heading to Mount Eden for fish and chips with our cluster, followed by a walk up the Mount to watch the fireworks around the city (Mount Eden has awesome panoramic views of the city)
Our baby is expected somewhere in the region of 5 weeks, so really life couldn't get much better than this! I love life!
Hey guys... sorry i've not posted for a little while; i've been pretty slack. Let me bring you up to speed with some great photo's from last nights thank you cruise - a chance to thank all the people who help out at St Paul's (about 150 in total!)
Last night we had our house warming party- it was good fun and loads of guys came along to help us warm the house! It was fairly tame as far as party's go-no wild antics as far as I know....and as an added bonus we're back in favour with our neighbours for inviting them (long story about letting our grass over grow!) All in all, a great night.
Yesterday was labour day bank holiday so we all had the day off- this time last year we had Emma and Dan Andrews staying with us and had a wonderful time on the beach. This year the weather wasn't so great and it rained all day. We didn't let it get us down though and had our cluster over for lunch which was lots of fun, they all went to play ten pin bowling whilst I had a nap!
We then had the Nauck's over (gorgeous family from church) in the evening, after a great time playing with the boys, Cameron went to bed in the baby's room and Bradley went to sleep in our bed. I'm told it was his big news at kindy today and that he would like to have a full nights sleep over at ours soon-Very CUTE! He just really loves Paul and can't get enough of his attention-its lovely to see them together and makes me think what a great dad Paul will be- i'm sure i'll be posting lots of cute stories of Paul and kinglet's adventures soon!
Paul has just left to go to the church party which has a theme in association with the letter 'p'. He was delighted to make use of his Arab outfit he bought in Egypt a couple of years ago and has painted his beard with my mascara to go as a 'Palestinian'. He looks brilliant!
I was going to go as a pediatrician and where my scrubs however i've caught a bug from Jack, the little boy I nanny for, and vomited during our tour of the hospital last night and have felt terrible all day, so its a night in for me.
I've got a week off from kids church this week which is nice as i'm finding it harder to get the energy each week, its only a few more weeks before I'll stop altogether. I feel quite sad about this because i love the relationship i have with the children as i am the only consistant helper in the group but at the same time really relieved because it is getting so hard. I think I'll try and enjoy a few sunday morning lie-ins which I know will be the last I'll get for very long time!
I don't think i've posted in a while, so I thought I'd fill you in on what i've been up to. Of course, i've been looking after Laura 24/7 but i've managed to fit in a round of golf this week at an awesome course called Formosa. They played the New Zealand open there a few years ago, so it's a pretty good course. I didn't quite play to my usual standard, but i haven't played properly for about 2 years - Si and myself did have a lot of fun though. The above photo is of the course - you gotta love it!
So my other biggy is that I've been loaned this awesome scooter - i filled it up on Monday, and it cost me $5!!! It's still only half empty!!! So watch this space for more photos of me on my travels on the scooter. I also started a Myspace page which is all a bit modern for me!!! If you want to come and say hello I'm at www.myspace.com/paulkingsleysmith - i'm hoping at some point to put some of my songs up there; wait and see!
Anyway - off to bed now. Keep in touch.
Ok, for all you nagging friends and family-here is a photo of me- we took this last night after dinner so i would be at my largest size of the day! Not the best picture but it gives you an idea of how big i am at 28 weeks. The weeks are going fairly fast now-I'll be 29 tomorrow and it won't be long until we can put photos of the baby up-yey!
I've been asked to put a few more photos up of our new house so here are just a couple i've taken tonight- enjoy!
We have been loaned a moped by friends at St Paul's to make our transition into the suburbs of Auckland easier. This is such a blessing as now Paul can go to work and i can still get around- its mainly for when the baby arrives but Paul is loving being back on a moped again- I think he looks hysterical!
I've just realised thats there is only 12 weeks until our baby is due- how exciting and scary all at the same time!!
We are slowly making our house feel homely but it will take a while as it feels a bit empty- not surprising after moving from a tiny apartment into a 2 1/2 bed house with lots more room.
We have started to get the baby's room organised, the photos are of Paul putting together the cot- a job he did in no time and without any problems-apart from getting lost in the box!
Well, we finally moved in to the new place at the weekend; we're now officially living in the leafy suburb of Point Chevalier - apparently it is one of the up and coming areas of Auckland which is a great thing. We have a beach within a few minutes walk, some beautiful reserves, a couple of nice coffee shops, and some lovely neighbours.
This evening we picked up a lemon tree (with lemons on!) for our patio, and we erected our Cot... very exciting indeed. We will take some photos and a video soon but want to get things a little more sorted first.
We'll get back into the blogging again and will try to keep things flowing steadily; it's been a busy few weeks with little time for sitting at the computer at home.
Love to hear from you - please leave us comments; they are always a pleasure to read!
Well, we made it out of our flat and we're in limbo at the moment. The move out went well - Elliott and I loaded our Smartbox van in 2 hours which I was pretty impressed with; They will deliver it back to us on Saturday morning at the new house.
Since moving out, I've had tonsillitis which sucks a bit, but i'm on some antibiotics which seem to be doing the job. We'll try and get some pictures of the new place up on the web at the weekend. Ciao
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