Finally, photos from Erin's birthday !!

As you can see we had a wonderful day, even though it was just a small party - we will probably have a bigger party for all Erin's little friends next month (we had to cancel her original one due to the virus she caught).





















Take care everyone :)

Love Jax, Roland & Erin

Happy First Birthday Erin !!!

Then and Now - Miss Erin Alexandra Bird


13 July 2006









13 July 2007







And what an amazing year it has been !! We didn't have her party last Saturday as originally planned, because poor Miss Muppet had a virus :( But she is all better now and her party will be rescheduled for sometime next month we think. Lots more photos to come later today or tomorrow as the day progresses - we will be having cake tonight after dinner, and opening some presents for Miss Erin too !!

Love Jax, Roland & Erin

Snuggles with Daddy

Someone was in an especially cuddly mood tonight.



Love Jax, Roland & Erin

It's been a while...

... but here are some photos to make up for it !! We've just been busy with regular things, but also with planning a certain someone's first birthday party. We've also recently been dealing with our first tummy bug for poor Erin - had it going at both ends for a while, not pretty at all. Had a trip to hospital to make sure it was *just* a tummy bug, and things seem to be coming right finally.

Anyway, here are the aforementioned photos !


Awww MUM !! Did you have to wake me up !?


Close up !!


Our big girl - ready to start the day !

As you can see she has quite a few teeth now, four on the bottom and four on the top, with two on the bottom coming through - including her first molar (ouch).

There will be more to update soon, Erin's birthday party is this Saturday - we are holding it the weekend before her actual birthdate as July is a busy month for us, with lots of other parties to go to !

Take care folks :)

Love Jax, Roland & Erin

Erin's new hat !

We are all very pleased with Erin's new hat - finally a hat that stays on her head and isn't ripped off in two seconds flat !! Mummy is especially proud because she sewed it herself - honest ;-)











And it just boggles the mind to think, that this same little monkey is going to be 11 months old tomorrow - and a year old in only a month !!

No major news, unless you count tooth #9 coming through - which has been "interesting" to say the least. We're glad that teething isn't something that little people really remember, that's for sure.

Anyway, take care everyone !

Love Jax, Roland and Erin

Hello !!

I'm coming to get you !!!!


Well hello there !!


Whatchoo talkin 'bout ??


To be honest, there isn't much news - and the weather has been really horrible !! This week should be fairly busy and exciting, so more updates to come soon - promise.

Love Jax, Roland & Erin

Newsflash !

Our little monkey is getting so clever, just yesterday we discovered that she can actually give kisses !! They are a little bit slobbery, but if we ask for "Erin kiss" she will lean in with her lips all puckered up - SO cute !! In the last few days she has also learned to clap hands, and loves jiggling along to music, we should have some video of her "dancing" up soon.

That's all for now though, just a quick update - hope everyone is well.

Take care,
Love Jax, Roland & Erin

All this playing is hard work...

Love Jax, Roland & Erin

Look mum, only one hand !!

Love Jax, Roland & Erin

Daddy in the garden...

While Grandma Sandra was here Daddy took a bit of time off from work, and used some of it to chop down the big hedge between our house and our neighbours, Jan & Noel. It was a big job, and looks really good ! At first we thought a new hedge would be put in, but now it is going to be just a fence instead.





We have also been busy planting vegetables in our new vege garden, which is growing really well so far. We have lettuce, spring onions, a few different herbs, silverbeet, broccoli, and cauliflower, as well as some lavender and aloe vera. This weekend we put in some seeds for peas (climbers), radishes and carrots, although it will be a while before we can eat any of those. We will try and take some pictures today to put up later.

Love Jax, Roland & Erin

Mothers Day

This year it was a first for Jax, so as a special treat we all went out to dinner - well, all the grown ups that is ! Our wonderful friend Margo came over to babysit (even though Miss Erin was already in bed), so Jax, Roland, Nana Trish, and Grandma Sandra went to a thai restaurant. It was yummy! We also got to drink some lovely sparkling wine, and finished off with a wonderful dessert as well.





Oh, and as it turns out Miss Erin must be super duper clever, because when Jax woke up in the morning (after a great sleep-in) she discovered a box of chocolates and a card next to her on the bed - mmmm, chocolate...

Love Jax, Roland & Erin

Rub a dub dub, part 2 !!

We have been a bit quiet here in blog-land the last few days as we have had a special visitor, Grandma Sandra ! After spending some time in Sydney with Uncle Alex, Aunty Karen, Zara & our new little niece/cousin Jamie, she came to NZ to stay with us for a few days. We had lots of fun, and would also like to share some of our latest bathtime photos.

Getting ready...


Ooooh, lots of bubbles !


Gasp! It's WET in here!


Daddy being funny and squirting Erin with a bath toy :)


Daddy & Miss Erin (check out the resemblance!!)


Drying off with Grandma Sandra


That was so much fun !!


Love Jax, Roland & Erin

Rub a dub dub

Check out our new makeshift bath tub !





As you can see, Miss Erin enjoyed herself quite a lot - especially with all the toys. We do still hope to get a "real" bath though, someday !!

Love Jax, Roland & Erin

Toothy pegs

So the latest update on the teething front is that Erin is sprouting not just one new tooth, but two at once ! Take a look:



She's going to need some top teeth soon, but hopefully there will be a bit of a break in between.

Love Jax, Roland & Erin

Just for cousin Julia !!

We were taking a few photos today and thought we would take a picture of one of Erin's special custom-made diapers... yep, it's Dora !!



Love Jax, Roland & Erin

Whoops, forgot to add that...

We had a visit to our Plunket nurse the other day (child health people), and Erin was weighed and measured etc. She is now 8.7kgs (about 19lbs) and 73cms long !! So it looks like she has been doing some very serious growing of late. The nurse said her fine motor skills seemed to be developing very well etc, she is reaching all the milestones that she is meant to, and luckily for us is still sleeping through then night from about 7:30pm.

Over and out,

Love Jax, Roland & Erin

For your viewing pleasure...

As you can see, someone has turned out to be a bit of a poser... ;)










Take care folks,

Love Jax, Roland & Erin

A new Sunday tradition...

So lately on Sunday afternoons we've created a new Bird family tradition by going out after lunch to see some... uh... birds ! Hehehe. To be more precise however, we have a lovely park that is about 5 minutes drive away and next door to our local sugar refinery, and there are lots of ducks, seagulls and swans that live there. Erin has just recently realised that the ducks are "real" and enjoys flapping her arms back at them, making various duck-like noises, and eating the bread that we are meant to feed them. The Sunday before last however, one of the big ducks decided that Erin had to share her bread... and took it right out of her hand as she was putting it into her mouth !! Jax took a quick photo of the culprit with her cellphone:

Anyway, after we're done feeding the ducks we usually detour by a local cafe on our way home, they do very very good coffees and hot chocolates.

This Sunday was a relatively quiet one however, Roland put up some more underfloor insulation so that our house is nice and warm and dry for the upcoming winter. Although that said, today is lovely and sunny !!

The other major news is that Miss Erin's second tooth is on it's way, which has meant a bit of grumpyness, but nothing too major.

We are also looking forward very much to Grandma Sandra's visit in two weeks, although there is still a bit of tidying up yet to be done...

That's about it for now folks, might put up a few photos a bit later on :)

Take care,

Love Jax, Roland & Erin