The usual weekend catch up... !

Saturday we went to Devonport and caught the ferry downtown, and then had lunch at a nice cafe (no cafe photos, sorry!).

It was quite a windy day, so we made sure everyone was nicely bundled up.



We think Erin really enjoyed the ride on the ferry !

Sunday was a quieter day, although we did go for a walk in the morning to the local cafe. The weather was good, so once we'd got home and after her nap - Erin got "lunch" out on the deck with Daddy.

Please note the very stylish sunglasses mommy bought for Erin in anticipation of our trip to Australia in November ;)

Nothing much to report since then, just a cute photo of what we like to call Erin's 'milk drunk' look after she's had a really good feed ! This was taken just after her 2pm bottle today.

That's all for now folks, take care !


Love Jax, Roland and Erin

Erin and Caitlin

On Friday afternoon Erin had a play date with her friend Caitlin, born only five days after she was! I think photos will tell this story best.

Sometime this week Erin and I are going over to Caitlin and her mum Toni's for another play date, watch this space !

That's all for now folks, take care.

Love Jax, Roland and Erin

The weekend roundup

On Saturday Uncle Graeme and Aunt June came to visit, along with Aunty Caroline. Aunt June even got to help with feeding time !

And we may as well let it be known that we will be going to Sydney, Australia for a visit in November - to see Uncle Alex, Aunt Karen, cousin Zara, AND Uncle Jason and Aunt Dani. So, this of course means that Erin will need a passport, and therefore a passport photo. Here are a couple of examples of the shots Daddy took - it can be done at home as long as the background is white and their mouth is closed and eyes are open. (Yes, we laughed too....)

Then on Sunday someone was tired but refusing to go to sleep, so we resorted to the "last resort"...

(Please excuse the awful bed hair !!)

That's all for now folks, take care !!


Love Jax, Roland and Erin

We are so proud !!!!!!!!!

There are a bunch more photos from today that I promise to put up tomorrow (we had some visitors)... but there is just one that I HAVE to put up in the meantime - and all of the other mommies and daddies and relatives that read this will understand why...

Just a little more than 8 weeks old (and yes, just after bath time) and check out that head control and those strong little neck muscles !! Go Erin !!

Anyway, that is our little gloat over for now.

Take care folks !

Love Jax, Roland and Erin

Fathers Day and sleeping babies...

Here in NZ Fathers Day is celebrated on September 3rd, which for us was a Sunday. We went out in the late morning / early afternoon for a drink and a bit of lunch with some friends of ours who have left to go back to the UK (London). They had finished the rental contract on their house so had decided to spend the last couple of days before their flight in a nice hotel in town.

Daddy and Erin just chilling out.

Toby (Dad) and Ethan (14 weeks)


Natalie (Mum) and Ethan


Natalie and Erin


Toby and Erin

We've also tentatively decided to see if Erin will sleep in her Big Bed aka the Cot, and so tried her for a nap in it - seemed to go relatively well, so we will try her overnight sleep tonight it in and see what happens. Of course there are photos of this as well...

My tiny wee girl !!

This is the one I refer to as the 'Ghost Baby' photo, as the mosquito netting makes it look quite surreal !!

Anyway, that's all for now folks - take care !


Love Jax, Roland and Erin

Sunbathing Baby

So the weather here today isn't too bad, and we finally gave Erin some time without those nuisance nappies and clothes on, to kick and play in the sun. Unfortunately, the only device available with which to record such a moment, was mommy's cellphone, so the quality of the footage isn't the greatest. We did take some photos with Daddy's camera, but haven't uploaded them yet - so they'll be along in the next entry.

Anyhow, enjoy !

** EDIT**

Ok so, there *was* meant to be a video clip here - but there have been some compatiblity problems between Jax's cellphone, her computer, and the hosting service - and the mini-clip we took of Erin got severely muddled up. Oh well, next time ! We do however, have a couple of still photos for you all in the meantime...

Erin and her friend Stretch the Giraffe


Guess who fell fast asleep in her bouncer? Heehee.

Love Jax, Roland & Erin

A family first !

This morning we had our first family expedition to a grocery store !

Why is this exciting you ask ? Well, mainly because until now we haven't been going to our usual supermarket (Pak N Save), and just going to the closest one (Countdown or New World), which was costing us more money.

Anyway, Pak N Save is a 25 minute drive away (one way), and usually always quite busy. However, Erin behaved *so* well - hardly a peep out of her the whole time, and she even fell asleep for a while. I guess it helps that we fed her before we left !

Sorry about the poor quality, but here are a couple of photos that mommy managed to take with her cellphone.

Fast asleep !


Erin "holding" Daddy's hotdog that he bought from the ladies fundraising outside the front of the supermarket.

We think our little adventure this morning might have tired her out a bit too, she had a big feed at lunch, and then when we woke her up for her afternoon bottle - barely 100mls and Erin was asleep again ! Oh well, we will see what happens next and whether we have a settled evening or not.

Not much other news though, yesterday we finally got the car serviced (yes, big $$ but cars are like that I guess), and Erin's gran came over to help mommy sort out some things around the house and tidy up a bit. Tomorrow Erin's Granddad and Jo are coming over for a visit around lunchtime, which will be nice.

Anyway, that's all for now folks - take care !

Love Jax, Roland and Erin

Another week has come and gone...

How time flies...

Erin is five weeks old now, and we had our last visit from our midwife yesterday, who gave her a full checkup. After this we will be taken care of by a community nurse from Plunket. Anyway, she weighed in at 4.36kgs and measured at 54.5cms long - she was 3.49kgs when she was born, and only 52cms long - so she has definitely been doing a lot of growing !

We have also found out that mommy won't have to go back to work as soon as she thought (even though it was only to be part time), because, well... she unfortunately doesn't have any work to go back to. Getting to spend more time with Erin is definitely a silver lining to the 'redundancy cloud' we think.

On a lighter note, we have a few more photos to share (of course), so enjoy...

Nothing like the feeling of a clean bum to make a baby happy !





It was a nice day out so Erin got to have her lunch out on the back deck with Daddy.



That's all for now folks, take care!


Love Jax, Roland and Erin

Our favorite time of the day...

Love Jax, Roland & Erin

Happy One Month Birthday to Erin !

Today Erin is one month old, can you believe it ? We're very excited and proud, and can't believe how time has flown already ! She is starting to focus a lot more, and become more interested in her toys when we have play time, as well as even giving us the occasional smile.

Erin is also starting to get a lot more control over her neck and head, she made mommy and daddy very proud the other day when she was lying down on her tummy and held her head up for almost 20 seconds, by herself !

Anyway, she is also now a bottle fed baby, the only downside to which is that her nappies (diapers) REALLY stink. Oh well, at least now we know exactly when she needs to be changed, and daddy can now help out with meal times too.

And of course we can't post an update after such a long gap without photos, so here they are...

Playtime on her mat


Erin in her Baby Einstein bouncer


Erin exercising her lungs


Erin with her Gran


Erin with Aunty Stef


Erin with Gran's friend Felicity


That's all for now folks, take care !

Love Jax, Roland and Erin

Parenting 101: Nothing is sacred...

Well folks, it seems today's baby care lesson was "The True Definition of a Poo-splosion". We've had some 'incidents' before, but NOTHING compares to this afternoon.

We'd had a visit from our midwife, and everything was great - Erin had even gained 340 grams since her last weigh in two weeks ago. She'd had a good feed too, as well as a bit of a 'top up', and then decided she wanted to be awake - so mommy put her in her bouncer, which seemed to work well enough.

After a while however, she started to grizzle a bit and Daddy went to pick her up... which was when he said something like "Hey, how come her jumpsuit is all wet... wait... the bouncer is wet too... oh no !!"

I think the pictures tell the rest of the story pretty well - enjoy !

The carnage !







Super Daddy to the rescue...




However, Erin is not too impressed by all the fuss.




Ultimately, it was easier to just strip her and put her in the tub - we were going to bathe her tonight anyway !



As you can see, Miss Erin quite enjoys bathtime.






All clean and tidy !


That's all for now folks, take care.

Love Jax, Roland & Erin