Saturday, May 31, 2008
Baby Yoga
NZ has a pretty good support system for mothers after they have a baby. It's called Plunket. Nurses come visit you in your home several times a week after you come home from the hospital and then the visits become more sparse....every 2 weeks, every month, every few months. The Plunket Nurses check up on developmental stages, weigh and measure your baby, and answer any questions you have. My nurses' name is Judith and she's lovely. She came round to visit Luca and I last week......5 months old now and weighs 17 lbs. He's right on track and what everyone in NZ refers to as 'Bonnie' (Bonny?) Boy. I think it means cute/happy/healthy.... If you know what that means fill me in!
Saturday, May 24, 2008
1 year from today...
Luca and Oma (take a look at the hand in the pocket)
Luca's 'new' rocking horse - a hand me down from his cousin Caydn. One of these days we'll get around to installing horse 'extensions' to give the bald horse a bit of mane and tail.
The leaves are turning, the weather's getting colder, and everything else is going well. James is training for a big cross country run in Sept, and I've managed to get back into running a bit too. If you know me, you know I'm not a runner...but with James' encouragement and support I've gotten a bit better. In fact last weekend we (James, Luca in the jogging stroller, and I) entered a 13km race. I've never ran that far. I can proudly say that I finished the whole thing without stopping once! But...it did feel like someone had bashed my knees with a crowbar that evening and the next day...ha!) I'll keep you updated on my running adventures - hopefully I'll be able to enter a few more races like this in the near future - but it's anything but easy.
Monday, May 19, 2008
My first Mother's Day
Monday, May 5, 2008
Mars and Karla wedding
James keeping Luca warm in the hayshed immediatly after the wedding.
The bridal party - don't they look good?
The guys....Karl, Phil (who flew in from England), James, and Mars. Hopefully we'll be seeing these guys next May at our wedding in the States.
Getting ready to go to Luca's first day of daycare - which he actually seems to enjoy.
Flying baby!!! Luca just laughs and laughs and laughs when James flies him over his head.
Carla (the bride) with Luca at a post wedding BBQ at the beach - I'm sure that in time they will have kids of their own.