Our first outing to the beach

This morning I took Nathan to 'wriggle time' at Devonport library. Cath and Roo came to but decided at was a bit to energetic for a sleepy Roo, Nathan enjoyed himself though. We stopped in at Cath's for a cuppa afterwards and said hello to Roo. In the afternoon we headed to Cheltenham Beach as the sun had been shining beautifully all morning but typically went cloudy shortly after we setup camp on the beach.

Mum did manage to brave a paddle before it got to cool.

Nathan posed for a quick photo shoot to show off his Scotland rugby top.

Nathan check out his cuz

Meanwhile Millie ignores us all and relaxes in the sun.

Our temporary home

Here's a few pics of the appartment we're in and the views it has.

Some photo's of Roo

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A wandering we will go

We've had a couple of good walks the last couple of days both down to Narrowneck and back. yesterday I went on my own taking a detour around Devonport harbour area on the way out,

and via a nature reserve on the way back.

Today we met Cath at the park in Devonport,

and went en mass and stopped for a wee while at Narrowneck while Roo had an attack of the munchies.

It's been a nice sunny day today and the weather forecast for the next few days looks promising with only one day of showers forecast.

Happy holidays

We arrived safe and sound around 30 mins earlier than the scheduled time which was good as the first two flights both took longer than expected due to have to wait for an allocated time slot by ATC to take off and land. Overall the flights were good, check-in at Newcastle was a bit of a hassle as they weighed everyone’s hand luggage (the one thing I didn't want!) needless to say we then spent 10 mins trying to rearrange the hand lunage to get each bag weighing under 7 KG. Through security and a nice massage by the secuirty (I left my mobile in my pocket by accident so it set the alarm off) we waved goodbye to daddy and went for breakie. Next task was to get Nathan's milk and food for the flight which again wasn't an easy task as it all had to be put in sealed bags so I had to work out what we needed for each of the 3 flights and pack them separately for getting through the security at each airport. As it turned out I didn't need as much as I bought as I could have got jars of baby food on the flight - something we know for next time. Anyway a quick round up of the flights; Nathan did really well, not a peek on the first flight. A few grumbles on the second and by the third he was a bit more restless and fighting sleep so more grumbles but no real screams. I think I liked the structure of the flight pattern: 7hours, 12 hours and 3 hours the first eased you into the second and the third was over in no time. I not sure the Dubai stopover was really worth it as by the time the flight landed around 1 hour late we've got through to where the bus was taking to the hotel and a 30 min bus ride later we only had 5 hours before pickup. The Melbourne stop was fine no problems getting the baby liquids through security and by the time we'd all freshened up and got changed it was time to reboard. When we reached Auckland there were no ques at immigration and the shuttle we'd booked welcomed us at arrivals.

The apartment is lovely and has fab views across Auckland Harbour, there's even a BBQ on the veranda. Once the weather pick as up I'll get some nice pics across the bay as you've guessed it, it's raining! - seemingly we brought it with us as its not rained in over a month typical. Cath cam over with Roo to have a nose at the place - sorry I mean she came to see us :P Once freshened up we had a little walk out to the supermarket before coming back to crash.

Today's been a lazy day mostly spent at Cath's we couldn't leave for fear of been drowned with the torrential rain storms! We did manage to sneak out though during a sunny spell so it was another trip to the supermarket (it's hard to remember you can't get a 'normal' full shop when you have to carry it all back) tea and fix the wireless which brings us to now.

Can't say we have any plans we've a few ideas of what we're doing plus making sure we take lots of photo's of Roo to take back home with us.

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Mumified!

Having a quacking time

Shade-a-babe

We had a wee trip to Mothercare at the weekend to get Nathan's shade-a-babe for our holidays. The lovely sunny weather gave us the perfect opportunity to try it for size and see how Nathan liked it. I think it gets his approval.....

But it was all a bit much for him and he had to take a nap in his cool and shaded cocoon.

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Has summer arrived?

A beautiful day today so we spent it in the garden. I got some nice colour on my arms and Chris has a red neck as per usual whenever it gets sunny! No hard gardening for me I just decided to do the borders in the back garden. I think something didn't like me though as I now have a nice rash on my hand from the Lavatera I think. Nathan helped out in his own special way....





but once awake enjoyed himself.



Back to it tomorrow (weather permitting)!

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Todays photo shoot

Not to be out done by his new cousin Nathan posed for a few pictures.........

Whilst Nathan wins it on the cheeky front Ruairidh wins it on the cute contest...


All the best to Cath, Duncan and Ruairidh xxxx

Mischief maker

It's Terminal..........

After another episode of the washing machine bouncing across the kitchen floor Chris decided to take it apart to investigate......

This is how the big concrete should be connected....


This is how it (isn't) connected.....


time for a new washing machine me thinks!

Vital stats

Nathan's current weigh in is 17lb 10.5oz (8.03kg) and currently measures around 70.5cm. That said he still gets into most of his 3-6 months clothes still, I'm starting to phase them out due to the lengths more than anything!

Just over three weeks now til our holidays and we can't wait. The case is mostly packed and the exchange rate is ever so slowly creeping back up so fingers crossed we'll get some pennies to take out with us. The rate Cath's going moomin is only going to be a 2 weeks old when we're out there so it's just as well we didn't get flights any earlier in the month!!

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Tune time

Nathan's latest trick!!