Pic of the day 29 November, 2007

It's been eleven days, four hours and forty or so minutes since these two changed my life forever and made me an incredibly happy man. As I type this both mum and baby are crashed out in the front room. Neither has had more than a couple of hours unbroken sleep in all of that time and mum even less as she was up the entire night before. I think they have both finally exhausted each other.

What they both went through that day was truly amazing and I am still in awe every time I look at this picture, our first of Isobel and mum after the birth. She was only 90 seconds old when this was taken.

It still blows my mind...

A day in the life (continued)

(Click pics to enlarge)

A stroll home
Tenth nappy change...
(just look at thak milk-belly!)
A manicure...
Fold some laundry...
Kiss dad goodnight...
Crash out with mum...
Sweet dreams Isobel

A day in the life...

Wake up at 6 am or so.

Breakfast and some yoga with mum...

Coffee and the paper with dad...

Entertain visitors...
(Charlotte was not impressed with your
impersonation of a narcoleptic)
Lunch in the park...
Mail birth certificate...

(to be continued)

Election Day! (Part 2)

Oh no!
The Greenies got to Isobel at the polling booth...
Baby Dreads mon.Thankfully, Lucy and Darren set her straight
at the day election party.
Thanks for the great t-shirt!

She then showed us how much she could "ROCK"!!!
That put a quick end to a great day.

By midnight her persona was finally complete.
Introducing: Izzy Stardust

Pic of the day 25 September, 2007

Isobel meets Bandit for the first time.
Thanks to her friends at the
National Design Centre.

They hit it off already and I believe that
this is the beginning of a life-long friendship.

Election Day!

Isobel gives her opinion on the candidates

while getting her nappy changed.
Casting my first Australian election ballot.Our election night party. At this very moment
we were all watching John Howard's opponent
unseat him in his own electorate. I know it doesn't look it
but we were all very excited.

Pic of the day 23, November 2007

Grandma Devlin took us out for a coffee.
In exactly one month, grandma Ingrid can do the same.

It was an amazingly beautiful day.

A visit to see grandpa. He didn't try and hide me this time.

Nesting...

Two incredible chicks waking up at home together.
I think Mauz finally got a decent night's sleep.

With Mauzi resting, I got to spend some quality dad time.
Isobel helped me write my end-of-year reports.
She's asleep and the look on my face says it all...
Report writing sucks.
Next time I'll have to take her to the zoo or something.

Cabin fever set in by 3, so we took an excursion
to Savers to buy some jumpers to replace the 5
Isobel soiled already today.

Somehow we got distracted by a pair of crazy cat-lady glasses.

We bought them for Auntie Erin.
Merry Christmaaaaaaaaassss!!!

Pic of the day 21 November, 2007

We are finally home!Settling in.
(click pic for link)
After a bit of a heat wave while we were in hospital the temps dropped severely today (that's Melbourne) and we got a good deal of rain.
We really needed it and Isobel got to try out one of her new hats.
She looks like an elf.

And speaking of elves, click on that picture for a
great link from Uncle Buddha.
It made Mauz and I just about pee ourselves laughing and Isobel pooped her nappy...and I'd just finished changing her.

A couple of a few thousand pics taken today

A family.

(The two most beautiful, brave girls sandwiching
the most awestruck man in the world.)

Isobel diggin her blog while mum sneaks out
for a morning shower.
Finally, an official length measurement:
51cm or 1.7 ft...

Tiny paws.

This picture is poor qualit but it's pretty funny and I loved the moment.
(Isobel looks like a little DJ here; she was having a hearing test.)
The quality is poor because the test results are best when the baby is asleep and the lights were turned down too low for the camera to get a good shot.
Mauz was off with a PT learning how to return her body to a "semi-normal" state so I was enjoying some one-on-one time with my daughter when the test began.
The nurse told me to let her suck my fingern (to settle her down) which was cool by me.
I'm pretty used to this as we have learned to teach Isobel to feed this way.
When she won't latch to the breast (they have to learn?) I give her a finger, Mauz expresses some milk into a teaspoon and I feed her. It's the nearest a dad can ever come to the closeness a mother and daughter get.
Anyway, she passed the hearing test.
She can hear a "clicking sound" at 35 decibels...however loud that is.

I'll publish this all now.
This is how tired I'm feeling.

Tomorrow mum and babe come home!

Pic of the day 19 November, 2007http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif

You can probably guess what this is the first of...Thanks HEAPS to Matt and Shinichi for the
wonderful Jurlique baby stuff.
She LOVED the bath and the shampoo.
She's still a bit new for the lotion so we used olive oil.
STRUTH!

Pic of the YEAR!!!

The GRAPE has arrived!
Both she and mum are well but tired.
She was born naturally at 5:07pm Melbourne time.
Weight 3.24k or about 7lbs

On The Way????

It's 9am Sunday the 18th.
Mauz has been having contractions for about 12hrs now.
We are heading in to the hospital!!!

Looks like Buddha is in the lead with Sunday, Minnesota time.

Pic of the day 16 August, 2007

Due today

Pic of the day 15 November, 2007

Thank you to Micah, Zoey, Susan and Dave for the wonderful book!
It's one of my all-time favourites!
You know--I'm sure this book that turned me into a pacifist at a very early age.

The Kangaroo-Paw (genus Anigozanthos) flowers are for you in return.
They're another favourite; from the back garden.

Kissing the Belly Goodbye

We are officially due tomorrow (Friday) but the bookies

say the odds are 2:1 for after the weekend.

Post your bets
in the comment section to be in the running
to win a fabulous inaugural, Grape hamper
delivered directly to your door!

One Last Visit to the Midwife

Mom, that's the sound of your grandchild's heartbeat.

I Love This Story!

Hoons to be humiliated in car wreck plan

Car hoons will be penalised and humiliated under a NSW government initiative to wreck the vehicles of offenders and publish video footage of the destruction.

Premier Morris Iemma says the plan proposes to destroy hoons' cars in demonstration tests under controlled conditions.

"Car hoons engage in potentially lethal, property destroying, anti-social behaviour," Mr Iemma said in a statement today.

"We're turning the tables. We'll destroy their property - but do it for the right reasons."

Police Minister David Campbell said film of the cars being destroyed would be publicly released.

"Video footage of these once-prized possessions being turned into splintered, twisted scrap will be the clearest message yet to hoons that we're serious about stamping out their behaviour and saving lives in the process."

The comments come after a weekend when police confiscated four cars whose drivers were allegedly racing on suburban Sydney streets.

Pic of the day 13 November, 2007

I'm Having a Baby!!!!*
No, not "I'm having a baby RIGHT NOW!"
More like, "Holy crap! I'm having a baby any day now!"
Sorry for the confusion and thanks for the congrats (Matt and Buddha).

* And we all know aint men cain't 'ave babys no-how, anyhow!!!

Pic of the Day 11 November, 2007

Pic of the Day 10 November, 2007

Hey Matt!




Mussles and fresh pasta from Preston market