Tumbling Tiny

Daddy and Miss Tiny having some fun games, she is loving having her Daddy home!

Meeting Beth

On Saturday afternoon we drove out to Mauku to take the pig scraps out to Missy. We had a lovely visit with Uncle Tony and Aunty Lyn who made our little girl feel very special, they shared cuddles, took pictures and Uncle Tony took her for a walk around the orchard looking at the trees. Of course they have heaps of very recent experience with little babies as their first grandson, Jacob is just 2 months older than our little girl.

After catching up on all the happenings we headed down for our little Miss to meet Beth the Sheep. Of course Beth was just looking for something to eat and the little Miss was just enjoying her cuddles with Daddy but it was fun to introduce them.

We were suprised to see how much the black face lamb had grown, it is almost as big as it's mother and Beth. Beth and the lamb are great mates, I think that Beth is enjoying reliving her lambhood through her new friend.

SMILES

so cute

so CUTE

SO FRICKEN CUTE!!!

Baby Christmas Stocking

This has been my crafting task over the last week ... A first Christmas Stocking for a gorgeous little girl. The little girl in question had a meltdown in the very busy spotlight the other week when we were trying to buy the calico to use for a base so we didn't manage to get it but luckily Aunt Kat gave us some to use. Some of the ribbons were purchased in the little book/haberdashery store in Raglan, he has some great stuff at reasonable prices, have a look next time you are in Raglan, it is worth squeezing into the tiny store. I don't have a sewing machine so the whole thing has been sewn by hand, it feels like it has taken ages but it has taken less than a week and quite a few of the DVDs lent by Paula the Great. I finished it last night and I am so happy with it, I can't believe it has turned out as good as I had hoped!

1st Christmas

I'm really happy with how this turned out.

Scrapbooking Workshop

Yesterday was the final Saturday workshop for the year at Caz Dezign. Miss Tiny came along and helped Mummy do some scrapbooking, with her help i managed to get 4 pages completed (2 of which had already been started - 1 at camp in October and 1 approx 2 years ago!)


Keep an eye out for upcoming posts of completed pages.

We exchanged gifts in the crafting present exchange that Carrie, Paula, Glenna, Tania and I have been participating in this year. With the intent to buy 1 present for each person, each month from March to November. I wasn't very good at the monthly shopping but I got there in the end. Keep an eye out for upcoming posts showing all the great goodies.

Visiting Daddy

We have come on an adventure to Whakamaru to visit Daddy at work, we get to see his truck which was empty on an earlier blog posting with all the busy-ness of a mobile IT office. We have crazy fast interwebs out here in the middle of nowhere coz Daddy is so good at his job.

It is a beautiful sunny day, there is grass and trees and a lake and lots of birdsongs to sing a little girl to sleep.

Sleeping Baby

Apparently Mum is more comfortable than the bed today ...

November Mini Book

The first mini book for Miss Tiny's bookshelf is completed.

I hope I manage to keep up the speed at which it was completed after the end of the month.

I am pleased that I managed to complete it with the very limited supplies that I brought to Raglan with me.

I am very pleased with how cute it is!

SURPRISE

We had a lovely afternoon out yesterday; we started in Ohaupo with a visit to Nicola and Marie who loved meeting our little girl. We then moved on to the business part of the day and had a teacher registration meeting in Cambridge - the little girl was a big hit here too! Last stop was Kate and family in Te Awamutu where we got to met and have cuddles with 4 month old Zachary.

We had a frustratingly slow drive back to Raglan behind some crazy slow tourist but when we finally got there to our surprise we found ... DADDY!!! Rain had cancelled movie making yesterday and when he found that today was cancelled too he came to visit us! Wow! I am all a fluster that he is here to see us and our little girl loved getting to have lovely Daddy snuggles - a necessity in life.

She discovered the joys of her black & white book last night - Daddy said the plot was too simple but she seemed to enjoy it!

Thumb Sucking Girl

This evening while I was trying to get Miss Tiny to sleep she suddenly popped her thumb in her mouth and started sucking. It was so totally cute. I jumped up to grab the camera but it was over by the time I got back, damn!

Here's another cute picture instead ...

I have printed out the photos for the November mini book and I hope to feel motivated to do some work on it in the next few days ... will keep you posted

Afternoon Bliss ...

A warm bath followed by a full body massage ... bliss.........

A blissful afternoon enjoyed by all.

Yogi Bear Adventure

Yesterday we went for an adventure to the Yogi Bear Production office to introduce Miss Tiny and thank everyone for the lovely gifts they have given us.

Miss Tiny was a big hit and was on her best behaviour, she was an angel the whole visit. Because they are very busy there with shooting starting on Friday and people everywhere there was no where for us to go for a morning drink so Daddy took us to his IT Department truck. It was quite an adventure!

This is the first time Daddy has had his own IT Department truck, luckily - or we might have been sitting under someone else's truck somewhere!

Miss Tiny didn't seem to mind, milk is milk regardless of where you are drinking it, clean knickers are good too. We got to try out the change mat that came with the nappy bag for the first time.

It works good.

Bath time with Daddy

This her second bath and our little girl has shown that she loves the water.

And loves hanging out with Daddy! Who did a great job giving his first ever baby bath.

Got Poos

She seems pretty happy about it!

Welcome

We finally got to meet Tiny.

She arrived on Saturday 14 November 2009 at 1.46am in the birthing pool at Botany Maternity Unit, weighing 8lb, 11 oz.

I can't believe how beautiful she is, and that we made her and we get to take her home! I can't believe that after 16 years together Ashley and I have added to our family and now we are 3.

Ashley was amazing throughout the whole labour, he was so supportive and fantastic.

??? long to go

Well, it is Friday again and that means that we are now at 41 weeks of growing. Not sure what Tiny is up to in there but it must be a very cosy and comfy place to hang out! Hopefully things will happen soon as we are very keen to met our little person.

Due Date Today

Today is Tiny's due date.

1 Week To Go

Today marks 39 weeks of growing for Tiny.

2 Weeks To Go

Today marks 38 weeks of growing for Tiny