More Visitors

More visitors today – Basil, Ros, Maryanne, Gus, Therese, Alf, Jo, Lauren, Jenny, Mel, Brian, Marion, Stuart, Craig and Corinne (who is 4 weeks away from giving birth to their first child). Grace had her first bath today. She cried a lot until she got into the water, but seemed to love kicking around in… Continue reading More Visitors

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Sunday Visitors

Lots more visitors today, including Mark, Narelle, Emma, Ryan, Adam, Paula, Bradley, Mat, Sharon, Jamee, Kayla, Nina and Paul. We just got everyone through one-at-a-time visits to see Grace in intensive care, when the nurses told us she was being released! Grace is now totally unplugged, and is staying in Megan’s room.

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Saturday Visitors

We had heaps of visitors come to the hospital to see Grace today. You can only take one visitor at a time into intensive care, so it was a long process getting everyone through! Maryanne (Nan), Gus (Pop), Mary, Christine, Robyn, Ian, Todd, Jenny, Kirk, Michelle and Boston stopped by in the morning, and we… Continue reading Saturday Visitors

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Grace In Level 2 Care

Good news! Grace was moved down to Level 2 care this morning. She still has the glucose drip, but doesn’t need any of the extra stuff (like oxygen helmets, heat lamps, etc) they had at Level 3. She took her first bottle of formula tonight, and drank 11mL. Megan’s Aunt Marion and Uncle Brian visited… Continue reading Grace In Level 2 Care

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Grace Is Born!

After a fairly smooth labour, Megan gave birth to our daughter Grace Anne at 12:11pm (Megan is very proud she beat the countdown timer I posted on this site!). She weighed 3.340 kg (7lb 5oz), and was 51cm long (just over 20 inches). Both mother and baby are now resting, and are doing extremely well.… Continue reading Grace Is Born!

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Megan Gets Induced

After a bit of a detour to skirt around the bushfires ravaging the NSW coast, we admitted Megan into the Royal Hospital For Women at Randwick (Sydney, for the foreigners). They began the induction process at about 8pm – I left for my room at Coulter House shortly after that so we could both get… Continue reading Megan Gets Induced

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Kiama Christmas Lights

Christmas icons – a gum tree festooned with lights, and an Aussie flag. Three characters found in the gardens. Sights around Jamberoo:

Carols in Kiama

Neil and Emma. Little Bradley wouldn’t stop dancing at the start of the night, even when we were trying to line him up for a portrait with Emma and Ryan. He was a bit more co-operative when Dad picked him up. Ryan keeping Granddad busy. Portraits of the couples: Megan and Darren, Angela and Chris,… Continue reading Carols in Kiama

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Quoted By Joel Spolsky!

I just noticed that Joel Spolsky has used a quote from my site in his advertising for CityDesk. Cool! If you maintain a web site, I highly recommend it.

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Extension Plans

The plans for our renovations have finally been drawn up ready for submission to Council. Below are the old and new elevations of the house: Front View We’re moving the front door downstairs, next to the garage doors (hidden behind the brick wall in the picture below), with an internal staircase. The main bedroom will… Continue reading Extension Plans

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