Forgive me father, it has been 3 months since my last confusion. Thought we'd better write a little blog entry to celebrate Olives '3-month-day'. This episode is a video special, enjoy!
First up is a little clip so you can hopefully see Olives progress. She seems to change every day, and is really getting very interactive with giggles and smiles. The past few days she seems to have worked out that her arms and hands are actually under her own control, and are not just occasionally seen low flying objects passing by. Mum and Olive are both doing well, although they both seem to have a little trouble sleeping at times. Dad has no such trouble. It's also exciting as she is starting to fit into most of the lovely clothes that you folks all sent over for us, huge thank yous all round! Here are a few recent photos for your perusal.
In addition to Olive, the family in NZ has increased in size a lot since our last blog, with the arrival of Katherine, Roy, Ash, India, Sarah, Matt, Joe and Ben. Nana has moved into a lovely little pad just up the road, complete with hot tub. The Jacobs have moved to their country manor in Tuahiwi just outside the city, complete with a compact little 2 acre garden, and the Simmersons will move into 'North Beach Palace' any day now. It has been great having the family around, and the kids seem to be loving the beach lifestyle, taking to the water like ducks to ... well, you know. We also hosted our first ever family christmas day, now we finally have (nearly) enough room to do so.
Today we went down to the beach for the 'Tip Top Kite Day', which me missed last year, and it was a fantastic day. We took two kites, one flashy stunt kite and a homemade masterpiece constructed from some old tent fabric, bamboo and sellotape. The stunt kite proved a little difficult to fly due to the 5000 other kite strings dangling around. However, against all the odds the homemade jobby actually flew, and proved stable enough to be tied to Olives push chair and left to its own devices ... that is until Nana rescued it when it 'started flying funny' by crashing it head first into the ground. All the rellies turned up with kites of different shapes and sizes, and there were some true monsters on show, including a 50ft long octopus. Check out some more pictures.
Well, thats all for now folks. Will try and keep more up to date over the coming months as Olive progresses towards doing things a bit more impressive than basic bodily functions. Thank you all once again for your lovely cards and presents. Arohanui, Malc, Annie and Olive.
