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And the winner is…
No-one guessed exactly the right day that Samuel would be born, but the closest was Debbie Larkins with the 27th of August (correct being the 28th of August, of course, the day that the Beatles met Bob Dylan for the first time (1964), and the birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Janet Frame, Shania Twain,…
Visiting
We had our first family trips this week. On Monday we all went to the first session of the “Baby and You” Parents’ Center course, then had a short trip through the Plaza in Whangaparoa – everything went very well. Then Tuesday night we headed up to Whangarei to visit my Mum & Dad (Granny…
Father's Day
As the latest-six-photos preview gives away, there are more photos up on flickr now, although Liv hasn’t got around to descriptions or a post here yet (sitting at the computer isn’t particularly comfortable). Everything is going well – Liv is recovering nicely, and Samuel is so far very well behaved. Today is Father’s Day (in…
Samuel Alexander Meyer
Samuel was born today at 13:18, weighing 9 pounds, 6 ounces (4.27kg). Much more to say, of course, but not now – now is time for some sleep! You can look at some photos from the first day if you like – I’ll try and get some better ones of Samuel tomorrow!
37 Weeks gone….
Well, we finished Baby’s room now, so there are new photos on flickr to look at (there are also the old ones). Mostly it involved putting up some paintings and adding a few bits and rearranging other bits, not too different but, hey, what else can I do at 37 plus weeks pregnant (not vacuum,…
What's in a name?
After “when is it due?”, and “do you know what gender it is?”, the most commonly asked question is definitely “do you have a name picked out yet?” We’ve been talking about names since before Olyvia was pregnant, but we’re still stuck on a name. Somewhat ironically, we had a girl’s name picked out that…
Practical Parenting
So everything has been pretty good. I got sick last week and had a bad few days of no eating and much sickness, but baby coped fine and is probably healthier than his mother. Not a nice time to be ill though. I am still getting over it I think, lots of naps in the…
Heart beat
We had our regular midwife visit last Wednesday (also our first ante-natal class), and we recorded the baby’s heartbeat [637KB MP3]. This is a pretty poor recording (it’s via the machine the midwife uses, through the air to an analogue dictaphone, then out of the headphone port through two adapters into a microphone port on…
Help! The videos won't play!
It has been brought to my attention that putting “H.264” next to the links to the scan videos doesn’t necessarily explain how to play them. 🙂 (The first one will just play in Windows Media Player, but this applies to the others, and any future videos). So here is what you need to do:
BadTomatoes 