Author: Melissa

Lou Bear’s new do

Lou Bear’s new do

It really shows off his lovely teeth, don't you think?

Off home – Thank goodness

Off home – Thank goodness

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Dave and I looked at each other when we got Ethan inside and said "Ok, what happens now?"….it was quite funny!

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Ready For Home

Nana Vicki flew out from Florida to spend the first week with us which was a big help;

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Beautiful sleeping child.

Mel, Jo & John

Our first visitors!  Jo and John stopped in on their way home from London – Ethan was 3 days old!

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And then there were three!

And then there were three!

Enough was enough, one HOT curry and it was all action stations.  Ethan arrived 3 days early thanks to Siamese Basil (the Thai Restaurant on Coast Hwy).  We had a great time in the delivery room waiting for little man.  Chrissy and Miguel spent the 

Pregnant

Pregnant

I had such an easy pregnancy and loved it.  I worked full time until the day before Ethan was born and enjoyed every minute of it (pretty much!).

And then there was some news….

And then there was some news….

After a busy couple of months, surfing heaps, snowboarding and skateboarding, Chrissy came home from work one day, out of the blue with a pregnancy test.  She said "you’re pregnant, now prove it" or some such thing.  I hadn’t at this point even stopped to consider I might be preggers!  but she was right and I was soon frantically making lists and driving Dave around the bend with weekend shopping excursions.  There were quite a few as at this point we shared a scooter and that was the sole material asset that we owned aside from our numerous surfboards, snowboards etc. 

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Where it all began….

Where it all began….

If I get a little jumbled here, it is because I am going to attempt to back-catalogue our lives up to the point below; 3rd Street, Encinitas, CA. Stay with me as things may get confusing as the old and the new are blogged perhaps,