Brother or Sister?

We had a great Ultrasound yesterday and found out the sex of our new baby.

I assume that Dad wants another surprise, so I won't reveal the details here.... just in case he looks. Send me an email if you want to know.

The video below is from the DVD we got of the ultrasound. The tech was trying to get a picture of the hand and face together but it just wasn't happening.

14 Month check-up

This morning Alex had his 14 month check-up. He now weighs 10.6kg and is 77cm tall. It's pretty much the Dutch average ... not bad seeing as he's not Dutch!

There was no other big news or interesting facts to report .... we go back in 4 months.

Eating Pasta

Yummy! I'm trying to be more organised and cook our dinner as soon as I get home so that Alex can eat at the same time as us (and the same food). He loved this pasta and ... because it stayed on the fork he did a great job eating it too.

Party Central!

We know far too many children born in August and September. This is what our weekends have been like for the last couple of months.

3rd August - Olivia's 3rd Birthday Party
9th August - Alex's Party
23rd August - Rebecca's 3rd Birthday Party
31st August - Tim's 1st Birthday Party
6th September - Sanne's 1st Birthday Party
13th September - Owen's 1st Birthday Party
21st September - Patrick's 1st Birthday Party
27th September - Thomas' 2nd Birthday Party ... unfortunately we couldn't attend this one in New Zealand.

Talk about full on

More Birthday Presents

This one came from our friend Hunter in America.

Alex knows all about opening presents now. We have to be careful when we go to parties, that he doesn't try to open the gifts we're giving first!

Visit to the Park

It was a lovely autumnal afternoon so we decided a trip to the park was in order. Alex had a great time.

Swinging

Sharing toys ... we've since brought him his own bucket for the next trip!



and look at my daredevil on the slide

My Dad went to Kosovo and all I got was this stupid T-Shirt ...

Which doesn't even fit!

Silly Games with Dad

Alex would like to make an announcement


Baby Dunning Too is due 14th February 2009.

So behind!

There are all sorts of things that I was going to post about but never got around to. Here are some photos of our holiday in Malta in May!!

I was lucky enough to go to a conference, so we took a couple of days leave before hand to have a family holiday. The idea was to go to a little island called Comino (with only one hotel) so that Duncan could do lots of diving. Of course it didn't turn out happening that way ... we went to the island but the weather gods conspired against us. Fortunately Duncan managed one dive, so all was not lost. He was cursing though because the diving was cancelled because of poor visibility. When he did get his dive in it was still "bad". Only about 12 metres! He told the divemaster about diving in The Netherlands and holding his compass to his mask in order to read it. 12 meters!

Goodbye rainy Holland


Hello Sunny Malta! Our boat to and from Comino.


The "resort"


The "Blue lagoon" which the island is famous for. It looks stunning in the postcards ... ok in real life.


and from the water


Island architecture



See Daddy did get in the water!



and Alex had his first swim too.


It's cold!


Alex also showed us that he knew what to do with an apple!



After our "relaxing" time on Comino we headed to the Hilton on the main island. The venue of the conference. It was the most relaxing time ever. Our room was great, the food was excellent and even the conference was ok. Duncan and Alex spent most of their days hanging out by the pool ... every break I would come and feed Alex. It was a tough time for Duncan sitting in the sun and drinking beer. All that pool lazing and the fact that we ate in the hotel every night (the Thai restaurant was the best) resulted in the largest "food and drink" bill we've ever had. It was worth it though.

My pool boys

The water was just a couple of degrees warmer than on Comino.


and on the way to the plane at the airport. Alex had to hold on just like his Dad.