brupa and gran

great nanny, gran and great gran

great grandparents

Nate was fortunate enough to spend some time with both of his Great Grandparents, his Great Nanny in Tynong Nth and his Great Gran who drove down from Heallesville to see her first great grandson.

playing with gran while great gran looks on

besotted

Nate with his Uncle Timmy, Auntie Katie, Uncle Benny and Uncle Matty. We had a great time at the island, managing to get all the Weatherhead's together on a number of occasions. All the Uncles/Aunties were great with Nate and loved taking him out for walks and playing with him. They absolutely adored him.

the park by the beach

shoulder ride

mummy's boy

the parker men

nana and pop

phillip island

Having learnt some lessons from our last trip we decided this time to hire a holiday house at Phillip Island to give ourselves a base and a place for people to come and see us. On our first week Nate's Nan and Pop and Auntie Michelle came to stay with us. We really appreciated Michelle flying all the way from Cairns and taking time off work to see us. We all benefitted from being away and much relaxing and sleeping was had by all!

the green green grass

birthday boy

Our baby boy turned one on Friday! They say it goes quickly but my goodness how it flies.

I remember from the moment we brought him home and the reality of no sleep, a non responsive newborn and almost constant breastfeeding set in it seemed like an eternity as we counted down the days until he reached the six week mark and things became a little more manageable. From that moment on it seems to have passed in the blink of an eye and every day cherished.

On Saturday we celebrated Nate's birthday with a very low key affair. An intimate afternoon tea with a small group of friends at the park complete with honey joys, fairy bread and Nana's famous walnut slice. A total of four kids (including Nate) and seven adults.

Naturally, Nate was oblivious to the fact we were all there on his account but thoroughly enjoyed himself, playing in the sandpit with his friends (and surrogate aunties and uncles) and being pushed around by Woz on all the bikes, cars and trolleys.

Thank you to Vicki and Andrew for taking photos of the day, to everyone who sent birthday wishes via e-mail or by post and those who spoilt him (or us) with a present.

We still can't believe he's ours to keep.