The King's: May 2009

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Waiheki

Sophie and Daddy have been fending for ourselves for the past few days after Mummy and Max headed down to the Naki on Wednesday...and just quietly...we've missed them heaps

Today we decided to head to Waiheke Island for a day trip - first stop a Devenport fluffy

"Oh come on already - the blimen ferry's about to go!"

Quick snapshot before the ferry left - a nice friendly woman offered to take the photo...then she started god bothering to us and wouldn't leave! - I was scared, so we split...real fast.

A few minutes to kill before the ferry ride...Sophie keeping an eye out for the God squad
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"This boat trip rocks!"
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Sophie couldn't care less about taking photos of the beautiful scenery on the Island...she made a beeline straight towards the bus!..."Ooh look Daddy, there's another bus outside the window!"
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"Daddy was mean and made us have lunch...I wanted to stay on the bus...I like the bus..."
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After lunch, you guessed it - we got on another bus and headed...arhh...umm...arhh...daddy had no idea where we were going - but we did find this cool park to play at...somewhere on the island...
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After 3 hours on the Island, (most of the time was spent on the bus, which was Sophie's highlight of course- that and a chocolate ice-cream...) - we headed back to the ferry (on a bus...naturally) and got ready for the return trip home
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"Bye bus..."
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Great timing - as soon as we got off the ferry it started hosing down! - so we ran to the car - and before I had even got into the drivers seat...Sophie had crashed...she was knackered after a very long, but hopefully enjoyable day with her dad.
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Brad

Saturday, May 23, 2009

On the mend

Dressed and ready for another birthday party.

Sophie has improved since the last blog, we hope never to go through that again...she isn't 100% right, but is certainly on the mend. The paediatrician is a little baffled as to why she got so inflamed and red and was a quite pissed at the docs for not taking swabs when she was at her worst. Sophie is booked in for kidney scans next week and they're doing tests on her number 2's...I'll let you know what the tests say next week.

Ingrid is off to the Naki next week for a few days to help mum out while she recovers from Hip surgery - She's going to fly down with Max on Wednesday and come back on Sunday - so it'll be the Soph and Daddy show here for a few days...Soph and I have got into a pretty good routine - I drop her off each morning at Kids Klub and get to work just after 8:30 which isn't too bad considering Auckland traffic - I'll just need to finish an hour earlier or so next week so she's not stuck there all day long (although I don't think she'll mind that much...she still loves going there!)

Max is doing very well too - I can't get over how chilled out he is - I guess it's because we're not in his face every second like we were with Soph when she was born - take dinner for example, Ingrid and I wouldn't have dreamt of scoffing our faces and leaving Sophie to fend for herself on the mat or in her rocking chair, but we do with Max every night and he simply looks up and gives us all big gummy grins and stupid laughs...my boy is pretty cool indeed. (Video Here)

Soph and her buddies (kids of the anti-natal group we went to over 3 years ago!)

Sophie and her food fixation...after the other kids have finished she wants to clean up their plates too!
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The proud big sister
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Brad

Friday, May 22, 2009

Quickie

Quick post - here's a vid of Max talking

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Photograph

"PHOTOGRAPH"

by NICKELBACK

"Look at this photograph

Every time I do it makes me laugh

How did her hair get so red

And what the hell is on Sophie's head?"

Ouch...another bump on the head...the third in three days! - Next time look Sophie before running into the wall

The past few days have been horrific. Sophie's on and off battle with constipation finally lead the docs to giving her an 'enema' on Friday - but unfortunately it made things worse and Saturday onwards - turned into "Nightmare on King Street" - The Enema reacted terribly with Soph, causing what could only be described as the nearest thing to 3rd degree burns on and in her backside - and without going into gory details - it made number 2's and cleaning up near impossible - Ingrid and I were waiting for 'SIFS' to arrive at one point - we thought the neighbours were going to report child abuse as a result of the sounds of hysterical screaming coming out of the house all weekend.

We're pretty close to opening up a pharmacy now too with all the different types of creams and lotions we've been prescribed! - The docs and the A&E dept have been as useful as tits on a bull too - "it will heal" and "put more cream on" have been their inspired words of wisdom. Sophie's booked into the pediatrician again early next week - but at least now after 4 days - she can actually sit down and walk properly...yip, it's been an awful few days which I hope we never have to experience again.

Brad

Sunday, May 3, 2009

The Birthday Girl

Sophie turns 3 tomorrow, but we celebrated her birthday today. We weren't sure what the weather was going to do, so Ingrid found a place online called The Fairy Shop Sophie invited a bunch of friends along and they all had a ball - It was a Cinderella theme (one of Sophie's new favourite characters) and Auntie Nic brought along a long a groovy cake too.

Sophie was inn fine form today and very spoilt indeed...we've saved a few presents from people to open tomorrow too - thanks to everyone for the goodies and if you couldn't make it along - enjoy the photos and video's below.