My big sis was planning to visit later in the year, the impending birth of her first Grandchild may put that on the back burner for a wee while. So if you want a flavour of wha Tasmania is like go to http://www.blue-rocket.com.au/explore.html , you may need to do some resarch about tourist sites to […]

Australia hit 21 million people this week.
That’s up a million since I arrived.
In the last 2 weeks we have added 2 Australians to the house and the country.
Jen and Wee Hamish were let out on Wednesday lunchtime, I’d managed to arrange a training day to suit so I was there to collect them heart bursting […]

I’ve been asked to post more pictures of Hamish and Jenny on the blog AND Jenny has said she’ll write a post!!!!
Like I need any encouragement!

I understand that my sleep deprived brain missed some important details off the last post.:
1. His name is Hamish Anthony Robert Edie.
2. He was born at 5 minutes to 9 on Friday the 22nd June 2007.
3. He was delivered by Casearian section due to Placenta Previa (exit blocked by the placenta). The
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A long day began at 4am,
suddenly I was very awake,
The bed was empty next to me.
Fungus snoring softly somewhere in the room wasn’t the reason I was awake so early.
Today was the day!
A flurry of dog feeding and driving later and I arrived in the hospital
to find Jenny being wheeled out of her room.
I was […]

Diggers digging the front yard into submission,
Plumbers plumbing loo in,
Environmentally friendly septic system buried,
Sparkies coming tommorrow to wire up the system,
Shelves cut into hillside to hold water tanks (upto 10 metres square),
2 tonnes of gravel wheelbarrowed through bush and into place,
2 Huge plastic water tanks manhandled into place,
20 cubic metres of Earth carted in for […]

Ahem……
I have a wee anouncement ……
Well we knew it was coming……
It has been years in the making….
It has costa bloody fortune….
It is time to let you see the latest Australian addition to Edie family…….

Yesterday I became a fully fledged Australain.
I wonder when I’ll get the accent?

We’re in the “Crying Wolf” stages of Jenny’s pregnancy.
We were invited out to dinner on the far side of the city on Saturday so as
we didn’t have to cook after a long day painting the new walls of the babies room.
Full of food and good cheer we arrived back around midnight to a warm house,
lighting […]

Kerry our builder arrived on Monday to start the build of the baby’s room with his sidekick Dave.
Within a couple of days the stud walls flew up ready for the plasterboard.
“When is the Electrician coming?” asked Kerry…………….
Stunned silence…….
“What for?”
“To move the plugs and lights”
“Ermmmm…..Ermmmmm”
The next 12 hours were frantic searching trying to find a spark […]