Wednesday, 11th February 2009
Yesterday, whilst I was busy playing at Montessori my Mummy gave birth to a little baby. Now those of you who know me well will be aware that I desperately wanted a little sister. A boy simply wasn’t an option. I sensed it would be a girl from the moment Mummy and Daddy told me about the imminent arrival and hey presto, just as I thought, I have a lovely sister.
Would you like to meet her?
Would yer?
Would yer?
OK. Introducing Emily Rose Cate, born at 12.12 on Tuesday 10th February. Weighing in at 7lb and 4oz.
Click the pictures to make them bigger!
Emily
As you’d expect Daddy had to get in on the action so got into his scrubs ready to deliver the baby. He was most disappointed when they said he wouldn’t be required on this occasion.
Scrubbed up nicely
Emily was quickly introduced to Mummy and I think that they were very pleased to meet each other
Bonding moment
I popped over a little later after nursery very excited to meet my sister. Fortunately the bed was big enough for all of us so I squeezed in beside my girls.
Me and my girls
Full House
Gran and Grandad took me to meet Emily. Gran was just a little excited to meet her latest Granddaughter.
"Give her to me David"
It wasn’t long before Emily was having to endure Grandad’s stories about G4 vans breaking down and empty cash machines.
Yawn, yawn, yawn, yawn, yawn
Just you wait until he starts telling jokes Emily
Posted by Isaac @ 9:46 AM
Tuesday, 3rd February 2009
In October 2007, yes 2007, we began the extension to our house. Today the building inspector signed off on it some 15 months later. It has been a nightmare and along the way we have encountered some extremely challenging times and people. We’ve also met some terrific, honest tradesmen for which we are grateful.
It’s been some time since I last updated you, largely due to the sheer despair of trying to finish the project. In the run up to Christmas I spent every waking minute trying to get the house decorated. Alas, our final carpets were laid the week before Christmas.
A huge note of thanks to all those that have supported us through this trial of all trials. So, here’s the moment you have been waiting for. A few pictures of the completed house.
Heidi enjoying her new kitchen
The Dining room
The Lounge
Hallway
The Gallery
Fireplace discovered behind plaster
Partition screen and study
- The landing
Exterior view with porchway
I still have an awful lot of landscaping to do when the weather gets a bit warmer and I manage to find some money growing on trees.
These pictures are especially for Nic and Jon who have just completed their first full year in Nepal. By the time they return to the OK not only will our house be completely finished, including the garden, but our latest arrival will also be a year old. What a frightening thought.
Look out for more updates just as soon as ??????????????????? is born.
Adios
Posted by Daddy @ 1:02 PM
Sunday, 14th September 2008
What a misery summer (again). If last year wasn’t bad enough. Still, we’ve had a nice summer despite all the problems with the building project which is still not finished. More about that another time perhaps.
So, what have I been up to - here’s a brief snippet.
We went to London to visit Uncle Jon and Auntie Nic who returned home from Nepal for a couple of weeks. They are doing very well and it was lovely to see them albeit for such a brief time. Here we are in Epping Forest
We also had a walk around Hyde Park in the rain and enjoyed some time at the Diana Memorial Fountain, which, despite its critics, we thought was well worth a visit. The fountain is constructed to express the wide and varied qualities of water, much the same as Diana’s life expressed her many attributes.
I also met up with my cousin Eleanor and went paddling at Ringland.
… which reminds me, Eleanor now has a baby sister called Jessica. She is lovely.
I should also add that I am also going to be having a new baby brother or sister, so that should be interesting.
Stay tuned
Posted by Isaac @ 9:23 PM
Thursday, 17th July 2008
Well, it has been a while since my last update. I’m afraid little has happened since I last wrote, at least regarding the house. Almost 10 months have passed and my poor house is still looking in a very sorry state. So no new pictures to update you with yet. I think we’ll wait for the grand opening before showing you any more pictures, whenever that might be. The situation is so bad that I’ve had to resort to doing the work myself.
We went to Pettits Animal Adventure Park last month which made a refreshing change.
Our village also held a garden open day and the sun shone on us. This game is called Top That and was made by my grandad. Unfortunately, this isn’t our garden. We didn’t open our garden even though it is the most open garden in the whole village, given that we no longer have a front wall, unless you call the 10 foot pile of builders rubbish on the driveway a wall.
We’ve also been to a wedding when the sun sadly didn’t shine. In fact it drizzled all the time that poor Naomi and Jimmy sat huddled together in their horse and carriage.
The situation has got so bad that Daddy needed some serious cheering up. Neither Mummy nor I expected him to go out and buy a new car though.
As for me, I’ve been spending a lot of time with my marble run that Daddy made for me using all of the pipes and guttering that have been lying about the garden. When Wimbledon was on Daddy extended the run with a long narrow pipe that went through the garden chair and into the lounge so that we could shoot the marbles down whilst sitting on the sofa. Ingenious.
More updates will follow on a more regular basis my Daddy assures me. So keep tuning in.
Posted by Isaac @ 9:09 PM
Wednesday, 21st May 2008
I’ve finally decided that if this project is ever going to get finished then I was going to have to get stuck in myself. Most of the house has now been plastered and so the first coats of paint are being applied.Â
After I’d finished in the utility room I got on with mummy and daddy’s bedroom. Not bad for a 3 year old.
The bedroom carpet is being laid next Friday. The end is finally in sight.
Today, Dominic the ‘chippy’ started to fit the kitchen. I was going to have a go but it looked a bit tricky.
Of course, I have been doing other things. Life must go on.  I met up with my cousin Eleanor at the weekend.
Here we are being very active watching Fantasia.Â
Last week I even went to the beach with Taylor and Lydia. It was a bit windy though and it wasn’t long before our little tent was flying along the beach.
I even went for a long walk on Friday at Brandon Country Park with Eleanor.
Unfortunately I must get back to the day job as somebody has to pay the bills. I’ve just started working on a new extension on my Gran and Grandad’s house. Though perhaps I ought to have told them before I got started.
Posted by Isaac @ 4:37 PM
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