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Jack’s Mate Tim Dobbs… Hanging out!



It was our 7 year wedding anniversary today, so we decded to spend it with good mates… We visited Ben and Rose (& Ella) to have lunch and hang… Then went to Jess and Pete’s (& Tim’s) to muck around. That’s Jess and Tim above. Cool kid!
We wanted to visit Darren and Kate, but she’d had a rough night with a sick wee baby Jayden. We just left them to chill out together…
Geat day though… 😉

Jackson’s Mate Kiana…


I think wee Jack has found a new buddy. However he still looks pretty engrossed in the telly. This is Kiana, Our friends Mel and Lee’s little girl. Out of interest, Mel is prognant with twins! Wow!

A big day in the garden!

We decided to lose the ugly garden in the front yard. Well….Sarah did 😉 Good idea though. Looks great now, like a huge front lawn!
Here’s the ‘before’ photos…


Darren paid us a visit with the digger and him, Peter Dobbs and myself got stuck in! Didn’t take long to get it sorted!



A day off fishing for Dad!



I decided to take a break from being a dad and headed out fishing with a mate Ben Vivian. We headed down to ‘Pendarves’ just South of the Rakaia. It was a long shingle beach recommended by a mate. It was relaxing, but as the photos show, all we caught were sharks. Still… Better that a day in the office!

Day 2 – Jackson meets our friends and family!

Well, it’s day 2 and Jacks having fun getting used to the big scary world. It’s a great introduction to the world, being thrust down a birth canal, slapped, soaked, blinded (by light), jabbed by a needle, thrown at a breast and told “suck this”, then thrown around like a rugby ball!

All things considered, he’s doing great!


^ How could ya not love this face! Gorgeous – he’ll turn the girls heads!


^ Mum (Sarah) and baby Jackson spending a quality moment together amidst the busyness of the day.


^Julian’s mum (Diane) cuddling the lad after flying down that morning from Auckland. I think my dad mentioned something about the ‘Stone Name’ being able to live on’ now he has a first Grandson.


^ Sarah and Jack just hanging out. The midwives at Lincoln are fantastic and our personal midwives Maxine and Rebecca from Darfield were exceptional – Legends! They were awesome on the day.


^ This is his ‘pushing out a poo’ or ‘letting rip a fart’ face – ha ha. Kinda a bit like dads face when he’s served up vegetables… 😉


^ This is Timothy (Tim). He’s our friends’ Jess and Peter Dobb’s little boy. Tim’s hopefully going to be a great playmate for Jack – they’re 100 days apart!
Tim’s very cool, and incredibly active – keeping Jess and Pete busy!


^ You can just tell that Jack and Tim and going to be great mates, as well as a couple of troublemakers! Don’t they look like a good team! I love the matching hats!


^ Some friends, Darren and Kate Chettle having a cuddle. They have a wee baby growing away. Still in the oven but due out early next year. If it’s a boy, we’ll officially have a ‘gang of three’. If it’s a girl, Jack and Tim will be after her! Either way it’ll be heaps of fun!

More to come yet… To tiredd, but this will give family a good idea of what’s been going on today.
Sarah and Jack come home tomorrow! Awesome! As for now, it’s time for bed. zzzzzzz