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A new family member – “Dan the Man!”
Now that “Ellie” had found a new home (and is now gone), our new TradeMe purchase “Dan” has arrived! YAY!
He is a real sweetie. He has met me (Sarah), Julian, Baby Jackson, Daisy the Dog and the family of peacocks that visit our place occasionally, and he has been very sweet to all of them. I did feel very sorry for him as he looked rather worn out from his journey – but he coped with everything here very well. I gave him some hay and water in the yard to begin with, and he nearly drank the whole bucket – poor guy. Then I put him out in his paddock and he walked the entire perimeter checking everything out in his cruisy manner.
We later went out to check he was ok, and give him a small feed – and he is warm and cozy in his cover. (which is slightly too big, and has a few tears in it from it’s previous wearer – I am going to get him a new one I think) Then the neighbour decided to walk down the drive way with the wheely bin and he whinnied out – he has a gentle voice too. He even had a wee trot round the paddock then too so it was nice to see him moving.
He does look quite thin – I think the trip was hard on him, but he will pick up – I will look after him. These are pics of his first day at his new home. “Welcome Home Dan!”
A Stone Family Christmas!
What a great Christmas! Not only did we have Shirley (Sarah’s mum) down, but we also had our first Christmas with our new lad. The hairy thing in the photo is Daisy our dog. She’ll be a great playmate for Jack as he grows…
So the Stone family now consists of: Sarah (mum), Julian (dad), Jack (bubs), Daisy (dog), Splat (cat), 2 horses (Ellie & Chatty), 5 peacocks & 7 chickens.
The Mums have a photo op…
This is Sarah’s mum Shirley. And what a lovely child we have in regards to keeping up the family relations. If you look closely (and yes, we zoomed in) it’s his third finger Jacks holding up.
Yup it appears that Jack is giving Nana Shirley ‘the bird’. ha ha…
Either that or he’s doing his ‘Mini Me’ impersonation from Austin Powers. 😉
Time for a nap – This time it’s the both of them!
What a beautiful picture… Sarah and Jack taking it easy after a hard day of sleeping. These are the awesome moments to cherish – a little ‘cuddle time’ with bubs. What a well deserved rest…
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
Sarah and Jack come home tomorrow! Awesome! As for now, it’s time for bed. zzzzzzz
Jackson Finally Arrives!!
He came at last! 9 1/2 pounds! Natural birth! Both mum and ‘Jackson Selwyn Stone’ are doing great! Here’s some photos for now but we’ll write a bit tomorrow about how the day unfolded! – Yay! I’m a dad!
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