Saturday Stew Season

July 24, 2010

Saturday is usually my day for cooking.  We’ve decided it’s time for a season of stews. Last week we made our version of one of Jamie Oliver’s stew recipes.  The photo above is a before shot, but I forgot to take any after shots, so I guess we’ll have to make it again. My plan [...]

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Bathtime

July 15, 2010

Isabella loves the bath.  I usually bath my babies in the kitchen sink for the first few weeks as it is so much easier on my back.  Isabella has had baths in the big bath with me and in the baby bath and she really enjoys the extra space to kick around so I think [...]

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Interview questions from Tammy :)

July 11, 2010

I follow Tammy’s blog www.tammysrecipes.com which is a neat mixture of recipes, kitchen and food tips and updates on Tammy’s lovely family. One of her posts recently was answering questions people had asked her and she suggested people join in the game and answer 5 questions from her. So here are the 5 questions Tammy [...]

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Two weeks old

July 3, 2010

Isabella is two weeks old today.  Time is going too fast….I love the newborn stage so much. The midwife came and weighed Isabella today and she now weighs 4270g .  Breastfeeding is improving which I am thankful for. We have ventured out a couple of times in the last week with Isabella snugged up in [...]

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Isabella’s First Week

June 26, 2010

Baby Isabella is one week old already! When we saw the Midwife on Friday and weighed Isabella we found she has gained back the 300g she lost during her first few days, plus an extra 100g. I am still struggling to get her to latch on and breastfeed and hoping that she will soon.  We’ve [...]

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It must be winter

June 25, 2010

It must be winter. Ordinarily when Miriam arrives in our room in the morning she brings her favourite blanket (gu-gi), baby doll (Mamy), and her Giraffe family (Neck giraffe (a neck pillow), Giraffe (soft toy), 2 baby giraffes and three miniature giraffes (a mum, dad and baby of course). This morning she arrived with gu-gi [...]

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Settling In

June 22, 2010
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Isn’t she gorgeous?  We are all besotted with Isabella.  Faith has been drawing some lovely pictures of Isabella and writing her name and Miriam has been keeping a close eye on “my bebe sister, bebe Ba-la”. Amy has been having lots of cuddles too (and yes, she has red dye in her hair).  Amy is [...]

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Announcing Isabella Joy

June 18, 2010
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Isabella Joy Morrison was born at 3.47 this morning weighing in at 8 pounds 14 ounces.  Her big sisters are all extremely excited.  Nathan seems not quite so excited. Miriam also wanted a photo of her giraffe. Mother and Daughter are both doing well. Praise God.

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On the Courts

June 7, 2010

Cora is playing netball this winter, both for a club as well as for the school team.  She plays for the school on Friday afternoons, and then has club games on Saturdays.  It makes for a busy day on Saturday going between soccer and netball. Cora usually plays goal keep or goal shoot, but has [...]

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Kick Off!

June 7, 2010

This winter Nathan has started playing soccer (football). He has great fun running all over the field, and sometimes kicks the ball too! He’s an intimidating defender, although he relies mostly on psychological intimidation rather than actual tackling. He practices hard too. He was particularly excited to be named player of the day a couple [...]

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