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Category Archives: Family

April 1st – Surprise visit

Today we received a phone call from Jai and Amélie’s great-grandfather (Pa Terry) saying they were going to pay us a visit. So, even though Bubba only went home yesterday, we picked him and Amélie up and then Marc and Coby joined us shortly after. It was the first time Terry had seen Amélie and…

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2503 – Visit to Great-Nanny Phyllis

Amélie came to visit for a few hours today during Bubba’s stay and I tried to get a few photos of them together. This time, Amélie was happy to cooperate but Bubba wasn’t too keen on sharing his giant teddy with her and I had to plant a tiny dinosaur under her shoulder so he…

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Welcoming Amélie

She’s here. My beautiful new grand-daughter and Bubba’s baby sister has arrived. Born by emergency c-section after a falling heart rate caused by the cord being wrapped around her neck twice – she was born at 2.31am, weighing 3030g (6lb 11oz) and 48cm long. As we left the hospital, Marc said to me “I can’t…

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June 5th

As is common these days, Jai’s extended family is fractured due to divorces and remarriages etc. As a scrapbooker, I am keen for Jai to have as accurate a record as possible of his family tree and have tried to get photos of all his immediate and extended family for his album to show him…

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