It was a wonderful sunny Nelson day for a picnic at the beach on Rabbit Island with some other pregnant friends. [from left] Gerd, Jonathan & Brigid, Fred & Adrienne finished off the afternoon with a long walk along the beach, drawing lots of sea air into our squashed up lungs – hoping for a …
Monthly Archives: November 2005
santa parade
On a sunny Saturday we walked to the village and watched the local santa parade along with hundreds of local kids. Mum and Dad came in too and we tried to catch treats from the floats. Just think – this time next year we’ll have a little one to bring along to see Santa!
thanksgiving in picton
To celebrate thanksgiving this year, we drove to Picton to spend some time with Ma and Grandad. We had a wonderful turkey dinner and shopped in Blenhiem before driving home the next day. This photo was taken when they drove over to Nelson for a day at the farm a couple of weekends later.
Hips & Lips
Instead of the ordinary play group arrangement – some friends of mine have all decided to form Hips & Lips! Our charter is that we are a group of parents with Nelson-born babies in late 2005 & early 2006 living in the south or west of the Nelson region. Membership to Hips & Lips is …
Richmond A&P show
What an amazing sunny Nelson summer this is going to be! Adrienne & Fred trouped out with friends Janine & Rich to sample the local agriculture and trade along with hotdogs and candyfloss. There was plenty to see with the sheep dogs and beef cattle contests – and we bumped into Lorene and Brad at …
wonderful Wendy
Our midwife is Wendy de Groot and she is simply wonderful. She comes to our house every two weeks now for a checkup of baby’s heartbeat, Adrienne’s blood pressure, discussion of birth plans and a good laugh. Wendy will be with us through the whole process and can’t wait to see our wee baby come …