Change of scenery

Well time certainly flies and it seems that we have been living in Sydney for ages now... (9 years for Jimmy and 7 years for Kelly in her most recent stint.) So that seems like enough of a reason for a change as anything else. So we did!

Packing up was a mamouth job as usual. Not aided much by my desire to sell off anything and everything that I hadn't used in the last tweleve months. Still, that's all done now, and I have a ebay feedback rating of 42 as a result!

And this is what the flat looked like on the eve of our departure...


And this is the life we swapped it for! Three cheers for Brunswick Heads!!

Little gold dude

It is interesting that more significant career events have happened to me whilst not working than ever happened while working. Good old George was happy to come back to animal for an afternooon and pass around the little gold dude they call Oscar. It seems you get a golden handshake after only 3 and a half years these days.

Christmas 2006

It didn't occur to me until my Dad mentioned it last night that I haven't shared many pictures of Spike since he was born. Sorry about that! I guess that's just because I've been too busy spending time in his pleasurable company. Also, I haven't actually been taking that many photos of him (which is a complete amazement to those that are familiar with my happy snapping) but this is only at the expense of tonnes of video. He's such a wriggly little chap that a mere still image cannot contain him!

Some of that video I may share later, but for now, here's some of those snaps...

Passport photos

Today we had a mission trying to get a photo of Spike that they would accept for his passport. The criteria was for his face to be looking straight at camera, not at an angle, with both eyes open, mouth closed and being able to see an equal amount of each ear. Needless to say, this was a near impossible task that took 100 photos to get right. All of the pics below failed the test.





This one, however, they accepted...

Surf Check 3!

A typical day for Jim up in Brunswick Heads goes a little something like this...



Gibo and Alex's Surf checks 1 and 2 are now online too. Check them out here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aLGKei4Zuo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=245HS8XAVc4

Spike pulling faces

More photos

New Arrival

Et Voila!!!

The saga of Kelly's pregancy is finally over, and the result is a 3 kilo bub called Spike, born on the 4th December, 5pm Aussie time. He is tops.
And has quite a head of hair too!!




We've finally managed to get out of the hospital (and it's associated interuptions) and are back home trying to get Kelly some well earned R&R.

What a trouper.

Due Date

No labour signs yet, so a lovely day at the beach was had; hopping across the rocks and ducking under waves.

Kelly is looking terrific! It seems as natural as anything for her to be this shape now and she carrys it remarkably well. Despite her extra 15 kilos and weighing the same as me now, she is often found to have more stamina than I have... ahem.

Jazushi

Well this is what they say you should do a lot of before having a baby, and great fun it was too. Last night Mali accompanied us to this sweet little restaurant in Surry Hills that combines the delights of live jazz music with japanese tapas style dining. Dont let the introductory popcorn put you off either, the food here is excellent. Cheers to Amita and Magali for footing the bill!