OFF TO MEET LIAM TODAY

Today we are going to Hamilton so I can see Amanda's new baby.
Stew and the kids are coming too... but they will probably hang out at the park/lake while I'm visiting the baby.

Hopefully I will have some lovely photos of the new baby when we get home.

Until then, I will leave you with a few I took yesterday:

LOL, I really enjoyed putting captions on that lot!
Neither baby was hurt in the making of that series by the way!

I showed Steve and Bex the photos last night and they both cracked up laughing.  So glad I can amuse them.

Right, better go get some jobs done, school starts for Brylee and Griffin tomorrow and I need to be organised...

OH, I will show you a photo of the baby gift I made for Liam when we get home this afternoon.

ONWARD...

Home.  The visit went well.  Stew, Brylee and Griffin got to see baby Liam too, which was nice.
We didn't stay long as it was just too hot in the room for me... I was about to become a big dripping puddle on the floor!
I will show you what I made for Liam's room...

ABOVE:  Amanda wasn't that keen on the Orange, but unfortunately I didn't have much fabric to choose from as most of me fabric is in storage.  She did like it overall, I think?  Her Father In Law thought the flowers were sperm! 

Mad Taranaki Farmer!

AND he kept pointing out that their van is a 7 SEATER.... and so there was room for ONE MORE BABY!  Somehow I don't think Amanda is having a bar of it!

I will go now and sort out some baby photos to show ya...

 ABOVE:  My first hold of Liam... Yes... I cried. 

 ABOVE:  CLEARLY we do not make many bald babies in our family!  Liam has a good crop of hair.

ABOVE:  Stew and Liam, our 12th Grandchild.   We now have 7 grandsons and 5 granddaughters.  Wonder who will reproduce next!

ABOVE:  isn't he adorable!  I just had to take his booties off and check out the fingers and toes.  I'm happy to report he has ten of each... *smiles*

 ABOVE:  Just checking!

 ABOVE:  Andrew with his son.  A very happy man.

ABOVE:  Amanda, tired but otherwise all good.

ABOVE:  Brylee got a cuddle too, which was lovely.  Griffin... nah he didn't want to.

On our way home we stopped at Pokeno for an ice cream.  Stew couldn't have one as he's fasting for a procedure tomorrow at hospital.  Poor bugger.  He wasn't even allowed lunch.

Anyway, I digress.  He bought me a couple of lovely gifts from a cute gift shop in Pokeno, which was so lovely of him.  He knew I was feeling a bit low and cry babyish... *smiles*
I will show you what he gave me tomorrow, I NEED something to put on for tomorrow eh?

Something totally unrelated to anything else today.... I wrote a 'Roster' of who cooks dinner each night.
I felt it was time I did it so the load is shared.
So, it goes like this:

MONDAY - ME
TUESDAY - ME
WEDNESDAY - BEX
THURSDAY - ME
FRIDAY - TAKEAWAYS
SATURDAY - STEW
SUNDAY - STEVE

Sooooo... tonight is Steve's first turn.  And he's gone all out and is actually COOKING something more than baked beans on toast!

 ABOVE:  it would appear we are having something called 'Chicken and Mushroom Bake'!   OOOOOwww.... my expectations are high now.  lol
I wonder if he realises his Dad can have none of it?

How sad Stew can't eat any dinner, the smell coming out of my kitchen right now is mouth wateringly divine...

ABOVE:  Dinner! Chicken baked in a mushroom and leek sauce, served with scalloped potatoes and sour cream.  OMG it was lovely!!! 
I think I am really going to enjoy having other people cooking in my kitchen.  Apparently Steve was really excited about cooking dinner tonight.  Awwww... he did such a good job too.  No baked beans on toast after all.  *smiles*

End of Day:  lots happening today.  Just spent the past hour or so sewing the kids names on the new uniform items they both got.
Time for bed, we have to get up extra early tomorrow.
nite nite.