MR SMILEY, AND A SAD ANNIVERSARY

Dante sleeps in a sleeping bag type thingee... it was Keera's, but she hated it.   Dante loves it.
Anyway... last night.  He had a right go at sucking his hand through the suit, Bex got him up to change him and Stew had a chance to talk to him:

ABOVE:  doesn't he just melt ya heart?  Well.. he melts ours.  Stew and I had a little cluck session with him down in our bedroom before dinner.... we both think he has made our lives so much happier, as have our other grandkids... well the ones we can see anyway.  

Today is the 25th Anniversary of Stew's Mum's passing. 

ABOVE:  Grandma H holding Steve @ 3 weeks old.  She was in Auckland Hospital fighting cancer.  She died when Steve was only 11 months old.  It is sad as she was the most loving person and would have adored ALL the grandkids/great-grandkids so much.  

It makes me sad just thinking about not being in the lives of quite a few of our grandkids too.
But... moving on... trying to just let things be... and hoping one day things will get better.

No matter what I say or do... it won't be right by some.  So catch 22.   

Today?   First thing... picking up Lacy and Keera and getting on a train for the city.
We have a meeting with a lawyer ... once that is done... home to check on how Bex and Dante's morning has gone.

ONWARD...

Well our trip into town took way longer than we expected.  Why?
Because when it came to signing our Affidavits in front of another lawyer (not Lacy's)... all the other lawyers in that practise had worked with Wade before, so there was a conflict of interest.  So... we had to walk down the road to another lawyers office to get them signed.
We were in town over an hour longer than expected.

It was a hot day too... so it was nice to sit at the train station and chill while waiting for our train home.  
There were cute little gecko's running around on the other side of the train tracks, so me... being a shutter bug... had to take a photo or two...

ABOVE: How cute is he?  Amazing colours, I've only ever seen green or brown gecko's before.  They were running up and down the concrete edge catching flies I think.  Geckos are not very big at all, so I was lucky to get the photos.

ABOVE:  here comes our train.  30 odd minutes later... got into Manurewa and then drove home.  

Home.  Sat down to check e-mails.  FUCK.  OVER 270 SPAM COMMENTS.  And I can't even trace them as they don't show up on my Stats at all.  Grrrr.
I had to go and check every single one so I didn't inadvertantly delete a genuine comment! And WHOOPS I did... so sorry PINKY!

Finally up to date.... and now it's almost time to sort out dinner!  Where the hell did my day go?

BEST thing about today?   I resisted the urge to get a Movenpik ice cream down in Newmarket!  I walked past the shop... looked in... thought OMG that would be so nice!... and carried on walking.  I had a small helping of sushi instead.

I just took some awesome photos of our Miss Muppet!  I will show you a couple now, and some more tomorrow.

ABOVE:  Lacy pushed all of Keera's hair forward... she looks so different!  But still stunning.  She reminds me of a little doll.

ABOVE:  these two have an amazing bond with each other.  So lovely to see.

I am such a twit!  Today is NOT the anniversary of Stew's Mum's passing, it's on the 29th!
TODAY is the anniversary of my younger brother's death.  Vern has been gone for 14 years today.  
He was only 36 when he died in a car crash.
My older brother died when he was 27, in a car crash too. 
I still feel sad quite often over their loss... two huge parts of my life ... gone.

But. Life goes on... and we make the best of it.  Cos you never know what could happen tomorrow.  I used to say "You could get run over by a bus tomorrow!"   but in light of the bus crash a couple of weeks ago... I don't think I will ever say that again.  Just too close to home now.

End of Day:  A busy day, but fruitful.  Hopefully when we go to court in relation to Keera in a few months time it will go smoothly.
nite nite.