Postponed Again - 5 minutes before the surgery was meant to start!

Happening on Mon 20th mid-morning........fingers crossed. x

Surgery postponed by a week - Fri 17th Sep instead

Ashling's surgery was postponed on Friday as the surgeon had to take bereavement leave. It's been postponed by a week. It will be happening next Friday the 17th at 2pm instead.

Thanks for your love and best wishes. xxx

Back from Ireland

Well we had a fantastic trip home. We managed to catch up with a lot of our close friends and all of our family. It was just brilliant spending time with them and introducing them to our 2 little munchkins. Speaking of whom, they absolutely loved Ireland, meeting everyone, and being spolit rotten by family and friends.
The main reason we went home was for Ger's sister's wedding, that of Denise and Finbar. It was a fantastic day! An amazing wedding. Ashling was her flower girl, which was just such an honour for her. She and 2 of the cousins, who were the two page boys, went up the church as a little trio, the 2 boys either side of Ashling on her little bike. It was adorable.
Anyway, we're back in Auckland now....with a bang. Came home to a letter from the hospital with a date for Ashling's knee surgery...this Fri 10th of Sep. She is having plates put on her knees and these plates will guide her growth and hopefully help to straighten the bend in her knees. If you'd like to know more about the surgery, have a look at
http://www.eight-plate.com/treatment_overview.php
Please say a wee prayer for her. Will be in touch. Thanks for reading this xxx
Photos and videos from Ireland to follow in a few days xxx

Leaving Tomorrow....for Ireland!

We're so excited...finally heading off tomorrow.

Will be in touch from home. xxxxx

Twinkle Star!

Ashling and her lovely cousin, Katie...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tPc6qRfQXs

Getting ready for our trip to Ireland.....exciting stuff.
Only 6 more sleeps before we leave xxxx

Some new videos - July 2010

Ashling and Jamie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRm0n_ws0kM

Ashling - HorseRiding (first time ever and she loved it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bWaq532im0

Ash n Jamie, talking about going to Ireland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9FKWncxnwQ

Ash Kissing the horses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmXtsZRg_14

My Birthday at Mam and Dad's bach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80pNpFKfhL8

Getting Stronger Everyday!

Well both of our girls and getting stronger everyday. Jamie is a bit of a brute already! In fact, she and Ashling are sharing the same wardrobe!!! Poor Ash is sick to death of looking at Jamie wearing her clothes and saying "Thats mine". And then I say that we share all our things and Ashling says "Ok" and then heads off on her bike, with a big happy head on her. She is really is the most easily appeased child I know. She's so sweet with Jamie and really watches out for her. She yells out to me when Jamie drops her toy, if I'm not in the room; "Mom, Jamie lose her toy!" and if Jamie starts rolling or sliding over in her seat, "Mom, Jamie nearly tip over". She's hilarious, keeps this running commentary going throughout the day. "Mom, what doing? Where going? What having?". She never stops talking, a bit like myself!

Ashling is walking a lot better now with her little walker, though her progress is slow and steady. She loves walking and is such a little showhorse, constantly saying "Mom, I wanna show my walking" when we meet friends. It's great though cause she needs very little motivation from us.

We are trying to get sorted at the moment for our big trip to Ireland. We are going home at the end of July for a month and taking our two munchkins with us. Ger's sister, Denise, is getting married on August 14th so we will be home a couple of weeks before the wedding, to enjoy the build up with all of Ger's family around. We are really excited. It's going to be a long wait though cause Ash is already asking...."My take this to Ireland with me?". She doesn't really understand what/where Ireland is but she is very excited about it all the same!

I'll out some new videos on the blog next week.
Over and Out.
Lots of love xxx