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| Jackson in his Christening outfit |
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| Being Christened |
We had a great family get together on the Gold Coast recently for Jackson's Christening. Tony's 3 older children Nicholas, Kate and Anna were the godparents. Sadly Nick was working in Darwin and was unable to attend, so Murray stood in for him. Anna made a delicious Christening cake which was the perfect accompaniment to the champagne, sandwiches, meat pies and belly pork prepared by Tony.
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| Jen's Animals! |
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| Great cake Anna! |
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| Some of the guests... |
The next day Jackson was due for his 6 week check-up with the paediatrician. He was perfectly behaved and the specialist gave him a clean bill of health. He told Yudian she must be doing everything right as he looked so healthy.
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| Paediatrician checks Jackson |
A few days later my younger sister Ret rang me to say her son Peter and his wife Sam (who were expecting their second child in early February) had a surprise arrival - their second son Noah was born 3 weeks early. Sam had the baby at 7.30pm one evening, and her and Noah were discharged by 4pm the next day. Ret and I flew down at 8am the day she was discharged, so that Ret could meet her new grandson, and we could both help mind his older brother Jethro who will be 3 years old in March. Little Noah and his mum settled straight into home life - he simply fed, pooped and slept! Such a contented little man. I spent a delightful 3 days with the family, and given that every day was a celebration, the champagne flowed often! Ret and I were wined and dined by Pete and Sam, and one day we took Jethro on the bus into Circular Quay and showed him the big boats and reacquainted him with the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera house.
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| Grandma Ret with baby Noah |
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| Yay…champagne. Thanks Pete |
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| Sam, Jethro and baby Noah |
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| Me with the newest great nephew |
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| Jethro, Ret and I at Circular Quay with the Sydney Harbour Bridge behind |
Within an hour of getting off the plane in Ballina after my 3 day Sydney sojourn, Murray and I were driving out to catch up with friends who were camping at Alstonville - 15 minutes from our place. After we checked out their wonderful RV we all sat out under a big shady tree and had a sunset BBQ. The next morning my aunt and I pulled up a chair in some shade overlooking the beach, and had an iced coffee and chatted for almost 2 hours. It was such a delightful few hours.
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| Diana and Michael with Murray in front of their RV |
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| Lighthouse Beach Ballina |
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