Busy Month of May

May has been a busy month. Angus continues to grow fast, he's now over taken Emily in the weight stakes for his age. Julia is allowed to drive again - hurray! and life is getting back to normal - what ever that is.


We had grandma and grandpa here for a while (well grandma for more than a while, which was great). Emily had to go into a big bed.... because Angus needed to move from the crib to the cot. We got busy doing some planting and still managed to have time to get dressed up to go out on the town.

Grandma and Grandpa with the grandkids out for brunch. Mum and the girls plant some flowers in pots for the cubby house.
Emily into a big bed (it took a while for her to actually fall asleep in bed rather on the floor near the door, but that's ok).
Angus into the big cot at 51/2 weeks old.
All dressed up and no where to go... what beautiful kids!

Welcome Angus Jonathan

Angus Jonathan joined our family on April 8th 2008, weighing in at 9lbs 2oz (4.1kg). A cesarean was called for, but all turned out well and mum and bubs are doing great. So far Angus is a very calm little man, who seems to have already worked out that there's not a lot of point making a loud fuss - he'll never out talk his sisters.

Angus 1 day old...
Didn't take long to find his thumb.

Abi and Emily are thrilled to have a baby brother, you've never seen such proud sisters.

Trampoline Fun

Today the girls (and Mum and Dad) got a special surprise present. A great big trampoline arrived and I'm not sure who was more excited - the kids or the grown ups.
Abi got a turn....
Emily got a turn....
Mummy got a turn... (we thought a bounce might encourage this baby to come, no such luck though)
Daddy got a turn....
Then everyone got a turn together.... it was lots and lots of fun.

Easter 2008

Easter was a Pike family affair this year. It was the first time we have all been together since Kellie and Roland's wedding last December.

So of course there was lots of time for cuddles with Aunties...

There is always time for golf when Poppy is around....
The inevitable Easter egg hunt occurred (in which far too many eggs were found and then consumed).

But most importantly there was time for hanging out with the family...

Flying High

Here are the girls having a flying in their box aeroplane... made by the always clever Daddy. Abi thought it would be good to have her own private jet, sounds good to me too.