John's Blog! - Part 1 - Before the trip & Wellington

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Part 1 - Before the trip & Wellington
Hi all. We’ve been away on holidays and I’ve got quite a few pics to put up so I’ve just added 4 entries so there isn't one huge novel. So here is the first instalment.

The weekend before we left for our trip to NZ for a wedding, it was the AFL Grand Final and mum and dad drove down from Mooroopna to watch it with us. John had the afternoon booked at a mates place from work. The right team won and we had lots of yummy food to eat so all in all it was a great day. Go the Cats!!

A few hours after Mum and Dad left, our friends Peet and Jess flew in from Holland. Peet had just got a contract in Melbourne which we were pretty stoked about as we haven’t lived in the same city as either of them for a very long time. It was also good timing as they could house sit for us while we were away.

The Monday morning we flew out we had to get up at 4.00am, pack the kids and our 25 bags (that’s what it felt like) in the car as well as squash Jess in the between the two car seats in the back. What a circus. But once we had checked in we were able to relax (as we weren’t overweight). Lachlan was great on the plane as he pretty much slept for most of the flight. Abby on the other hand protested immediately at having to put on her seatbelt. So we had a few fun and games there for a while but things settled eventually.

We arrived in Wellington and once I stepped outside the airport I remembered immediately one of the reasons I had wanted to leave in the first place. Wind. And once we got up to Anne’s place we were up in the clouds. It was great to see Anne and her little baby Amelia who was born 3 days before Lachlan. Although it did just emphasise what a monster Lachy is :-)

While in Wellington we got to catch up with a lot of friends plus our old antenatal group. It was amazing to see how grown up everyone was. Thanks to Christina and Bernadette for the pics they sent through.

We decided not to drive past our old place as we knew it had been bought as an investment property. Seeing as we had put so much effort into the place, we didn’t want to see if any of our hard work had been torn out or was not being cared for.