Category Friends and Family

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A bit of personal stuff, but not that much I hope.

2011′s Nearly Over

Dec 15, ’11 5:29 PM
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So I thought I’d do a Wordle to see what figured highly on this blog. It’s probably no surprise that the two dominant words here are Conrad and Kolya!  No bad thing – they’re my two amazing, wonderful kids.  It’s been quite a tough year in terms of time and effort.  Business continues as it…
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Three and a Half Weeks of Kolya

Oct 30, ’11 8:14 AM
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I’m sitting here in the lounge, at 6am, with my laptop open. Two things to note here – once upon a time 6am was more of a going to bed time than a getting out of bed time, and actually it’s really like 7am because the clocks went back an hour last night. But I’ve…
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Hello, Kolya Coveney

Oct 7, ’11 10:36 PM
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After a couple of false starts, we left in a hurry for the hospital on Wednesday night. Less than three hours later, at 00:23hrs on the 6th of October 2011, our gorgeous new son Kolya was born. At 3.6kg, 55cm and with a head circumference of 35cm he’s a tad heavier than Conrad, but the…
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In the Forest

Sep 20, ’11 1:46 PM
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Conrad and I decided that a walk in the forest would be an interesting change. Obviously, being his first time there, it was an interesting one for him, with the new smells, tricky forest floor and odd noises. He loved it! I forgot my camera, so all shots were taken on my phone – apologies…
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Into the Sea!

Jul 19, ’11 1:20 PM
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Last month we enjoyed a number of visitors.  One family to come were Adrian and Ania, Igor and Mikolaj – this is great for Conrad as he loves other children, with Igor being four years and Mikoaj nine months old. In fact, it’s hard to describe the delight from Conrad when he’s got a four…
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Walking, Not Quite Talking, Conrad

Jun 22, ’11 10:31 PM
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Conrad’s now 13 months old, yet it feels like only yesterday that I came home from the hospital the night of his birth, sat down, and shared those first pictures. I’m posting this tired, so I’ll say little and just share some recent photos:
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Baby 2!

May 12, ’11 1:12 PM
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Here it is – the scan you’ve all been waiting for: Everything is perfect, due date is still the beginning of October, and I could tell he was a boy before the operator said anything.  No hiding the fact!
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Conrad at Nearly 11 Months

Apr 9, ’11 12:21 PM
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It’s hard to believe that almost a year has passed since we got to welcome Conrad into the world.  In that time he’s grown from a tiny newbie into a crawling, climbing trouble seeking charmer. Obviously, every parent believes their child has unique qualities whilst also being the most beautiful in the world, so I…
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Yummy Yummy!

Feb 18, ’11 9:21 AM

All I did was say “yummy yummy” on every mouthful of food, and he started laughing like mad.  By the time I did this video he’d long finished his dinner, so I just carried on… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu6dDNt5li8[/youtube]
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First Xmas for Conrad, and More!

Feb 2, ’11 10:37 PM
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OK! OK! Enough already – we’re getting lots of requests for fresh pictures of Conrad.  And we don’t like to disappoint. Here’s a set from the past two months – enjoy!
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