October 22, 2007 - Joel Robert Wood is born

Just a quick message to say that Joel Robert Wood was born today by c-section at 11:25am, weighing in at 7lb12. Both Ang and Joel are doing very well. Lots more photos to come - but this will get you started!

Jon, Rachel & Charlotte Visit

This weekend we had a lovely (and privileged) visit from Jon, Rachel and newborn Charlotte as they spend a month in the UK, taking a short break from life in New Zealand. It was really good to see them and catch up with all the happenings in their lives.

Click on the link below for more pics.

Jon & Rachel Visit

Ang Re-Arranges the Kitchen

After a year of living in a bit of a chaotic kitchen, Ang and I decided to make a change. Ang ordered some purpose made to measure reed baskets from Scotland and as soon as they were delivered we got going on cutting some shelves to size. The picture below shows the finished product...

Josh Got A Little Wet

With all the wet weather we're having in England at the moment, our two lovely cats are really struggling to stay dry. The picture above shows Josh on a very wet evening when he came home drenched! One of many occasions we see them soaked.

My Cat Beats Up Dogs (well, almost)

This weekend we went for a walk to our local park, about 200m away from our house. As usual our two cats, Toby and Josh, followed us down to the park and waited for us patiently on the edge, not daring to move out of their boundary. As we returned home we encountered a large dog which instantly too an interest to the cats. Toby, the larger of the two cats immediately legged it up the nearest tree, but Josh, ever the adventurer, arched his back, stuck his tail up in the air and stood on his tip toes while hissing - he was trying to make himself look as scary and big as possible. If you know him, you'll know that Josh is FAR from scary...

The dog took no notice of this and kept walking towards Josh. By this time, I was more than a little concerned and tried to put myself between the dog and Josh - didn't want the little guy to get hurt - but unfortunately the dog and Josh were moving too quickly, so I wasn't being of much use. Suddenly, out of the blue, Josh charged at the dog making an awful noise as he went - the poor dog didn't know what was going on, turned, yelping as he went and legged it towards his owner. RESULT! It was so funny to see such a small cat (Josh is only ickle) chase such a large dog away.

I was so proud of the little guy - he was truly an amazingly brave cat. Josh jogged back home with his tail in the air and deservedly had an extra large dinner while I spent time coaching Toby out of the tree... he was all shook up.

We're Going to Have a BABY!

Well, after 5 and a half years of marriage with just the two of us, we’re ready to move on to the next chapter… Ang and I are expecting a baby in October and here is a picture to prove it!


Ang is currently 15 weeks pregnant and we are obviously very excited about what the future holds with an addition to the Wood family. We had the 12 week scan a few weeks ago now (picture above) and it was absolutely amazing!! When the little baby appeared on the screen it took me a few moments to digest that the little ‘thing’ that was moving was a part of me and Ang… part of my own flesh and in half a years time would be kicking around in the real world! Words can’t do justice to the feelings I felt seeing the little baby kick and move and wiggle around inside of Ang – very special!

So far we’ve called the little baby Twiglet as is it’s a little piece of 'Wood' and we’ve decided to wait till its born before discovering its sex – so Twiglet it is for the next 5 months.

Ang has been doing very well, not feeling too sickly, and certainly nothing that a cream cracker can’t solve. She has already ordered baby catalogues and circled the items that need to be purchased as well as venturing on Ebay to buy materiality clothes.

Watch this space for more news and prayer would be appreciated.