Thursday, January 03, 2008
Joel With Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear
Joel is growing! Have a look at these pics showing how Joel has grown since he was born.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
ESco Christmas Party 2007
Last night I went to my work Christmas party and had a great time celebrating a good year with both colleagues and favourite suppliers. It has been a very busy year at ESco with lots of new work, new development and new members of staff joining the company at a very exciting time as we are now starting to reap the benefits of moving into our new building last year. Although at some points the workload has been overwhelming it has always been a pleasure to work with such a great group of people, many of whom have become good friends.
Myself with friend Clare and Laura.
The Christmas party took place at High Barn, converted and now used as a music venue for live acoustic/jazz and a recording studio. Our entertainment for the evening was provided by Beauty and the Beasts, a covers band lead by Franco from our renewals department and joined on stage by two "surprise" guests... Lee (one of the directors) who played guitar while dressed as Father Christmas and Laura who belted out "Man, I Feel Like a Woman" to the amazement of the audience. They all certainly provided music to bop along too (even if it was just for a couple of songs).
It was also special to have Iwan and Richard from Isle Interactive (who are the brains behind a lot of our web development) and Ben Rexworthy from Securinet (our information security consultant). Both Iwan and Ben are personal friends so it is always good to catch up with them.
Ben from Securinet explaining the complexities of becoming a CISSP to James and myself.
The night went very quickly and all seemed to have a good time. It was just a shame that we all had to get up to work the next morning... (except for the clever few who had booked the day off... LAURA!!!!).
Click on the picture below for more pictures.
Friday, December 14, 2007
YC8 Christmas Party
This week we had our YC8 (Youth Cluster, a group that we lead at church) Christmas party with a fancy dress theme. Everyone did brilliantly and we had a great time playing games and singing karaoke songs. I dressed up as a mule (not exactly sure why) and Ang was a beautiful pixie!
Joel's First 8 Weeks
Well, my goodness... the first 8 weeks of Joel's life have just flown by! Where do I start?... It has been an absolute joy and pleasure so far being a dad to little Joel, although life has changed completely and I'm getting used to the lack of sleep.
Everything went brilliantly on the day of birth. Ang was booked in for a cesarean because little Joel was in breech position (the wrong way round) and we turned up to the hospital just after 7 in the morning knowing that it would only be a few hours before our lives would change for ever! We were taken up to the operating theatre where I got changed into funny looking theatre clothes complete with a pink hat. The operation went very quickly, it almost felt like we were at the dentists, except that instead of pulling out a tooth they yanked a little baby out... a boy ... little Joel!! The surgeon pulled him out, all wrinkly, and shoved him in our faces... "you have a boy" - how very exciting!
The first few hours of his life Joel became an expert at breast feeding and quickly learnt how to fall asleep. We were very lucky to be assigned our own private room in the ward which meant we could get to know Joel in privacy, as well as have lots of friends and family come to visit. Ang recovered well from her operation and after a couple of days we were heading home (driving VERY slowly) ready to introduce Joel to were we live and Toby and Josh, our cats.
Since those first few days we have got to know little Joel very well - even learning what each of his different cries means! In the past week, Joel has perfected his smile and has now added very cute noises to his repertoire. It is even more of a joy to spend time with him now that he shows how happy he is to be played with. Very special. Ang is also doing well and is loving the time at home with Joel.
Click on the pics below to many more photos from Joel's first 8 weeks.
Monday, October 22, 2007
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!
Sunday, July 15, 2007
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.
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