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So many wonderful people have birthdays in March! Let's see cousin Cesar is 21, Grandpa Thomas is 65 and Happy birthday to Aunty Angela today! Yesterday was Rhys' FIRST birthday! He has a touch of the cold but otherwise is doing brilliantly. He has seven front teeth, is walking proudly in his first pair of shoes and getting ready to run. It's been a very busy year since Rhys has arrived. We had a very relaxing holiday in Finland last summer and recently made a brief visit over the Christmas holidays to England to visit family and catch up with a few friends in Portsmouth. Avalon is doing dance and loving it. While she dances Rhys is busy making friends with the slightly older dancers (5yrs). It's good fun for all even if I'm exhausted afterwards! ... read more

Birth weight was 2990 grams, just over six and a half pounds, but the wee fella is bulking up fast...... read more

... born on the morning of 10th March 2010, about ten minutes after we made it to hospital! Mother and baby doing fine!... read more

Greetings from Esther, Sean, Avalon and bump "Rice", What a year, eh? Here's looking forward to 2010 Hope you are keeping warm and dry or, better yet, catching some of the Sun's rays in some sunny tropical place on this globe. We are having, fingers crossed, our first white Christmas holiday (Just the three of us and bump) here in Leiden. No plans other than to play, write, read, sleep, and hopefully watch some movies at home. Will get to the movie house in the new year once we've arranged babysitting (Avatar is calling!). The pace of life has slowed quite a bit from our very busy filled days in Hitchin (UK). Although we do miss all our friends very much we are beginning to make new ones here in the Netherlands. Avalon and I attend ... read more

And what a great day, it was such a beautiful day today, we began with breakfast then Sean set off to work with Cees for his first day. We got ready for our first outing headed to the super market in search of OJ as I mistakingly bought drinkable yogurt thinking it was orange juice... needless to say I was very surprised when I poured my first glass to discover milky looking liquid, that said it is quite tastey. I imagine so many instances like this happening in our near future. So off to the play park we went after dropping off the groceries at 'Leiden house'. Avalon wasn't impressed with the sad little park at the end of our road so we sought out the larger one. First, ding the nieghbours door to inquire of ... read more