Another Catch-up!

Another catch-up post I am afraid. Things have been busy in the Moore household. We've had more visitors from the Northern Hemisphere (I wonder whether it is cold over there at the moment) and a whole family from Wellington! Here are some of the highlights.

Jess and Dan from London came for a visit a couple of weekends ago (actually, that may be a few by now). It was great to catch up with them. Charles and Jess hit it off from the get-go!

We also thought that we should post some photos post-eating to show just what kind of a mess Charles is capable of producing with food. Remember, this is what happens when we feed him. Lord only knows what will happen when he graduates to feeding himself (though the rusk on the couch may give some clue).



It was great to have Jeff, Emellia and Charlotte from Wellington stay for a long weekend. Charlotte (4) did a wonderful job of auditing our house for baby and child friendliness. Turns out we have work to do (don't worry Emellia, hair grows back!).  As you can all see. she was very good with Charles.

Finally, a picture that just has to be posted! I wonder whether Charles will be into hunting.

Charles was Baptised yesterday. That will be the subject of a post in the next week (no, really, I do mean it).

Catch Up

It has been a while since our last post (apologies to our adoring fans), so here are a few photos to catch you all up on the last month.

One of the highlights was a visit by Kaspar and Tine from Denmark. Kaspar was an Exchange Student who lived with Sam's family for a year while Sam was in sixth form. He is the closest Sam got to a brother so it was a real treat to see him again. Both Kaspar and Tine seemed very taken with young Charles, so much so that we carefully kept a check of where he was when they were off to the airport!



Mum and Dad also had their first evening without Charles! Big Day Out (sorry, no photos) seemed a great opportunity to share with Aunty Suzie the joys of trying to get Charles to sleep (while we partied!). We spent weeks agonising as to whether it would be OK and whether we should sell our tickets as we were sure it was going to be a disaster. Well, as is always the way, Charles (or, more likely, Suzie and Chris) proved us completely and utterly wrong. If they are to be believed, he played nicely with their own brood, ate his dinner and went to bed rather easily. He could obviously sense the presence of experts.

Another highlight was the arrival of a highchair (where would we be without Suzie and Chris?). Charles loves it and it has made Andrea's day much easier now that he is gobbling down solids. As you can guess, the photo is before Mum has fed him!


Finally, WhanauMoore took their first flight together for Auckland's Anniversary Weekend. Charles seemed to enjoy the flight down to Wellington and made his usual impression on those who had not yet met him. We had a fantastic few days hanging out with Granny and Papa Charlie (I'm not allowed to call him Senior) and even took a road trip over to the Wairarapa to visit James and Lou (friends who have their own recent very well named arrival).