Munich

These photos are bit mixed up as I have combined all munich photos - we actually spent time in munich between venice, paris, wedding, etc. rather than in one lot.

Getting picked up at Munich airport by Wad wad oma and Angelika.

One of few days in Germany when it was hot enough to get into the pool. The one of Josh with Nicole and Tobias was while Beck and I were in Venice.

Mum (oma) and Hirzing Opa dropped Josh off in Munich after they had him for the time that Beck and I were in Paris. Another nice warm day and perfect for a BBQ.

Josh went for swim in the big pool too - wasn't entirely sure to start with but then loved it.

Our 'last lunch'! :-) Wad wad oma and opa invited us out for lunch - was a nice restaurant and of course the food was too good to not eat all of it! (Had that problem a lot actually!!)

Hong Kong

We had a stop over (1 night) in Hong Kong and as we arrived early morning and didn't fly out till late the next night we had almost 2 full days to have a look around. Again some of the photos are from the stopover on the way home as I have bundled all the photos into this one update as I have done for Munich.

Josh at the airport in Hong Kong after his first long (11 hour) flight at 6am ish. He did really well though not surprisingly needed a little sleep as soon as we got into our room at the Hotel. Beck joined him! After that (mid morning) we packed our little bag and went exploring Hong Kong for the day - it was really hot and humid but Josh just walked an walked - again we were so impressed with him! :-)

After spending the first day exploring Hong Kong city the following day we headed up to Nong Ping on the cable car:

The first time (of many while we were on holiday!) he fell asleep on my shoulder - he slept for a good 30-45 minutes. Since we had decided not to take the pram with us on holiday, we were so pleased he went to sleep pretty easy on my shoulder.

The following photos are of the second stop over on the way back - much shorter stay as we arrived evening and flew out the next afternoon.

Josh on the plane in his carseat - worked a treat. Shame Lufthansa didn't let us take it on the Hong Kong - Munich flight (which happened to be the longest flight of them all) and we had to check it in as baggage.

Europe trip

We travelled to Europe again for just over a month and will be adding some photos and text here soon. Was Josh's first trip and travelled really well - but then what else should we have expected from him! :-)

Most of our time was spent in Germany though we (Beck and I) did spend a few days in Venice and a few days in Paris.

Weekend visit - Nanna and Pots

Spent a night in Taupo at Nanna and Pots new home. We enjoyed it and were glad we went down this weekend even though we'll be there again in a couple weeks time anyway for Nannas birthday party.

Weather wasn't that great but we did manage to go for a walk on saturday to check out their new place and to feed the Alpacas and the sheep. Sunday it rained and was windy and we only managed a quick walk to the shed and the cottage and to feed the chicken before we had to retreat back into house.

Easter 2009

We had easter at home this year rather than at Oma and Opas. Donna and Rex are moving house and so I helped them out on saturday. Then Easter Sunday Lisa and Rich came round for coffee and cake and a catch up which was nice. Beck, Josh and I had a nice lunch (mmm Pizza :-) ) and then the easter bunny dropped some eggs outside which josh found. The easter bunny obviously wasn't sure whether Josh would really go looking for the chocolates and so they weren't hidden that well - as it turned out they were far too easy and not enough!! :-) Hopefully he'll hide them better next time and more of them too!



And of course one was on the car - the easter bunny does that every year!!





Look mum what I found!! :-)

Josh turns 2!

We had a party over the weekend to celebrate Josh's birthday. As always he got spoilt with all the presents he got and his great grandma bought him a really cool birthday cake. Today is his actual birthday and so after work we're going to McDonlads with the grandparents (excl Oma and Opa as they're not in Auckland) for his 'birthday dinner'. :-) The grandparents idea not ours!! :-)

Below are some photos from the party over the weekend:

His cool cake complete with house in the hay/straw! :-)

And poor daniel had to suffer the effects of the sugar overload Josh had! (josh was farting in his face)