Chloe's Friends

Luke, Emma's son from Coffeegroup
















Alyssa, Sarah's daughter from Equippers
















Zane, Krystal's son from Life Women

















Bear, from home

Mom hot

kim and i have the shared experience that whenever our mums generously serve us a hot drink the temperature of the drink is invariably super-heated to approximately 300 degrees C. we now commonly refer to 300 degrees C as one degree 'mom hot'. for example, the temperature of the sun is estimated to be 6000 C. if someone were to ask us,'how hot is the sun?', we'd say, 'it's about 20 mom hot'. in a flash of brilliance, kim discovered the origin of mom hot just the other day! (science is fun, see?). it just so happens that our kettle warms water to about 1-1.5 mom hot. i delivered kim a 1.0 mom hot tea the other day and she became preoccupied w/ a need chloe had. by the time chloe was taken care of, kim sipped her drink and it was just right! (which is 0.297 mom hot) she then realized that a warm drink must initially be at least 1.0 mom hot for a mum to enjoy a warm drink due to the distraction of her child/children. voila.

Daddy's Favorite Outfit

Mike just loves Chloe in her little pajamas. She's such a little snugbug! As she is approaching 3 months old and 14 lbs, we think this may have been her last time to wear it! It is interesting how you have to briefly mourn one stage, but have the excitement of the present stage to delight in, not to mention the ones to look forward to! Thought I would note some of the landmarks she's reaching...pretty much all on or ahead of schedule. Easy to see that her weight is up in the 75th percentile. She is now able to roll from her tummy to her back some of the time (that's probably her coolest trick). She smiles a lot, laughs, and coos. Chloe will squeel in delight, like when we sing Winnie the Pooh and substitute her name: Chloe the Pooh or give her a little tickle and baby talk with her. She has had a few goodnight's sleep here lately....making it from 10:30pm to 2 or 3am and then going until 9am one morning, but more likely to 6am, then 9am. Its been nice. She does have some time in the evening when she's fussy (or grizzly as the kiwi's say) from about 7pm until 10pm. Pretty much she just doesn't want to go to bed until we go to bed....hmmm, doesn't want to miss out on anything. We're just lovin' her to pieces! She's such a gift! 

Fireworks From a Mile Away

We were impressed with the Christmas in the Park fireworks. Seeing how spectacular they were from our balcony, we imagined what they'd be like from inside the Domain. I wonder where New Zealand gets their fireworks? We somehow don't seem to have any quite this striking in the states!


 

Christmas in the Park

What started out as a sunny day with clouds only threatening to dampen things, soon became a downpour! But, this was followed by resumed sunshine. Chloe definitely had the dryest seat in the house with her pram covered with a rain guard! We met up with Mirko & Krystal, Corinne & Markus, & Pablo's daughter, Rene, for an evening of carols. We did head home about half time and watched the fireworks above from our balcony!


 

Native American Name

Chloe's is: "She who fights sleep!". She's actually gettin pretty good at taking her naps, but from 7pm to midnight, she's begun declining her bedtime, though clearly she is tired. So, the sling has come in handy. It often lules her to sleep and keeps my hands free for things like wrapping Christmas presents! 

Bethel's Beach

Headed out to the West Coast with the swiss (Markus & Corinne) as they're having their last days in New Zealand. It was pouring rain when we first arrived, but shortly turned into a gorgeous day, as often occurs here in New Zealand. We stopped at a cafe after leaving the beach and Chloe enjoyed the sunlight over looking a duck pond on their balcony.


 

The Precious

She doesn't really like hats yet, but she's starting to accept them.
 

The Pig-n-Whistle

We've only been to Rotorua twice, but we've found a favorite restaurant: The Pig-n-Whistle. It's known for its Fish-n-Chips and Mike has become a connoseuire. These shots are our perspective of Chloe and her perspective of us!