Our Life Down Under

We got a letter today saying that we have been accepted to the Mater Mothers Hospital in Brisbane.

I has a very good reputation, a lot better than the other two options we had. It’s apparently hard to get into (especially at this late stage), people will request to go there very early on in their pregnancy normally. So we feel pretty lucky and relieved.

Val has her first appointmant there on the 12th of September.

Just off to pickup Edel and Breda-Ann, as they are moving in with us tonight.

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Paula came up from Sydney for the weekend and we drove up to a place called Montville for the day on Sunday.

Edel had been to Montville a couple of weeks ago and said it was a nice place to visit, so we drove the 1.5 hours north with Paula and had a look around. Lots of nice little shops and cafes, including the Connemara Cottage shop.

A few new pictures up on Flickr including Ella getting a new doll that Paula was nice enough to buy her.

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Well some of you may know, but for those of you that don’t – it looks like we are moving to Queensland.

We have got a bit sick of how expensive Bondi is over the last year or so. We can get a 4 bedroom house in Queensland for the same price as our 2 bedroom unit in Bondi.

So with our expanding family it seems to make sense.

This afternoon we are flying up to stay with our friends, the Macaulys, for a long weekend. I have 2 job interviews lined up and hope to organise more when we are there. We also have some houses to look at too.

So its going to be a busy weekend. But we hope to keep you posted with a website update everyday while we are away. So check back regularly over the next 5 days to find out what’s going on.

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Edel arrived last night to much excitement. Breda-Ann nearly knocked her over at the airport as she appeared through the gate.

She has come with her friend Joanna from France and they seem to be dealing with the jet-lag pretty well.

They have gone out for a drink tonight and left us old folks at home. I expect a few sore heads tomorrow.

Ella is very excited to have her Auntie Dee here, so excited in-fact that she took about 5 steps today all by herself! More news and maybe a video about that tomorrow.

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Val sent me an email this morning with some pictures of Ella. You can really see her tooth coming through now. You can see the pictures at the usual place here.

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