Sunday, February 25, 2007

Kaileys Christening and other stuff...





On the 18th February, we had Kailey's christening at a church near us. It was a lovely ceremony. Our friends joined us and besides for the special occasion, it was a wonderful excuse to hang out with everyone on a Sunday afternoon. After the church service everyone came back to our house and we got to celebrate with champagne (cider for me) and other nibbles.
Things have been going well, I still cannot believe where the days go. There is so much to do with Deric leaving in a few weeks and us leaving soon after that. We are now working on Kailey's visa to be in South Africa! Why she needs one I have no idea, its not like she is going to work there.
This next weekend we go visit Deric's sister and niece in Virginia - Kailey's first time out of North Carolina. We are going to show Mom Washington DC, and show our baby off to Dawn and Lexy.
Kailey is now 4 weeks old, has gained 2 pounds and weighs in at 10 pounds now. She is at 3 hours between meals and we are pushing 4 hours at night (I never thought I would be so grateful for 4 hours sleep before. Imagine having 8.... ohhh the thought is just too exciting to even entertain)
She is so much more alert, and is looking at everything. She is such a calm baby, only cry's when there is something to cry about. We are blessed!
Last night we had such a great evening - we had our neighbour's Stephanie and her 3 kids over as well as Oriana and her son for dinner. We made a fire pit, sent the kids out in the forest (our back yard) to get fire wood. After dinner toasted marshmallows and hung out in the cold, all wrapped up around the fire. It was just what we all needed and such fun.
As for this next week ahead, I have a long to do list and have given in to the fact that if I get a 3rd of it done it will be a good week. How life has slowed down! I realized I moved to London 5 years ago today!


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I can't believe she's already 10 pounds! Girl - what are you feeding her!? :-)

We definitely need to see you this week - even if only for a few minutes. I must get you that stuff before you go to DC. You better not leave the states before I get back! I'll be soooooo sad. I know, that's not going to change your plans, but I can whine about it, right? :-)

Sarah Jarvis said...

Joanne, you look fantastic! You too Daddy Deric. And little Kailey is adorable. Any chance you'll swing through London on the way to your parents' house??? Try not to do too much!

TW said...

Congratulations on the Christening. Jo- how long will you be out of the US for? That will be nice to see your family and show of Kailey. We may be heading to NC on a more permanent basis soon. We will have to catch up.

Anonymous said...

I wish I could've made it to the christening! I lost my phone, so I haven't called...i have been without your number! I will get it from Or and come visit soon :) I have videos to return to you..which might just be an excuse to say hi! I hope you are doing well!