Long time no blog....

It has been a long time since I last posted here, but here is an update:

Lola is now 4 going onto 14 years old.  She is very talkative and smart - knows things about the iPad that even Maria doesn't know what to do.

She's been going to Kindergarten for a year now and is enjoying it very much.

The 'Sleep-out' is complete, we moved in December 2012 - just before Christmas. Things are coming along nicely.

Finally Some Progress

After allot of red tape and fees we have finally broken ground. We now have 6 pegs in the ground - 2 blue and 4 red lol

Drainage has been laid and now it looks like things are on the way - they say it's going to take 10 weeks to get it up, but we'll see ;)

STILL WAITING TO BREAK GROUND

After months of cutting through red tape we've finally got the go ahead with the sleepout. A loan has been approved.

Instead of building a two-bedroom house and a garage, we have to build a two-bedroom sleepout (no oven). All thanks to Transpower - "We (Maria and I) can't build under their powerlines, but it is OK for them (Transpower) to have lines over anybody's property!!!" GO FIGURE!!!!!

Anyway, hopefully we will be breaking ground in a month......

The Miracle Of Birth

I witnessed the most amazing thing today as Maria was giving birth to our baby girl - little Lola Ana-Maria Togiaono-Lum. Born on 13/01/2010 at 2:16pm weighing in at 7lbs 7oz. It was a quick delivery as baby Lola was almost out before Maria was at the bed - not even 5mins before Maria got out of the wheelchair and onto the bed!!!

TODAY IS THE DAY

Got a phonecall this morning after work from Maria saying the contractions had begun..... We will be welcoming baby Lola Ana-Maria Lum anytime soon :-)

A LITTLE SCARE - BUT ALL IS WELL

We went to the anti-natal appointment on Monday and the midwife measured Maria as 32inches. Now, being 36 weeks the mid wife ordered a scan. I thought the measurement was wrong and after the scan I was right. Baby is fine :)

We also got the ball rolling with the sleepout. Maria and I are now proud owners of a mortgage ;)

The new JAL

Things are moving along. Maria and baby are doing well. We managed to get finance for the 'sleepout' - now its just going through all the red tape with lawyers etc

We also got a new car. The 'family friendly' JAL is a 2001 Suzuki Aerio 5-door hatchback. Think we managed to get a good deal - traded Julieana's white '86 Corolla in and got them to transfer the sound system from that car into the Suzuki ;)

What's with people these days???

This is totally off the topic of baby, but it has to be said....

I come home the other day to find my letterbox looking like this....

Seriously, what the f*#k is wrong with people!!!!!!

UPDATE

Well, we talked to Duncan (www.versatile.co.nz) and decided to build a two-bedroom "sleepout" on the back of Maria's parents property. Now we have to convince the bank manager to lend us some money.......

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

Maria went for her 20 week untrasound scan yesterday and I was with her. Baby is doing well and we found out what the sex of the baby is - we're having a baby girl :) Now I gotta put a deposit on a shotgun to keep the boys away lol