My creative side

I decided a few days ago to experiment with some black and white photos. I was very pleased with some of the shots. A few came out a little blurry but I kept them anyway because of Andrew's cute expressions.

More Pictures

It is amazing how many pictures we have taken of Andrew over the past week. He is just so precious that we can't help ourselves.



He sleeps most of the day. I often have to wake him up to eat because he won't wake up himself. We are still working on sleeping at night. At first he would sleep as long as we were holding him but would not sleep in his bed. Then he started sleeping in his bed fine. However tonight we are back to holding. In the second picture he is grabbing the handle on the moses basket.


We have been so blessed by our church during this time. We have been provided with wonderful meals and have had many visitors.

Pics of Andrew

We came home from the hospital on Thursday afternoon. I have to say that our hospital experience was great. The midwives that took care of us were wonderful.

These are pictures from our 2nd day in hospital.



On day 3, Andrew was sporting his OU outfit. Daddy was so proud. It is a little big at this point.


This was a moment I had to capture...Andrew helping Daddy with his reading.


On Friday we took Andrew for a walk. It was a beautiful, sunny day. He seemed to enjoy it.

Introducing . . .

Andrew Connor Maston

Born at 1:52 am on the 1st of April
Weighing 6 lbs 11 oz
No height measurement yet (this will be down when we leave the hospital)

Mom and baby are doing great. He slept all day, and mom slept a few hours. (Dad is doing well too.)


We will give more details when we return home.

No, this is not an April Fool's Day joke, although the thought did cross my mind.
Here are some friends at the hospital to prove it.

Baby Update

I have started my maternity leave and now have a few weeks to get things ready for baby. Since our second room is not repaired yet, we have not been able to organise a lot of the baby stuff. This past weekend, we moved a dresser from the second room into our room so I could put the baby's clothes and things away. Jason put together the stand for our moses basket so it is now ready. The bags are packed. Now I can relax and catch up on some reading. Here is a picture of the moses basket.


I read something really funny today. I was reading a pamphlet about immunizations. It says to call your doctor immediately if your child 1) has a high temperature or 2) has a fit. I thought "Has a fit?" Why would I call the doctor for that? Then I realized that "fit" must have a different meaning here than "tantrum." Here it refers to a seizure. I got a good laugh out of that.

Here are a few pictures of the "bump". The first two are 35 weeks and the next is 37 weeks.

Snow, Snow, and more Snow

It started snowing last Friday and continued until Tuesday afternoon. The funny thing was, though it snowed for 5 days, we only accumulated about an inch. It just wasn't cold enough to stick. It would snow for a while, then the sun would come out, and then it would snow some more. We may get more tonight and tomorrow. No Spring weather yet for us!


Here is a picture of the building our flat is in. The last time I posted it wouldn't let me add this one. It is an old church building.

New Flat

We moved into our new flat Friday night. It was a relatively easy move since we didn't have much furniture and it is only .3 miles from our other place. Our new flat is decorated very nice. The kitchen is much bigger than our other one. The master bedroom is also much bigger. In the other flat, one side of the bed was against the wall. It is really nice to be able to walk on both sides of the bed. We also have more closet space. The first three pictures are of the lounge and kitchen.



Here is the master bedroom and the bathroom.


This is the second bedroom. The leasing agency called us on Wednesday and told us that a pipe burst in the flat above us. Water came down through the ceiling and walls into our place. Part of the walls and carpet will need to be replaced. They will try to get this done as soon as possible, considering we have a baby coming in 5 weeks.


This next picture is very blurry, but let me explain. We have a pad, about 6 inches thick, that goes on top of our regular mattress. We didn't think we could get it in our friend's car. So Jason and another friend carried it to the new flat. I'm sure some people driving by got a good laugh.

New Pic

Ok, so the more I looked at the picture from the previous post, the more I disliked it. It makes me look huge! Jason says I'm just pregnant. But there are outfits that flatter the bump and those that don't. And that one didn't!

So here is a better pic. The red shirt will not be worn again.



We move into our new flat next weekend. It will be nice to get settled and finally get things ready for baby. Stay tuned for pics of the new place.