Apr 04 2009

Park By The Pub With A Crazy Golf Course

Category: Anna's Photos,PersonalChrisM @ 9:02 pm

4th April – I’ll try and remember to update this post’s title when I discover the real name for the park in Swansea. I think I tweeted from there, and possibly originally included a snapshot from my phone and the GPS location. Anyway, Irina and I originally visited this area (Sketty Lane? Rd?) a few years ago, and wanted to take Anna there before we left for Kazakhstan. You can’t quite walk right around the little pond there unless the sun has dried out the muddy patches, but Gwen enjoyed the trip, and we popped over the road to see the beach before we left. Which reminds me, if anyone found our cute little baby toy, that can be suspended from a pram’s handle, in the area, let me know πŸ™

It looks as though there weren’t any photos taken on Irina’s camera for another three weeks. I’m guessing Anna’s immunizations, drop in clinics, my and John’s 30th and 60th birthdays, preparations for moving to Kazakhstan and other assorted distractions kept us from taking many shots. Or I just forgot to copy them over from the memory card. Anyway, one more post to go before I’ve emptied the hard drive of Anna Photos. This batch of posts were originally written around 16th/17th May, and scheduled for publishing over a week or so, to ensure people had a chance to see the pictures before they dropped off the bottom of the first page, and also as a rather blatant attempt to encourage people to become regular visitors here πŸ™‚

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Mar 21 2009

Marilyn Visits To See One Month Old Anna

Category: Anna's Photos,Friends,PersonalChrisM @ 7:44 pm

Here we have Marilyn’s first visit to see Anna back in Clydach, on the 21st March – Anna’s one month (as opposed to four week) birthday! Which reminds me, I forgot to include the date on the last Gwen and Tummy Time post – it was a couple of days previous to these photos, so around the 19th of March. You can see Gwen in a pictures here, in one of her favourite positions, dozing next to an adult holding Anna, with Anna’s feet resting on her back πŸ™‚

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Mar 21 2009

Happy One Month Birthday Anna

Category: PersonalChrisM @ 11:04 am

Four weeks ago today, Anna came into this world. The last month has been full of new experiences, tears of frustration and a lot of filled nappies. Hopefully it has been an interesting time for Anna as well πŸ™‚

Happy One Month Birthday Anna

Today, if all goes to plan, we should have Marilyn & ChrisB, Claire and her fiancΓ©, Aunty Jean and Uncle Pete, and Seb all arriving. We’re looking forward to seeing them all, and for most it will be the first time they will see Anna. Last night she managed four hours between feeds, and we’re just hoping this is a pattern that will continue πŸ™‚

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Mar 19 2009

Backyard & Playmat

Category: Anna's Photos,PersonalChrisM @ 4:19 am

Just a couple of days shy from her one month birthday, here we have all three of us sat in the backyard in Clydach (Gwen soon saunters into shot, but Anna isn’t so clear in that one)

Ira Anna Chris Backyard Clydach

Ira Anna Chris Backyard Clydach

Now six and half weeks old (at least in this photo πŸ™‚ ), we have Anna chilling out on her playmat.

Anna Smiling On Her Playmat

Anna Smiling On Her Playmat

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Mar 16 2009

Amsterdam 2008 Photos #9

Category: Amsterdam,Personal,PicturesChrisM @ 8:07 pm

For anyone new to the blog, this post is a continuation of photos taken in Amsterdam around my birthday in 2008. Irina booked a holiday there, and came with me again πŸ™‚

Anyway, following the boat ride, we decided to try out one form of the cycle-powered taxi services available, to take us towards Vondel Park, and specifically the Blue Teahouse (Blauwe Theehuis ??? need to go and double check the spelling). As we zoomed along (I felt sorry for the man powering the machine when we had to stop and then start again at traffic lights on the occasional incline you’ll find, with my bulk on his machine), Ira spotted a most unusual modified bicycle, and we asked the owner if he could slow down for half a minute to enable us to grab a quick photo. In other cities, perhaps my Britishness would have prevent me from attempting such an intrusion in another person’s life, but this was Amsterdam, and I don’t think you ride something like this if you particularly want to be incognito πŸ™‚

Amsterdam Holland Chris Merriman Irina

This was, I assume, some sort of bandstand in Vondelpark, and if you want to see more pictures, and are viewing this from the front page, you’ll need to click the link just below this photo πŸ™‚
Amsterdam Holland Chris Merriman Irina
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Feb 27 2009

Amsterdam 2008 Photos #6

Category: Amsterdam,Personal,PicturesChrisM @ 3:53 pm

In an attempt to not scare off my readers who don’t particularly want to see baby posts all the time, I’ll try to continue the posts from before. Here we are back in Amsterdam 2008 again, when Ira and I went over for my birthday. This is the first boat trip we went on with the not for profit St Nicholas boat club organization. We later went on an evening tour, to get a feel for the city from the waterways whilst it was dark.
We had a great captain who took us around, and unlike the large plexiglass covered tourist boats, we were able to fit into much narrower canals, take a peek in areas not normally toured around and even… well, you’ll just have to wait until the next post for information on where we went that had us hitting the deck!

Amsterdam Holland Chris Merriman Irina

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Feb 17 2009

Amsterdam 2008 Photos #5

Category: Amsterdam,Personal,PicturesChrisM @ 2:22 pm

OK, so with these photos, it is still April 20 2008, we have arrived in Amsterdam (finally, after connecting flight problems from Kazakhstan the day before), we’ve met some very nice people (fellow Amsterdam forum members) who helped chill me out the day before, and even grouped together to get me a birthday present (I’ll give you one guess πŸ˜‰ ), found our apartment, been for a walk, and it is now 4.20pm on 4/20 (US date style) , and we’re heading to the 420 cafe to meet up with fellow forum members.
Amsterdam Holland Chris Merriman Irina
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Feb 16 2009

Happy Birthday Inessa

Category: FriendsChrisM @ 1:36 am

Unless it was yesterday, in which case, our humble apologies. Our phones, computers and notes disagree if it is Monday or Sunday.
Whichever day it is, we hope you have a great one filled with fun times, surrounded by those you love.
Happy Birthday Inessa

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Feb 13 2009

Amsterdam 2008 Photos #4

Category: Amsterdam,Personal,PicturesChrisM @ 9:29 pm

I am trying to post these in something resembling logical batches, so here we have what happened after we arrived. Having been given a birthday present at the airport, I managed to resist the urge to roll something immediately and took a few shots of the flat (see previous post) before it got too messed up.
Amsterdam Holland Chris Merriman Irina
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Feb 11 2009

Amsterdam 2008 Photos #2

Category: Amsterdam,Personal,PicturesChrisM @ 1:25 am

Here we have landed a day late in Amsterdam, and met a couple of fellow forum visitors. Birthday presents were given, and this day seemed to be going a lot better than the day before, and it wasn’t even midday yet! We hopped on a tram to the general area of the apartment, and used GPS for the last few minutes walk. The last shot was how the rest of the world looked once we had arrived inside the flat and met the nice man Paul.
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