May 25 2009

Birthday Meal With Dad And Nick

Category: Personal,Pictures — ChrisM @ 9:19 pm

Again, I think I may have used PockeTwit to provide a quick update at the time (25th April), but here are the proper photos. Dad and Nick came over for a meal to celebrate my 30th birthday. Whilst living in Clydach, any time I drove into Swansea, I’d pass a restaurant that looked interesting. TBH, anywhere that sells New York Italian food is likely to get a thumbs up from me, and whilst not exactly a dinner jacket required sort of establishment, the food was delicious. Anna behaved very well, and the next time we’re back in Wales, I’ll gladly be heading over to Frankie & Benny’s.

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May 13 2009

Last Clydach Photos Until Xmas

Category: Anna's Photos,Personal — ChrisM @ 1:28 am

Taken the evening before we left (13th May again), here we have John, Gwen, Mum and Anna enjoying a cuddle on the sofa.

Anna Looking At Gwen, Looking At John, And Mum

Anna Looking At Gwen, Looking At John, And Mum

Mum Anna and Gwen

Mum Anna and Gwen

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May 10 2009

Last Few Days…

Category: Anna's Photos,Personal — ChrisM @ 12:59 am

of British photos, before we move onto the catching up of non-Twitter photos taken here in Kazakhstan. If I don’t complete those tomorrow (possible as we are popping to the doctors), I’ll take my hard drive over to the in-laws this weekend and try to complete uploading and at least drafting the posts there.
This was taken on the 10th May, and looking back at how small Anna is, it seems impossible this was only 2 months ago!

Mum and Anna in the backyard (Clydach)

Mum and Anna in the backyard (Clydach)

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May 09 2009

Almost John’s 60th Birthday

Category: Pictures,Tweets — ChrisM @ 9:48 pm

Almost John’s 60th birthday – http://twitpic.com/4vihr

Mum John Conservatory Clydach

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May 01 2009

Photo of Anna and a Camera

Category: Anna's Photos,Personal — ChrisM @ 4:19 am

OK, I admit that isn’t the best post title I have ever come up with, but it was all I could think of.
Can you guess what the picture below will be of yet?
Shot at home in Clydach on the 1st of May, with Anna sitting up (just for a couple of minutes) on the sofa. I think this is the first photo from this batch of ‘found’ pictures, that is taking us beyond the last picture posted when we were back in Britain still.

Anna Chris Sofa Camera

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Apr 21 2009

Seb prepares to dangle http://…

Category: Friends,Pictures,Tweets — ChrisM @ 3:37 pm

Seb prepares to dangle http://twitpic.com/3pk8o

Seb Garage Clydach Monkeying Around

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Apr 21 2009

Too much aluminium in tea bags…

Category: Friends,Pictures,Tweets — ChrisM @ 12:32 am

Too much aluminium in tea bags… http://twitpic.com/3orw1

Seb AlexC Clydach Birthday

Seb AlexC Clydach Birthday

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Apr 12 2009

First Night Away

Category: Friends,Personal — ChrisM @ 10:36 pm

I returned from Cirencester today, having been at a party. My first evening and night without Anna’s noises in the background, nappies to change, and hugs to bed had was quite a strange experience. I couldn’t wait for her to wake up from her snooze when I got through the door.
ChrisD’s visit at the beginning of the week was all too brief, however it had been a long time since we had seen each other, so it was good to catch up, and synchronise video downloads etc. He finally has a driving license, and borrowed his Dad’s mini to drive down. I’m hoping we took a few shots, as it certainly stands out well!
Con is leaving for Thailand and Australia in nine days, so the party was partially to give a good send off; most of the night was a good experience, and it wasn’t until some guests refused to leave that things got aggravating. The cellar was used for the DJs & MCs to perform, whilst the kitchen, as ever it seems, had a solid core of people in it mostly. Once I’d grabbed some sleep, I set off for Clydach whilst there was still some light left in the day, and was pleasently surprised to find really light traffic on the roads. Which meant driving, at no more than 70mph obviously, was a breeze.
Anyway, enough of this catch up post for now, I’m off to find some more pictures to post of Anna…

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Mar 30 2009

Anna In Her Cot – March

Category: Anna's Videos,Personal — ChrisM @ 11:30 pm

Towards the end of March, with Anna being just over a month old, these videos was shot back in Clydach.

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Mar 26 2009

Anna Is Not Confused

Category: Anna's Photos,Personal — ChrisM @ 5:49 pm

This day (26th March) was quite a landmark for everyone around in Clydach at the time – Anna took her first ever bottle feed. Although Irina is still breastfeeding Anna, we wanted to make sure that if Irina ever had to go somewhere for a few hours without Anna, that feeding would not be a problem. Having expressed enough milk in advance, we put her in her favourite chair, introduced the bottle’s teat to Anna’s mouth, and that was all that was needed – she immediately sucked (suckled?) well, and finished the bottle in one sitting. Afterwards, she showed no sign of confusion about going back to the breast. Hopefully we’ll not need to actually use the bottle until she is weaned off the breast, but it is very reassuring to know that it shouldn’t be a problem if the need arises.

Anna Taking Her First Bottle Feed From Chris

Anna Taking Her First Bottle Feed From Chris

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