Birthday girl!

We celebrated Iris' first birthday on Saturday 17th June. We had a full house of family and friends and Iris was spoilt rotten with lovely toys and books. Special thanks go to our friend, Amanda, who made the wonderful mid-winter cake. Briana, Shirley and Hayley.
Emily and Frank.
Present time.
The amazing birthday cake.
Iris and Aunty Kate.

On holiday

We spent the first week of May staying in Whitianga and exploring the Coromadel Peninsula. Despite heavy rain warnings and flooding in parts of the peninsula, we enjoyed great weather and had a wonderful, relaxing time. Iris enjoyed the Driving Creek Railway, had a great time at Hot Water Beach and enjoyed playing in the sand at Lonely Bay, near Cooks Beach.

Lonely Bay, which we had completely to ourselves.

At Hot Water Beach.

On the train at the Driving Creek Railway.

Still on the train...

Shakespeare's Cliff, overlooking Cooks Beach.

On a walk to check out big kauri trees.

March/April 2006

We took Iris to the zoo for the first time in March. She loved the zebras and the giraffes, but slept through the lions and cheetahs! We also had a visit from Iris' great grandmother, Rana, in April. It was Rana's first visit to Wellington for many years so we enjoyed driving her around her old haunts around Miramar and Seatoun, as well as spending time at our place so she could get to know Iris.

Summer 2005/06 - visitors galore!

We had a great summer catching up with friends. Iris enjoyed making new friends and being the centre of attention! Sarah P., visiting from London, with Iris.
Struan, Thomas (contemplating the beer!), Lara and Billie.
Andrew, also over from London, and Iris check each other out.
Struan and Giles and way too much beer.
Sarah's cuzzie Emily and Iris.

Simon (Iris' friend Ella's dad) with Iris.
Iris and Finlay "sharing".
Still "sharing"!

Christmas 2005

Iris loved her first Christmas, which we spent at our place with her grandparents. The wrapping paper was the best bit, although she loves her Buzzy Bee and the koala, which was almost as big as her!

With dad.
Off to the beach to walk off that huge Christmas dinner!
Checking out the loot.
Wrapping paper!

October - December 2005

Lunch at One Red Dog with Caroline, a friend from London.













6 month weigh-in at Plunket, December 20th 2005.

With Libby, November 2005.

Bath-time, September 2005.

Welcome

We set this blog up way back in January as a way of sharing photos with family and friends in distant corners of the globe. We've been a bit slack at actually (a) telling people it exists and (b) posting photos! We're now in a position to spend a bit more time on this and intend to post photos on a regular basis. We'll load a selection of photos from the last year, starting with Iris Clare Campbell's entry into the world on 20 June 2006. We'd love to hear from you - you can either post comments at the end of blog entries or just email us on pickled74@yahoo.com!

26/09/05 - With Aunty Kate at the Aro Street Cafe. 25/09/05 - Iris and Grandad.
20/06/05 - 1 day old!