Bird Family

Before Mum left we took some family photos....or shall i say attempted to take some photos, not easy with 3 kids. So heres Mummy and Daddy Bird with their chicks......

The name....

A few people have asked about Markus' name, so i thought I'd post the link to Mike's blog announcement of his birth which will give you the details. From the very beginning we had decided that Mike would name a boy and I'd name a girl. Have a read of Mike's announcement titled "The fruit of my Loins"

Igloo anyone??

Over the past week we have had quite a bit of snow, at first it is great fun. But then it just become annoying, the road turn to slush, pathways get icy, and there is lots of wet cloth hanging around the house from children playing in the snow.
Lexy decided that she would make the most of it and make an igloo. Using a washing up tub she has gathered snow from around the garden, the hours of entertainment have been great as the girls have been on a mid term break. We are still only half way there, the girls are hoping that the snow doesn't melt till they're done building.

Watch out for the snow balls!!!!!

the apple blossom tree that I look at from my kitchen window. Isn't it just beautiful?

Early Birthday

Because Alyssa hasn't been able to share her birthday with my family we decided to celebrate her birthday 2 weeks early with Nana, Auntie Court and Uncle Zi. So Sunday the 8th became her birthday for 2009. We had presents and cake, it such a joy to see her little face light up at the excitement of being 4.

Her favourite gift is a toss up between her new scooter and her "electric" guitar.

Happy Birthday My precious Princess

Markus Xavier Bird

Markus Xavier Bird

Welcome to the world little man.....

We feel very blessed to have a little man in our family. We thank you all for you prays and blessings over the past few months. And look forward to you all meeting Markus.

With Love the Bird!!!!

He is Here!!!!! Finally!!!

Well it is with great joy that we announce that Baby Bird has hatched!!

Markus Xavier Bird

8 lbs 14 ounces

Born at 0640 on 24 Jan 2009

Mum and Baby are both recovering in Hospital.

Still Here

For those of you out there wondering what has happening on the baby front......well still no baby. i think that God teaching me a lot of patience's and contentment. At this stage at 4 days late I'm just taking each day as it comes. I'll keep you all up to date. All my family here are putting bets on.

I look forward to showing off my little boy to you very VERY soon.

Mike on radio

This past Monday Mike went to London (yes only one week before I was due) to do a radio and TV interview Premier Christian Media. The first of 2 radio interviews was aired today 17th Jan. He debates James Crossley, the co-author of his latest book, "How did Christianity begin? A believer and non-believer examine the Evidence" -check out amazon for more about the book.

Here is the Link. The debate doesn't start till about 14min in so fast forward or listen into feed back on the last program. You may need to scroll down to the archive at the bottom.......Enjoy!!!

Lexy performing in the National Youth choir of Scotland.

Sorry the photo quality is poor......On the 2nd of Dec after only 8weeks as a choir they performed for the mums and dads. They did as amazing job too.

Lyssa playing football....aka soccer.... at Nursery

I'm going to post a heap of photo for you all to enjoy, I don't seem have time to post otherwise.

Baby Shower List

Update...So there was no baby shower because I at 38wk could not make a decision, but we hope to do a shower once the baby is born. Just as well to cause Eleanor fell on Saturday and twisted her ankle...I'm praying for you my friend. I'll Keep you posted about the baby shower.
Luv Naomi
Well I know I haven't posted in a while, and my regular visitors don't get to excited. My friend Eleanor is throwing me a baby shower - Thank you dearly my friend - and thought that the easiest way to let people know what we need for our new little man was to post a list here. So here we go..

• Moses basket sheets and blankets
• Baby blankets for swaddling - most of mine are pink.
• Little socks, mitten's and hats
• Baby bath (I now have one)
• Baby Monitor
• Bouncing chair -here is an example
• Play mat
• Little boy clothes from newborn + ( I have about 15 outfits in total) (have been given some great hand-me-downs)
• Nappies, nappy sacks & wipes
• rain cover for baby car seat
• Baby creams and bath - prefer natural products
• Nappy bucket/pail
• Breast feeding pillow
• baby bibs
• muslins

Remember that this only a guide and Please don't feel that you have get me anything, i just want to able to share this special time with my friends. I look forward to seeing you on Saturday if I'm still here...LOL

Love Naomi

More Prayer Please

I've just been on the phone to Mike who is currently in Raigmore Hospital, having over night being diagnosed with viral meningitis. Thankfully it is not bacterial as this is the bad one to get. He is experiencing bad headaches and fevers with a rash. If all goes well he will be discharged this afternoon, with bed rest for up to 2 weeks, he may be fine in a couple of days. Please pray for Mike in his recovery and for the rest of us.... it has been a really hard 24hrs.

Please Pray - updated-

I've just come back from spending a couple of hours in A&E, I've got a bad pain through my right leg, and with my strong family history of DVT I headed to the hospital to get check. At this stage they haven't ruled out a clot, so tomorrow I'm back to the hospital for an ultra-sound. And to just to top things off Alyssa is just getting over tonsillitis and then vomiting. And Lexy seems to be coming down with tonsillitis.

So we covet your prayers, that we get over all our sickness and illness quickly.

Praise the Lord I have been given the all clear. I spent an hour at the hospital yesterday having my leg scanned. They were unable to see anything in my veins - apart from blood, but they can not explain the pain I'm having. Lexy didn't develop tonsillitis - thank you Lord and Alyssa is back to her bouncy self. Thank you all from your prayers.

I Surrender All.

At church tonight we sang a song that I grew up on and hadn't sung is such a long time. While singing tonight it moved me to my core....

Yes Lord, I surrender all!!!

we have moved

Well it seems hard to believe that we have been in our new house for a week. It has been a good week and I'm exhausted and would now like to have a week for myself. We have that basic unpacked and just getting into the routine of been here. We love this house. Well I must run I'm on tea and coffee at church tonight. I'll post some pics soon.

Moving Day............again

Well the day finally upon us. In the next hour friends will be arriving to help to get thing on the move. Mike and I went to the new House yesterday to sign the lease and get the key and I so forgot how much I just love that house it's quiet and large yet still homely. Sitting in the Lounge is a joy for the views. I'm looking forward to some stability, what is good is we know the house we have lived in it before and I feel like I'm going home.

For those who are local just to let you know we will be without a phone for a week and then with a temp phone number for another week. IF you need to contact us call our Mobil, leave a comment on the blog or email me on mnaabird at yahoo dot com dot au. and I'll get back to you. Well I must run we have lots to do today.. or should I say Mike has lots to do as I can only direct boxes, there sure are benefits to being preg and moving house. Hope to update soon with a few pics of our new house. Love to you my friends.

A First

Well today I did something that I haven't done in about 4yrs. Any guesses??

Well I went swimming OUTSIDE. Since being in Scotland I have been swimming but never outside. It very rarely gets warm enough outside. But today we took the kids to the aquadome in Inverness and they have a small out door area for swimming that was open for the day as the weather was great today. Boy it made me miss how much I miss swimming in Summer. We only get about 2 week of decent weather. Anyway we had a great day, the kids had fun.

12 weeks

Well we are 12 wks... it seems so hard to believe that this time has gone so fast.  Official due date is 20th January 2009. It was great having the scan see for real our little one. Seeing the heart beat and leg and arms moving. 

I am now starting to come out of that cloud that has been over me for the past few months, things can only look up from here..

---I've been trying to upload my scan photo and blogger and my scanner won't co-operate so I'll try again tomorrow----

Photos

I got in trouble the other day for not putting up any photos, because photos are so much more fun so your wish is my command.  Theses are just from the past week. 

Edinburgh Castle isn't it lovely

Andrew so kindly took to kids on the row boat at Dingwall Park.

Thanks for taking the kids Andrews!!!

I'm still here

I know that I've not been around much over the past few weeks. But morning sickness hasn't been that loving to me, you so forget because a swear I'm not doing this again. I'm now heading toward the 12 wk mark which I'm hoping will mean some more energy and less sickness. Things have been so full on here with school finishing off and heading into the summer. We have had sports days, Assemblies, toddler breakups, dinners and lots more. I was so glad to see the end of Friday. But then we spent the weekend in Edinburgh. So yesterday was meant to be my relax day but I had to spend the day cleaning for a house viewing. So today is the true start of the summer for me. 

Other news is that we have got a house to go to, we are moving on the 1 Aug. I've really struggled to continually have the house ready for viewings with morning sickness. And with the baby on the way I want to get settled, I don't want to be moving at 7.5 mths pregnant. 

I'll try and get some photos posted from the past month soon..... they are so much more fun that writing. 

Blessings to you all my friends