Barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen; week 24
Sandy Point, Cup weekend - week 26
Rufous makes it Coro... (a.k.a. Aussie Windsurfing Mecca)
Special harness attachment for 29 week preggas chicks
Coronation Beach, Geraldton, WA. 29 weeks
Pandora (+ Rufous) under the yellow sail in the middle, heading out at Coronation Beach, Geraldton, WA: 29 weeks pregnant
Gotta get my affairs in order... 30 weeks
Australia day - note cherry ripe slice. Week 30
With Julie, Sandy Point Beach, Vic - 33 weeks
Silhouette - 35 weeks
His future home...
From the birth classes...
Dad-to-be @ Sandy Point
Still riding to work @ 36 weeks
Sandy Point
Cape Liptrap 36 weeks
Cape Liptrap - 36 weeks
Sandy Point - 36 weeks
Thats one helluva "outtie"! 36 weeks
Cape Liptrap... 36 weeks
The "practice" bears
Last days/daze of work... 37 weeks
Never let it be said Rufous is nu-Australian
Thats it... last day of work - for now. (Note clean desk.) 38 weeks
End of North Rd sunset - 39 weeks
Elwood Sailing Club Web cam: AB (l) and Mistress P (r) 40 weeks
Elwood Beach - 40 weeks
On the big screen - Fed Square
Just after nearly being bitten by a brown snake!
Mistress P and Sue, mother-in-law
Mines bigger than yours - 41 weeks pregnant
Mike - 30 seconds old.
Mike was born now!
Mum meets Mike
They've been parent for 5 minutes and they think they know it all.. (nice hats)
Dad does the skin-to-skin - 1 hour old
Mike's first poo! (Its like tar!)
Happy Families... ~18 hours old
Mike Henry Watkins
Holding dads hand (or at least finger)
A couple of cuties
Proud dad
Who's a pretty boy?
Milk drunk... and a nice warm mum
Aunty Mish
Mike
She really did labour in that exact room... (for 20+ hours)
Heading home...
Home again to a new life
Sleep time
"Wheres the nipple?"
NZ "second mum" Katrina + Mike
Dad, Mike and Jim; The Watkins Boys. (+ ute)
"Better get used to being at the beach son". Sandringham
The feeding chair...
Hear no evil...
Let sleeping Mikes lie
Mum and Mike @ 3.5 weeks
First Shoes!
Mike and a bottle of RUFUS STONE shiraz - uncle Jim thought it apt
Mike's first Cleo centerfold shot
One month old..
5 weeks... and facing forward for the first time in the baby-bjorn
The best thing about _really_ soiling myself is that dad has to give me a bath in the laundry tub... hehehehe... (1 month)
Another photo... awwww come on! (5 weeks)
Getting changed in the back of the car at Rye in between dads windsurf sessions... (6 weeks)
5.5 weeks
Mum comes in from a sailing session at Rye, May 27 2007. Mike waits patiently on the beach (with dad)...
Tummy time! (6 weeks)
Its just you and me bee...
Lil mike at 7 weeks
Mike and mum have a sleep on the couch - 7 weeks
Dad gives the boy a feed of expressed milk. Boy thinks its great. 7 weeks
Mike 7 weeks
Mike starts to smile - 7.5 weeks (Note J-boat bib - surely a future sailor/cabin boy for grandma!)
At the inlet - Sandy Point - 8 weeks
Inlet with Dad... 8 weeks
Surf beach Sandy sunset - 8 weeks
Ashely (11 months), Kerryn, Mum, Mike - Sandy Point 8 weeks
Theres no better blanket than dads flannel shirt... 8 weeks
Off to watch mum (left) boogie board the Sandy surf. If we open our eyes that is. 8 weeks (Nice hat)
kick back time - 8 weeks Sandy Point
Inlet rainbow 8 weeks
Learning how to use the laptop at 8 weeks old. (Reading his own blog, we suspect.)
Getting changed by dad at dad's work. note bib! 2 months
Sleep time - 2 months
An avid reader already... 2 months
2 months
Sunset over lysterfield lake - 10 weeks
Battling the horseys... his first play... 10 weeks
11 weeks
The little Buddhist monk - 11 weeks
What you lookin' at? Week 12
Playing with the horsey mobile week 12
"Oi, this horseys a cat!" Week 12
Dazed and confused Week 12
With Nana at Aunty Jills... 3 months old
(L-R) Nana, Mike (13 weeks), Emma (11 weeks), Jill.
Mike - 13 weeks
Mike and buzzy bee... 13 weeks
Win (Mikes great grandmothers sister), Mike and dad; Portarlington, 15 July 2007. 3 months
Rubber ducky, you're the one...
Mike and Dad... 3 months
Mike 3 months - in his first rashie!
L-R Ashely, Pandora, Baden, Julie, Mike, Courtney. Ashleys first birthday. Mike 3 months
Mike's first visit to Qantas Club! 3.5 months
On the plane to Cairns. Mike 3.5 months
Swimming at The Boulders, near Babinda, Far North Queensland. Mike 3.5 months
Boulders Gorge - Mike 3.5 months
Mike 3.5 months
At the Cairns Night Markets. Mike 3.5 months
On the skyrail gondola on the way to Kuranda, Mike 3.5 months
Watch out for crocs!
Dad and Mike on Palm Cove beach. Mike 3.5 months
Pandora and Mike in Cairns. Mike 3.5 months.
Lunchtime! The Boulders, Babinda, FNQ. Mike, 3.5 months.
Happy families in the snow! Mike 3.75 months.
Mike and Mum. Mt Hotham. Mike 3.75 months
Mike 3.75 months
Mike @ snow 3.75 months
"What the hells is going on in this world??" Mike @ Hotham, 3.75 months
Mike and Dad on the steps of Wongungarra Ski Lodge, Mt Hotham, Aug 2007. Mike 16 weeks.
Who needs mum and dad??? Mike feeds himself (for a moment or two, before he drops it)... 17 weeks
Mike 17 weeks old
Don't tell them on facebook! Mike gets to "dine out" at the Ricketts Point cafe with mum and dad...
Mike helps dad bow out the candles on Dad's birthday cake - 17 weeks
L-R Rebecca (just a few weeks old), great aunty Jill and Mike. 17 weeks old.
Tummy Time! 18 weeks
Mmmm..... grass. (and which one of you bastards pegged me!) 18 weeks
A family that wears sunnies together... Mike 18 weeks
Uncle Dave meets Mike. 18 weeks
First fathers day!
Mmm... chocky milk (just like dad)
Flying with the birds - 20 weeks
Shadow puppets starring Mike - 20 weeks
I can feed myself now! 20 weeks
Tummy time becomes more like advanced Yoga. 21 weeks/5 months
My first ever solids meal - mashed pumpkin and sweet corn. 17/9/2007 Yummo!!
Raspberry blowing king - 21 weeks
Yeahh!! Tummy time - 21 weeks
With Grandad - 21 weeks.
On of his first solid feeds... 22 weeks
Copping a kip in the baby carrier.. 22 weeks
Sitting with style - 22 weeks
Mike learns to sit - kind of (using his arms for balance)! 22 weeks
Mmmm..... mush!
Mush @ 23 weeks
To sleep perchance... 23 weeks
Mmm.... green mush!!
24 weeks - Go Buffs! (Colorado Buffalo's shirt)
I can _almost_ do it! (Crawling that is) 24 weeks
Up we go!! 24 weeks, and attempting to crawl. Kinda!
Whose a pretty boy... 24 weeks
6 months old today!
Happy families... at 5:56am. Mike's 6 months old this day!
What, you dont want to kiss this mouth??? 6 months
Mike at 6 months
Mike the grog-monster! Responsible parenting 101. ~6 months
Mike and mum. ~6 mmonths old
Mike starts to sit - 6 months
Mike goes to the Herald-Sun tour to cheer on Baden Cooke! 6.5 months
Mike 6.5 months
Mike and Nana... 6.5 months
Sound asleep.... 6.5 months
"Yummm.... rice cake!" Mike 6.5 months
"Got any more food??!!" Mike 6.5 months
Mike and his "mobile" phone. 6.5 months
Riding a horse on Melbourne Cup Day 2007!
Mike and Pandora, Cup Weekend 2007
Mike and Mistress P at Sandy Point - Cup weekend 2007
Mike @ 6.5 months
Mike and Ashley "playing" at Sandy Point. Cup weekend 2007
Asleep at 7am... 6.5 months
Mike and his passport! All excited about his trip to NZ. 6.75 months
Away we go! 6.75 months
Five teeth!! 6.75 months
Playing in the backyard... 6.75 months
Eating his first corn on the cob (with dad!) 6.75 months
Grandma, Mike, Mistress P! New Zealand
Mike 7 months
Mum & Mike! 7 months. New Zealand
Mikes first windsurf!! Bucklands Beach, Auckland NZ Nov 2007. Mike: 7 months.
Great-granddad Jack, Tanya and Mike. Auckland, New Zealand, November 2007. Mike 7 months.
Mike eating brekky overlooking Bucklands Beach NZ (note windsurfer!) Mike:7 months,
Yoghurt - yummo!
Telephone books - Yummo!
Mike 7.5 months
Errr... it wasnt me - honest! Mike 7.5 months
Budding Meteorologist. 7.5 months
Ahhh... summer. And the flies... Catani gardens, 7.5 months
"look mum, 1 hand!" Mike starts pulling himself up. (And clearly a lowering of the base required.) 7.5 months
Mother group xmas party 7.75 months
Mother Group xmas party 7.75 months
Look at me.. i can stand up! 7.75 months
