As you can guess, it’s been a busy time with our little girl and our blog has been getting neglected.

Willow is now 4 months old (where did the time go?) and we are still in the shed with the house a long way off.  Never mind … we’re comfortable and Willow loves the shiny silver walls in the shed.

Our plans for the house are in with council but of course now we are thinking of changing them which will make the approval process take a lot longer.  The aim is to have a house by the time Willow is in Primary School.  It is a joke but could possibly become reality.

Rob has been working hard as usual, his business has really taken off, he’s a doting dad and somehow he still finds time to chop wood, mow and basically keep the place running.  Thanks Rob!!

Having somewhere in Adelaide to stay with midwife support if we need it and where friends can come and visit us has helped us a lot.

There might be a rude shock exchanging the 5 star Hilton accomodation and going back to our shed in the hills of country Clare, but the three of us will deal with it - we’ll have to!

At least technology has kept pace with our needs and I can use my mobile as a modem to access 3G broadband from our room at a reasonable rate. This allows me to keep in touch with the world and get some some work done in the quiet times.

Thanks to all the visitors that came and spent some time with us!

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Things are a bit hectic at the mo, so the photos aren’t jumping on the web as fast as they could.

Here are some photos from the first day at the Hilton Hotel in Adelaide, our pitstop on the way home from Ashford to Clare.

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You can probably tell that we are proud parents!

Here are a few pics of Willow and visitors to the hospital.

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The three of us are healthy and happy and are enjoying getting to know each other.

Here she is at 38 weeks, looking healthy and happy.

Maybe it is a little early, but the first baby fashion show was on tonight.

The reluctant model was a little shy, appearing to turn away from the bright flashing lights.

We’ll see in a few weeks time…

So far I’ve had two days off and have managed to catch up on some sleep and get a few things done around the shed – even a little bit of study.

It’s a little scary though because this is the final stage before the baby arrives.  We don’t quite have everything ready yet, including the list of possible names, and there are only about four weeks to go.  I’m hoping the baby comes earlier though because my insanely huge belly is getting hard to cart around!

Well, not so much of an update of mega proportions, but an update about Meg (who some may say has reached mega proportions).

Meg’s Mum was after a photo update so I pulled out the camera and took a couple of shots.

What do you think? Is she beautiful or what?

Looks like the baby is coming soon… We’d better get ready!

Meg and I were sitting at our computers tonight while I worked on a couple of laptops and the high end workstation and part time server that I’m building.

It looked a little out of proportion to have four laptops and a workstation with 24 inch LCD lined up together, sharing our satellite internet as well as a 3G connection while we ran some maintenance and connected to the new wireless printer in the “foil” lined shed we call home. (Cue the conspiracy theory jokes about tin foil hats extrapolated…)

But there in the middle was a sign of the rewards. A bottle of Bremerton’s 2003 Old Adam Shiraz from the Langhorne Creek region of South Australia – a gift from a client for a job well done to be shared amongst friends.

Work hard, play hard. Life is for the living!