Sep 16

Firstly, apologies for the lack of posts. I have several reasons (laziness etc) but mainly it's because BT are being their usual rubbish and have not yet connected our broadband, so we are using a neighbours one and the connection is rubbish! I've not been able to get the photos online till now! The holiday seems so long ago now, even my tan has faded! We had a nice time and it was mega hot. Kory was good mostly but has been a nightmare since we got home, he has molars coming through and our normally angelic, sleeping, eating boy has turned into a devil child who screams constantly. I've had a cold this week so timing has NOT been good!

Anyway, I'm not going to waffle on, but just comment on the photos (sorry there's loads, but know family want to see the good ones and couldn't choose between them!) and I promise blogs will resume normal service soon and I'll let you all know what we've been up to.


Eating on the balcony



Kory and Chad read a book



"It's SO funny Daddy"



Mr Cool!



Like 2 peas from the same pod?



Kory in his UV suit for swimming



The Little Dude Rules



Swimming Boy



Kory being cheeky as usual



When we went to the old part of Limassol



Me and my boy



Kory & James



At the donkey sanctuary, Kory preferred the doggy!



Kory with Coral



This was a cat Kory befriended at the house



Us all at the wine festival on our last night



Me and James before our night out alone!



'Do you think I suit them?'



James' arty farty picture of a dragonfly



At a BBQ, Kory provided the cabaret with his dancing



At Curium chilling with a cold drink



Hmmm, wine...



Chad, Ian, Jan & Coral



Chad & Kory (again!)



That's all for now
Julie.xx

Jun 20

Lazy me!

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Yeah yeah, so no blogs in ages from me! I'm busy don't you know?! I'll just rewind briefly back to the Saturday we went ot Jenni's, it was a long drive down, we only stopped once in Stirling for lunch and then went on. On the Saturday evening Jenni and Dave had a friend over and we had a BBQ. He brought his dog with him which Kory was delighted with.



On the Sunday we visited the farm, which I see Kory has filled you in on already! In the evening we went out for a meal to Brewsters. Considering how good the ones in Aberdeen are, this one was appalling, food, service, everything. Not to mention how hot it was that day and there was no air conditioning on, the food took forever and Kory was starving and when it finally arrived it was not what it said on the menu and totally overcooked. Swift complaints were put on the website and today I actually got a letter saying it was being investigated!

Kory had fun playing with the inflatable (England) ball and goalpost outside, only he didn't get he was meant to put the ball in the net and kept picking it up and running off with it. This is yet another 3-6 month item of clothing, his shirt! He wore it in Cyprus last year!!





On the Monday, Jenni and Dave were working so we went a drive to a little place called Richmond. We had found out that Mackenzie Thorpe has a gallery there and as I like his work, we went for a look. Well we only had to buy something too didn't we? So thanks to my gran and grandpa, I am now the proud owner of a proper bit of art!



Here it is!

On the Tuesday we went to the Metro Centre in Newcastle, then drove home. Again it was a long drive, but Kory was a star! The rest of the week when James was off we didn't do an awful lot exciting, James finished the garden off by painting the fences, we went food shopping, I went to the gym and swimming. That kind of thing!

Things got more exciting at the weekend when we saw a house we wanted. It's been on the market for a while at "offers over" but on Friday it flicked to "fixed price" so we viewed it on Sunday morning and fell in love with it. So since then, I've been back and forth with mortgage advisors (yes plural, we have 2) and they are to-ing and fro-ing with banks etc on our behalf.


The stumbling block is the fact that James has started his new job, just literally yesterday. So far so good, but I'm sure he'll post soon about it. That's it for now, I'm so stressed out with this house thing, I just want to know one way or another if we can have it! So watch this space! This pic is Kory ripping apart one of Jenni's flowers!

Julie.xx

Dec 06

Look at my Mummy and Daddy, don't they look nice? This is the first photo I've seen of them in ages and ages. It was taken at a party that we went to in London at the weekend. To get there we had to go on a big adventure which started on Saturday morning. Instead of me waking Mummy and Daddy up, they woke me up, how rude!

Instead of having my breakfast and having a wee sleep, they put clothes on me, and bundled me into the car!! It was even still dark outside. We drove to a place called the airport and had to wait ages to get on a plane. Mummy says I've been on one before, but I don't remember!! I had great fun sitting in my own seat because the plane wasn't busy.

When we got off the plane, my Nana and Grandad were waiting for us. We went on a train to get to their house, which went under the ground and was all dark. I preferred when I could look out the windows, but I wasn't scared at all. After I had some lunch, we went to visit my Great Nana Buckingham (Daddy calls her Nanny Bigfoot, but I'm not sure if I'm meant to)

The photo above is me with her and this photo is of me and Daddy and his Daddy and his Mummy...confused? I was, but they said it was 4 generations of Buckinghams, isn't that very cool? I had my dinner at her house, but it was yucky, Mummy tried to give me some food from a jar and I didn't like it. Even the pudding was yucky and I love puddings!

After my dinner, we all got changed into some posh clothes to go to a party. I was so excited that I couldn't sleep in the car. I never get to go out at night times, I'm normally in my bed. Here is a nice photo of me with Mummy and Daddy at the party. The music was awfully loud and I was a bit scared at first. But there were loads of people to give me cuddles.

Like my Auntie Kelly, here I am with her. Uncle Pete is the one looking at us, and the lady is someone I didn't know, but she sat at our table all night and didn't smile once, how rude. When you are as cute as I am, everyone smiles at you!! Jasmine was at the party too, but was running around mad and we didn't manage to take her photo!!

The music started to get to me after a while, so Daddy took me out to the car for a break. I thought I looked pretty cool driving the Merc, what do you think? Maybe I'll ask Santa for one for Christmas...then there would be LOADS of wrapping paper to play with!! The car had lots of cool gadgets that grandad couldn't work out...once I can talk, I'll show him how!!

I managed not to go to sleep until 10 o'clock and all the dancing and music got too much for me, so I cuddled up with Mummy and fell asleep!! I had to have my dummy too, because the music kept distracting me. Aren't I cute sleeping?

When I woke up, I went for a cuddle with my other Great Nana. This one is my Daddy's Mummy's Mummy!! Here is a photo of us all, again 4 generations all together. I don't really understand who all the other people at the party were, all people related to me in some way, but it was too complicated to take in.

Some of them were even talking funny, which Mummy told me was because of the juice they had. I didn't see anything strange, some of them even had bigger versions of my bottle for their juice!! Here is my Great Auntie Janet with her bottle. Maybe she was just very thirsty??

I'm not normally a very cuddly boy, but I was a bit scared of the music, very tired and just liked snuggling into my Daddy. He was dancing with me which was fun too. I got a bit grumpy, so we decided to leave and start on a big drive home. I fell asleep in the car and so did Mummy holding my hand, but she wouldn't let me put that photo on here!!

While I was sleeping, Daddy was taking photos of all the sights of London on the way, which took 2 hours!! Here is a nice one of some of the Christmas lights along the side of the big river. London had lots of nice lights that I could look at in my buggy!!

The next day when we got up, we went for a walk in a big park, called Hyde Park. There was loads of squirrels, here is Mummy talking to one! We went to a wee cafe and had some lunch, Grandad even gave me some of his muffin, yummy! After that, Mummy and Nana went to a big shop called Harrods, but us boys don't like shopping, so we went home. Yippee, no shopping!!

Mummy bought some cool Christmas decorations for our tree (if she ever decides to put it up!!) and then came home and made my dinner. I got something called gammon, and it was very salty, I had to drink loads of water!! After dinner I went for a bath. My Nana has the most ducks in the world. One of them squirts water out it's beak which was soooo funny! She kept doing it on my face and making me giggle!!

On Monday, I gave in and said I would go to that Harrods place with Mummy and Daddy. It was amazing! Then we started a big adventure to get back to the airport and back to Aberdeen. I got to stay up late before I went to bed too because I had a late nap. I must remember that's how to stay up late!!

Today I spent lots of time with my Daddy, and he did the funniest thing...he pumped up my pram tyres, isn't that hilarious?? Well I thought so, I giggled and giggled, Daddy got it on the camera, but I don't know how to put films on here, so Daddy says he'll do it tomorrow for me.

I have a few things to tell you all too before I go, I am now such a big boy now, I have got a tooth (which hurts loads), I can wave bye bye, I can clap my hands, but only do this sometimes, I can do the actions for "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and I walk with help. I can't wait till I can let go!!

Kory
xx

Aug 29

We're back home now after our week in the sun which was great. We were there staying with Coral and Chad(James' parents), Laura (my sister) and Jasmine (our niece - James' sisters daughter, not Laura's!)

We had a bit of a quiet week actually, as we'd been so many times before we didn't do the "tourist" things and spent most days by the pool in the garden and then eating loads at night and swimming in the pool again!

I love this photo of the wee guy in his sunhat. This was taken on Thursday I think when we went into Limassol to look around the shops. It was really hot so we stopped for a drink, which turned into lunch!






Here's Kory & I having a dip in the pool on our first day, it was so warm, Kory loved it.






This is a pic of Laura one night at the house.







Jasmine by the Swimming Pool.








Kory on his tummy not crying for a change. He's usually screaming when he's left on his front!!






Chad giving Kory some water when out for lunch.







Coral playing "Row Row Row the Boat" with Kory!!










This is one of the cute pictures of Kory with cousin Jasmine.







Kory looked so sweet in his linen pinstripe trousers and wee tiny shirt!










This is us all out for a meal on the last night.








Here's the view from the house as the sun is going down.







We're sure Kory has a split personality - look! These photos were taken only seconds apart.









Laura found a new best friend in Jasmine, they played in the pool for hours, with throwing each other in and Jasmine climbing on Laura's shoulders and jumping in and doing handstands together!



Here's me and James in a photo together which is unusual!







This is me with Laura - yes we're sisters, but twins??!!

Aug 19

Getting ready to head off

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Well that's Kory all packed for his holiday...

...literally!!! :D

James

Jul 07

I'm baaack!! Have all my fans missed me?? Me,Mummy and Daddy have been on a big adventure this week! Last week though, I discovered I had feet, I could see them, and almost touch them, but on Friday I finally managed to eat them, yippee, they taste so yummy!

On Saturday morning we got up early to set off on the first leg of our journey to my gran's house. It took us 3 hours to get there and I slept the whole way, how good am I!?? In the evening, I went in my grans HUGE bath, it's like being in the swimming pool!! This is me looking cute and innocent after my bath...it didn't last long; I decided I didn't like sleeping in a strange place in the daylight, and cried for over an hour, naughty me!!

On Sunday, I went out with Mummy to see some of her old friends from school, but she forgot to even take her camera, so we have no photos of that part of my adventure!! At night, I screamed again, I just wanted to be involved in everything, and just knew when I did go to sleep, Mummy and Daddy would go out for an indian meal, how rude!! I played lots with my gran later on which was fun...she spoils me, but that's what gran's are for!

On Monday, my Gran went to work, so I had a day with Auntie Laura (with Mummy and Daddy too!) We went a big walk while our car was getting fixed, and then they took me swimming again. I do enjoy it, but don't smile much when we're in the water, I just bob around in my chair taking it all in!! I had my hat and glasses on which Auntie Laura thought was hilarious for some reason, I thought I looked cool!

Here is a photo of me lying on Auntie Laura's knee in the afternoon, it was so hot I was stripped off and I just chilled out with my bottle of water. I don't much like water, but I know I have to drink it on my holiday's so I might as well get used to it!


On Tuesday, we left for Darlington to visit Mummy and Daddy's friend Jenni. We arrived before she finished work, so got her keys and I went there to get some food so that I was happy before she came home! We had a bit of a play (and I was sick on her!!) before it was my bed time. Once again I wasn't impressed with going to bed in a weird place, so I created a big fuss!

On Wednesday, Jenni had the day off work, so we drove to York. We went round a few shops and went to York Minster which looked the same as any other church if you ask me, but then I was only peeking from my pram so couldn't see properly! We had lunch in a pub and I kind of sat at the table which was fun...I love staring at the grown ups putting things in their mouths, it makes me giggle!

Jenni took a rare photo of me with both Mummy and Daddy when we got home then it was bedtime again, but I was wide awake. Eventually about 9pm they gave in and let me get back up into the living room to play. Jenni's boyfriend Dave was there too, and he says he reads all about me on here (Hi Dave!!) and promised to take me to his farm to see the cows and sheep next time I go down to visit, how exciting!

Today we drove to Glasgow to visit Jill. I was all excited as she has 2 little people too, but they were out!! However, Jill gave me a brilliant chair that Hamish used to use. It means I can sit up without someone holding me! Here's a photo of me in it when we got home tonight.

Now I am very sleepy after my expiditions, am off for a sleep and I WILL be good tonight and let Mummy and Daddy catch up on their sleep!

Kory
xx

Jul 01

And we're off...

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Hi everyone,

It's holiday time!!!

We're off on a big adventure around the country for a couple days to take in some of the good weather and to say hello to a couple of friends and family.

If we get a chance (and we can get near a computer) we'll trying and give you all an update on what we've been upto. If we can't then we'll be back online next Friday ;)

Take care,
James

Dec 09

Well that's my parents 'hoilday' home in Cyprus almost built, and just in time for Christmas as well.

Here's some pictures that were taken at the beginning of the week.




The house still needs to have the electricity turned on and the railing put in around the swimming pool. Apart from that though it's just about there.

The furniture is now on it's way out there with my mum closily following next Thursday (16th). My dad's out on the 23rd and the two are spending Christmas day sitting in the Med' in front of the swimming pool. Ok for some!!!

I guess the only disadvantage of it all is they've got to unpack everything once it's turned up. It's a hard life :)

James