Jackson Crawling - Our boy racer!

This is a monumental event caught on film! Jackson is learning to crawl! He's a rocket now! having to baby proof everything....

Jack's new snuggly jersey!

Nana knitted Jackson a nice warm jersey and hat for winter. Doesn't he look cute! Looks awesome!

The cuzzy-bro's chilling out!

Well... these two ratbags definately look like 'Stones'! This is Jackson (Jack) on the left and Zach on the right. My brother Simon and his better half Jane paid a visit for a few days. It was great to spent time and catch up as well as introduce the boys to each other. I'm sure they're going to have heaps of fun together when they get a little bigger... ;-)

A nice family visit!

Sarah's dad (Scott) and Shona paid us a visit. Despite the cold, they had a great time and met the Grandson.

Jackson visits his Great Grandparents

The Stone Crew went to visit the Old Rocks today and we all had a grand time!

Jack's Mate Tim Dobbs... Hanging out!

It was our 7 year wedding anniversary today, so we decded to spend it with good mates... We visited Ben and Rose (& Ella) to have lunch and hang... Then went to Jess and Pete's (& Tim's) to muck around. That's Jess and Tim above. Cool kid!
We wanted to visit Darren and Kate, but she'd had a rough night with a sick wee baby Jayden. We just left them to chill out together...
Geat day though... ;-)

A walking 'Pumpkin Patch' ad!

Jack in a Hat (and Jersey) - Thanks Nana!

Our wee lad modelling his new high fashion getup.

Dan the man - Cruising around!

A new family member - "Dan the Man!"

Now that "Ellie" had found a new home (and is now gone), our new TradeMe purchase "Dan" has arrived! YAY!

He is a real sweetie. He has met me (Sarah), Julian, Baby Jackson, Daisy the Dog and the family of peacocks that visit our place occasionally, and he has been very sweet to all of them. I did feel very sorry for him as he looked rather worn out from his journey – but he coped with everything here very well. I gave him some hay and water in the yard to begin with, and he nearly drank the whole bucket – poor guy. Then I put him out in his paddock and he walked the entire perimeter checking everything out in his cruisey manner.

We later went out to check he was ok, and give him a small feed – and he is warm and cozy in his cover. (which is slightly too big, and has a few tears in it from it’s previous wearer – I am going to get him a new one I think) Then the neighbour decided to walk down the drive way with the wheely bin and he whinnied out – he has a gentle voice too. He even had a wee trot round the paddock then too so it was nice to see him moving.

He does look quite thin – I think the trip was hard on him, but he will pick up – I will look after him. These are pics of his first day at his new home. "Welcome Home Dan!"

Hey! Hey! its Jack in the Haystack!

Jack has a new job. Dad decided he needed to earn his keep. He helps his mummy feed the horses every day at Auntie Lesley's. Jackson is the Quality Control Technician.

Some Cool photos of Jackson!

Jackson's Mate Kiana...

I think wee Jack has found a new buddy. However he still looks pretty engrossed in the telly. This is Kiana, Our friends Mel and Lee's little girl. Out of interest, Mel is prognant with twins! Wow!

Even Jack likes the new Garden!

A big day in the garden!

We decided to lose the ugly garden in the front yard. Well....Sarah did ;-) Good idea though. Looks great now, like a huge front lawn!

Here's the 'before' photos...

Darren paid us a visit with the digger and him, Peter Dobbs and myself got stuck in! Didn't take long to get it sorted!

And the finished 'smooth' new front lawn! Minus the grass of course! Better get the seed in soon I guess!

The two men - reading!

Here's the two Stone men catching up on the morning news. I think Jack is looking in the classifieds for a new baby stroller.

Jackson's Office Uniform!

As an update to the blog posted here: http://julian101.com/archives/37 I thought I’d show some pics of Jackson in his new company uniform… Cute eh!

The 3 Day DIY mission! - Finished!!

Here's the finish result! (minus a sun umbrella!)
I can see lots of hard work days ahead, cruising in the sun with a laptop. Anyway, I'll give myself a pat on the back for this effort.

The 3 Day DIY mission! - Office Garden!

With a new employee starting on monday, I decided to tart up the area behind the garage. Below is what it used to look like. (We'd already fenced a month or so ago).

Look above to see the 'New Improved' version! not bad for 3 days and a few hundred dollars ;-)

The little dude Jackson Posing for the camera...

Some Updated photos of Jackson

The bonnie wee lad smiling

Jack has started smiling over the past week. It's very lovely to see... We got one on film... see below.

A day off fishing for Dad!

I decided to take a break from being a dad and headed out fishing with a mate Ben Vivian. We headed down to 'Pendarves' just South of the Rakaia. It was a long shingle beach recommended by a mate. It was relaxing, but as the photos show, all we caught were sharks. Still... Better that a day in the office!

A Stone Family Christmas!

What a great Christmas! Not only did we have Shirley (Sarah's mum) down, but we also had our first Christmas with our new lad. The hairy thing in the photo is Daisy our dog. She'll be a great playmate for Jack as he grows...
So the Stone family now consists of: Sarah (mum), Julian (dad), Jack (bubs), Daisy (dog), Splat (cat), 2 horses (Ellie & Chatty), 5 peacocks & 7 chickens.

The Mums have a photo op...

This is Sarah's mum Shirley. And what a lovely child we have in regards to keeping up the family relations. If you look closely (and yes, we zoomed in) it's his third finger Jacks holding up.
Yup it appears that Jack is giving Nana Shirley 'the bird'. ha ha...
Either that or he's doing his 'Mini Me' impersonation from Austin Powers. ;-)

Jackson's First day on the job - getting to grips with the workplace...

This is Jack getting the hang of touch typing. Once he's got that sorted, we'll get him onto the detachment of MS SQL databases. We'll keep his chores light to begin with...

Now this is a face only a mother (and father) can love! What a squirmer!

What a little dude Jackson is!
Although you can't tell it from this photo, he's a great kid, hardly screams, growing nicely, feeds well etc... Fingers are crossed that he'll continue this way ;-)
This is his "Look at me girls, I'm soo cute" outfit... I'm sure he'll have the girls at preschool lining up!

Time for a nap - This time it's the both of them!

What a beautiful picture... Sarah and Jack taking it easy after a hard day of sleeping. These are the awesome moments to cherish - a little 'cuddle time' with bubs. What a well deserved rest...