Welcome to the world Harry!
Today, Thursday the 15th of October, 2009 at just after midday, my sister, Christine Hodge gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
Congratulations goes out to her, father Staf and his bigger brother Edward.
Name: Harry William Southwick
Date of Birth: October 15, 2009
Time of Birth: Just after midday
Birth Weight: 3.95kgs / 8.7lbs
Well Well Well,
May I present to you, this weeks Hodge Headings.
Congratulations goes out to:
Big shout out to Sarah Gammie for her 28th birthday this coming Sunday,
Hope you have a great day where ever you are these days Sarah, London?
Why don’t you wish her all the best Hodgeman. (if you know her…)
Joshua turned 6 months old yesterday, he’s such a cool little guy.
We are really enjoying parenthood, he brings huge smiles to our faces every day.
Both his bottom front teeth are through and one of his pointy top teeth, and now one of his top middle teeth have broken through. I’ve put up three new photos of Joshua for this week, one with an enlargement which you can click on to see the full size image.
Nice, short and sweet today, have a fantastic weekend everyone.
As always, check around this site for more updates and
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Over and Out
Adrian
At 4am this morning my sister Christine gave birth to an 8lb 9oz healthy wee son.
Born in a birthing pool in their home, the little guy is doing well as are the parents and grandparents.
Within 20 minutes of having the baby it was sucking strongly on the breast.
A name has yet to be chosen.
They named him Edward Stafford Southwick.
He has a lovely head of hair and is beautiful.
The midwife Sandra, said it was a lovely birth with no complications.
Our first Hodge nephew and Joshua’s first Hodge cousin, so we are very excited for everyone.
So including Joshua, that makes 4 boys, 2 Rattray cousins and 1 Hodge cousin.
Hope you’ve had an enjoyable week.
Hasn’t the weather been nice, I’ve been enjoying walking to work every day while catching up on some episodes of Nobody Likes Onions and BoagWorld podcasts.
I’d like to give a big shout out to Lee Rattray this morning on his 36th birthday.
Happy Birthday Lee, hope your family spoil you rotten and you have a fantastic weekend.
Hope you received our little something something.
Joshua is now 5 months, 3 weeks and 4 days old today.
I’ve added another couple of photos to his album and created another short video for you all to enjoy this week. You can always subscribe to the video podcast and get the latest video instantly via iTunes when I post a new one.
Got the Heat Transfer unit last weekend, and got the inlet and all the outlet holes cut, just need to connect the ducting and then we’ll get an electrician to wire the beast up next week. It’s quite tricky as I can only get in the roof while Joshua is awake as it’s right above his room.
Kim and I are thinking of my sister during her pregnancy, she is now 2 weeks overdue, which is were Kim was at with Joshua when she was induced. Christine is hoping for a home birth, but if her Midwife induces her she may need to go to the hospital. Anyways, in the next 48 hours we should have our first HODGE neice or nephew (as even Christine doesn’t know what she’s having).
So we are all very excited for Christine and Staf and wish them all the best.
Mum and Dad are up from the west coast staying with them and we are feeling for them too, as they came up for Joshua’s birth and as he was two weeks late, they only got a couple of days with him before they had to return to the motels. It seams like fate has dealt them a similar hand for their second grand childs birth as they leave Christine’s this Sunday to return home.
Well that about wraps up this weeks news.
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Have a great weekend
I hope you had a terrific easter and ate loads of hot cross buns and chocolate.
If you haven’t seen already, we took a photo of Joshua for the easter season, you can view it here.
I’m working on some new footage of Joshua, so I hope to have another video available soon.
Joshua is 5 Months, 2 Weeks and 4 days old today.
You can check how old Joshua is at any stage by checking out the “How Old is Joshua Ethan Hodge” blog post. He is starting to cut his top teeth, but strangely enough, not the middle two, but the sharp pointy ones either side. So we are going through heaps of bibs and outfits as he dribbles all over them.
Mental note: buy more bibs…
We have an outfit which we think is cursed, as every time he has worn it, he has had a power chuck on them.
We had a nice long weekend, and Mum and Dad came to visit on Monday, so I took Tuesday and Wednesday off to spend time with them while they were here (6 day weekend!!). My parents are in the North Island at the moment as my sister Christine is now 1 week overdue with her first child. She doesn’t know what it is going to be, so we are extremely excited for her and want to wish her all the best for the birth and the amazing months she has ahead of her.
Our wood shed is completely full now, and we are beginning to burn some wood on these cold days.
We are investing in a 3 room heat transfer kit this weekend to better move the heat around the house from our fireplace, should be a piece of cake to install…. Jason has lent me his jigsaw and everything, so I can cut holes in the roof, Kim is very concerned. Stay tuned for updates.
Hey Rattray’s! – don’t forget, it’s Lee’s birthday next Friday.
Great to see Rove back on TV 3 friday nights again, so as Rove says…
“Say Hi to your mum for me.”
Ciao
Welcome to the personal website of Adrian Hodge. I'm a web designer/developer living in Rotorua, New Zealand. Married with two lovely kids, I have a love of motorcycles and gadgets. I work for Destination Rotorua Tourism Marketing during the day and run Hodgeman Web & Design after hours.
