BBB Baby Blog

We are coming up to week 29 with about 11 more to go til D-Day!!! What has been going on: Midwife Team - we have gone on board with a few ladies that rotate at Wellington Womens Clinic at the Wellington Hospital. They are lovely, weighed me in at about 68kgs from 58kgs before I was pregnant. I was quite pleased, Bo came with me this time - and we filled out a mountain full of paper work (again) and the other midwife rolled up my top to reveal my tummy and put some device on so that we could hear the baby's heartbeat. Bo, was quite funny :) he thought that they were doing roadworks or construction going on outside. This amazed, astonishing look came over him - when he realised that sound was in fact his son's heartbeat. Baby Equipment - we have got a few things, like the baby cot - we put it up straight away - we are completely excited about it! We also have the porta-cot, with a few hitches along the way, mum and I were able to get it up and working. I have also don...

TUWHAKAIRIORA Na Mohi Turei Translated by Archdeacon H. W. Williams This story is a real classic of Maori literature, and the bestknown literary work of Mohi Turei. It is reprinted by the kind permission of the Journal of the Polynesian Society, where it first appeared in 1911, in an issue now extremely rare and valuable. The circumstances leading up to Tu-whakairiora's conquest of the Ngati-Ruanuku, sometime in the sixteenth century, are told in Colonel Gudgeon's paper, The Maori Tribes of the East Coast of New Zealand, also to be found in the Journal of the Polynesian Society (Vol. IV). The places mentioned in this story may still be found near the East Cape today.—Editor. Poroumata and his wife Whaene were well born, being descendants of Porourangi. Their tribe was Ngati Ruanuku. The chief clans of the tribe were Horo, Mana, Te Koreke, Te Moko-whakahoihoi, Te Pananehu, and Pohoumauma. When the tribe procured food, they brought for Poroumata game, fish, and all other kinds of...

Evening everyone!!! We thought it would be nice to give you all a bit of an idea where our "little" baby is hanging around these days. Baby is still very much active and Tana can actually feel foots and hands so you can imagine the extensive growth the little man is going through. But let's not keep you in suspense any longer, let me introduce... Tuwhakairiora This is a great angle and you can really see how the baby is getting comfortable, you can see even better in the next shot. For those of you that noticed the name of our boy and went like "uhhh WHA??? how do you say that?!?" we will be having tiny lessons every now and again to help you say it, took me only one night and some trial and error like activity but I REALLY like the name a lot and I am sure you will like it just as much... and you can always do the same as you do with me, shorten it to something quick and easy... Tu! Lots of love and keep you posted. Bo, Tana & Tu

Well, it’s been a bumpy ride to get though to week 22! With both Mum and Dad running into a few rough patches, however and fortunately we have weathered through a time that has inevitably made us both stronger. Baby Update... A week ago, I was fortunate again to get an emergency scan to how the lil' man is doing, to see if all the winters misfortune are stressing him out. The sonographer pointed out how well he was growing and moving around in there, yet again flashing his scrotum numerous times (definitely an Engels man!). Mama was a little worse for wear, but our little baby seems to get bigger and stronger every day, and nothing to really be concerned about! Our son regularly lets me sleep through the night, without too much disturbance (another story through out the day) it almost feels like he is training for a marathon in there. Bo, has been hired full time as a masseuse, gratefully always on hand... even trying to talk some sense to the baby, and try to give his mama a break...

Wow - that is some BIG news huh? You STILL cant wipe the huge smile off Bo's face. As soon as the sonographer asked us if we really wanted to know the sex of our baby... I was well prepared to hear "your baby girl is doing well", instead hearing "there is you baby SON" and he is very healthy set me back a little. Bo, almost pumping his fists in the air... with that look on his face, like "I told you so!!!" you could not have seen a more PROUD dad, and an extreamly happy mum (to be). Bo grabbed my hand very tightly, and whispered "well done, honey" in my ear - it is the greatest feeling to share the most amazing moments with the ones you love. Watching our son, move around, seeing the fine contours of his feet, legs, arms and hands rendered us both speechless. It is quite a sight to see how real (if that makes sense) he is becoming... Bo counted out five fingers on his hand, asking the sonographer to hold still for a bit so that he could see b...

The internet was right!!! It's a Baby Boy!!! Lots of Love Tana & Bo Will update the site with some pictures and some more story when we get home!

Yesterday Iritana and I were in the hospital to find out why she was having tummy pains all through the day... (all checks indicated she and the baby were healthy thankfully) As we were sitting in the waiting room waiting for our names to be called Iritana grabed my hand and pushed it against the lower part of her tummy; "I felt the baby kick" she said! Just as my fingers touched her skin ... I could CLEARLY feel the baby give me a high five!!! HOW WICKED WAS THAT, the first time I felt the baby myself!!! Whoop Whoop!!! so exciting :) It is all getting so real now, we are both over the moon happy! Not too much longer for us to get the 19 week scan (this Thrusday) and then we will most probably find out if it is to be a boy or a girl!!! Wheeeeee exciting times!!! :) Love Tana & Bo