Joe Leon Steer was born on 26 February 2009, at 10:37pm! What an amazing thing to behold – the fruition of Bel’s ever-expanding belly, and a turning point in both of our lives.
The past two weeks has been filled with many moments of sheer wonder, and some of sheer helplessness/frustration/terror! As any new parent knows, [...]
This past Sunday we made a baby sleeping hammock! We’d heard of them and they seemed like such a great way to start a new human off in the world, as opposed to being lost in a giant crib. So, we eaded off to e-bay, looked at quite a few of them and were about [...]
In around 3 weeks there will be a new little human doing its new human thing in our household. What a crazy thought! Its both exciting and scary – but its been done billions of times before… no doubt I’ll write even less about life here when the little’un arrives!
Its been an intense weekend, dominated [...]
I just finished reading My Forbidden face, a book written by an Afghan woman who spent late teenager-hood under Taliban rule. I couldn’t put it down! I’ve not ever paid much attention to whats been going on there, and I feel really quite amazed by it all. I think I will definitely try to dig [...]
Coming back from 6 weeks away and seeing your partner suddenly 6 months pregnant is quite a thing to behold – all of a sudden its gone from a ‘bump’ to a full on ‘belly’. I’m constantly in awe of it, this basketball-size thing that Bel has sticking out front, that wriggles of its own [...]
Probably the least of all things, but exciting for me! The long running bike-replacement-project is done. Its together, its been out on the trails, and its fun! Another british steel hard-tail frame, an on-one inbred 456. Quite the unusual ride, but it is loads of fun so far, especially pointed downhill… pictures? hmm. maybe later.
…and no sooner were we married than we took off again! This time together, and a little less far away than Antarctica. We spent 4 days investigating the scene in Bright and Mount Beauty, little mountain towns in Victoria.
we found a nice little self contained unit to stay in at Mount Beauty, and spent most [...]
With much water under the bridge since last post [quite literally a few thousand kilometres of it], I think a split approach to life’s goings ons is best.
So the big event? Making it back in time for my own wedding! We had a an extraordinarily busy two weeks finalising preparations, and putting Bel’s planning into [...]
hello from Antarctica! I’m currently on board the Aurora Australis, which is acting as a giant chisel, chipping our way in to Davis station. It’s been an amazing trip – we’ve been all over the place trying to get different personnel retrieval jobs done. Thankfully everything is under control, and we’re now resuming the reason [...]
What do all those things have in common? They’re all a part of my next six months!
Yes, Bel and I are tying the knot in December. It’ll be great! Typical of us both there was no down on one knee stuff. I think we were drinking tea in the lounge and said ‘how about we [...]