Photo shoot 2

Andrew is now 8 days old. He is still being a very good baby - eating and sleeping. Last night he was only up for one feed between 11pm and 7am so Mammy is able to get rest in between. He's had a busy day today - at the Breaking of Bread and the Gospel meetings this morning and out for a family walk in the afternoon. Getting a bit tired of Mammy's photo shoots though!

Photo shoot 1

Helena (6), Lois (2) and Andrew (8 days)

Andrew - more photos

Here are some more photos of the wee man. As you can see, he's been sleeping quite a lot. When he's not sleeping, he's usually feeding so he's been great so far. No doubt, he'll start exercising his vocal chords soon.

Andrew James Napoleon Vang

Here are some photos of Andrew

A proud mammy

Lois is no longer the baby of the family but she's chuffed with her peerie brother

The NHS kindly provided a bed for babba for his brave assistance during labour

Ready to go home, only 15 hours after being born

A proud big sister at home with peerie Andrew

Baby Vang

It's been nearly a year since our last post and so many things have happened since then. The most noteworthy being the birth of our first son at 5am on Saturday 13th September.

He took some time in coming but once he decided to come he did not hang about. Thankfully Uncle David and Auntie Andrea came just in time for mammy and babba to go to the hospital. The peerie boy was born less than 15 minutes after mammy arrived at the hospital. He weighted 3470 grams (which is 7lb 10) and was 50 cm long (just under 20 inches).

His name is Andrew James Napoleon Vang. The name Andrew is after his late great grandfather from Roesound, Shetland (and great grandmother Andrea in Faroe), James after his Shetland grandfather and Napoleon after his Faroe grandfather.

Pippi and Eeyore

Last week Helena dressed up as her favourite book character since the school had it's annual book fair. She loved being Pippi Langstocking for the day.

Lois wasn't to be outdone so she dressed up as Eeyore for the day. We visited the Blanksby's and Noah and Mac really liked her outfit.

Just as well we bought those long bright socks when we were in Klaksvík!

Hairst in Faroe

In the October holidays we spent two weeks in Faroe.

We met our lovely cousin Durita for the first time. She is 18 months and we had lots of fun playing with her and staying at her house.

Just before we arrived Omma had her 60th birthday. However she delayed the party till we arrived so we got to share the cake!

We met Grímur and Beinta's friends John, Marian, Tróndur and Olgar when we were up. We had great fun swimming at the pool in Klaksvík and looking for crabs in da ebb. Helena and Olgar were great friends.

We also had a lovely picnic under the big stone in the plantation in Kunoy. It was 6pm in October but the temp was about 16 degrees!

One of the highlights of the holiday for Helena was going to Lort i Byin - a singing and dancing show. Mammy even got her own share of the fame! We then saw Meyla and friends again in SMS and got their autographs. Meyla lives next door to some of Babba's cousins so Helena even wrote a letter to her and put it in her postbox.

We had the "pleasure" of watching Faroe play France in the Euro 2008 qualifiers. 6-0 to the visitors! Never mind - got to see Thierry Henry play!

Rainbow Girl

In October Helena went to her promise party and became a fully fledged Rainbow. She loves going every Wednesday afternoon where they play games, do crafts and have lots of fun.

Bindiklubb

Omma and fastir visited in September before Fastir set off on her "Round the World" jaunt. Thankfully being a jet-setting super-cool girl doesn't mean she's too proud to knit!

Shetland - fun and cake

After Babba went home we stayed in Shetland with Auntie Lyn and Uncle Lyndon. We had lots of fun.



One day we went to Waas. We had the best cake we have ever tasted (honest) in the Baker's Rest Tearoom, which we would highly recommend. Then we had lots of fun in the Waas Play park.

The sun shines all the time in Shetland - well, on the Wast side anyway.

We had a fantastic afternoon in Eshaness, despite the drizzle. We didn't even have time to sample all of Eshaness' delights. We saw Johnnie Notions Bod, the inventor of his own small pox innoculation. (I'm not aware that he was in on any government conspiracy - just saw a clinical need and addressed it. Fantastic!)

We visited the Tangwick Haa Museum. There was lots of interesting things to look. We especially liked the old ben room and the wedding dress. As usual we spent lots of time choosing souvenirs in the shop.

After meandering through the museum we went to the Eshaness graveyard - a most interesting place. We saw Johnnie Notions grave and read the unfortunate account of the death of a man after mistakenly being given Nitre by the Sullom apothecary, when he had asked for Epsom salts. He died within hours of taking it.

We than had a delicious tea at the Breiwick cafe.

What a place - how come nobody wants to live there?


(I should work for the Shetland Tourist Board)

SCYC 2007

In July we went to Shetland for the Christian Youth Camp (see Babba's Blog for a camp report). We had lots of fun. Helena feels very at home at camp and wasn't there long before she asked if she could join in with Hazel and Nicola's group. Lois really enjoyed herself too.



The weather was pretty variable but we still managed the picnic.

Helena and Mhia loved having their "sumo" fight. I think it was a draw.

Mhia really enjoyed her week at camp.

Happy Birthday Abbi

Time to catch up on the blogging!!!

In June Omma and Abbi came to visit. While they were here Abbi celebrated his ??th birthday. We had a nice meal out and, of course, the mandatory birthday cake.

Helping Mammy

Helena and Lois enjoy helping Mammy watering the plants. This is the "bleeding heart" which we bought through the school - it's doing very well.

Royal Yacht Britannia

Yesterday we went on the Fernielea Assembly Outing.
We travelled by bus to Edinburgh then had a tour of the Royal Yacht Britannia. We then travelled back, stopping for High Tea in Dunfermline. A lovely day with plenty of time for sitting chatting on the bus!



Helena enjoyed listening to all the information on the audio tour. She did not appreciate being hurried along if the "man" was still speaking at the last station!

Lois enjoyed the experience from the comfort of her buggy - no escape!

"Will I ring the bell for tea Ma'am?"

Time to go home!

Computer Kid

Where the button to make the call Mam?





Hey Mammy, Babba's on Skype!

This touch typing is no problem - not even looking!