I have been so busy lately what with organising our overseas trip- accommodation, travel, passports etc as well as 2 birthday get togethers for my mother who is turning 50 in a couple of weeks.
I had quite the dilemma with the passports. I needed to get consent from Adrian's father for the passport but he passed away when Adrian was 4 and the application says that I must provide a death certifcate. I don't have one and upon calling Adrian's grandmother to ask if I could take her and the certifcate with me to apply, I find out that they had never applied for a certificate and only had hospital paperwork. So this means I have to apply for a certificate but I am not next of kin, Adrian is but it would be difficult and better if he were 12 years of age. So after consulting the website, I ring said grandmother back and ask if she could provide 3 copies of ID and could she please sign a letter I have typed up allowing me to apply for a certificate. I then learn that her ID is all over the shop with her old maiden name or English first name on various cards, papers. After trying to figure it all out over the phone, i decide that we will probably be ok. She asks if I would like her to come with me to the registry of births, deaths and marriages and I said I'd really appreciate that. She has been so good about all of this.
Anyway so we arrive at the registry with about 40 people (no joke) waiitng to be served, we collect our ticket from the electronic machine with various options and sit, preparing to wait for over an hour as we are being told that is the wait. TEN minutes later, our number is called and we are served. Our form is not completely filled out because I want to make sure I'd answered a couple of things correctly so he sends us away to fill it out with me thinking, ' this is where the hour wait comes into play'. He interrupts my thoughts with, ' when you are done, bring the form back over to me and I'll serve you'. I fill it out within a couple of minutes and within another 5, he has printed out 2 certificates for us both ( I paid for Adrian's grandmothers as a token of my appreciation and for being so good about it all). I find a lounge, feed baby and head out for the long drive home, dropping Aji (grandmother in Hindi) off along the way, phew!
All of that has taken up the last 2 days. And we still have to do the passports! I have us booked in for Saturday morning so I'm pretty sure the rest of it should be pretty straight forward.
Mum's birthday and trip organising is a story for another day!
Noah's great, still a little dream baby and very tall for his age. He has been in the 90th percentile for his age with each visit to the clinic. He's into holding onto things, trying to roll and has loved his baths since birth. Just a happy baby really. I warned Darren of the sleepless nights, the crying etc but so far Noah's been pretty cruisey. I keep saying I'm not holding my breath or counting my chickens just yet but I was saying that 3 months ago so, so far so good.
As for Daz, he has the Prime Minister coming to use his classroom next week and Darren needs to have a piece ready for his students to perform in the hall!
Yesterday, Adrian and I went to an optometrist, me for a new pair as mine are old and wrecked and Adrian to see if he would need a pair. I came out with a very cool looking pair and Adrian will need to start wearing his in class to see the board, go to the movies, watch TV etc. So we pick them up in a week or so. So pricey though, thank goodness for our health fund, we get around $140-180 off each pair.
We are currently waiting on my Grandfather to get better after he underwent a triple bypass a week ago. He has been very slow to recover, not really waking up for 4 days afterwards and although he is now showing some recognition, his kidneys are also slow to function so he had dialysis yesterday. I'm yet to hear the results of that... A little worried as Grandad is 83 years old. Dad was thinking of going up there yesterday or possibly tomorrow, a little part of me says, 'go there Dad, just in case'. Grandad only just remarried end of last year so I'm hoping they both have a couple more years to spend with each other.
Such a practical update I know, but it is all time will allow at the moment. I'll be sure to share the grossest poo, wee and projectile stories Noah has in the very near future... just to keep you keen.
