Our stay on the Sunshine Coast

Our stay on the Sunshine Coast

We arrived in Brisbane on Wed. 31st and we were met by a blossoming Amy (4 days past her due date) and Charles. Their new house is in Currimundi, an hours drive north of Brisbane. I have to say we just arrived in time as "things" began to happen for Amy the next day! As her contractions were fairly spasmodic, we took her out for a drive up and around the coast (with her bag in the boot!!). That evening, her contractions appeared to be stronger and more regular according to Poppa Ian who was the time & record keeper!! At about 10pm she decided to go in to the Nambour hospital but Chloe Kay wasn't born until Friday, 2nd at 8.15pm weighing in @ 9.2lbs. She is a very healthy, cute little girl and gave her mother a fairly stress free entry into our world. Ian and I visited her on Saturday, and then drove further north to the Ermundi markets and then up to Noosa. It took us approximately 5 mins at the Ermundi market to be "sucked in" to the grandparent mode where we purchased a headband with Chloe written on it. People did warn me about this!!!!! Noosa was really crowded and having been there before, we cruised through and then back down the coast to home. Amy came home on Monday so we went to the cricket at the Gabba (NZ v Eng) on Tuesday to give the 3 of them time to themselves. I've never attended a cricket game and always wanted to attend a 1 dayer but it was worse than watching paint dry!! Each morning we have walked to the Currimundi beach which is approx. 40 mins each way and a most enjoyable start to the day. Chloe's first outing was to Buddrim, a delightful little township with an Austrian Cafe and cakes to die for! We are looking forward to our next stage of our journey, leaving for Hong Kong on Saturday morning.