The Big Bang.......

Bored , lonely and becoming more desperate as the days ticked by I found myself browsing a singles website where I came a across a interesting beast by the name of Annika. She seemed keen and relatively normal so game on! As we chatted and flirted in this weird virtual world she fell under the spell of my wit and charm ( or perhaps it was very late and she just wanted to shut me up??) we realised that a date was on the cards. I set it up for next break! Not a bad nights work I muttered to myself before hitting the sack.

Back in Perth the day had come and so I decided to hack the hairy facial growth that had developed after 9 days of neglect off for the occasion - you never know - she may be a loose one! haha

A quick squirt of the magic stuff ( Chanel Allure - works every time) and away I went to a local pub on the beach - The Cottesloe Hotel - a popular haunt for young people on the hunt for fresh flesh. Lets do this thing!!
I ordered a pint of lager ( local and low carb - every little counts!) and sat on the balcony in eager anticipation. She was late! Not a good start! But at 8.17pm this graceful creature arrived and the adrenalin was pumping! A cute little thing - standing just over 5 feet tall with a 20's blond haircut and nice perfume - her blue eyes piercing but friendly.

After the usual polite greetings and niceties we both settled down and I offered Annika a drink. Being on the petite side I was expecting her to ask for a glass of wine or perhaps a cocktail but no - in true Aussie fashion she requested a pint!! Not sure if I was impressed or surprised - maybe both! haha

10 hours later after many beverages and some gambling ( more than I had planned but Annika managed to lose most of our chips so I had to win them back which took a while! ) we hailed a cab and headed home.

A great first date - lucky girl!! haha

Since that fateful sequence of events 6 months have passed. During these months I managed to get Annika pregnant, get married, move in with her, go on honeymoon and swap my V8 for a Wagon! Happy days!!

Its all good and very exciting - over half way now! We have had a couple of scans and luckily I am fine! The little one 'Peanut' is also doing well although his head size is slightly above average at 20 weeks! Oh dear! Spam the II perhaps!


Our honeymoon was really nice. We headed over to Thailand for 10 days or so - firstly to Krabi and then to an Island called Koh Lanta in the Andaman Sea - very chilled - nice food and great weather. Unfortunately Annika got a bad tummy bug and we spent the last few days of the holiday in and out of hospitals and clinics to get Annika re hydrated and back on the straight and narrow. It was a stressful time as we were not sure how Peanut would be affected and it was quite difficult in non-English speaking countries to get some good information. Luckily in Singapore on the way back we saw a good doctor who put our minds at rest.


When we got back we went for the 20 week scan and all was good! Phew!

In fact Peanut felt the urge to confirm this by giving us the thumbs up when we were looking at him! Cool. haha

Annika belly is growing by the day and they say the growth rate is around an inch a week from here on in!! By my calculations - in 4 months time I will have to get a bigger bed!

Since Peanut was created I have had to immerse myself in whole new worlds to try and get some kind of angle on the changes that are about to happen to our lives.

For example - buggies, prams , strollers or whatever you want to call them! Wow - what ever happened to the simple pushchair! Andrew and Philips McLaren was the mutts nuts and could do stunts and everything! Sorry Andrew! haha

Today they are space age, highly tuned machines! And expensive - some costing more that my Mitsubishi Pimpmobile I had a year ago! ( $1000) haha

One night after researching numerous buggies on the Internet, a mate came round for a few beers and I must have had prams on the brain as I felt the urge to tell him about a particular model that had impressed me. Whoops! The look on his face was priceless! Not cool! haha

And this is the mate I am trying to convince to get his wife pregnant so I have some company in the daddy boat. I dont think I have succeeded.......yet!

The list of stuff we need to buy, fix, organise etc etc is growing by the day - lots to do. Next week we will begin a refurb job on Peanuts room - a lick of paint , carpets up, sand and varnish floorboards etc etc. Then stick a cot in and other paraphernalia to keep him happy. Easy!! haha


Here's a few shots from the holiday


















Will write more soon amigos!