Saturday, October 30, 2004

A short course in family relations ..

Mujnu has arrived to the delight of everyone ... Dejanari is exhausted but fine ... Goliath is peering into mini Goliath's eyes ... The entire family is around ... a vast array of aunts and uncles ... I suppose it is a blessing that the Asian language distinguishes the types of aunts, uncles & grandparents .. you have Mamu which is your mums brother; Chala, your mums sister; Dada, your dads dad; Nani, your mums mum etc ... So I am now a Poopee, the sister of Mujnu's dad ... which makes Cream a Poopa, the husband of the sister of Mujnu's dad. All very easy ... I'm sure Mujnu will pick this up very quickly!

Friday, October 29, 2004

Waiting for Mujnu

Ok .. the time has come .. Dejanari arrived at the hospital this morning ... we are all eagerly awaiting the birth of the little one ... he has been given a name pending his appearance which means "Romeo" which I suppose makes them Posh & Becks ... For the purposes of the blog therefore I shall call him Mujnu. For those of you who don't know : Laila and Mujnu are the Persian equivalent of Romeo and Juliet, to such a degree that when you whipped Mujnu, marks appeared on Laila's back ... This new baby is going to be so loved, being the first grandchild in both families, that if you smack his bottom, hand prints will appear on at least 100 members of both families!!!

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Contraction countdown ...

Waiting for Goliath and Dejanari's kid to arrive is proving quite a task .. the holiday was put on hold ... but still no sign of the little one ... decided to sneak to Disneyland Paris for the weekend ... spend a couple of days cuddling six foot furry animals ... it brings out the child in you ... Hopefully it will bring the child out of Dejanari too!!

Sunday, October 17, 2004

An apple a day ...?

Ok ... so we all know the saying .. an apple a day keeps the doctor away .. unfortunately not a lot of us know the saying .. three of next door Neighbours apples, milk, jelabi's and painkillers will have you spewing in the morning and keep the doctors confused for three days!

Dad decided to experiment with his medication, food and his stomach ... you remember when in science class you used to pour some liquid stuff on some powdery stuff and it would blow up .. or sparkle... or foam ... depending on which powdery or liquid stuff you used ... well Dad did the same only he used his stomach instead of a test tube.. it resulted in a multitude of green projectile vomiting (he must have taken lessons from Goldie) and an ambulance drive to the hospital. Some concerned doctors examined him and then hearing his medical history refused to let him leave for the next 36 hours ... we finally got him discharged on Saturday much to Mum's delight!

Dad was back to experimenting last night and offered me an apple on my departure ... Suffice to say I politely refused his kind offer.