http://www.tansempire.com Tanya & Andrew's life in USA Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:15:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I will make May's entry brief, partially because it is hard to recall most of the events plus I am so far behind on many things and we are heading to New York in 2 days (you can read about it in June's post) and I have a lot to ... http://www.tansempire.com/2008/05/30/may-08/ The month started with Andrew flying to Colorado Springs unfortunately without Mackenzie and I as the flight times with a reasonable price tage were at ridiculous hours. I was upset that I couldn't get to see Michelle again and that she couldn't see how Mackenzie had grown. It also felt ... http://www.tansempire.com/2008/04/30/april-08/ Mackenzie - Here is a summary of her growth & development over the past 2 months I cannot start anywhere but with poor Andrew and his first vomit when changing a diaper in early February. He was afraid that with his bad gag reflex this may be an issue but to ... http://www.tansempire.com/2008/03/30/february-march-08/ You can find photos and short videos of Mackenzie at the following locations: Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/vanderaj Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/vanderaj Happy New Year! I hope everyone spent the holidays with family and friends and enjoyed themselves immensely, downing a few glasses of champagne or similar. Here in the USA we had a quiet night in. We had ... http://www.tansempire.com/2008/01/31/january-08/ Well my pregnancy is finally over, thank god! It was 9 months of pure hell but the result was oh so worth it. Mackenzie Lynne was born on December 11th 2007 weighing in at 6 pounds 1 ounce. The day began with a routine ultrasound which Mum & Dad came ... http://www.tansempire.com/2007/12/26/welcome-mackenzie-lynne-van-der-stock/ (Andrew here!)  Get your Mackenzie fix here: http://picasaweb.google.com/vanderaj/Mackenzie/ http://www.tansempire.com/2007/12/12/photos-of-mackenzie/ GO CATS!!! So I am late once again, no real excuse other than I have been so unwell with this pregnancy that I rarely have enough energy to sit and type what’s been going on. So I will shorten this entry, mainly because it is quite difficult to remember back over ... http://www.tansempire.com/2007/11/30/sep-oct-nov-07/ It's a Girl!!  Well I am late once again with my updates for July & August. Life just gets away from me, especially being pregnant and unwell to boot. This month is no exception with 2 hospital stints I will explain further on. The month of July began with America’s national holiday ... http://www.tansempire.com/2007/08/30/july-aug-07/ We're having a baby!!  Sorry for the delay in posting May & June's happenings but it was going to be hard to not mention the pregnancy and we were awaiting firstly confirmation of the pregnancy and then our first trimester ultrasound. So now that we have all of that cleared up I can fill you in ... http://www.tansempire.com/2007/06/30/may-june-07/ Well time is starting to fly but unfortunately there has been no change in regards to the crime. An attempted break in, stolen bike and above all 2 young guys sitting in their car in the carpark smoking dope who were arrested after a call to the police from Andrew. It ... http://www.tansempire.com/2007/04/28/april-07/