Okay, once upon a time I was good looking!

As a one-year old. Note the handwritten 'Artgraf' below the photo, and the fact that this is probably hand-coloured. Certainly, if it is, it's very well done.



As a schoolboy. This photo would have been taken in Dunedin. The firm was Polyphoto.

Leo Baker

The latest Crowl family member has arrived.

On 16th July, (four months after his mother's birthday), Leo te Paenga Baker came into the world - a bit early: he was supposed to cook for another six weeks originally. He's doing fine, however, and was hopefully going to be getting out of the incubator today. He was born by caesarian section after nothing would induce him to move...

Libby's waters broke at 32 weeks, but the doctors managed to maintain things for another ten days or so.

His father is Nathan Baker, and his mother is our third daughter, Libby. They live in Auckland these days, so we won't be catching up with him for a few weeks yet.

Sorry about the fuzzy photo - it was taken on a cellphone.

3.6.09 - it now turns out that the spelling of Leo's name should be: te Painga. This is the original spelling of the family name, so it's been corrected.

Babies to the left of me, Babies to the right of me...

Lucy Baker has no sooner arrived on the scene than she's ousted from first position by another newcomer...

John DeCourcy emailed me today to say:
Anthony John DeCourcy was born yesterday 11 Feb2007 to my brother Michael DeCourcy and his wife Desiree. Weighed in at 8 pounds, and according to his father is "perfectly formed"! First male DeCourcy for a long time, with a name that goes right back intothe family tree.

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