James Robert David McEwen - aka Jamie - was born at 8:46am AEDT on 9 February 2009.
This page chronicles his early development.

It's another boy!

At birth, Name weighed 3.88kgs - a bit more than his brother.  This time round there was no music as he was delivered by planned C-Section due to a condition that could have made a natural birth dangerous.

About the name: we've stuck with traditional family names that have been used regularly during the last five or so generations on both sides of the family.  James is both Dave's middle name and the name of one of his uncles.  Two of his great great great grandfathers on both sides were Roberts including on Flick's side an original English emigrant to New Zealand. 

Week 1

 
(L) Charlie inspects the new arrival; (R) Susan on feeding duty.

 
(L) Uncle Dr Esko (himself a Pedeatrician) shows how it's done; (R) Charlie remembers how it was when he was in James' shoes. 

Checking out of hospital.

First Year

Dust storm brings a red dawn - September 09

On the move - 9 months