Ian Karl

Known to his parents-to-be as "Bumper", Ian Karl was born eleven weeks early after his Mom, Barbara developed Preeclampsia. Ian was born on January 22, 2006 and started his life in the new born intensive care unit (NICU) at the local hosptial. Ian Karl's Blog Site follows Ian's journey through his time at the NICU, to his home coming and beyond.

Friday, February 20, 2009






Fun in the Sun!
Ian is just back from a half-term holiday break. He went with Mom & Dad to Krabi, is southern Thailand. It is a beautiful part of the country, with a number of islands scattered along the coast making for great scenery especially the dramatic rock outcrops (like you can see in our photos). Ian stayed at a great hotel, with it's own beach front and, most importantly,a kids pool and Kids Club where he spent most of his time. The weather was great, with some terrific sunsets as you can see in the photos. Ian also got to make new friends, meet some of the local kids on the beach and went out on a snorkelling trip with Mom & Dad to the Phi Phi islands on a super fast speedboat.

Sunday, February 01, 2009

Drummer Boy!
Ian got Drums for his birthday. Watch him play them!








Ian's Birthday Party!
What a great time we had last weekend at Ian's 3rd Birthday Party. Mom and Dad threw open the doors to the apartment and along came 22 of Ian's school, building and playgroup friends (and some Mom's and dad's too!). What a houseload! Ian's party theme was Spiderman (his latest craze!) so his birthday cake was naturally designed as such. Ian started his day having his face made up like Spiderman too! We also had a magic show, with the highlight of the act being the magical appearance of two bunnies much to the delight of all the kids. One of our photo's shows Ian and his buddies with the bunnies while another shows all the kids lined up attentively watching the show. Of course, like all good magic acts, they finished with a suprise banner to wish our little star a very happy birthday!

Many thanks to everyone both near and far who sent Ian birthday wishes and presents. He was a very lucky boy again this year and he really loved all the cards and gifts very, very much.