Day 2 - Sun 11th Dec 2011

Today we came straight home after I picked you up from mummy at Stanmore Maccas again.

We did a bit of shopping together at the local Shopping Center. We bought beach towels, tennis rackets, tennis balls (you were asking me yesterday to take you to tennis courts) and some other bits and pieces.

Whilst we were shopping you complained about a pain under your right rib cage; you had a little difficulty walking, seemd a bit tired and a bit in pain.

We came home; I got you to lie on your back and gave you a quick massage with a bit of massage oil. It seemed to have worked. You liked chilling out in bed listening to chill music (with no vocals! LoL)

We left around 12:30pm, picked up Betty from Habib's work at Balmain and went to uncle Jim and aunty Alison's place. You played for hours with Ayden, Elle and Demi as well as Betty. Aunty Alison even gave you guys a little chicken nuggets picknick!

Just before leaving, I cooked you and Betty the chicken schnitzel we had bought earlier in the day. I wrapped it with lebanese bread but made sure I stuffed it with lettuce (you need to eat lots of veges!).

I dropped you off at Lakemba Maccas, gave you big kisses and hugs and told you I'd see you this Friday.

Till then! xxxx

Daddy John

Day 1 - Sat 10th Dec 2011

Today went to Darling Harbour straight after picking you u from mummy at Stanmore McDonalds.

We left around 2pm and came to my place; we then left my place around 4:30pm to go visit giagia and papou at  Hurstville. I then dropped you off to mummy at Lakemba Maccas just before 6pm.

We had a good time considering we hadn't seen each other for 6+months!

I noticed during our stay at Darling Harbour that your head (hair area) still overheats when we're outside, so we spent half our time indoors in air-conditioning so you could cool down.

We played lots of handball at Darling Harbour; I noticed your hand/eye coordination has improved a lot since I last saw you! 

:)

We got a good result at court today! :-)

Hi Angelo,

After spending 11 hours at court today we FINALLY got a parenting order made by the judge.

This means you will see me this Saturday (yay!) from 10am to 6pm, followed by Sunday same times. I am not sure when I see you after that, but basically we'll be seeing more of each other as time passes.

So, see you this weekend - woohoo!

Love you LOTS n LOTS

Daddy John xoxoxox

Will I ever see you again?

Hi Angelo,

I am really worried about what is going to happen.

I'm not sure what to do Angelo...

All I can say is that I am fighting for you; I can't believe I have to spend so much money just to be with my own son - I think the world has gone mad. Giagia Helen actually used to tell me this a looong time ago when I was a little bit older than you. I couldn't really understand back then what she meant, but I think I am starting to get the picture.

Love you! Daddy John :-) xoxoxox

I finished my course yesterday!

Hi Angelo,

After 10 weeks, I finally finished my "Parenting for children after Seperation" course. It was held every Wednesday in the city 10.30am to 1pm. It was pretty interesting... 10 people were at the group - 7 women and 3 men (including me of course) and 2 ladies that were running the course.

I learnt a few things about what to expect when I see you again and got some ideas and information about how to tackle any obstacles that could arise from me not having seen you for so long.

I'll get my certificate in 1 week's time.

19 more sleeps to go!

Love you xoxoxox

I spoke to your teacher Debra yesterday!

Hi Angelo,

I spoke to your teacher yesterday. She tells me your doing fine at school, along with the extra help you get from Miss Neil. I'm very proud to see you are doing so well even though I know deep down inside you too are hurting like me. 
Be strong my son, I will see you soon hopefully.

Love you LOTS xxxxxx

Daddy John :-)

3 weeks to go :-)

Angelo, there's just 3 weeks to go before I go to court, yippy!

Hopefully we get a good judge that can reunite us :-)

Love Daddy John xxxxxx

p.s. I hope you are going well at school. I called the Principal to see how you are going, but she has not replied yet.