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Wednesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
BAY HARBOUR<br />
PAGE 7<br />
EXCITED:<br />
Vittoria<br />
opening a<br />
mini-mountain<br />
of presents.<br />
Big day out for<br />
first birthday<br />
OUR WEE lady is a year<br />
old. Far out.<br />
Her first birthday was<br />
awesome and a big day for<br />
all involved, starting with<br />
her baptism at St Mary’s<br />
Pro Cathedral.<br />
Being unbaptised myself<br />
and never having been to<br />
one, I was really worried<br />
about what I would have<br />
to do.<br />
It was actually a really<br />
nice and easy experience.<br />
The priest was really good<br />
and it was special to be able<br />
to share the experience<br />
with another family also<br />
baptising their one-yearold<br />
daughter.<br />
In spite of being super<br />
wriggly these days, Vittoria<br />
managed to behave herself<br />
right through. She didn’t<br />
even squirm when the<br />
priest applied the holy<br />
water to her forehead and<br />
only talked over him a<br />
handful of times.<br />
My sister-in-law Sarah<br />
and best mate Codey had<br />
both kindly made the trip<br />
from Australia for her<br />
baptism and birthday.<br />
And to take on the<br />
responsibility as Vittoria’s<br />
godparents, something<br />
that’s quite a big deal for<br />
Italians.<br />
For Vittoria’s party itself,<br />
Laura was lucky enough<br />
to win us the awesome<br />
prize of having it hosted at<br />
Baby Sensory. With games,<br />
songs, toys, bubbles and<br />
even a baby-sized bouncy<br />
castle.<br />
The prize even included<br />
a custom cake. I’m not sure<br />
we’ll be able to top it next<br />
year.<br />
Including Vittoria, there<br />
were 13 babies around the<br />
age of one. It was like the<br />
cutest swarm of locusts<br />
you’ve ever seen, watching<br />
them mob the most<br />
popular toys.<br />
In the words of her<br />
new godmother, Vittoria<br />
rocked her party. She was<br />
everywhere and non-stop.<br />
I loved watching her<br />
have so much fun with<br />
her friends and there was<br />
plenty of full body smiles<br />
coming from Laura as she<br />
watched, so I knew we felt<br />
the same.<br />
VITTORIA<br />
& Matt<br />
Vittoria’s day finished<br />
by opening the minimountain<br />
of presents and<br />
getting way too excited<br />
before bed with her brand<br />
new paddling pool/ball pit.<br />
A very lucky girl indeed.<br />
Sunday was, by necessity,<br />
very relaxed. Bubs even<br />
managed an early night<br />
and a full night’s sleep. A<br />
real birthday treat for her<br />
parents.<br />
With her birthday<br />
behind us, it’ll be smooth<br />
sailing for a few months, so<br />
to speak.<br />
Soon we’ll be back into<br />
the routine, with all the<br />
play groups, swimming<br />
lessons and such starting<br />
up from this week on.<br />
•Former <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong><br />
News journalist Matt<br />
Salmons has become<br />
a stay-at-home dad.<br />
We follow his journey<br />
weekly.<br />
3000 sign Dark Star petition<br />
• By Louis Day<br />
THE PETITION to extend<br />
the statutory building<br />
approval of the Godley<br />
House site, which is<br />
currently owned by Dark<br />
Star Ale House and Cafe,<br />
has received more than<br />
3000 signatures.<br />
The petition on<br />
change.org calls for the<br />
sites statutory building<br />
approval to be extended<br />
“until such time as new<br />
services are built on the<br />
Godley House site” to<br />
attract a new business to<br />
take over from the Dark<br />
Star when it closes in<br />
March.<br />
Owners of the Dark Star<br />
Ale House and Cafe will<br />
present the petition to the<br />
Banks Peninsula Community<br />
on February 4.<br />
Co-owner Martin Richardson<br />
said the petition<br />
was more about a business<br />
filling the gap left behind<br />
by the Dark Star rather<br />
than him and his wife being<br />
able to sell the site.<br />
Mr Richardson said<br />
they had tried to sell the<br />
business, but the limited<br />
time remaining on the site’s<br />
building approval had put<br />
potential buyers off.<br />
“If the petition isn’t accepted,<br />
it would mean there<br />
isn’t that venue anymore,<br />
which means there is a<br />
massive hole in the community.”<br />
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