It's Theo's first Christmas. We have a tree, the presents have been wrapped, there's a joint of beef ready to go in the oven and I've spent about 3 weeks making gravy from cow bones.
Should have been idyllic, really, but this photo masks the fact that I haven't actually slept properly for about two months, and I'm precisely 2 days away from making a call to a hypnotherapist, who will subsequently get me sleeping again.
Anyway, here's a pic from the day for posterity.
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Sunday, 11 November 2012
Saturday, 3 November 2012
Four generations
This picture of four generations enjoying Bonfire night in Lancashire is just prior to Maddy projectile vomiting all over the bedroom that we've placed her in.
We were having a nice time.
We were having a nice time.
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Monday, 27 August 2012
Thursday, 23 August 2012
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
The chinese acupuncturist...
...has declared that due to my 'strong pulse,' I'm having a boy.
And the corner shop man thinks it's a boy too.
Two compelling predictions to add to the mix.
And the corner shop man thinks it's a boy too.
Two compelling predictions to add to the mix.
Saturday, 28 July 2012
And the predications are in
Jane Roberts: Girl. August 16th. 6lb.
Dave Roberts: Boy. August 11th. 9lb
Jools: Girl.
August 19th. 6lb 6oz
Catherine: Girl.
19th August. 6lb 4oz
Matt: Boy. August 18th. 6lb 2oz
Kate: Girl.
August 17th. 6lb 3oz
Phil: Girl. August 19th. 6lb 2oz
Big Jen: Boy. August 12th. 6lb 30z
Olly: Boy. August 21st. 71b 1oz
Olly: Boy. August 21st. 71b 1oz
Saturday, 30 June 2012
Friday, 29 June 2012
Picky eater
Just in case there comes a time when Maddy's turning her nose up at anything but chicken McNuggets, here's a list of things she's eaten whilst in France:
Mussels (reluctantly)
Gherkins
Sardines
Foie Gras Pate (a girl of refined tastes)
Brie, Comte, Roquefort
Anchovies
Crab (rejected)
Olives
Beef Carpaccio
Steak Tartare
Oh, and this other French delicacy called Petit Filous...
Mussels (reluctantly)
Gherkins
Sardines
Foie Gras Pate (a girl of refined tastes)
Brie, Comte, Roquefort
Anchovies
Crab (rejected)
Olives
Beef Carpaccio
Steak Tartare
Oh, and this other French delicacy called Petit Filous...
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Career planning
Maddy's vocabulary development is progressing at pace. She's currently mastering with some aplomb language (and in fact, behaviour) that will be required if she were ever in a position to be a dictator.
Her are some examples:
'Don't do that!' Said repeatedly and with increasing force. Importantly, there's no consistent pattern in which we might be able to understand the catalyst to such provocation.
'Come up, come up!' Ever slightly irritated at the world not existing at precisely the correct height for her to see and hear everything, she consistently protests loudly to be elevated to the appropriate level (accompanied by indignant jumping).
'I need, I need.' Pretty much prefixes everything.
'Let my do it.' Perceptively, she already considers her parents to be dim-witted dribbling retards, so follows us around demanding that her way is the best way.
Other than that, she's a complete angel.
Are you happy?
The aforementioned title to this post is the question that Maddy asks at the tipping point to us boiling over with anger or at the crucial telling off moment. Let me expand:
Me: 'I'm really cross with you, you are without doubt the most dreadful little 2-year old on the face of this earth. You should never ever EVER do...'
Maddy: 'Mummy, are you happy?'
Our daughter learning early that timing is EVERYTHING. So proud.
Thursday, 31 May 2012
Disillusioned, moi?
Friday, 11 May 2012
Friday, 4 May 2012
Monday, 23 April 2012
Friday, 20 April 2012
Libel
Such is my ire at the content of the below post that it's taken me a couple of days to calm down and write this response, refuting such a besmirching of my good name:
No photos
Please see the below blog posts for significant evidence to counter this claim.
No massages
Some time prior to the posting of the below libel, I purchased a Cowshed 'Udderly Gorgeous Full Body Care' package for some overpriced antenatal pampering. Said purchase has simply not been redeemed as yet.
No strokes
Simply not true.
No concerned questions
I was very worried when I asked what was for dinner last night.
No photos
Please see the below blog posts for significant evidence to counter this claim.
No massages
Some time prior to the posting of the below libel, I purchased a Cowshed 'Udderly Gorgeous Full Body Care' package for some overpriced antenatal pampering. Said purchase has simply not been redeemed as yet.
No strokes
Simply not true.
No concerned questions
I was very worried when I asked what was for dinner last night.
Thursday, 12 April 2012
Halfway there...
....and there's a noticeable lack of bump attention.
No photos.
No massages.
No strokes.
No concerned questions.
I'm adding neglect to the list of issues with our marriage.
Monday, 9 April 2012
Easter
The concept of the Easter Bunny didn't take much explaining, to be honest.Before I'd even finished the word 'chocolate' Maddy was outside, basket in hand.
"I thought somebody said Easter Bunny? So why's this owl laying chocolate eggs?"
Potty training
Sunday, 8 April 2012
Helping in the garden
Halfway there...
Sunday, 25 March 2012
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Guinness Book of Records
I'm convinced Kate broke some sort of record yesterday: she dropped her fourth consecutive iPhone down the loo.
I'm less worried about the phone, and more that Maddy's first words to us every morning are 'Baa Baa' - meaning 'Let me play the Baa Baa game on your iPhone now or I'll scream until you both go to work'.
We no longer sleep as well as we used to.
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Buckle up
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Saturday, 3 March 2012
15 weeks tomorrow
And Kate's also off to Dallas tomorrow.
Having been in Barcelona last week.
Don't think for one minute that this sort of absentee parenting is going to be aceptable when there are TWO noise boxes in the house.
Oooooh, no.
Big girl's bed
Last Thursday saw the arrival of Maddy's first bed. And a Conran bed at that (well, Conran for M&S):
It's now had two nights usage.
Night 1: Maddy falls out only the once (we had put down cushions and a duvet on the floor in anticipation).
Night 2: Maddy ends up not just on the floor, but somehow then gets stuck under the bed.
So all in all, it's going really well.
(And yes, we've now ordered a foam bed bumper to try and keep her in the new bed).
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Monday, 20 February 2012
Back and bigger than ever. Literally.
After a long break from the blog (which didn't go entirely unnoticed - thank you for the incessant flagging, Harrises) we're back with a bang and two big bits of news, recounted in order of importance:
- I've sold the Volvo. After much nashing of teeth and pulling of hair - and basically pretending to sell it over the last 6 months - I put an ad on CarandClassic.co.uk about a fortnight ago. A flurry of enquiries and viewings later, this great love of my life is no more. *sniff*
- Kate's pregnant.
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