Thursday, April 07, 2005
Well it's almost a year since I turned from a man into a Father. As I was driving to work today I saw all the signs I looked for this time last year to help name the baby or guess its sex. How wrong I was.
This time last year I was nervously awaiting a phonecall but with the knowledge that whatever happened we'd be going to hospital that night, so I was expecting to be a father tomorrow. How wrong I was, again.
But I'm a virtual year long Father now. We have booked his birthday party and all the friends and family are coming to celebrate his arrival and it seems like so long ago now that we went through 29 hours of labour to bring about his arrival. They say when you have kids, time just flies by, they are not wrong. But it's time that has been filled with all that is good in the world.
I'm still unsure if I'll be continuing this blog after he turns one, initially I created it to help me write down my worries, thoughts and hopes and make things seem a little clearer maybe. It must be obvious to anyone reading that the large gaps in posts recently are due to lack of time and not effort. It is these gaps that make me wonder if this blog has indeed served its purpose, whether that is the case, only time will tell.
Everything has changed and I'm still smiling.
This time last year I was nervously awaiting a phonecall but with the knowledge that whatever happened we'd be going to hospital that night, so I was expecting to be a father tomorrow. How wrong I was, again.
But I'm a virtual year long Father now. We have booked his birthday party and all the friends and family are coming to celebrate his arrival and it seems like so long ago now that we went through 29 hours of labour to bring about his arrival. They say when you have kids, time just flies by, they are not wrong. But it's time that has been filled with all that is good in the world.
I'm still unsure if I'll be continuing this blog after he turns one, initially I created it to help me write down my worries, thoughts and hopes and make things seem a little clearer maybe. It must be obvious to anyone reading that the large gaps in posts recently are due to lack of time and not effort. It is these gaps that make me wonder if this blog has indeed served its purpose, whether that is the case, only time will tell.
Everything has changed and I'm still smiling.
Monday, March 14, 2005
Well I made my update within a month this time, miraculous stuff. First steps a few weeks ago and now he's tearing around, albeit wobbly style and the occasional crash and nose bang on the carpet, but freedom has never felt so good for him one suspects.
We have had a break from the teething interuptions and are actually enjoying relatively uninterupted sleep at the moment. However with his new found abilities he's become even harder work to keep an eye on so by the time you get to bed your knackered anyway.
His stuff expands, our house gets crammed and now we have started the journeys around the local and not so local area to look at potential places to move to, So we may be upping sticks and chancing our arm in the property market again. When people say everything changes when you have a baby, they arn't wrong!
We have had a break from the teething interuptions and are actually enjoying relatively uninterupted sleep at the moment. However with his new found abilities he's become even harder work to keep an eye on so by the time you get to bed your knackered anyway.
His stuff expands, our house gets crammed and now we have started the journeys around the local and not so local area to look at potential places to move to, So we may be upping sticks and chancing our arm in the property market again. When people say everything changes when you have a baby, they arn't wrong!
Friday, February 18, 2005
Major news last night. He has taken his first steps in the world. Four to be precise. Luckily I was there to see it and even luckier it was me he took his steps towards. He had the most joyful expression I have ever seen etched onto his face when he realised what he'd done. I did too.
Thursday, January 20, 2005
I'm well aware its been an absolute age since I last posted any news or information. Are there any excuse? Plenty but I wont bore you with them, but I can at least say it's not laziness.
So whats happened recently? Well he has grown up. He is now a crawler and a fast one at that, he is now into household destruction and anything within reach is fair game. He has learnt to stand up and move along sofas, low tables and has taken to letting go, balancing for a second and then falling over. He has also developed a head of steel, crawling into walls and just bouncing off them, no effects at all. He is enjoying the sense of freedom movement gives you and we are constantly chasing after him on his new found journey's, small steps but giant leaps.
He now has six teeth and many more on the way, as each new one arrives our sleep waves goodbye, we have a gap of about three or four days sometimes more between teeth and sleep for England during those gaps. Teeth are so much trouble from birth onwards.
He is very happy, smiling and laughing and a very impressive charmer with the ladies, I'd like to say he got that from his Dad, but not sure I can claim that.
As for us, we had our first Xmas together as a family, which was very different and wonderful. We spent new year inside with him, very quiet. I guess a sign of things to come, thats what happens I suppose. We took him to Centerparcs for his first long weekend break away and he loved it, we did too.
So what does 2005 hold in store. New job, new future I hope. New house, no space left. A lot more changes, some good, some bad, but you certainly cant hide from change when you have a family.
So whats happened recently? Well he has grown up. He is now a crawler and a fast one at that, he is now into household destruction and anything within reach is fair game. He has learnt to stand up and move along sofas, low tables and has taken to letting go, balancing for a second and then falling over. He has also developed a head of steel, crawling into walls and just bouncing off them, no effects at all. He is enjoying the sense of freedom movement gives you and we are constantly chasing after him on his new found journey's, small steps but giant leaps.
He now has six teeth and many more on the way, as each new one arrives our sleep waves goodbye, we have a gap of about three or four days sometimes more between teeth and sleep for England during those gaps. Teeth are so much trouble from birth onwards.
He is very happy, smiling and laughing and a very impressive charmer with the ladies, I'd like to say he got that from his Dad, but not sure I can claim that.
As for us, we had our first Xmas together as a family, which was very different and wonderful. We spent new year inside with him, very quiet. I guess a sign of things to come, thats what happens I suppose. We took him to Centerparcs for his first long weekend break away and he loved it, we did too.
So what does 2005 hold in store. New job, new future I hope. New house, no space left. A lot more changes, some good, some bad, but you certainly cant hide from change when you have a family.
Thursday, October 07, 2004
Well I cant believe it's been so long since I had time to sit down and write up some stuff and I'm only able to now, cause work is so quiet today. Its been manic. There have been work reviews that deserve an entire blog in themselves (watch this space), new horizons opening up that demand time I haven't got but that I cant let pass by and my little boy now has two bottom teeth, can sit up totally unaided and is beginning to enter the wonderful world of solids - proper food!
He has been to baby signing classes so he can tell us what he wants - allegedly, baby swimming so he can swim underwater unaided (apparently they have a reflex action that closes their throat so they can swim under water without swallowing) and god knows what else.
Its been busy, but I guess from the gap in posts you probably guessed that.
He has been to baby signing classes so he can tell us what he wants - allegedly, baby swimming so he can swim underwater unaided (apparently they have a reflex action that closes their throat so they can swim under water without swallowing) and god knows what else.
Its been busy, but I guess from the gap in posts you probably guessed that.
Monday, September 20, 2004
Long holiday huh. It takes a long time to come back to earth once you've relaxed and forgotten about work. Had a great holiday, our first as a family. Stayed in a small quaint'ish cottage in Bude, Cornwall. Cornwall is as they say a beautiful part of the country, spent the week visiting small villages and lying on the beach. We even managed to pick Englands best week of sunshine this summer, perfect. As with every holiday, plenty of time to assess all the things your doing wrong and build a plan to change them. Back at work the time vanishes and unless your absolutely dedicated, so do the plans. Not this time.
He had his first tooth whilst we were away, pushing up to shine a little piece of white in his red gums. We all looked and thought of him growing up already and only now the reality of it has dawned on us. The happy little boy we took on holiday is no longer quite so happy, in pain he doesnt understand he can at times be inconsolable which is heart breaking, teething gel and calpol as our last ditch is all we have to help him out. And of course now he isnt sleeping through the night anymore....
He had his first tooth whilst we were away, pushing up to shine a little piece of white in his red gums. We all looked and thought of him growing up already and only now the reality of it has dawned on us. The happy little boy we took on holiday is no longer quite so happy, in pain he doesnt understand he can at times be inconsolable which is heart breaking, teething gel and calpol as our last ditch is all we have to help him out. And of course now he isnt sleeping through the night anymore....
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
He's into his six to nine months clothes now, he's really starting to look like a little boy now. Its weird that in a few months he'll be crawling around and a few more maybe even walking around.
Cornwall beckons and its our first holiday together as a new family. The car looks like its going to 90% full of his stuf and just the glove box for the two of us. I am beginning to understand why people buy giant estates now, though I'm holding off ever actually getting one.
Cornwall beckons and its our first holiday together as a new family. The car looks like its going to 90% full of his stuf and just the glove box for the two of us. I am beginning to understand why people buy giant estates now, though I'm holding off ever actually getting one.
