Passport relief

After numerous headaches trying to get it, Emily's first passport FINALLY arrived today.

Now she can leg it around the world, with or without mum and dad, at will. With nothing to do until she goes to school in about 3 years, that's a lot of travelling she could cram in!

I'm still a bit p.o.ed that she can't be on ours until she's 16 just like we were on our parents. I guess the cash grab just starts a few years younger now.

Alive and well

Emily arrived healthy and alive at 12.38p today. A whopping 9 lb 15 oz! She looks like a 6 month old baby already. wow!

I'm a dad!

41 Days and counting

Jesus spent 40 days and nights in the desert.

I've got 41 days and I think 40 nights before our baby is actually due.

Talking to all and sundry about whether it'll be early, on time or late. It's anyone's guess.

The mid-wife says the baby is in "firing position", so I take that to mean from next weekend on (or possibly the weekend after), we wait in a state of perpetual cat-like readiness - bags packed, no long trips to anywhere, a full tank of petrol in the car, keys at the ready and a full-charged battery in the video camera.

Oh, and access to update the blog (most important, this last one). Here's to the next 40 days before our life changes for ever!!!