the adlards

They assured me they’d restarted the computer. I asked if they’d switched it into verbose mode. They looked at me blankly …

Most of the excitement today was around Josie’s current phobia about “noisies” …

Everyone’s home now (as of about 23:45), so we all got home on the day the baby was born. Just. …

Miss TBA Adlard was born at 12.12 today weighing in at 8 pounds 91/2 ounces. Mum was terrific and baby is well, in that newly squashed sort of way that babies are on day 1. Michelle evidently decided, when she got up at 6.30, that today would be the day. We were at the Hemel […]

Well, integration of the gallery into the new site look and feel is complete … But that’s probably not why you’re reading this …

Spring Bank Holiday and all’s quiet. Waist measurements this morning are 128cm, 46cm and 78cm …

Back home now. Not a false alarm this time, but a “go home and try and get some sleep” …

So due day is nearly over. 7 hours 42 minutes left to be on time. Jo was on time, so must take after her mother; we shall see this time round. We spent the afternoon at Willows Farm, which is brilliant and a firm favourite with Jo. Josie played with guinea pigs and generally ran […]

Had a very close call last night. We’ll call it a dry run I think, you know, fully tested the rushing-home-from-work-packing-the-bags-dropping-jo-at-her-childminder-remembering-the-route-to-the-birthing-unit-moving-all-the-kit-into-the-room-getting-examed-and-being-sent-home routine. Jo had a great day; mum and dad were a bit stressed by the end of it. Not even a good tweak of a contraction today. Due date tomorrow, so just half an […]