Here is the little man sporting stripes on a visit to his auntie’s house earlier this week. We’re still stuck on the Isle of Wight and my husband had a big operation today. They finally diagnosed what’s wrong with him which is a start to his eventual recovery and us going home. It is strange…

We’ve been marooned on the Isle of Wight since Saturday when my husband became too ill to drive us back to London after Easter. Fortunately we’re staying with my mum who is kindly looking after the baby during the night so I can catch up on sleep. My husband is spending every day in bed…

We had our first outing today (with the help of my friend Sophie) to Wood Green. I needed to prove to myself that I could make it out of the house, manage the bugaboo (in the rain if necessary!) and get on the bus. Luckily it was all fine and the baby slept the whole…

Eeekk, the time is going sooo quickly. Here’s a picture of baby, who now has a proper name, getting ready for his bath the other evening. I’m really enjoying spending time with the baby and my husband. The last time we spent this much time together was our honeymoon in 2008! Today we all went…

I’m not quite sure where the time has gone but I am still the proud mum of a little week old baby. The last week has been a bit of a blur, consisting of nappy changes, lots of feeds and little sleep. My little one seems to sleep happily all through the day and then…

This is our gorgeous baby boy, born last Thursday at 9.41am by elective caesarean section at 38 weeks. He weighed 8lbs 12oz!