I am crap!!!

Since Joseph has been with us my head has gone to mush hence the fact that u have written NOTHING since then pretty much. so very quick recap…..

no sleep
some sleep
sickness
no sleep
some sleep
sickness
sickness
sickness ( this is just Joseph)

then I became pregnant again and we get married 3 weeks today when I will be almost 16 weeks preggers. 2 under 2! It’ll be challenging but it’s exciting.

so there u have it.

full on more big news!!!

roll on next post. which will hopefully be sooner than our second Childs first birthday!!

No no it’s not star wars, it’s the last time either of us posted on here.

We’ve had 12 hours sleep a night, we’ve had no sleep a night, we’ve had enough milk to last a life time, we’ve weened, we’ve had sickness and we’ve had a hectic Christmas !!!

Details of all will follow, i just wanted to post a little something to say we’re all still alive.

Back soon.

Well once again it’s been a while but we’re still alive-just, and not quite as tired!!!

Joesph is simply the best. We’re had so much fun and are really starting to enjoy him.

He’s smiling loads now and you don’t have to do much to get one. Just normally talking to him in the new baby voice does the trick.

He is still piling on the weight and was 13,4 last time I got him weighed which was almost 2 weeks ago, so he’s probably even bigger still now.

Last night he slept for 8 hours and that’s the best yet. He seems so much more settled and for that we are incredibley thankful.

We have had our first Halloween party and will post pictures of my little glow in the dark skeleton. Our friend from NCT Naomi had it around her place and she laid on a wicked spread, we had 3 witches a little devil and s pumpkin ad well as our little man and his Binet outfit. It’s so exciting sharing all these experiences for the first time. So looking forward to Christmas.

Mum and Helen have been down quite a bit to see him and are totally besotted. As u would be!!!! The help they have provided has been absolutely invaluable and we managed to lovely day out for Dave’s driving day earlier on this month safe in the knowledge that Proper Auntie Helen and Nanny Liverpool were at the helm.

Obviously we’re biased but Joseph is unbelieveabley cute. And although it continues to be hard work he makes Dave and I so happy. We just love being our own little family.

We’ll be in touch again soon, now we have more time on our hands. Will post pictures asap!!!!

So…. what have we been up to…

Well we’ve not posted anything on here for ages that’s for sure. The reason is fairly obvious to anyone who knows us or reads this blog.

On August 25th at 4pm, Joseph Albert Eric Jordan was born, our beautiful new baby boy. He weighed 8lb 2oz although in the last 3 weeks he’s been whacking the weight on like Wayne Rooney on his summer holidays and he’s now 9lb 5oz !!!

We’re both absolutely delighted obviously although the first couple of weeks have been really hard work, in fact they are sooooo much harder than anyone had even hinted at. Sometimes he’s sleeping for 45 minutes at a time during the night, sometimes not at all and then last night out of the blue he went 6 hours without waking up. We both sat up wondering what the hell was going on, panicking as if something was wrong, but no he was quite happy.

We’ve spent most of the last 3 weeks getting out and about, trips to Liverpool, coffee with friends, walks in the park, over to see the grandparents etc. It’s been so hectic but brilliant to be able to show him off to everyone. I am the proudest Dad alive and I know Lou feels the same way.

So anyway, we’re off to bed soon, another rock star like evening for us, in bed by 9, so I’ll leave you with a picture from one of Joseph’s baths. He finally seems to have got used to the water and we’ve got some cracking pictures of him in there enjoying the bubbles.

Joseph

I’m sure we’ll be back on here blogging soon, but don’t hold your breath, the days don’t seem quite so long anymore for some reason !!!

Written September 09, posted late as obviously my head wasn’t screwed on at the time!!!!

Well as you might have guessed our new arrival decided to make HIS entrance to the world on Tuesday 25th August at 4pm in the John Radcliffe.

The start to our labour wasn’t great and after a very slow early labour (2.5 days to be precise) the delivery was quick as a flash-3.5 hours. Glad it was this way round rather than the other. We also managed to come home the same night and thanks to the incredible efforts of Dave and my mum I look back fondly on the whole experience.

Our little boy Joseph is just perfect. Although you may question that when he won’t sleep at night. Given he is just over 2 weeks old we shouldn’t really complain. Just never really understood how difficult it would be.

Dave has been truely fantastic and is a real natural. We both feel so overwhelmed we don’t know what we should be doing half the time but no doubt we’ll get there.

Will post again soon- when we get 5 mins!!!!!

Boo, the title I believe is self explanatory. We are still here waiting, but on the upside have possibly our last grand prix weekend to entertain without being mummy and daddy!!!

Last 5 days have been fairly unbearable and after a disappointing appointment at the midwife who was far from reassuring or confident in her manner, I left feeling very down in the dumps.

Although I have now regained my optimisim and had a reality check- (it will be here either way in one weeks time) I find it most unhelpful that people continue to want to tell u all about their experiences, how they were late then had to be induced more than once, had back to back babies with no problem, did this and it started labour, did that and it started labour, went 11 days overdue, 12 days overdue, 2 weeks overdue, had a brilliant labour of a few hours with no pain relief, had a really long labour of nth proportion!!!! I think you’re all getting the message.

Then u have the people that text everyday, even though they’ve never picked up the phone to ask me how I am in the last year, who then become consumed by the need to text continuously with, ‘any news?’ or
‘well?’. These are the people that tend to infuriate me.

Lots of people do genuinely care and for that I am thankful for everyday and very much appreciate, but Dave-Mr laid back is now being asked everyday, several times a day in work if there’s, ‘any news’??? Not likely if he’s still sat at his desk!! I always imagined he’d be at my side during the birth of our child but other people seem to think he’d rather be at work.

People do do strange things sometimes.

Anyway it’s the weekend. We have each others company again until Monday and I keep my fingers crossed that by the end of the weekend something may happen. In the meantime we have sone serious grand prix qualifying and racing to watch which will pass several hours and will stop the mind numbing waiting that will no doubt continue when Dave goes back to work on Monday with still no developments!!!!

Oh and when it arrives- you will know. Although the order you will all be told in is already pre-determined by the contact sheet developed for after the event. Fortunately for most of you who will read these blogs, you’re near the top!!!!!

Loads of love x

One day left till we’re due!! Why did I always know that deep down this baby was not going to make an early appearance into the world!!!

Why would u when you’re so comfortable and snuggly warm. So much for the movements getting less near your due date- at this rate with this amount of moving, Dave will have managed to blog again and I’ll probably be waiting till November for a baby that’ll come out at about 22 lb!!??

Had some friends over for dinner Friday and had this ‘feeling’ that something was happening- but again to no avail. Was just left with immense back ache which continues 2 days on and which is making sleeping/moving/ walking very very difficult.

I feel like I want my body back and Dave’s right about feeling like you’re missing out as one by one the NCT lot go into labour and have their baby’s. I can’t even gloat and say well at least we’re getting loads more lie in’s while we wait. It’s 7.22am and i’ve been awake for an hour and a half.

It’s Dave’s last day off today and he’s back to work tomorrow. Although we’ve had a lovely 2 weeks doing very little and enjoying each others company it would have been nice for the little un to show themselves before he goes back to work. I’ve really got used to him being home too and I will miss him when he goes back- the joys of being off on maternity leave, cleaning and being on your own a lot of the day has slowly worn off now so to go back to that potentially from tomorrow is a bit depressing.

Anyway- ‘THEY’ (who’s knowledge about pregnancy is far greater than mine) say that only 5% of women give birth on their due date. The thought that it could be tomorrow makes me happy. I said to Dave yesterday, ‘don’t worry it’ll arrive on monday because it’ll be punctual like it’s mother’ to which Dave replied, ‘or tardy like it’s father’. And the realisation that it could have a bit of bothof us about it sunk in very quickly.

So help me, it best be punctual like me!

So it’s breakfast time for me and little one now. Can’t wait any longer and the tummy’s starting to rumble.

Hope you enjoy reading and please whoever reads this, cross your fingers and toes (if you can actually do that type of weird stuff) and wish that I go soon before I completely lose my marbles.

Ta ta for now x

So here I am, after months and months of writing nothing I thought I’d better pop on to say hi, if only to satisfy Dan who gives me more grief than anyone about my lack of content.

So as you will have read things have been a little strange for us over the past few months, sitting, waiting, waiting and doing a bit more sitting…

We’re both desperate for the baby to come now. Two weeks of my annual holiday have nearly passed and the little one has wriggled and kicked for all it’s worth but no real signs of progress.

One by one our NCT friends have been going in to labour and coming out with beautiful babies, 4 couples so far. We’re so happy for all of them but the more that go in and come out parents the more it makes you want your own baby to show its face. It almost feels like we’re missing out.

Obviously there’s the issue of Lou’s comfort too, and sleeping is becoming a big problem, so for that reason alone we hope it’s soon.

Anyway, this is my first post for a long time, it was never going to be a long one so I’m going to leave you to have a quick look around the NEW website !!!

You might not even notice it’s changed, but that’s ok. I’ve basically changed a couple of things to make it easier for me to maintain, easier for us both to upload photo’s etc, and to give you just a tiny bit of choice about the background colour, don’t say we never do anything for you. So look right at the top for the coloured buttons, and choose one that suits.

Be good, and speak to you in November……

Well it’s 7.11am and I’d almost convinced myself that I’d be going into labour last night but again to no avail.

Had strange crampy feelings and lots of lower back pain, which could in theory be the start of something but maybe baby just isn’t ready to meet the outside world just yet.

My hopes of a delivery whilst Dave is off work diminish as every day goes by but we still have a week left I suppose. Fingers remain tightly crossed.

My ability and inclination to do anything is slowly reducing too and the fed up feeling is beginning to dominant my days. Cheeky I know as still 10 days away from my due date, but so many people have their baby’s early- I was kind of hoping?? It is after all only an estimated date of delivery and surely they can’t be that accurate every time.

I’ll have a week to go Monday so hope that I’ll go quiet on here for a while sometime soon and that’ll be because we’ve had the baby. Mum cheered me up the other day by saying if it’s a boy they tend to be a lot more comfortable in utero so now I think if I go overdue it’ll be cos it’s a boy. I’m a sucker for myths, legends and old wives tails.

Anyway, I’m gonna get up and have breakfast and hope that today might just be the day. This is worse than a child waiting for Christmas Day- although you always know how long u gotta wait till Christmas Day. The God given gift of pregnancy unfortunately doesn’t lend the same courtesy.

Speak soon (or not if I’m lucky enough to pop before I get around to blogging next)

Bye bye for now x

Baby did not arrive as planned. Boo Will now have to just play the waiting game, as it’s clear little one hasn’t listened to a word mummy and daddy have said to it so far!!!!

38 weeks tomorrow- come on baby, you’re suitably baked and can come out come out whenever you want. That’s the worrying thing-it may not want to for another 3-4 weeks yet. Again I say Boo!!!!!

Bye bye x