1. Martin looking remarkably calm. This is about 1 minute before lisa arrived.

2. On the bus

3. Milling around

4. Lovely bridesmaids

5. Back at the hotel.

And when he's bad he's a flesh eating vampire.

A few photos from the last few months. Now nearly nine months old...

5 weeks old and all is well :)

Now 10 days old.

Nothing prepares you for this.

Had thought over the last 9 months about being ready for fatherhood. This mainly manifested itself in DIY projects, buying baby clothes and trying to make sure I didn't have too much work to do in the weeks around his due date.Thankfully it does all feel pretty natural.

Things I like:
- Having a cute baby to look at
- Being really very impressed with my wife's ability to withstand pain
- Being called Daddy
- When he's sleeping
- Lots of quiet time reading
- Looking forward to the future
- Getting obsessive over nappy contents
- Loads of lovely presents and people being lovely in general

Things I don't like:
- Lucy and Albert being admitted to a ward at 6am after he was born, me
having to go home be myself and come back later. After going through what we
went through it was a really painful wrench walking out of the hospital
alone
- Feeling of powerlessness when he won't stop crying
- Sleeping 2-3 hours a night (even less for Lucy)

Things I am strangely ambivalent about:
- Getting weed on/pooed on etc
- Vomit
- Assorted smells

All in all would definitely recommend it :)

Born 2.32 am Friday 21st July, 8 pounds 2 ounces.

Mother and baby doing very well.

* written by one, not intended for.

1. Move faster

2. Remember you are taller than your wife

3. Keep still

4. Lovely :)

One very welcome feature of Lucy's pregnancy is baking, and lots of it...
and this is just at the weekends, goodness knows what culinary delights
await as she prepares to finish work for a few months...

1. Butterfly Buns
2. Butterfly Biscuits
3. Oat Crunchies
4. Brownies
5. Cheese Scones