On the swing with daddy

What's up?

It's Jo's birthday this week Cripes Off to Harlow on Saturday to celebrate Tim is playing crazy golf with his clients on Tuesday and off out for a beer with the Harpo NCT boys on Thursday Had better think of something special for Wednesday night Getting nervous about what we need to keep Euan happy during the flight to Australia Less than 2 weeks to go 27 degrees out there today Could do with a holiday Hope Tim and Nina are looking forward to looking after a 4th child for a fortnight ;0) Wedding anniversary when we get there too Hooray! It's been an amazing two years Tim won an iPod at work Jo and Euan are enjoying Euan's swimming lessons on Mondays and have started sing-and-sign The survey is in today and it's all systems go for the new house in Shepherds Way Phew

iPrize

A lovely surprise today, as Tim was given a new iPod Shuffle as a prize for innovation in marketing!

Corporate lime green, naturally.

A chance for us to separate our "music" collections, much to Jo's (and Euan's) relief...

Law Society 7s action

Pooped

Ringer

Rumours that Hogan Lovells had drafted in a 7s player who "doesn't even look old enough to be a practicing lawyer" were vigorously denied this morning...

Euan's first rugby games

We had a great day out at the Law Society 7s on Sunday.

Hogan Lovells made it through to the semi-finals, losing to ultimate winners Herbies. Jo and Euan watched and waited very patiently as we defied the odds to win game after game, although Euan did miss his dad's first (and only) try of the day, because he was chatting with his toddler pal Jacob.

As you can see, the entry fee (in aid of the Wooden Spoon charity) included a free Euan-sized rugby ball, which delighted his dad; almost as much as the ball-handling skills he then showed whilst juggling the ball, a carrot stick and some soggy brocolli (one of his favourite "finger foods" at the moment).

We got home tired and broken, ahead of a busy week (both at work and at home), with swimming coming up on Monday, Sing-and-Sign on Thursday, and plenty in between.

Lost soles

August seems to have finished. What's been happening since the last blog?

Decisions, decisions

August has come to an unexpected end. We were up in Godmanchester for Kate's birthday a few weeks ago, and spent the Bank Holiday weekend doing odd jobs around the house. On Saturday we saw another property, and promptly put an offer in. Now we have two offers accepted! We hope to drop the first property soon (the seller has been rubbish, and this property is nicer) and crack on with buying and installing ourselves in the new one.

On Monday we had a nice lunch with Jo's friends from Harpenden NCT, and their husbands and babies, and on Tuesday we sorted out the mortgage with the nice people at HSBC (it's like the NatWest adverts, and nothing like the Halifax adverts) and spent the afternoon in IKEA looking for a rocking chair.

The damage

Today, Tim lost his trainer to a long-running rip (see picture). From memory, these were the trainers that completed the 2007 marathon, so they've done very well!

Euan is experimenting with his food, and is now quite happy in his highchair, with messy hands.

This weekend, the Premiership rugby season starts, and Granny & Grandpa Reid are coming over to visit. We might even let them babysit, if they're good!

We really ought to start planning our trip to Australia. No idea what to pack, or what Euan's going to eat on the plane!

First tooth!

News today...

Euan's first tooth is coming in! You can just about see it, but

you can definitely feel it when he (inevitably) sticks your finger in his mouth.

He's been in remarkably good spirits so far, if teething is supposed to be a difficult time. Hope he stays this chilled through the rest of the process.

It might explain why he's been waking a little more at night. It probably doesn't explain why he likes butternut squash but doesn't like sweet potato.

p.s. Here's Euan with Smartie, the cat Paula and Dave bought him when they first came to visit. Smartie has really come into his own in recent days, and is a firm favourite, so thank you both! x

Long time, no blog

At long last, we've made some time to upload more photos to the site!

Tim's been a bit self-indulgent here and has put together a slideshow of recent pictures of Euan.

If you'd like to see more, click on the photo above. x

Tim's mum and dad are in France and Jo's mum and dad are almost on their way back from their long holiday in Oz with the "young" Concannons.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

JET x