Shampoo

This picture epitomises Charlie's lazy day today.
In the evening, we gave him his first hair-wash. Lindz was expecting him to throw a wobbly but he just took it all in his stride and watched us intently. Now he's a bit fluffier than in the picture.

2nd outing

Here are some more photos of Charlie, including him ready for his 2nd time out of the house. We really tested him this time with a combination of torrential rain, a noisy cafe and a rickety lift in Woolworths, but he slept through the whole thing, probably unaware that he had even left the house.

The many faces of Charlie

Here are some pics from the last three days to keep everyone happy :)

Baby News! Charlie arrives

Charles Alexander was born on 4th May at 1754h and weighed in at 8lb11oz. Mama and Babs are both doing well after an emergency c-section. Here is a picture of the baby when he was only 20 minutes old! His eyes were wide open, looking right at me.

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He has long dark hair but no sideburns yet.
As it was Star Wars Day, we considered calling him Darth, Obi Wan or Jar-Jar, but Charlie suited him better.

Baby robin red breast

No sign of our baby yet with one day to go. However, in our garden, a baby robin took it's first steps out of the nest today and was trying to learn how to fly. I managed to film a short clip of him hiding in the corner of our back garden!



I particularly like his fluffy hair.

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Yesterday afternoon, Lindz decided that the best way to trigger the start of labour was for us to go for a long walk. The plan she had was to walk in to town, have a coffee and a rest and then walk home. This would be approximately 5 miles in total. I thought this was a bit optimistic and I was right because once we reached the end of our road (100yds) Lindz got a stitch and we had to turn back shortly afterwards!

9 days to go?

Not much to report yet. We are still waiting for the baby to choose his moment of arrival. Yesterday morning, I woke up to find that he was having a fit of hiccups and Lindz was sleeping through the whole thing.
We took a leisurely walk round Jefferson Gardens this afternoon with the camera and a macro lens. Here are a few of the pics (click to enlarge):

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Big Babs?

We had an ultrasonic scan last week to check the size of the bambino (no pics/vids this time). They found that he is above average size (like his dad) and the amniotic fluid is also above average volume but both are well within normal limits. We could see more detail at this scan - it looked as if he was chewing something (a pie?)
I'm having trouble finding a newborn Liverpool FC kit for him to wear as his first set of clothing. I'll certainly have to get one in time for Liverpool beating Manchester Utd in the European Cup Final.

This week we went to our first antenatal class. By the interval, most of the couples had turned quite pale after hearing all the gory details of what will happen during labour and birth, especially after the demonstration with the rubber pelvis.