Well it’s now 9 weeks since Emily was born and life has certainly changed and the thing is, I love it. I almost can’t remember not having her around after only 9 weeks! eeck. All things seem to be going OK, she’s eating, sleeping(occasionally) and best of all we’re getting smiles and goo’s… more about that in a bit.

Ange is doing great, she’s really tired and has a bit of a cold at the moment so I’m trying to provide as much TLC as I can / am allowed to. Neither of us are good patients but we both try which is important. It’s really cool to watch both of them together, lots of playing and activity, well as much as you can at only 9 weeks.

The smiles like I say are getting more frequent, and we’re now sure it’s not just wind!…  It’s also clear that Emily is all about the thinking and planning for world domination, starting of course with her parents.

You can just tell for use that she’s calculating just how much of a smile of a goo she has to give to get her way… we stand firm together against her however… well until I cave in!

The drive home  from work is full of excitement to get home and see both of them, we’re doing combination feeding which means I get to do the bottle. It’s a really good thing from my point of view as it lets me be involved more and gives Ange a bit of a help. We play Russian roulette with Nappies , turns out that like life, nappies are similar to chocolates.. you don’t know what your going to get and some times here are interesting bits in there!

We still have work to do to get into a routine, at the moment the night time outline is feeding around dinner time (6ish) and then try to get her back to bed, invariably around 1:30 am we’re just getting her to sleep finally.  Daddy invariably has to unleash the secret sleeping weapon… the Right shoulder! For what ever reason she loves cuddling on the right shoulder… move her to the left and it’s tears until we’re back on the other side… who am I to decide eh?.. of course the downside of this is that my back is killing me! oi vey!

So nappy changing is also a fun time, as I say it’s a surprise what you get, is she finished or not!.. sometimes I have to confess to getting the timing wrong and it’s time to clean up everything – much to mummy’s amusement. It’s also amazing how much she focuses, well looks at the TV. I get that its the lights, movement, noise it makes but it’s funny, she almost gets that head 180 deg to see it!

So after 9 weeks I’ve found that I am besotted, happy beyond belief and just can’t get enough of it. Is it what I expected… no idea, don’t know what I expected when we found out we were pregnant, but I have to say it’s all very cool.

I’ve been taking photo’s aplenty at the moment I think it’s around 400…. the poor wee soul has this look of frustration every time I whip out the camera… I’m sure she’ll relax soon… her mum on the other hand… not so much…. like me not keen on getting photo’s taken…. but you get that.

I’ve found that building the ability to type on the PC with one hand while Emily is in the other is useful, she apparently loves to watch you cook (maybe get’s that from her mum!) will not go to bed when people are in just in case she misses something and has this incredible ability when it comes to going out in the pram for a walk… 2 mins out the door and she’s asleep…. for the whole walk, then the minute your at the door of the house… she’s awake!… how does she do that?

My mum is here at the moment as well which is great. It’s been almost 18 months since we saw each other so trying to spend time with her but of course she wants to see her grand daughter. What is it about grannies.. they have this amazing ability to break babies wind, settle them, entertain them and yet also switch off to the cries when needed… we have lots to learn!…. but I love it, I love it to bits!