Oh Dear

2 worries... 1 - I have just discover Will Wheatons Blog which he started in 2001, sooooo I am going to be unreachable for a few weeks and 2 - I realised I haven't updated in ages and Nate is getting bigger and older all the time so I need to get on and update so.... a timeline withNates stuff in as I know you are only here for him(this means you Mum)!

23/2/09 - BIRTH!

1/3/09 - First bath

3/3/09 -Went "home"

9/4/09 - meets aunty crispy for first time and plays on play mat (from Paul and Lauraine)

22/03/09 - First Mothering Sunday - I get a dvd and an adorable card with Nates piccy on it and I celebrate with a trip to casualty followed by 2 weeks in hospital..

13/04/09 - Mum dad and crispy come over and do a fine job building a shed

22/04/09 - Nates first immunisations. I walk all the way there and cry all the way back - Nate is fine

27/04/09 - Nate get a new exciting bouncy chair to replace the one he HATES. He is over whelmed with excitement

30/04/09 - adoreably sleepy

29/04/09 - Nate manages to stay awake for more than five minutes in his bouncy chair and is stunned by the fun

13/05/09 - Nate slept an 8 hour night for the first time ( had been about 6 hours for about 1 1/2 months up to now)
22/5/09 - Boy proves to be too cute for own good...

19/05/09 - Nate goes to Tiny Talk for the first time
23/05/09 - And lures his daddy in with his good looks.. On his 3 month birthday!

24/05/09 - Experiences his first Bramley Fete and his fathers and families propensity for dressing in silly clothes.He also triede out his bumbo today

25/05/09 - Exhausted by yesterdays fete - sleep

26/05/09 - Gorgeousness on mum and dads bed -there are failing legs everywhere! Nate is 5.4 kg today!

31/05/09 - Nate finally finds the attraction of the drop-a-toy-and-get-daddy-to-retreive-it game
08/06/09 - Nate finally big enough to play with his thumper (from Aunty Crispy) - cuteness ensues! There were so many cute photos I couldn't choose so made a collage - click on it to get to the album of all the photos

From 20090608 - nate amd the bunny

10/06/09 - Nate has his first shampoo
11/06/09 - Nates first tooth can be felt(bottom front) . Sitting in bed reclining with Nanny he sits himself up for the first time
12/06/09 - Nate has a strop in his bumbo

13/06/09 - Nate rides his noble (but dumb) steed for the first time

19/06/09 - Nate starts to show off his culinary skills

21/06/09 - First fathers day - recieves all in one remote control and they celebrate by watching top gear together!
06/07/09 - Nate learns to blow raspberries... continually...
13/07/09 - 15lb 1 ounce
22/07/09 - Raspberries stop for a bit
23/07/09 - Nate is getting better and better at sitting up! Today he also started rolling with just a little help from his daddy... 5 months old! Nate has his first meal - Baby rice - not impressed!

25/07/09 - Nate goes to his first birthday party (jasmines) and eats ice cream, chocolate and cake - his first "real" food
27/07/09 - for first time tried to pull himself into a stand (manages with a tiny little bit of help)
31/07/09 - Babysat by Sophie for first time - John and I went to the cinema
10/08/09 - 16lbs!
21/08/09 - Nate managed a whole weetabix for the first time and Nate starting going to bed earlier (had been having a late last feed when we headed to bed ourselves)
23/08/09 - 6 months old!
25/08/09 - Nates first tooth can now be seen!
17/09/09 - Raspberries are boring now - sucking cheeks in and making sucking noises is the BEST!
18/09/09 - Stays night at Nannies
19/09/09 - Mum and Dad got married
20/09/09 - leftovers at Nannies
21/09/09 - Off on my first holiday
7/10/09 - Finally Nate was big enough for a highchair so has his first meal in it

11/10/09 - Kris has a belated 30th and off to uni year 2 party

12/10/09 - Nate is exhausted after yesterdays adoring public

13/10/09 - we get a flat tyre, miss the filming of buzzcocks, have the worst tgi fridays meal we have ever had and Pauline fails at babysitting

15/10/09 - BOUNCE

18/10/09 - Nate can now crawl backwards-ish - sandwiches are exhausting

19/10/09 - Nates tries his (a bit too big) coat bought for but never used in Switzerland and "walks" to bracknell center with mum and dad

23/10/09 - Nathan celebrates being 8 months old by mastering his sippy cup!

24/10/09 - Nate attends his first Barton Road christmas cake making - i take my camera but forget to use it

The Apocalypse is coming.....

"The first angel sounded:

And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood,

and they were thrown to the Earth.

And a third of the trees were burned up,

and all green grass was burned up. and all green grass was burned up.

And Lydia and John Finally got round to tying the knot!"

Yup that's right - we got hitched! The run up was rather hetic but a great day all-in-all. The service was wonderful despite my making a fool of myself by sobbing so I couldn't get my words out. The van was gorgeous (I thought I would not get John back into the reception).

John must sleep with his eyes open from now on after his speech, Dad's speech was full of lies and Glyns speech was a wonderful portrait of John's sporting prowess!

But I shan't pretend you are interested in us - so I'll get to the point - Nathan was an absolute ANGEL! He was passed from person to person and, apart from sneezing on my sisters cleavage during the service, barely uttered a sound and pretty much kept going until about 10 pm. He quickly went to sleep and John and I had a wedding night of my dreams - In seperate beds with a cot between us with a crying baby from 3am - bliss a whole duvet to myself!

Pictures to follow...