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Blocks and Monsters

Posted on 30/01/2012

Tom, as is normal for all small kids I suppose, has an innate fascination in whatever his Daddy is doing. As I spend a lot of my time in front of the computer, naturally Tom wants to be there too. … Continue reading →

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Getting Christmas

Posted on 25/12/2011

I thought maybe that Tom’s third festive season would be the one where he started “getting” Christmas, but the whole thing seemed to be passing him by. I suppose the whole world is still a bit too novel to him … Continue reading →

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Guilt trip

Posted on 21/08/2011

I upset myself earlier. We were home from hospital, Jane was resting and I was occupied with calming the new baby. Tom was passing me Lego, trying to get me to play with him. I looked into his face, calm … Continue reading →

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Thankful

Posted on 19/08/2011

Today our daughter was born. Healthy, beautiful, absolutely brimming with life. Her name is Emily. Six months ago we were told she was sharing the womb with a twin. This twin, tragically, didn’t have all the bits needed for life. … Continue reading →

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Friday is Baby Day

Posted on 17/08/2011

This hasn’t, I’ll freely admit, been a Fun Pregnancy. But after all the trials and tribulations, the days and days of scans, the months of worries and the horrible late night hours of Very Dark Thoughts, we finally have something … Continue reading →

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Speaking Up More

Posted on 10/08/2011

Tom’s speech has come on leaps and bounds since I last posted. He’s still probably a bit behind the average, but I’m amazed every day by the stuff he understands and is starting to communicate back. I definitely don’t feel … Continue reading →

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Speaking Up

Posted on 10/06/2011

Tom’s speech development has been slow, but recently things seem to be speeding up. Continue reading →

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Houseless

Posted on 06/06/2011

At the start of the year (as I’ve blogged before) we were in the sticky situation of owning 2 houses, but living in neither. They were the properties that Jane and I owned before we married, but been unable to … Continue reading →

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Summer Blizzard

Posted on 31/05/2011

It’s snowing outside. It has been, on and off, for weeks now. A slowly wafting blizzard of fluff. Possibly due to the spring drought (the worst in this region for 100 years, I hear) the dandelions seem to be having … Continue reading →

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Harold Camping’s Judgement Day Progress Bar

Posted on 24/05/2011
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