October Update

Nothing really much to report with us. Nathan's walking a lot more now and prefers that to going in his buggy. Trying to get him in the car seat can be a nightmare!! He's had a couple more sessions at soft play the latest one at Molly's at Ocean Terminal where we lost him up a tree house so one of the staff members was dispatched to retrieve him before the older kids knocked him down! Despite our half term being last week I hadn't realised there was in service days this week so it was quite busy with older children. Still at £1.50 I can't complain. Hopefully next time we go he'll be able to try out some of the higher level activities without being trampled on! I've got no where with his new room apart from picking out colours and getting a bed off ebay for a bargain £11.50. We need to do some major rearranging of computer stuff before any decorating can take place and mum needs the room to sleep in next week so it'll be a couple of weeks yet til we get round to things.

I'm fine and growing rapidly. The midwife apps are still quite spread apart and being the second child you don't get a much attention as you do the first time round! Baby is moving a lot but apart from that there's not a lot to say. We're currently toying with the idea of travelling to the borders general for the birth as the new birthing centre at the NRIE has been delayed but I can't make my mind up.

Here's a few up to date pics of Nathan.

Nathan's newest cousin

Nathan's building up his list of cousin's. Big congrats to Peter and Sara on the birth of Vincenzo George Griffiths born 26th September (23.28 ish I think), weighing in at 7lb 15oz.

I'm very jealous of the totally relaxed visiting hours down there. The family got to go in after the birth and stay til 4am then had open visiting the following day apart from a few hours. The best you get up here is 2, 2 hour slots one in the afternoon and one in the evening - dads can come anything though between 9 and 9. Anyway looking forward to see them all this weekend all being well.

Soft Play

I took Nathan along to soft play for the first time today. It was a session limited to pre school so nice and quiet and slightly less boisterous than other times I expect. That said within the first 5 minutes a charming young boy had scratched Nathan's face. They had a special area for the 0-3 years so Nathan spent most of his time in there. He had a go on the big children's trampolines but didn't really know how to bounce and also tried the sensory room but burst into tears straight away! I don't know if it was the darkness of the room (it's a room lit by various LED light displays) made him though he was being put to bed or what. Anyway here's a wee pic of Nathan (and granny griff) in the babies bit.