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Naomi

Christmas is just around the corner and we have just had our first fire of the year. This may seem a bit late but with the new arrival we just haven’t had time to light up before today!

Naomi is doing well – apart from her first cold which she caught off her mother last week – and she’s growing every day. She sped past her birth weight in double quick time and now is over 7lbs. (Considering she was 5lbs 11oz at birth that’s not too shabby!)

Everyone keeps telling me to take lots of photos because “they grow up so fast”. Well, I have and not only that I have taken a photo in the same chair each week, a task which I am intending to do over a year to get 52 photo’s. I’ll put them together in some form of montage if I manage to keep it up for that long.

I have had mixed blessings at work at the moment. I finished in Zurich after Naomi arrived 4 weeks early – I had to cancel flights and hotels as I was due to go out for another week. It all got quite hectic. I’m glad I left it behind – I enjoyed the work but it was a difficult project and it was beginning to take my focus away from what was really important – my wife and my unborn child. I’ve not managed to get a project since so I am now in a tricky situation. No project means I spend all day at home and spend loads of time with Naomi and Kathy but it also doesn’t leave me in a strong position for the end of year reviews which are taking place now. With the current economic climate I am getting nervous about the whole situation. I guess I should be grateful to spend that amount of time with my new baby – I’ve had 5 weeks at home so far! I’ll try and put thoughts of work uncertainty to the back of my mind until after Christmas.

We have written the Christmas cards today – which double as thank you cards for all the gifts and cards we got for Naomi – it’s taken a long time! Next is the decorations and it will really feel like Christmas. I have been growing my own tree in a pot since I got it free from an IBM conference on the green agenda – this year it will make its modest debut as our tree – it’s only 18 inches high! We have to be sensible as we are off back to Hereford for a week and a 6 foot high tree would be a bit of a waste. Besides, I can be smug and green with a tree that will not be thrown away at the end of the year!

I want to try and meet up with a few people around the 29th of December – so if you’re reading this and around Wokingham for the festive season (ok – I’m probably only talking to Andrew here but hey!) lets meet up.

Right – the baby needs changing and I need another glass of wine to get me through the Strictly semi final that I find myself watching… Cheerio for now….