Robert and his cousin Ethan (a video not by me).

I used to be somebody!

More Robert videos..this time his eyes are open! Wow! The excitement!

Actually, this was really interesting as he was awake and not indicating he wanted fed for about half an hour, he was finally taking stock of his surroundings. I only caught him right at the end as his eyelids got heavy.

Getting out and about.

Today we went on a trip to town. This gave me a chance to use my new indispensable toy: the sling.

It's pictured here, but to stop screens cracking all over the world I've avoided using a picture of me (actually we forgot to take one).

It was a great trip, and the advantages of not having a push chair to haul about became quickly apparent. The only problem was that Robert does like to burrow himself into his winter outer clothes, so that he disappears from view, but we had this problem in the pram as well.

So we were able to have our weekly crossword and coffee session. SO here is photo of me having my cake and eating it.

Will the baby videos ever end?

Only when the novelty wears off.

My team gets mentioned on national television!

Ok, it was Channel Five and it was late at night, but the College league finally gets a full run down of results, and they mention my team...Anglia Ruskin Phantoms, we did lose, and I wasn't there (first college game missed in ten years), but it still was cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnGhrMDxcKk

Robert asleep (no time to video when awake)

Short video of Robert (take 3)

Why all parents are really boring

Never ask anybody about their specialist subject or hobby, unless you are really interested in it. I pity people who ask me about Teaching and American football, as this allows me to launch into one of my interminable soliloquies where I am in my element and the poor bugger who asked me is wishing to god that the earth would finally open and swallow him up.

So, that's the problems new parents have because they have a new all encompassing obsession, their little baby. As we are completely chemically addicted to our little charges, we are completely unable to realise that everybody else is just being polite.

I am no different. so here are more photos of Robert.

More baby pictures and videos.

Endless baby stuff is not random, but it's all in my head....unless it is over Robert, or his changing mat, or the floor.

Robert is home and here are some pictures to commerate the day.

More interesting is this photo:

This is Kara at the pub. The rather random bit is that she was already in the first stages of labour, her hindwaters had broken, she had started light contractions every few minutes, and had been at the birthing centre being monitored. Instead of sitting at home, she was desperate to meet with other NCT buddies (pregnant or recently pregnant women), for their weekly lunch. So the bar lady asked me when she was due, and refused to accept my repely of "about six hours".

I wondered why nobody ever does this, and then it hit me that this was all to do with the smoking ban. So an offshoot of this ban is that pregnant women can now sit in pubs to help take their mind off contractions. Of course the pub was completly empty apart from this group. A new pub focused demographic group has been born.

I defy anyone to find "going to pub" on anyones birthplan.

PS: Everyone was on soft drinks.

Video of Robert in room.

Introducing: Robert Laing

Kara gave birth last night at 1.25. Robert Laing weighed 7 pounds and 5 ounces. It was an emotional expereince and Kara coped amasingly well. Baby and Mother are doing well, although Mummy did lose quite a lot of blood right at the end, and is therefor quite weak (but still OK!).

I promised myself that I wouldn't take loads of pictures, but here is another (and maybe a video of Robert after I had to take him to his new room.