And her name is ......

Alyssa Morgan Pedersen

:)

xx

Jon's birthday/more baby photos :)

There are a lot of photos again tonight, so I will try and keep the writing to a minimum. Today is Jon's birthday. He's had a busy day starting with an interview up in London. He seems happy with the way it went and we now have to wait to find out if he got the job or not. Crossing of fingers and prayers are very welcome! Back from his interview, he went to meet up with his brother Mike for a drink before coming round to meet the girls and me at Will and Theresa's. From there on to a Doctor's appointment and then home for present opening and a visit from Deb and Dave before we went to Nizam for a curry. I think he's had a good day and we're hoping that the coming year will be a better one than the year we've just had.

Happy Birthday, Jon! Emily's card (any guess how old he was today?)

At the Nizam

In age order, Hugh

Claire

Emily

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As I mentioned above, we went round to Will and Theresa's this afternoon so that Claire and Emily could meet their new second cousin. Mum and Dad were also there and Tyler received a couple of presents. The remote control car from Mum and Dad was a great hit and it didn't take him too long to work out how to make it go.

I think both Tyler and Will/Daddy will have fun with this one :)

Tyler had said they needed a birthday cake because it was his little sister's birthday. I love that idea and think all babies should have a birthday cake when they go home! Tyler was on hand to blow out the candle

A few more of baby (who, I'm told, will have a name before her mummy and daddy go to bed tonight. I'll find out what it is tomorrow)

Eyes still open and having a look around :)

With Great Grandpa

and Emily

and Claire

I got to have a lovely long cuddle (sorry to all the family members who aren't near enough to have one!)

Finally, a couple of black and white conversions because the colour wasn't so good.

Back with the name tomorrow

xx

The latest addition to our family

This morning at 8.24am, Theresa and Will welcomed their new daughter into the family. Baby doesn't have a name yet, but she weighed in at 6lb10oz and is so cute! This afternoon her grandma (Kay), big brother Tyler and big sister Michaela went to visit her and this evening it was Mum (Great Grandma), Jon and myself who were lucky enough to go and visit. We couldn't help thinking of Renee and Shane (Theresa's sister and brother) who aren't able to pop round and I hope these photos will help. Baby becomes my 2nd great niece ;o) . Theresa and baby will be going home tomorrow and I'll be taking the girls round to meet their new cousin and there may even be a few more photos!

Theresa, Will and baby This little girl had her eyes open most of the time we were there :)

Look at how little her foot is (aaahhh!!!)

With Great Grandma

Grandma, Baby and Jon in the background

Great Uncle Jon's turn to hold (we fight over who gets to hold babies ;o) )

Proud Mummy

Falling asleep just before we left

Congratulations once again to Theresa and Will. We're so happy baby is now here and are looking forward to spending more time with her. I'm sure Tyler will be a loving big brother and can't wait to see him with his sister tomorrow

xx

A visitor on the green and Emily's new look

Yesterday, as I was sitting watching Loose Women and having a toasted sandwich for lunch, I noticed that Tom cat was staring rather intently out the bay window towards the green. I thought maybe the squirrel was out and about but couldn't see him. I was just about to turn my attention back to Loose Women when I saw a movement on the green. It looked almost like a large (very large) hamster! Those of you who know me well, also know I have pretty rotten eyesight! I kept watching and it suddenly struck me that it could be a hedgehog. I dived into the kitchen to grab my camera, slipped on my flip flops and dashed out the door. I didn't want to frighten it so to begin with I kept my distance and took a few photos from further away. The hedgehog seemed to look up at me and decide I wasn't a threat but then he turned around to walk away from me. I went on to the green and got a bit closer to get another couple of photos but that seemed to startle him a bit and he started to curl up. He didn't go into a ball, just tucked his head down and waited for me to finish. I've never seen a hedgehog like that before, I've seen one at the wildlife centre but not wandering around outside. I was so excited and he was so cute! Here are some of the photos I took.

I never realised that hedgehogs actually have quite long noses!

Isn't he cute!

Next up is the fact that my younger daughter has decided she needs to change her look! Today she went dark haired - what do you think?? I think I prefer her natural colour ;o)

And to finish off, she decided she needed to photoshop her eyebrows (haha!)

Have a lovely weekend!

xx