Albion's First Week

This week, (my first in this world) was SUPER busy...

   

 I hung out with Dad and Baxter,

Caught up with Auntie Amanda and Uncle Malc,

  

I think I have some growing to do before I fit this one...

 

Mum decided that I should explore the park,

So we all headed out for a wander (that's my house in the background).

 

The next day I had a big bath to get ready for some more special guests.

 

Jenny (Topsy) and Tim arrived from NZ!

Toby and Sarah came out to see me too.

Topsy was a bit tired after her big flight and gave me lots of cuddles.

 

Then MORE visitors arrived including another little person called Miss Orla Hill.

 

I think we got on OK.

 

this is the whole gang - Topsy, Mum, ME, Auntie Sarah, Dad, Uncle Toby, Orla, Tim, Auntie Han and Uncle Jon.

 

 

See you soon!

Albion is Home

So yesterday Mum and Dad took me home to our house in Englefield Green.

 

 I wasn't that impressed with the carseat.

But when I got home Mum let me have a huge feed.

 

I met Baxter the dog...

He was very keen to meet me and sat and watched as I had my dinner.

 

I can't tell you how much I LOVE that colostrum. ( mainly cos my mouth is full)

One of the highlights of my first day at home was snuggling up to Daddy in bed.

And after another big feed I lay on Mummy's front and had a nice warm snooze.

I do love being at home and chilling out .... and yes I know - My cheeks are very chubby!

Mr Albion Stanley Payton Rutherford

 

Meeting Mum for the first time.

 

Dad has some skin to skin contact with me to settle me down.

 

Hello world... I would like you to please call me Albion Stanley Payton Rutherford. It's a long name and I think it suits me cos I am quite long too.

Mummy stares at me all the time.

Even when I close my eyes she is still there.

At the moment I am sometimes being housed in this peculiar plastic box. 

 

But I prefer hiding under the covers with mum. 

 

This is me with mum and dad - they love me HEAPS! 

Anniversary

It was our 1st Anniversary on the 30th of Jan... I know - where did that year go! We had a lovely lazy day at home and didn't do a thing! It was bliss.

To celebrate we went to see Les Miserables in London the following Monday - my 4th time but it was as amazing as ever! We were lucky enough to get the best seats in the house thanks to my friend Debbie's sister. Very cool!

I also gave Don some photos of our wedding - a year later I have finally managed to get some printed... And he gave me a three hour ceramics course for the both of us. Cool aye! We did it on Saturday and it was so much fun. It was at the teacher Su's house and we had a great time. We made a few little bits and pieces and once they have dried and been fired in the kiln we get to keep them. Here are a few pics...

It was such a great pressie and I am really keen to do some more at some point.

So we made it to 37 weeks on Friday - the baby is full term. I think we are all sorted for its arrival and are getting pretty excited about meeting the little one...

I have finally finished work so have been busy nesteing. It is SO nice to have some time at home and I have been busy stocking the freezer and cupboards, packing my hospital bag, relaxing, hanging out with Baxter and generally getting things ready for Smudges arrival.

We have done lots of catching up with friends and it feels very strange to think the next time we see them we will have a baby... Scary!

This is me and Moana who is due early in May.

 

We had dinner with friends Trav, Ganon and Janelle in the weekend.

And we went and visited Dan and Leigh and little Nate on Sunday to have lunch and take some photos for them. Here are a few shots of Nate. He's pretty cute!

So only 2 and a half weeks till Smudgy is due to make his or her appearance in the world... We will keep you posted! Love to all xox

Quilt Making.

This weekend I made a quilt for the baby...

I decided that I didn't want to spend lots of money of buying sheets etc for the baby when I can make them so have spent some time at the op shops looking for old sheets and duvets and cool fabrics. I spent last weekend cutting up old sheets and creating new ones. For the flat sheets I used some of the ribbon from wedding presents to make them look pretty and also made fitted sheets for the mattress.

I couldn't resist making up the cot to see what they looked like!

While I was op shopping for the sheet fabric I decided to look for cool fabrics to make a quilt - I was thinking spots and stripes - maybe old shirt fabrics - but shirts are still £3-£5 from the charity shops and as I wanted about 6 different patterns I went to one of my favourite websites www.etsy.com and bought a really neat fabric bundle dor about £7. This along with a couple of cool pillowcases I found I made my quilt. Here are some pics.

It took most of Saturday to make and I had to spend a bit of time unpicking a few mistakes... But I really love it and it wasn't too difficult at all (just don't look too close as there are a few scruffy bits)!

I hope Smudgy likes it...