Minion number 4

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Nick feeding SamSamuel is quickly transforming his fans into loyal minions by putting them through a rigorous training program involving playing skills, nappy changing, bottle and solid food feeding, teeth brushing and other important tasks. Once his new minion has been trained they have to pass the final test which is to look after Sam while minion 1 and 2 (myself and Rich) go out and have a break.

Sam is pleased to announce that he has now successfully trained a new minion up and would like to inform you that his fan ‘funkle’ Nick has now attained the impressive status of minion number 4. To help Nick complete his training Rich and I reluctantly spent the evening at a lovely Thai restaurant where we forced ourselves to have a good time 🙂

Does anyone else fancy taking on the Sam training program?

Sam’s weigh in

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Circular SamSam is happy to inform his avid fans that he now weighs an arm tiring 8.64kg (19 lb 1 oz).

We would also like to apologize for the earlier weigh in confusion – there seemed to have been a clerical error when entering the data, but worry not as the person responsible has been properly admonished.

Nonsuch park revisited

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Sam in the parkSam and I decided that it was high time to visit Cheam again and have another look around the lovely Nonsuch park. After much dashing to get there on time (I ended up walking quite some way to pick up the tram as this week it wasn’t running on our part of the line) we turned up early but luckily Cheam station has a great little waiting area (nice sofas and even a selection of books from the local library that you are welcome to borrow!).

Once Joh turned up with baby Eleanor we all head off back to her house for some lunch and a chat before heading out to Nonsuch park. I ended up being very thankful for the hearty chicken and stuffing sandwiches that Joh made as she hiked across the park with little Eleanor strapped to her front and me huffing along behind trying to keep up.

We sat for a while admiring some of the flower beds while I gave Sam his 3pm bottle and then before we knew it I had to head back to the station to catch the train home. Thanks for having us Joh and hopefully we’ll be round to visit again soon!

Sam starts earning his keep

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Working boySam has decided that he wants to follow in his father’s footsteps and become an electrical engineer (computer geek) as well. So today we headed off to his new work place and got him settled in. After quickly adjusting his seat and screen height he was typing away and answering technical phone calls like a pro!

While Sam occupied himself with this I had a quick meeting with my line manager to discuss the possibility of taking a career break for a couple of years. I’ve applied for it and if it gets approved then it looks like I’m going to be at home with Sam for a while longer. However, now that Sam is working perhaps I won’t need to go back myself at all!

Dad’s Birthday

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Sam playing with his GrandadJuly is certainly the month for Birthdays in my family with my sister’s, mine and our dad’s all being within 8 days of each other. To celebrate my dad’s Birthday we invited him and mum around for some lunch and were also lucky enough to have Thea, Marcus and Katie come round too.

Sam seemed to enjoy a slightly quieter time with all his family and played nicely with Dad as well as being good enough to have his mid day nap while we all ate lunch. For some reason I went a little over the top with the amount of food so we’ve now got a fridge full of leftovers which should see us through the next week!

Jessica’s birthday

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Jess and the cake

Last weekend Jessica had another of her 27th birthdays and celebrated with a BBQ at our house. A host of family and friends turned out and we all had a really good time. I made a chocolate hedgehog cake that I remember from my childhood and I am considering publishing the recipe here so others can try it.

I’ve been desperately trying to finish the new photo gallery in time for Jessica’s birthday and I’m pleased to announce that it is now finished and freshly loaded with pictures from the party. You can access it using the link on the right or from here.

Happy Birthday Jessica x.

Birthday time!

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Jessica presents Harriet HedgehogYesterday I had another 27th Birthday (this time it was a big 27th…). Rich took the day off yesterday so that I could have a nice long lie in on my Birthday as well as taking it easy for the day. There were lot’s of lovely presents for me to enjoy in the morning and in the evening we had some very tasty Indian takeout which I followed with a nice relaxing hour in the bath – aaah!

Today though was when the celebrating really happened as I invited some of my friends around to Tea Towers for a Birthday BBQ. Thankfully the rain held off for most of the evening so none of the guests got too wet and most of the food that Rich lovingly charred on the BBQ seemed to get eaten.

The littlest party comers seemed to have a great time playing in the garden and blowing bubbles, while Sam seemed a little overawed by the guests but was quite content to look around at everything that was going on.

There are some lovely photos from the day on the all new and improved Photo gallery that Rich has been busy working on – go and have a look at them here.

Sam’s weigh in

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Sam - the little drummer boySam is very excited to be able to announce that he now weighs a dependable 8.14 kg (17 lb 15 oz). Because his weight gain has been so steady in the last couple of months Sam no longer needs such close monitoring and has graduated to getting weighed only once every 4 weeks!

After we had finished playing at the Children’s centre we headed off into the local park where they were having a ” Buggies in the park event” . There was all sorts of stands out as well as 2 different bouncy castles for the little ones (none for us adults unfortunately) some fun obstacle course/gym type set up for the more sturdy toddlers and even a tent with some animals from a petting zoo there. Sam seemed to be too young still to get much out of what was on offer, but he did enjoy a quick go in the drumming tent and he had a brief look at some of the petting animals but only half heartedly.

Hopefully when they hold the event again next year Sam will be able to enjoy all of the things going on.

Visiting Sam’s Grand parents

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Sam with his GrandmaNow that Sam and I seem to have his feeding down to a fine art I felt that it was time to put my ability to get about to the ultimate test and make a trip to visit my parents in Kew. Oddly enough the distance to Kew isn’t really the issue but the lack of direct transport routes is. For us to get to Kew we need to catch two trams followed by two trains which takes just over 2 hours if everything goes well.

Luckily everything did go well today, we made our connections fine and even arrived there slightly early. Sam seemed to enjoy the journey and was keen to catch lot’s of fellow passengers eyes in an attempt to get them to smile at him.

Mum made her delicious leek and potato soup that I’ve always loved and Sam also got to try a bowlful which he seemed to enjoy though he did keep trying to wrestle the spoon from me. After his lunch he thought there was too much fun going on to have his nap, but after half an hour he did finally doze off and so I got to drink a nice cuppa tea with my parents out in the garden.

Thanks for having us Mum and Dad and hopefully Sam and I will be round to visit you both again soon.