Chapter Six - In which Beth learns about Sunday mornings...

Mummy and Daddy were keen to teach Beth that Sunday mornings were all about relaxing:She soon got the idea...
...and eventually managed to get the bed all to herself:
Daddy's childcare techniques continued to develop:
He has even started using his own nose as a pacifier:

Chapter Five - In which Beth goes out and about....

Beth liked her pram....
...and the baby sling:

Sometimes Beth was tired before she even began........but getting her official birth certificate made it all worth while:














Beth attended her first social engagement at 2 weeks old:

Mummy and Victoria tried to interest the babies in each other - but without much success!

Chapter Four - In which Beth's beauty routine is established....

At first Daddy wasn't sure where to start...


...but the bath soon got underway:


The routine was capped off with a soothing massage:

Chapter Three - In which Beth receives visitors...

In the first few weeks, Beth had more visitors than Mummy and Daddy had had all year. Some of them were...

...Grandad...Nana
...Grannie...Uncle Andrew
...Great (heh heh) Uncle Terry and Great Auntie Bev

...The Godfather

...Uncle Darren

Chapter Two - In which Beth comes home

Beth settled into her car-seat very happily:



Back at home, Mummy and Daddy celebrated with champagne and chocolate, while Beth slept.


She preferred their bed to her own Moses basket......
.....but Mummy and Daddy triumphed in the end!

Chapter One - In which Beth makes her first appearance

Beth was born at 10.44 on Friday, 17th February. Her first pleasure was feeding, which she did heartily. She was less keen on the clear plastic hospital cot and protested loudly at being left in it for any lenght of time! Daddy soon worked out the best way of dealing with this:

She was visited by her Nana and her Great-Nana when she was a day old and was well-behaved, in a sleepy way, throughout.