Warm and Dry

Alexander & Aristea

We are proud to announce that today we welcomed Alexander & Aristea into this world.

• Alexander Nicholas Silvester Gabriel Chance OWENSON was born weighing 6lb 4oz at 19.40
• Aristea Rose Evelyn Catherine Luck OWENSON was born weighing 5lb 131/2oz at 19.48

We are all overjoyed, especially big brother Arthur.

I am worried that I shall be vegitating once the babies come and all I do is breastfeed them. It is not like I could do with Arthur, hold him with one arm to one breast and breastfeed whereever. This will require 2 breasts and 2 arms… which leaves me unable to do anything bar watch stuff happen around me. So, hopefully TV will keep me occupied. Ok not the best brain food but at least something. I wanted to upgrade Sky but Owen muttered something about high speed satellite internet TV or something like that. I told him he could do whatever he wants as long as it is easy to use. He says it is. Not sure if I believe him, but he did promise to teach me to use it! Hopefully it will arrive before the babies, so I can learn to use it before my brain goes to automatic.

I still need to prepare my bag for the hospital. I know it should be easy, all I need is to download a list from the internet but I cannot get round to it. I was joking with Owen, saying worst case I could send him out shopping while I am in labour!! Ok, I know this is unreasonable… but it is a plan B!

I guess unless I am given a couple of baby gift baskets and a set of mum to be things… then I need to move my backside and get my bag packed!!

We are back from Paris. I cannot believe we have been married for 10 years already. It was a fabulous holiday. Arthur particularly enjoyed the stay at Disney, though he enjoyed the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame.

The best bit was to come back and find our new cloakroom. It is fantastic to have it. I wish I did it sooner. Makes me wonder about the conservatory but at £20k… it feels far too much. I want to decorate the cloakroom, so I have been thinking of a couple of Village candles, a plant and perhaps an enlarged photo of a flower.

We are currently doing some updates to the rest of the house like the kitchen… watch this space for more details!!

I have been going through all my baby boy clothes from when Arthur was a baby. I cannot believe how small they were. Really tiny. Or maybe it is just that Arthur is so big now. I cannot wait to buy some girl clothes. But I think I will wait till the twins are born and confirm they are a girl and boy. At least most of the clothes up to 6 months are mostly neutral gender.

I must say I do miss Woolies as they had a lovely selection of baby things…. mind you, I do have most things now thankfully. I just need a twin baby feeding pillow.

I am trying to prepare for the babies. Sometimes I feel so ready and others… well not at all. We bought a car a couple of days ago. A seven seater obviously (a Renault Espace) but I could not see us with anything smaller. I know we have 2 cots now, and a double buggy but was wondering if I need anything else like baby girl clothes. Mind you I suppose most of the clothes for the first 6 months that I have (from Arthur) are neutral colours, so I can probably temporarily get away with waiting a bit. Especially as I would prefer to confirm what the babies are when they are born. Mind you one thing I know I must get are Nappies!!!

I just heard that Roderick unfortunately had an accident early this morning. His car overturned and was completely smashed up. However, fortunately, he was unharmed bar a few scratches and some bruising to his ribs. He did go to hospital to confirm that he has no internal injuries and all is thankfully well. Apparently if he had a passenger they would not have made it, just like the car, but unusally he was all alone.

We are back from Butlins and had a wonderful time. Arthur in particular was completely enthralled. He met Bob the Builder, Angelina Ballerina, Fireman Sam, Barney, Billy the Bear and even Barney (who strangely he did not want to have a photograph taken with him). I must write more about it… Owen took some great photos too, so I must add them to my blog.