00.08 - Woke up to hear Z griping and K pacing, no mention of birthdays, fell back to sleep.
02.45 - Woke to hear Z griping and K pacing, was about to suggest a feed but before I could a baby was plomped onto the bed next to me and satiated with boob. No mention of birthdays.
06.00 - Woke to hear Z griping and K marvelling (read: despairing) at how wet he was. First big nappy malfunction in new reusable nappies. Z balling. I realise that since I'm off work there's really no excuse to lie there listening to it and get up to help.
08.00 - Wake up to see Z quietly sleeping between us, happy and contented. Wondering why I'm so lucky to have such a beautiful family.
08.10 - K wishes me happy birthday and asks if I'd like presents...she knows me very well!
08.30 - Presents all opened...very spoilt, highlights include a K-penned "Daddy & Zachary Adventure Book", a box of sweets, meeple t-shirt, Carcassonne coasters and a couple of board games.
08.35 - Lying in bed playing with Z while K makes breakfast downstairs.
08.45 - Eating bacon and fried eggs (with the egg fried into a heart shaped hole in the toast) with tea and orange juice, whilst in bed! Bliss but crumby!
09.00 - While K feeds Z I take phone call from my aunt who has mixed up me and my brother and sent him a birthday card instead of me!
09.30 - Lie in bed reading "Dad Rules" by Andrew Clover (a present from Z) while watching Zachary have fun playing with himself, before dropping off for a nap.
10.00 - Squeeze in a game of Citadels.
10.30 - Get fashion show as Z is paraded in front of me in the 2 family christening gowns. At least they fit...there were worries about fat arms.
11.30 - Everyone up and dressed, still reading my new book.
12.00 - Wander into town for lunch. Neglect to bring parasol as it is cloudy but hot. 5 minutes into town glorious sunshine directly overhead, can't be bothered to go home and fetch parasol.
12.30 - Find orzo in small deli. K pleased as it is the final ingredient in my birthday tea (having searched fruitlessly at Morrisons, Sainsburys & Tesco yesterday)
14.45 - Back home having spent a load of money on nothing much. I seem to have a constant urge to buy my son books he won't be able to read for years to come.
15.30 - Played with Z, watched some of The Shield series 6 (naughty Shane!) and helped K fix the pomegranate granita.
16.30 - Read some more of my book, punched the bits for Tikal.
18.30 - Put Z to bed while smelling nice things wafting from the kitchen.
18.55 - Receive phone call with new improved offer from people wanting to buy our house! Hooray! Offer not brilliant but we feel that its the only one we're going to get before the prices plunge any further. Hopefully tomorrow will see our new lower offer accepted on the house in Long Eaton.
19.10 - Start blog.
19.15 - Settle Z again.
19.20 - Continue blog.
19.25 - Settle Z again.
19.30 - Eat delicious meal prepared by K of Chicken Roulade with dolcelatte, basil, tomatoes and pancetta served with orzo pasta with mushrooms. Followed by an indian dessert which was made from pomegranate granita, with melon, coconut milk, pomegranate seeds on the next layer with toasted almonds on top. Delicious along with a nice glass of rose. K shall be doing the cooking more often.
20.00 - Watched Celebrity Masterchef
21.00 - Played Tikal and K is so far beating me up. Clearly she is better suited to searching the Mayan jungle ruins than I am.
22.00 - Finish blog while K feeds Z.
5 comments:
Happy birthday Leigh!
Ah, the memories. Long Eaton, rings a bell. I lived in Radcliffe-on-trent when my first 3 were babies. Now they are in their forties, more or less.
Nice to find you indirectly via that black box toy.
i meant first 2 not that it matters!
Gosh that was quick...I only had a fiddle this morning. I guess you're responding to my comment on your blog.
Indeed, I confess it.
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