We saw the midwife for the second time today. This time, we managed to hear it's heartbeat for the first time... Ahhhhhhh
It was quite emotional I can tell you.
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Don King and I
We've had a quite relaxing weekend after our return from New York. It's a truly amazing place and a full-on assault on all the senses. After suggesting that we might take things a little easy, I realised that this isn't really possible in NYC. Everywhere you turn there is something to see, do, read, visit or eat. That being the case, we ended up doing the main tourist attractions - Empire State Building, Central Park, The U.N, Staten Island Ferry (not really an attraction in itself, but the views are amazing) , Tiffany's , St. Patricks Catherdral, Rockefeller Centre, etc, etc...
Here's a picture down 7th Avenue - just across from our hotel.
People have asked me since our return what my 'favourite' bit was. I suppose it depends on which way you take that. St. Patrick's Cathedral was suprising and enlightening, there were great views (and awful queues) to be had at Empire State and Ground Zero was moving, horrific and very emotional. What I will say is that we will definetly go back.
I can't really place New York. We were both relieved to get home but are both drawn back to the place. I can honestly say as a reasonably seasoned traveller, that there are few places I have a greater urge to return to.
One funny tale was that Don King was having Breakfast at our hotel (The Michelangelo) last Tuesday - it actually was him.
You can see all of our photos here sadly there are none of Don King.
So good they named it twice.
Here's a picture down 7th Avenue - just across from our hotel.
People have asked me since our return what my 'favourite' bit was. I suppose it depends on which way you take that. St. Patrick's Cathedral was suprising and enlightening, there were great views (and awful queues) to be had at Empire State and Ground Zero was moving, horrific and very emotional. What I will say is that we will definetly go back.
I can't really place New York. We were both relieved to get home but are both drawn back to the place. I can honestly say as a reasonably seasoned traveller, that there are few places I have a greater urge to return to.
One funny tale was that Don King was having Breakfast at our hotel (The Michelangelo) last Tuesday - it actually was him.
You can see all of our photos here sadly there are none of Don King.
So good they named it twice.
Thursday, March 24, 2005
New York
We've just finished packing for our trip to New York tomorrow. We booked it back in November and as normally seems to be the case, the time has flown by.
We're in the US until Tuesday, giving us 3 whole and 2 half days to roam around and we're staying at The Michelangelo - it certainly looks nice, but time will tell. As any previous visitor to NY will tell you, there is a whole heap of things to do. Fi and I are both virgins to the area so it will be easy to try and cram too much in, however, we're both in need of some relaxation so we'll try and keep it a little calm.
Until next time.....
We're in the US until Tuesday, giving us 3 whole and 2 half days to roam around and we're staying at The Michelangelo - it certainly looks nice, but time will tell. As any previous visitor to NY will tell you, there is a whole heap of things to do. Fi and I are both virgins to the area so it will be easy to try and cram too much in, however, we're both in need of some relaxation so we'll try and keep it a little calm.
Until next time.....
Friday, March 18, 2005
Better get used to The Tweenies
In what seems to be an increasingly rare posting to my blog, I reveal our most exciting news since Fi and I married. Yep, it’s the big one – we’re going to be parents. The life-changing month is September, round about the 15th-17th, depending on who you speak to. We’ve known now since before we went skiing back in January, however we’ve bowed to tradition and waited the suggested 3 months before making a general announcement.
Mother and bump are doing well. It’s easy for me of course but Fi has had what seems to be ‘fairly standard’ morning sickness, although it’s been occurring in the evening. As we enter the second trimester (I’ve been reading up on these things), the sickness seems to be abating and I can slowly wean myself off ready-meals for one.
Bath and North East Somerset council (or BANES, if you prefer the ‘catchy’ version) don’t pay for the traditional 12 week scan, so we wait until 20 weeks unless we’re willing to pay £200 for it. We thought about it but decided last night to wait – it’s only 6 weeks away anyway.
Obviously we’re both over the moon as it something we’ve wanted for a while now, but it’s overwhelming. Perhaps it is something that won’t settle in for sometime but then maybe it never does?
Other news is that we’re off to New York on Good Friday. This is partly in celebration for Fi’s 30th Birthday (April 11th) but mostly because it looks fun and something we’ve both wanted to do for some time now. It’s quite nicely timed given that come September we’ll never have any free cash ever again.
Mother and bump are doing well. It’s easy for me of course but Fi has had what seems to be ‘fairly standard’ morning sickness, although it’s been occurring in the evening. As we enter the second trimester (I’ve been reading up on these things), the sickness seems to be abating and I can slowly wean myself off ready-meals for one.
Bath and North East Somerset council (or BANES, if you prefer the ‘catchy’ version) don’t pay for the traditional 12 week scan, so we wait until 20 weeks unless we’re willing to pay £200 for it. We thought about it but decided last night to wait – it’s only 6 weeks away anyway.
Obviously we’re both over the moon as it something we’ve wanted for a while now, but it’s overwhelming. Perhaps it is something that won’t settle in for sometime but then maybe it never does?
Other news is that we’re off to New York on Good Friday. This is partly in celebration for Fi’s 30th Birthday (April 11th) but mostly because it looks fun and something we’ve both wanted to do for some time now. It’s quite nicely timed given that come September we’ll never have any free cash ever again.
Monday, February 07, 2005
Christmas & New Year
Where has all the time gone? November 30th is over two months ago and yet the blog has remained static. Hopefully this is a return to form for Yours Truly and I will attempt to backfill the last couple of months without labouring too much.
Obviously the big calendar event was Christmas, or in our case 'Christmases' (not even sure if that is the correct plural...). Being that we were due to spend the big day in Spain with Fi's parents, we spent the weekend before with my parents in Cornwall. How about that for equality eh? Thankfully after the demise of the old digital camerea, I was presented with a shiny new, smaller and better one. Nice one Mum & Dad!
After the weekend it was all about preparations for Spain. These were all thrown into the air when we received an email from Ryanair stating that there was a proposed baggage strike at Girona airport on the day we were due to return. Now they stated that although they wouldn't be accepting checked baggage, they would still fly... This wasn't particularly helpful given that we were hoping to make the homeward journey laden with presents! Thankfully it all turned out to be a storm in a teacup - the strike was cancelled, not before we had arranged to come back 4 days later than expected though. Christmas in Spain is exciting - you should try it.
It seems that party life is rife in Spain. I suspect when we look back in the years to come, the most memorable will be the Christmas Eve party we attended. It was hosted by Andy Ball, the ext keyboard player from MUD - remember them?.... It was a Christmas Carol party and just in case you're curious, we did sing 'Lonely this Christmas'.... Legenedary
Obviously the big calendar event was Christmas, or in our case 'Christmases' (not even sure if that is the correct plural...). Being that we were due to spend the big day in Spain with Fi's parents, we spent the weekend before with my parents in Cornwall. How about that for equality eh? Thankfully after the demise of the old digital camerea, I was presented with a shiny new, smaller and better one. Nice one Mum & Dad!
After the weekend it was all about preparations for Spain. These were all thrown into the air when we received an email from Ryanair stating that there was a proposed baggage strike at Girona airport on the day we were due to return. Now they stated that although they wouldn't be accepting checked baggage, they would still fly... This wasn't particularly helpful given that we were hoping to make the homeward journey laden with presents! Thankfully it all turned out to be a storm in a teacup - the strike was cancelled, not before we had arranged to come back 4 days later than expected though. Christmas in Spain is exciting - you should try it.
It seems that party life is rife in Spain. I suspect when we look back in the years to come, the most memorable will be the Christmas Eve party we attended. It was hosted by Andy Ball, the ext keyboard player from MUD - remember them?.... It was a Christmas Carol party and just in case you're curious, we did sing 'Lonely this Christmas'.... Legenedary
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