what a stunner - takes after his Dad!

PS. to all you generous souls out there, Oliver would like an Xbox 360 for Christmas (the one with the hard drive and wireless controller please!)

the proud grandparents!

The Gramps have all visited to meet the new grandson. All very proud as you can imagine!

Granny & Pappa Hewson...


Papa Grave...


and Nanny Grave (holding Oliver's drink while he has a little nap!)...


as cute as they come! (I'm biased though!)

a few more pics...

Visiting the hospital this afternoon with Sam. Oliver gave Sam a dinosaur so that cemented their relationship!

It all proved a bit much for Sam so he decided to try out Oliver's bed for size...

...starting to look a little less squashed now!

Oliver Robert in da house! (or hospital, technically speaking!)

Oliver was born at 1.22am on 13th December 2006! Weighing in at 8lbs 10oz its quite remarkable that the labour only lasted 2 hours star to finish. Susie did fantastically well, used a TENS machine at first then got in the birthing pool, a couple of token puffs on the gas and air right at the end and there he was! (Susie might make it sound a little less easy than that if she were writing this post!!)

Oliver started feeding soon after birth and got the hang of it pretty quick. Dropped Susie at her ward at about 4.15am and I've grabbed a bit of sleep before heading off on a little shopping trip now we know its a boy!

Here are a few photos so you can see the little chap!

Photos I forgot to post!

Realised I had forgotten to post another one of me pregnant and a couple of the inside of our house! For those who will appreciate it - do you like the laura ashley wall paper! Never thought I would buy from there! But I love it!Here is our dining room and kitchen, its great to have the open plan space especially with Sam.

Taken tonight! So 1 day to go! Got a bit paranoid that the top in the other photo just made me look even more huge than I am! But maybe not, maybe I am just huge!!

Just a funny one of Sam infront of our tree! He was most excited that he helped Daddy with the xmas tree that he prays about it every night! Shame you can't see the lights. The tree was far too big when we got it, obviously thought our lounge was bigger than it is! Cliff spent 2 hours hacking most of the tree off from the back, so much so that it was top heavy and he has had to tie it to the skirting board!!!! And looks well and truly shaven from behind! Luckily no one sees that bit! Except anyone nosing in from the window!

8 1/2 months pregnant

Pretty huge bump eh! Luckily I have kept my waist and although it may not look like it you still can't tell I am pregnant from behind! ( Apart from the way I am now walking now I have 2 days to go at time of posting!) Feeling good, just waiting for the inevitable to happen soon! Due 8th December so anytime now. Were ready and excited and a little apprehensive too! Watch this space for photos of the new arrival!

Some photos of what we've been up to!

Here is a photo of us at my cousins wedding in July , where I was 5 months pregnant!

We also had a long weekend break at the end of September where Cliff and I had a couple of nights away which was lovely, while my parents had Sam. So we made sure we had a great family day with him when we came back. Here are a couple of shots of us at Hever Castle, we had a great time, especially in the water maze where I got soaked, which the boys found very amusing!!! Unfortunatley no pictures of that - water and cameras don't really mix!

Our new house

For those of you who are unable to come round to our lovely new house which we moved into in August! Here are a couple of photos.......

And here is how close we are to Endcliffe Park where we take Sam a lot!(in fact you can only just see it - the green splodge at the bottom of the road! Bigger than it looks!)