Sis + dog at Trig Point, Baildon

My sister, ladies and gentlemen.

My sister just realised that the Patrick Moberg print I’ve had hanging in my room for 1year+ spells out “L-O-V-E.” Good luck with your exams this summer Ellie!

Eddie and Ellie, my bro & sis, in an Irish bar in Spain. We left Abaco for cheap Guinness and Mailbu

I’m probably not making my sister’s coach trip go any faster.

My sister only just got an iPhone and discovered Ping so now she can annoy me 24/7 for free.

Lunch with Kate & Ellie

I wrote before about the beautiful story of my cousin’s babies’ birth.. two sisters, two babies!

Today they got Christened at St. Winefrede’s Church. Catholic things can get boring but the priest was concise! Yeah!

I got good face time with both babies and every time we do this I love my family even more.

Ellie is my sister. This is her hand and the hand of baby Tobias. So…

NEW BABIES!!!

Katie and Lucy are my cousins who also happen to be sisters and just had babies within two days of each other. On the left is Katie’s second child George Thomas and on the right is my sister holding Lucy’s first baby Tobias Ryan.

Their due dates were kind of far apart, weeks maybe, and Katie went into labour around her due date at the weekend. She gave birth to George with all the family waiting and later that day at the hospital Lucy was all like “I think my waters may have broken,” so my Auntie Kath took her down to get checked out. They ended up in the same ward in beds next to each other. The nurses were surprised to see them with the adjoining curtain open at all times until they learned they were sisters and they broke the rules by putting the two babies in the cot together for a photo.

I’ve forgotten to mention their husbands Mark and Cory who have also had a real ride the last week or so. We visited them all tonight and Kate & Lu looked great but they looked absolutely knackered! I think there were a couple of “unsmooth” things during both of their births (not complications really, just not straightforward) but everybody is happy and healthy and I really forgot how teeny tiny newborn babies are until I “held” them both tonight.

Holding newborn babies is like just holding out your arms and someone putting something on them, and even though it feels like holding air it’s also like holding something crazy precious and because you can barely feel that you’re touching them you panic a little. I do, anyway.

Also: I’m a nervous baby-passer.

Enjoying the sun with Ellie. Trampolines are great for sunbathing on.