Hello all - Ellie and I are really chuffed to be able to welcome our Son and Heir Ethan John Douglas Jarrett.  He was born on the 10th November 2006 at 4 o'clock in the morning after a ridiculously long time in hospital.

 

Mother and Son are both doing really well, and we've now been home from the hospital for over a week and we're slowly getting used to our new lifestyle.

 

As any programmer will tell you, being up at in the early (and for that matter, late) hours of the morning is not unusual, but doing it every night for 10 days is starting to get a little tiring! We're both now napping in every spare minute, but every day is a little easier.

 

Its really weird seeing him grow even in the first week - at first he couldn't really co-ordinate any motion, but he's already able to hold his head straight for small periods and grab and push with both hands at the same time - he could grasp from moment one, but seeing the co-ordination kick in is really quite something to see.

 

Anyway, I'm sure over the coming months and years i'll end up with the odd mention here and there, but I'll try not to become a baby-bore. But i'm sure you can forgive the odd digression. And if not...there's plenty more Blogs out there.

 

To those friends who we have already told, thank you so much for you kind words and cards - its really great having them arrive each day, and it helps us to forget the total lack of sleep!

 

To those who we haven't been able to tell in person yet, I hope you'll accept my apologies, and we'll be in touch in person as soon as we can get any time away from nappies/crying/feeding/phone calls