I went to Erotica at Olympia this weekend with Kerry, Kellie and Dan (0ddness). We all had a great time and started talking (as we 4 do at times) about films. It turned out that Kerry had not seen Moulin Rouge. Well last night we sat down and watched the film. So today's Music Monday is inspired by it....
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'Your Song' it just happens to be the song that reminds me of Albert as well... 22 weeks today!!
Showing posts with label Albert James Mervyn Dennis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Albert James Mervyn Dennis. Show all posts
Well it has been a pretty uneventful couple of days in the Dennis household. I have been working and Kerry has had her hands full with the kids! Amazingly she has not killed any of them yet, and still finds time to run the house and fit in some Zumba! She is totally amazing :o). Albert is getting big, he is now in size 3 nappies (not sure how the sizes work, but they are the ones I have to buy now) and his cold seems to have abated some what. This has had a knock on effect where he is eating properly (well technically I think its drinking) and now has started sleeping for longer as well. The last 2 nights he has managed to do 7 hours straight both nights :o) I thought I would use this as an excuse to post some more pictures of him, heehee.
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So there you go a few pics from his short life so far. Yes I know he is gorgeous :o) But then he has his mum to thank for that!
On a slightly different note I have noticed Dan has been writing comments, which is all good. His blog is well worth a read if you haven't come across it before. I loved his baby checklist which he rewrote as a basic program for me to understand, which has proved so helpful recently I decided to steal it and post it here.
10 RUN "FOOD"
20 IF NOT "FOOD" GOTO 30
30 RUN "BUM"
40 IF NOT "BUM" GOTO 50
50 RUN "WIND"
60 IF NOT "WIND" GOTO 70
70 RUN "CUDDLE"
80 IF NOT "CUDDLE" GOTO 90
90 RUN "BUILD A BRIDGE"
100 END
The only problem I find is that I now have several bridges with no where to put them, so I think I will drop them off in Dans front garden :o) lol.
So, Sunday went by, after the naked Zumba incident we started into the Garden (I was still wearing my dressing gown whilst we did this). Cut the grass, moved the trampoline and table around and generally tidied up a bit. It now vaguely resembles a garden again :o) After this we chilled, watched a film, Just Go With It, which was OK. I like Sandlers work, but this one took me a while to get into it. Not sure why, just didn't seem to sparkle from the off, and it has to be said was a very predictable story line, but it was OK to kill a couple of hours.
Monday was an office day at work, with most of the analysts going through the really exciting audit bits and pieces and making sure all the new publications and regs are being met by us. We have to do it now and then and it is as bad as it sounds, but in the industry we work in, it is a necessary evil, I mean anyone would think this asbestos stuff could kill you...
Kerry went off to Zumba tonight, and that is when Albert started screaming. I don't mean crying, which I tune out quite well, I know I am a terrible father, but I mean screaming. Changed his bum, he screamed, fed him, he screamed, winded him, he screamed, cooled him down, he screamed, warmed him up (No Dan, not in a microwave) he screamed. To the point where after an hour I was considering phoning, my mum, my father in law, even thought about calling Dan (D'oh).
After some thought, which very much went along the line of:
don't panic,
your new at this,
babies cry,
its natural,
he might be hurt,
perhaps he got stung by a wasp (no wasps around),
check him anyway,
good plan.
So an in depth examination of Albert, after 15 minutes of this and Albert still screaming I decided that the wasp sting/ insect bite was out, and all his major limbs were still attached. Yet he was still screaming.... changed his bum again (Albert doesn't like dirty nappies) still screaming, tried to feed him again, he took about 3 ounces and promptly passed out 21:45. He slept then till 05:20, no night feeds nothing. Straight through. EXCELLENT! Although he still doesn't seem right... Oh well, I do try not to panic, but I think its natural, still at least I didn't start calling everyone and causing a major scene... Only I know how close I came to that. ;o) Shh don't tell anyone..
It started at 5am when Albert woke up this morning, thanks Albert... anyhow, I got up, fed him, changed him, settled him down again (or not as the little git wouldn't go back to sleep) got up went downstairs and put Deep Space nine on, we sat watching that whilst the house slowly woke up. By 9am everyone was up.
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After tidying up and feeding Albert again, Kerry and I decided we would break out the new Zumba game she bought yesterday whilst at Lakeside.
Now let me explain what Zumba is for the uninitiated, Zumba is a workout, lets not get this wrong, yes it uses Latin and calypso beats, but it is high energy bouncing about.. something I relished with open arms...
Let me explain, that Kerry has being going to Zumba classes for about a month now, I have not. Kerry has rhythm and style and I do not. Kerry knows some of the moves and, yep, you guessed it I do not. Kerry also has leggings and a top on... I however, am in a dressing gown.
So we started... Fired up the X Box and the Kinect and we were off! Bouncing about, following the on screen person... It was brilliant. Then the scores came up at the end... Kerry Zumba Pro, Myself Zumba Jamming... So with new vigour and determination I watched the tutorials, I studied and gave it another go... Zumba Jamming. Kerry, without breaking a sweat, Zumba Pro. More training, more tutorials, more goes... I score Zumba Jamming and a lot of laughter from the settee... Kerry thinks naked Zumba is the new thing... I think I should pay more attention to my dress and less to the competition I am hopelessly taking part in... Oh well, at least the kids were out...
Awww the little one.... he is now 53 days old and is doing really well. At the moment he has a cold of sorts and as such is being a royal pain in the **** as he cant breath properly, so isn't eating properly, as such he is now sleeping less than a couple of hours at a time. Other than that, he is perfect.
Weighed in at 12lb 9oz last week and was 58cms long which puts him between the 75th and 90th percentile, or as the lady at the clinic said, a big boy!
This is him earlier today! I know cute isn't he? lol.
Kerry is totally amazing as well at the moment, balancing everything going on within our lives and looking after Albert. It is impossible to say how I would cope without her running around, especially at night, Kerry does the majority if not all of the night feeds at the moment as I have to get up for work.
Did I mention Kerry is amazing? Well she is.
