Sunday, March 11, 2007

News comes in....

At breakfast-time in Scotland, 7 month old Christina Falconer is on the edge of her seat awaiting news of friend Reece's imminent arrival in the USA...





She turns to the screen excitedly as news comes in.... "what's that?"



He's here!!!!!!


Congratulations to new mum Melodie and baby Reece! Well done!!

Lots of love from all of us in Scotland xxxx

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Where does the time go.....?!

...in more ways than one! Firstly, it's amazing how she's grown, and how much our lives have changed. Secondly, we never have any spare time, or so it seems - so apologies to all friends and relatives who haven't heard from us for a while - I don't know if I'll ever be organised ever again...but never mind - the baby certainly doesn't :-)

Here are a selection of photos displaying our darling offspring ;-) as she's grown over the last month:

Our favourite picture of her so far ...


In the church, just before she was baptised...

Baptism again...

The happy family... framed for us by Christina's godfather - thanks, John, very cute...

Having fun...


More fun...

Daddy's girl...

Family again.... (Mike heading off to work just this morning)

Sleepy ...

Bye bye! (I wonder if I'll ever talk like an adult again!)

Friday, September 29, 2006

Yes, we are still alive ...

.... only just!

It has taken me a very long 6 weeks, but finally I have found the time and energy to update the blog... it's been quite a challenge, let me tell you... apols for the lack of text but I'm a bit slow at typing one-handed!

The Falconer Family at 10 days:

She's now 50 days old and about 12 lbs.

So here's the fabulous sling once again - don't know how we'd manage without it:

And a baby's eye view of sling-travel - doesn't it look so warm and comfy??

And here's Dad (yes, he does get her sometimes). Email me with suggestions for what the baby's thinking:

Here she is gazing up at her special infant development mobile, kindly gifted by pregnant friend Melodie in the States. Christina loves it, thanks Mel. She goes daft when we turn the card you see here to the baby's face - her little arms and legs go nineteen to the dozen:

And just to prove we haven't completely forgotten (or lost) our other child...

And one last pic of Her Royal Cuteness. Sorry Gran, we know you hate these outfits with ears...

Thursday, August 17, 2006

A week that has lasted a lifetime

Here she is! Christina Isabel Falconer....


.... born 7 lbs 13 oz on 10th August 2006 ....

.... mummy and daddy both exhausted ....


.... but very proud and happy ....


.... here's what she arrived in - the fabulous home birthing pool, which helped bring her out in record time for a first baby: the midwife recorded a delivery time of 2 hours and 5 minutes! What an amazing experience! And the pool will make a great kiddies paddling pool (when half inflated) in a couple of years! The baby sling is also proving a big hit.

And finally, proving what a water baby she really is - this pic was taken tonight (17th Aug) - a week old and having her first bath. What you don't see is the expression of utter horror accompanied by blood-curdling cries that followed shortly after! But we're her parents, we can put up with anything now!

Many thanks to everyone for your kind wishes, phone calls, emails, cards and gifts - we appreciate it so much. As they say, nothing can prepare you for parenthood, and the support we've had has really helped us through.

Saturday, August 05, 2006

Hello and welcome...

Well hello!

Welcome to the Falconer Family Blog! A new venture for our little family of three, hopefully to become four within the next two or three weeks...


Here's our new house in Rosyth, near Dunfermline. Since we moved in we've managed to unpack, decorate the house, install garden decking, paving and a new shed which houses both dog and bikes, and get a new car to replace the Peugeot which had become a target for any reckless driver who cared to hit it.

So here is Sam's new pad - he sleeps in the nearest end of the shed, which has his own private door, and is partitioned off from the rest of the shed. As Mike said, it's like our first child has grown up and left home....


So very soon we'll be focusing on another child in the family (what? a dog isn't a child? really?) and never fear, Sam will be welcomed by the little one bringing a special squeaky toy, carefully put to one side at the moment.

And just in case you are concerned as to how I'm doing at 38 weeks pregnant, here's me working hard on the new decking....

And one last thing .... here's Mike's very own new baby:

... a Honda CG125, which he bought shiny and almost-new with only 80 miles on the clock two weeks ago, so any little scratches that appear on it are a major tragedy! But I must admit, it's a beauty, not that I'll be on it any time soon!

That's all for now.... will be in touch if there is any news.... :-)