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One rainy, December day, Mr Jibs decided to go on an adventure.

“Are you coming, Grizzle Monkey?” he asked.

“Waaaahhhhh” repied the Grizzle Monkey.

“Righty ho”, said Mr Jibs, and off they went.

On the first day of  the adventure, they set up camp in the wild flower meadow. They played with Auntie Rhiannon in the afternoon, and she brought them a giant sock! Mamgu and Tadcu met them in the afternoon, and they had adventures together for a while.

On the second day of the adventure they hid in a cave with Mami and Dadi and the four of them had adventures all day. In the evening, they had a picnic and they ate with both Mami and Dadi

On the third day of the adventure they were joined by Grandma Stacey, Uncle Colin, and Palindrome the Rhino and they played together, and dozed together, even though it rained. After they had said ‘goodbye’ to Grandma and Uncle Colin, and put Palindrome in the field with the other animals, they went to the book shop and to Mr Cohen’s giant emporium for fruit juice and pizza,  which they gave to Mami and Dadi as a present.

On the fourth day of the adventure the midwife lady visited and said they were both doing fine. Then they packed a bag of supplies and set out for the village. They got a piece of paper from a nice lady which confirmed that they did, in fact exist. They both agreed that this was good. They went to the best shop in the world, and Mr Jibs met Mami’s friends and collegues while the Grizzle Monkey hid in the bag. Then they went shopping for a posh frock for Mami, but didn’t like any that she found. The Grizzle Monkey popped his head of the bag, where he had been hiding and suggested they went home, and Mami and Dadi agreed. So they did.

On the fifth day of the adventure they were both surprised to see Dadi.

“I thought you had to go back to work” said Mr Jibs

“Waaaahhhh” added the Grizzle Monkey

Then Dadi explained that the nice people at school had given him annual leave while him and Mami were in the hospital waiting for them to arrive, which meant his paternity leave didn’t start until the Monday, so he didn’t have to back to work until the  10th. Mr Jibs and the Grizzle Monkey agreed that that was lovely, and that they liked having Dadi around. Then the lady with the scales came and weighed the Grizzle Monkey and said that he weighted 7lbs 4 1/2 ozs. Then she measured him and said he was 49cm long, so he wee’d on her bag to say thank you. Then in the evening Uncle Rhys came to visit. He brought with him a portable skyscraper, a fleet of ships and a spotty lion.

“Good grief”, said Mr Jibs. “I think we’re going to need to hire a zoo keeper”

“Waaaaahhhh” said the Grizzle Monkey.

Becuase he seemed a little unsure, Mr Jibs hid the Grizzle Monkey, and then Uncle Rhys and Mr Jibs had a discussion about Dadi, and Uncle Rhys taught Mr Jibs some new words. They agreed that the three of them would meet up on Saturday and talk some more.

After Uncle Rhys had gone, Mr Jibs and the Grizzle Monkey told Dadi all about their adventures and he wrote them all down.

“Any plans for tomorrow?” asked Dadi

“More adventures I expect” said Mr Jibs

“Waaaaahhhhh” said the Grizzle Monkey

Over the last couple of days a few things have been said that I thought would make great titles for blog posts. Needless to say I can’t remember any of them.

I know people say you can’t possibly imagine what life with a newborn is like, so I really didn’t try, but even  if I had…

That’s where that post trailed off three days ago. No idea why. So, anyway.Life. The strangest things are actually the normal things that have started to creep back in, especially when juxtaposed with this little bundle of gurgles that, it’s starting to sink in, isn’t going anywhere.

He’s already a little bruiser; he dropped from his birth weight of 6lbs 9 to 5lbs 14 by Monday, but by Wednesday he was back to 6lbs 3 and yesterday when Pam weighed him was was 6lbs 12!!! Not bad going considering the average weight gain for the first few weeks is 4-6 ozs a week! He’s adjusting to life with us, just as we’re adjusting to him. There aren’t really any patterns yet, just changes. He’s feeding for less time now, and going for longer between feeds, but he’s becoming more demanding in those gaps. And you really feel that at 2 in the morning. As well as visually gaining weight, especially in his face and hands, he’s getting better and better motor control every day, especially in his arms. He’s also getting stronger. The ‘wrestle with daddy’ section which accompanies each change of clothes I do is getting noticeably harder work. It’s probably not going to be too long before he’s beating me ;0)

Highlights of the last few days include:

Monday

• Pam visits – Curig weighs in at 5lbs 9oz
• Visits from Cats and Rhian, Cerys, Owain and Deio, and Janet and Hywel. Cerys and Owain eat my curry

Tueday

• Old Dear, Trnce and Pete visit. Or, as they shall be henceforth know, Grandma, Grandad and Crazy Uncle Peter*. That’s odd as well, having a new ‘Grandma and Grandad Stacey’

Wednesday

• Visits from Cat Daf, Cat Hows and Melari. Maybe Janet and Hywel as well? Can’t really remember
• Pam visits. Curig weighs in at 6lbz 3oz
• Major photo taking session in the evening!

Thursday

• We go into lock down. No visitors, sleeping in shifts, really recharging our batteries. Curig is really well behaved :0)

Friday

• Bit more lock down, but more wandering and less sleeping as we’re a bit more recovered. Curig more awake too…

Saturday

•  Pam visits. Curig now weighing in at 6lbs 12oz!!!
• First expedition out. We take a trip to Trostre. Curig sleeps through most of it
• Cord falls off at some point over night

I may be back to this post to add the many things I’ve doubtless forgotten. In the mean time I’m going to hist publish before he wakes up and it goes on hold for another three days!

* Woof, Bark, Donkey