Lucy at Longleat short film

Here is a short film of Lucy's day at Longleat Safari Park. The deer feeding at the end with Aunty Lorna is particularly amusing.

To see it on You Tube - particularly if you would like to watch it in High Definition, here is the link: Click Here

(Aunty Lorna guards against her image being put on the Interweb almost as vigorously as some religions discourage depictions of their imaginary friend. So we are very privileged to receive permission to share this.)

Painting

Leonardo De Lucy starts another masterpiece.

Tree Hat

Lucy turns herself into a Christmas tree with this special hat.

Putney Pink

Aunty Pink and the Sprock next to Putney Bridge.

Toes

Daddy was looking after the Sprocket today. Can you tell that he dressed her? Of course having to look after Lucy is quite hard so he took her down to the pub. That isn't Lucy's glass of wine though.

No, it was Lucy's Biggest Fan^tm Aunty Pink who was chugging the vin blanc.

Now what do you do when a growbag start getting too short for your big flipper like feet? Why cut of the toes of course!

Lucy in the Library

I'm sure that Aunty Tiss the Librarian type person would approve of Ali taking Sprock down to the Library once a week for "Rhymes". This is where little nippers get their first introduction to Nursery Rhymes. These two lovely ladies read out the rhymes and stories to enchant the imaginations and spark the creativity of these little treasures.

Well, apart from Lucy who looks like she is miles away! Probably thinking about Chaucer.

Like Brother like Sister

Lucy has a kip with her brother Barney.

Organisation

The Sprocket is starting to get a bit big for her Moses Basket. So it won't be long before she make the move into her own room and her new cot. In preparation Mummy has been organising things in her room. Fortunately there is a big cupboard where all her stuff can be stored. Hold on - what is that on the bottom shelf! Isn't that taking organisation a touch far?

Of course we won't be storing Lucy in the cupboard. We already have the naughty shed for if she transgresses the rules that Mummy has set down. She does look funny though.

Wig and Day

What a treat! Our good friends Wig and Damon with their adorable little sprouts Oscar (3 ish) and OJ (1 ish) came down from Lincolnshire to see the little Sprock. Of course the first thing Day had to do was restrain Oscar. He is full of beans.

Wig holds Lucy and checks out Damon's performance with OJ at the same time. It turns out that women can multi task.

Marcus and Ellen (Mellon) arrive. Marcus drinks beer and laughs at Ali and Lucy.

Ellen tries to lighten the mood but Holly is still taking things pretty seriously.

Yeah! Three momas with three babies. Note Oscar being naughty in the left hand corner!

Wig gets a good look at Lucy.

Dad takes Damon on at Ping Pong

Oscar has a cunning plan to beat Uncle Ports

Actually Marcus whipped the pants off both Daddy and Damon but we didn't get any good photo's of that so here is another one of Dad beating Day.

Uncle David's 60th

Uncle David was over from Australia on a business trip but he had shrewdly set aside some extra time to travel around visiting various folks up and down the homeland. It also coincided with his birthday so a secret party/bbq was organised in his honour in sunny Dorking. It was the first chance that Lucy had to meet her Great Grandad, Don.

Even after all these years you don't forget how to look after a baby and she was soon lying contentedly in his arms.

As evening slipped into night the temperature started to drop - always a great excuse to get the bear suit out. Nana likes the bear suit.

Uncle David was also partial to a bit of bear suit action

Ali chats to Uncle David as the rather fearsome patio heater takes the edge off the nighttime chill.

Cats

Whenever there is a new arrival in a house there is a tendency for the current incumbents to feel a little put out. So we have made a special effort to make sure our cats Barney and Boo have had plenty of fussing and even a few extra Cheesy Poofs nibbles. Obviously we aren't letting them stay with Lucy unaccompanied - well frankly - at the moment we are never leaving Lucy unaccompanied, but you can see in these shorts that the cats are already preparing for baby sitting duties in the future. Boo is very attentive and is going to ensure that Lucy keeps in line.

Barney on the other hand has a much more laid back baby sitting style.

5 Days Old

Good news. After several failed attempts Lucy now seems quite happy to use her Moses Basket.

She certainly seems pretty happy. For the first time last night all three of us got three hours sleep at the same time.

Ali is obsessed by Lucy's feet. Possibly because they are very sweet.

Swaddling is the ancient art of binding baby children in cloth so they feel as tightly held as when they are in the womb. At first I thought it was a bit cruel, but then I saw her looking like a cute little white slug and realised it was fine.

After seeing Ali's Mum yesterday it was a chance to see Ports' Mum today. Hello Grandma.

And of course Ports' Dad. Hello Grandad.