August 2007

Everyone knows and hidden history

August 24, 2007

It’s weird now that everyone knows. It’s like we’re officially pregnant now the knowledge is ‘out there’. It was only this Tuesday that we were sat in A&E debating whether or not we were looking at an awful situation but two days on people are slapping us on the back and offering their congratulations. It [...]

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We’re officially Pregnant

August 23, 2007

Debbie and I have known since the end of June that we’re pregnant. We wanted to keep it pretty much to ourselves until we had our 12 week scan and told all our family. We had decided very recently to start a family after years of ‘thinking’ about it. I’ll spare you the graphic detail [...]

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We're officially Pregnant

August 22, 2007

The sun is on our face today, even if it is looking suspiciously like winter outside. Our much coveted twelve week dating scan appointment was this morning and it finally feels like we have something to smile about. Even though we’ve had three previous scans, they’ve been under the worst of circumstance. This scan felt [...]

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Two steps forward, one bleed back

August 21, 2007

Just when I thought we were finally emerging from the early dark times of worry we get firmly booted back. My thoughts were filled with the excitement of telling my family and our friends our news after our twelve week dating scan. We’d finally have a picture to show them. We could finally stake our [...]

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Sigur Ros – At Home

August 20, 2007

I’m a huge Sigur Ros fan. They’re releasing some new material over the next few months. A compilation album featuring some previously unrecorded songs (including the beautiful Salka) is due out in November and the band have a website up for their ‘Heima’ project which is a DVD of their recent Icelandic tour. They’ve released [...]

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It's not like the movies

August 6, 2007

It’s not like the movies They fed us on little white lies. – Motion Picture Soundtrack Pregnancy in the movies is a one dimensional reality. Happy couples hug with the news. They shop as the bump grows. Their only concern which colour to paint the nursery. Smiling faces and teddy bears. Mobiles and small clothes. [...]

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The Second Scan

August 3, 2007

There was some more bleeding. Not a massive amount but then any amount is not a good amount. Concerned but trying not to worry, we booked in for another ultrasound. The earliest we could get was three days away. Thankfully the bleeding subsided but there is always the fear that it could return. The three [...]

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The Simpsons Movie

August 1, 2007
Simpsons Movie

So, does the movie look any different from an average episode? Yes, and no. Thankfully live-action and CG concepts where thrown out years ago and the movie sticks to the 2D animation so well known of the series. Having said that, some effort has gone into making it shine. There is excellent detail work and [...]

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