Year 1 Week 8: 11/03 - 17/03

Room upgrades No room is finished. Roland's room had some key upgrades. Most notable is the library. This was a birthday present from nain and taid but we weren't sure where it was going to go. After much deliberation, we've settled on a spot

Year 1 Week 7: 04/03 - 10/03

Beach baby Tee came home the other day and apologised before showing me the following photo. She said she felt bad because I wasn't there for his first run on the beach. I was too psyched to see him enjoying himself to be annoyed. But I was dying

Year 1 Week 6: 25/02 - 03/03

"You should have seen the other guy" As always, shit hits the fan right before bed time. Roland bust his lip open. It's the worst he's ever bled. An absolute crime scene. We managed to get him calm and stop the bleeding but thought

Year 1 Week 5: 18/02 - 24/02

Art class Tee does a great job looking after the boy all day while I'm at work. And it takes a toll on you doing the same stuff all day everyday. And when that stuff is baby stuff, doubley so. She decided to bring something new to the

Year 1 Week 4: 11/02 - 17/02

Happy Valentines I thought it was Roland first valentines with us. I was looking back at photos from previous Valentine’s Day and I felt terrible as I exclaimed “oh he was here last year”. It’s like he knows there’s a plan for the day and does his

Year 1 Week 3: 04/02 - 10/02

Aquarium Roland has been showing his family around all the local attractions this week. Starting out at the aquarium. Apparently, quite small but even so Roland made a friend. Conwy The weather was not great and ticking off one of the only indoor attractions already lead to a wet day

Year 1 Week 2: 28/01 - 03/02

Bike buddies We have been getting some use out of the new bike seat. Roland and I went for our longest ride yet. We went along the coast line towards Aber Falls. There were some unusual suspects along the way. A few highland cows are on holiday in the local

Year 1 Week 1: 21/01 - 27/01

Happy Birthday Baby Boy The first year has flown by. It feels like a matter of weeks, not months. At the same time, it feels like forever. It's a been a year of ups and down. A year of lessons. A year of smiles. And a year of

Week 52: 14/01 - 20/01

What a year Woah, week 52 has come round quick. While we can't believe a year has gone by, we also can't believe that he's only been with us for a year. It feels like a life time. There's still a couple

Week 51: 07/01 - 13/01

New chair After getting back on with eating well, Roland stopped eating well. And if you're a long time subscriber you'll know it means one thing.. he doesn't like his chair. In reality, we didn't like his chair. It had a wooden

Week 50: 31/12 - 06/01

Happy New Year For Roland's first New Year.. he was.. drum roll 🥁.. asleep. And so were we. This was the first time either of us has slept through midnight in years. Probably since we were children. And you know what, no regrets. We had plans to go for

Week 49: 24/12 - 30/12

Actually Christmas Roland's first Christmas went.. well. We decided to go over to Llandudno for his first walk in a pram and he ended up sleeping in the car on the way home as he was screaming and refused to sleep. On the way home Tee said that

Week 48: 17/12 - 23/12

Haircut 100 We'd been talking about cutting his hair for a while but now it was in his eyes. This was the final straw. Sadly my two favourite hair cuts for kids (skin head and mullet) aren't really doable with Roland's very thin hair,

Week 47: 10/12 - 16/12

Christmas again It's next week. I don't know if you knew this but it's actually next week. My present for Roland is currently in the "We have your parcel" state. The problem is that it's coming from Evri. New sounds

Week 46: 03/12 - 09/12

Manchester cousins The house was full last weekend. We had a lovely visit from some friends. It was planned before we knew about the Christmas Fair that was on in town, but it was a good enough reason to leave the house as it was chucking it down. There was

Week 45: 26/11 - 02/12

What's on the menu? I had to bring this section back because the boy has eaten a few good meals this week. To start with, we had a full breakfast (can't say full English anymore because I live in Wales) the other day to make up

Week 44: 19/11 - 25/11

Getting about The boy is really moving now. He's cruising around the furniture at some pace. And he's enjoying new games like being chased. You can tell when he wants to play because he gets up by the sofa and gives you this cheeky look on

Week 43: 12/10 - 18/11

Developments We have a "Ba Ba" baby. He's learnt that he can make different sounds with his mouth other than crying or shouting. Or screaming matches with mum. It's extremely cute. Although "babi" is Czech for Grandma, Tee and I are pushing

Week 42: 05/10 - 11/11

More hiking We were surprised with a nice day of weather over the weekend. A great opportunity to explore the hills behind our house. Hoping that if we get up high enough, we might spy Aber falls in the distance. The first two outings in the backpack went so well

Week 41: 29/10 - 04/11

What's on the menu? Brought to you by S&G Hiking I've been waiting for a weather window to get the boy outside in the backpack and last weekend we got a shot. The weather wasn't perfect, it was very windy, but we

Week 40: 22/10 - 28/10

What's on the menu? Tee: I think we're at breaking point Me: I think you mean a turning point? We were way passed breaking point. He's eating more and eating better at the moment. I think the turning point was one day while we

Week 39: 14/10 - 21/10

What's on the menu? Absolutely nothing. Maybe yoghurt? 9 months Today marks 9 months, which means he's been out of the belly as long as he was in the belly. From today onward he will be more familiar with the outside world than the womb. No

Week 38: 08/10 - 14/10

Český překlad je dole What's on the menu? Roland has been continuing to refuse some food. You plate up three options for him there's an 80% chance he will refuse one of them. He recently refused mashed potatoes. He protested in the usually manner, pushing the

Week 37: 01/10 - 07/10

Český překlad je dole What's on the menu? Not a lot. Boy is teething and doesn't like chewing things. It's kind of like whatever you can get in his mouth at the moment. Tee has been making him these frozen (boob) milk, fruit, yoghurt,

Week 36: 14/09 - 30/09

Jestli tohle čteš, omlouvám se, že jsem to nepřeložil dřív. Prosím, sjeď až dolů, kde najdeš verzi přeloženou AI. What's on the menu? Bro's been on one about eating the last couple of weeks. Almost straight up refusing to eat vegetables. He wouldn't protest