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look what we made!

… a beautiful baby boy.  Our beloved son Euan.

Born the day after my last blog post (written to distract me from the contractions that had started a few hours before) I wonder now how no-one guessed I was carrying such a whopper inside that enormous bump.  10lb 2oz of whopping great loveliness.  The extra 12 days cooking time Euan had served him well in recovering from the difficulties of his delivery and right from day one he’s seemed more like the age he would have been if he’d been born on his due date.  It’s brilliant for us as it means our 3 week old bundle of joy is really alert and has been giving us lots of smiles and makes hilarious squeaks, coos and grunts to let us know what he needs.

First photo – 3 hours old. Second photo – 2.5 weeks old.

Update:  This story had a sequel four years later – look what we made 2!

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  • Hazel
    February 9, 2012

    Ahhhhh! About time we saw some pics!

    Congratulations to all three of you Nic!

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  • Sue
    February 9, 2012

    Congratulations!! A beautiful baby boy. I have been enjoying your blog for a while now and have checked every day for some news. Fabulous. Lovely name too x

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  • Cheryl@ Sew Can Do
    February 10, 2012

    Congratulations Nic! So very happy for you and knew that day would be coming soon and sure enough it did. Wishing you a lovely time as a new mummy:)

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  • Claire
    February 10, 2012

    He’s absolutely beautiful, many congratulations to you all.

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  • Catherine
    February 10, 2012

    Congratulations! He is absolutely beautiful! Wishing your newly extended family lots and lots of happiness!!

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  • Jules
    February 10, 2012

    Beautiful – and a gorgeous name too.
    Many congrats to you all.

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  • Hazel Owen
    February 10, 2012

    Congratulations, your baby son is gorgeous x

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  • julie
    February 10, 2012

    well done you! 10lbs 2oz – ouch! He is a gorgeous boy, congratulations xxx

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  • alison
    February 10, 2012

    Gorgeous bundle of cuteness!! Well done and congratulations to you both. Enjoy!!!

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  • Joanna
    February 10, 2012

    I was hoping for a pic! Congratulations again to both of you!! xx

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  • Lynne
    February 10, 2012

    Fantastic news and well worth the wait. He’s absolutely gorgeous and super-cute and more! Virtual hugs coming atcha both xxxx

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  • Miss M
    February 10, 2012

    What a handsome guy ! Well done, Nic ! (10lbs is a huge bundle !) He looks very alert, indeed. You two must be soooo proud !
    {{{ XXooX }}}

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  • BilboWaggins
    February 11, 2012

    About time he was introduced to the Big Wide World! As I said to you before: “ouch” {{huggle}}

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  • Janet/Plantaliscious
    February 11, 2012

    Fabulous! Congratulations, enjoy getting to know him.

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  • Johanna GGG
    February 11, 2012

    he’s lovely but that is huge – hope you are recovering well – am sure he will soon be bossing you around – wait, he probably is already 🙂

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  • greg becker
    February 11, 2012

    lovely, takes me back

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  • Norm
    February 12, 2012

    He is gorgeous – many many congratulations to you both!
    xxx

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  • Misk Cooks
    February 13, 2012

    He’s beautiful, Nic. Well done, and best wishes to you all. 😀

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  • Mel
    February 13, 2012

    He is beautiful, Nic. Hope that you are well, too.

    Congratulations, again.

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  • itiseasytobegreen
    February 16, 2012

    big smile! what an alert gorgeous boy, can’t wait to meet him sometime soon, he can come play with Rubio. i’m looking forward to reading your blog over the next year to see how things change for you, how Euan likes the allotment etc!! x

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  • Ann
    February 17, 2012

    Congratulations!!! He’s gorgeous and so alert.

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  • Choclette
    February 18, 2012

    Huge congratulations Nic. What a beautiful boy. You must all be so happy and I expect you’re somewhat relieved at not carrying around that big bump any more.

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  • Steve Thomas
    February 19, 2012

    Just stopped by Nic. Many many congratulations on your new arrival!
    All best wishes
    Steve
    “Dig For Victory!”

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  • allotofveg
    February 20, 2012

    congratulations! and under a gooseberry bush too!

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  • Jenny Pipes
    February 22, 2012

    Congratulations! Remember what you said in a previous post about the water melon?! Now you know what they mean! Love your blog and looking forward to the coming year and all it brings for you. Love Jenny ps: what do cats think to Euan??

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  • peggy
    March 5, 2012

    Hi Nic, congratulations to all three of you, he is a bonny beautiful baby!

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  • shaheen
    March 6, 2012

    I know I’ve said it already, but I want to say it again – Congratulations to you Both on the birth of your beautiful baby boy Euan.

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  • Everlovin' Dad
    March 7, 2012

    Being the very proud Gloucestershire grandad, just to say that young Euan is looking and behaving very well

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  • Nip it in the bud
    March 10, 2012

    thank you all so much for your lovely messages. E is 7 weeks old now and is a very happy, contented baby. He’s delighted us with smiles and chuckles from 3 weeks and I suspect we may have a potential chatter box on our hands for all the amusing noises he makes :o)

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  • look what we made #2 | Nip it in the bud
    July 7, 2016

    […] ps. for anyone thinking how like E Luca is – you’re right! Check out E’s birth announcement here […]

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  • writing when you’re lost for words | Nip it in the bud
    August 24, 2017

    […] my birthday again and I’m sat in the bath. George is asleep with our son on the bed. Euan is 16 days old and we are in awe of him. Miracles do happen twice. Made on the NHS, saved by the NHS on his […]

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  • a bedbug glow for bedtime | Nip it in the bud
    October 25, 2017

    […] total of all the little things I changed, but mostly successful fertility treatment, resulted in our beloved Euan. Our Lumie clock then became invaluable for its dimmable light feature for peaceful night wakings […]

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  • a Dr Seuss birthday party | Nip it in the bud
    February 8, 2018

    […] I can hardly believe it really as it still only seems like a blink away that he finally made his wonderful entry into the world. We wanted to give E a party to celebrate this milestone birthday (each year feels epic but this […]

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  • making Nigel Slater’s Festive Chocolate Flapjacks | Nip it in the bud
    April 6, 2018

    […] flapjack as fine night feed companions.  It’s my due date today but there’s no sign of baby coming so I think I have time to make some more of these flapjacks since all 16  have gone already […]

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  • National Infertility Awareness Week: our infertility journey through PCOS to parenthood | Nip it in the bud
    April 28, 2018

    […] Our son Euan was born in January 2012, 13 years into our marriage and 10 years after we started trying to conceive. He was a rainbow baby, born 12 days before the first anniversary of the miscarriage of our first baby. I wrote about that experience last year in Writing when you’re lost for words – healing after miscarriage. Both babies were conceived with the help of fertility treatment and Euan was conceived in the first cycle after the miscarriage when our fertility consultant had matter of factly encouraged us to try again as researchers have found that many women are more fertile straight after a miscarriage. The irony of that was not lost on us when my body had taken over a decade to fall pregnant for the first time. We were uncertain where our fertility consultant was unshakeably certain. We’d experienced a deep grief for the baby we’d lost but felt ready to consider the possibility we could fall pregnant again so we out our faith in her when we had no other place for it. We left the fertility clinic with our next supply of Gonal F injections and I clung to the mantra ”When the world says ”Give up”, Hope whispers ”Try one more time”. […]

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