Week Twenty Eight: Sunday 20th July 2008

Much to his distaste, this weekend, Ash and I spent eight hours attending a course by St John’s Ambulance on Caring for Kids. It might be a little over protective of me, but I thought it was a smart idea to learn all about how to resuscitate a baby / child, control bleeding and manage shock, wounds, burns, bites, stings and poisoning. Ash spent most of his time being the class clown, and was even caught by the teacher at one point, swinging the plastic baby around by its legs in an attempt to “resuscitate” it. Here is a photo of him focussing his concentration on passing the assessment…

Our Eels might be putting in disappointing effort after disappointing effort this year; however we were still thrilled that one of our own (Dylan), had their first brush with Eels fame – meeting the legend of the team, Nathan Hindmarsh. I don’t think Ash could have been any prouder of this pic than if it were his own son. And I have to say even I am a little jealous; I haven’t yet had my photo taken with Nat.

Ash finished painting the nursery this weekend (while I was out lunching with girlfriend Laura). The room now looks fantastic, and next week Ash is picking up the cot and change-table, with Ash’s parents coming over to help us put together. Actually, that said, I will be on another lunch date with girlfriend Kristen and baby Alice, and so may miss out on the majority of the work. But after all, I am the one growing Elwood’s eyelashes and toenails, so it all evens out in the end.

Back to lunching, on Sunday I had a great time catching up with my girlfriend Laura, her husband Andrew and their lovely baby, William. If you head back to week 14, I proudly announced the arrival of William into the world, and it’s hard to believe how fast he is growing. I think I will order my baby to be just like William, he sat there the entire time completely contented, and wasn’t fussed by the fact he had missed his nap with all the excitement of my visit. I even got a chance to give him a bottle. Here is a pic of him before we headed out to lunch.

Elwood was also spoiled by Laura and her Mum, who bought our first Eels kit – very cute! As well as some little fashion gems, only the likes of Laura would think have the style to buy, Elwood also received his / her baby’s first books - I was particularly excited about that!

Still no word on the arrival of Baby Caraballo, who was due on Thursday – no doubt by the next entry I will have a photo or two to share.

That’s all for now, Elwood is kicking up a storm this evening, so I need to have a walk around to wear him / her out!