Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! I thought you might enjoy this festive shot of an infamous pirate, cuddling Elizabeth. I was hoping to share lots of cute photos of the girls and their cousins but all of the shots we took on the day were very poor (I blame the drink).
We had a wonderful Christmas Day at my mum and dad's, which went downhill from Dr Who onwards as Elizabeth started being sick. Over the next couple of days Elizabeth was followed by everyone else as we'd all caught the very aptly named Winter Vomiting Sickness (with the notable exception of my little niece, Georgie, who must have the constitiution of an ox).
Elizabeth also developed a severe ear infection and has been really bashed about, but has had NO RVI ADMISSIONS! We have had to reorganise a visit from my sister's family which is a great shame.
We are stating to get back on track and today (29th) we are moving towards normal. A and Chloe felt well enough to venture out and have gone to see The Snowman with a live orchestral soundtrack at The Sage. Elizabeth and I have stayed at home and recuperated.
I hope that you all enjoyed a healthy and fun Christmas.
J
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Cuties

Just to prove that we do read the comments, here's a photo of les girls taken yesterday.

J
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Elizabeth meets Dr Sturgiss VIP

Elizabeth and I went to see a very important man today - Steve Sturgiss, who was our consultant in foetal meds and carried out my c-section. We couldn't go in to the unit while Elizabeth had MRSA but we have called in a couple of times since without any luck. I feel very thrilled to have seen him as he treated us wonderfully well during the pregnancy, but I never got to say goodbye (as I was pretty off my face on morphine!).

Dr Sturgiss was grinning from ear to ear when he saw Elizabeth and thought that she looked fantastic. The last time he saw her in the flesh, she was literally minutes old. I took in a sheet of some photos showing Elizabeth's development (nothing too gory) and a short summary of her history, which is going to be shown to anybody expecting a child with a large exomph. I didn't get to see our lovely midwife-stenographer, Donna, but Dr Sturgiss promised that the whole team would be getting to see the shots including that wonderful woman.

Elizabeth has been well for nine and a half weeks now!

J
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