An eagerly anticipated new arrival

For any of you who've been following jayhay's 'Parental Guidance' blog, you'll have been reading about the delights (and the stresses) of waiting for a first baby. If you've read it over the last few days you'll know that baby Tobin has finally put in an appearance!

Yes, Joe, the baby of codebrush, has now produced a baby of his own, and big respect to him and Leela for having made it through a very difficult pregnancy whilst still (as far as we can tell) talking to each other.

Obviously, seeing Joe on a daily basis as the pregnancy has progressed, we've had a little bit of an insight into the kind of unforseen aspects of pregnancy - both good and bad - but it's not until reading his blog that I've realised just how much hard work's involved before you even get to the birth, and how incredible a thing producing a baby is. I just can't imagine how it must feel to look down and think "wow, that really is a whole new person" (and after hearing some of the birth stories, 'imagining' is as close as I think I want to get to the whole process, at least for now.)

So well done to Joe and Leela, and hello to baby Tobin. May he turn out to have his mother's looks, his father's inventiveness, but please God not his father's sense of humour.

Hello Tobin!