[m i a o w] the cat

I was putting off posting this until I knew the baby’s name…and had permission to publish. A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to our lovely wondrous friends, former housemates, canoeing and camping companions, and generally all round good mates, D and E on the birth of their little boy Elijah. He arrived on 8 December at around 1.20am in the morning and weighed in at about 6.4 pounds (2.87kg). I find the fact that our two friends that we have known forever have suddenly come up with a third member made up of bits of both of them quite bizarre.

I have a gorgeous photo of M, D, E and Elijah that I was going to post, but I will get permission first, as I’m not sure that I would want someone else sticking up my photo after what sounds like extensive sleep deprivation (even though the photograph is v.cool). So instead I will show you a picture that really doesn’t illustrate the extent of my disastrous greeting when we arrived at their place last night. M had made some green gold - PESTO - his specialty. And somehow, in greeting D and sort of handing over the pesto I managed to drop the container, coating the walls, floor and doors of their very beautiful new house in green goo.

M was beyond horrified. I was mortified. D was fairly amenable, but that was due to new-father hormones and general lack of sleep. E was breastfeeding and did not see the carnage. Oh. Woe. Thank god we also took along some champagne.