MY NEW BLOG

THIS BLOG HAS NOW BEEN MOVED TO:

http://garethsblog.com

Have you been to garethsblog.com yet?

NO?

Well, why not?
I have moved my blog to http://garethsblog.com and all new posts are there.

The latest posts are:

• Our Little Girl is Off To School
• Our Holiday on the Llyn Peninsula
• Children Pick Up on Everything

Please go and check them out.

I look forward to seeing you there.

My Blog Is Moving

Well, this is it. I’ve finally made the jump from WordPress.com, and I’ve set up my own self-hosted blog.

The new home of Gareth’s Blog will be at garethsblog.com.

Please update any bookmarks and feeds that you may have.

My blog is being hosted by Hostmonster.com, who were extremely good value. I originally bought the hosting package for my new company website, which is still under construction, but added the Blog as an addon domain.

Gareth’s Blog will still be based on the WordPress blogging platform, but being self-hosted it means I have more freedom to do what I want with it. As I get my head around everything I’m sure that the site will evolve and develop. It’ll be quite exciting.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to Gareth’s Blog on WordPress.com, and I hope that you’ll join me over at garethsblog.com.

I will carry on posting on WordPress.com for a little while until readers get used to the new address.

See you all at garethsblog.com.

Comedy Show

Gemma and I have got tickets to go and see Russell Howard at the Albert Halls in Bolton in November. It’ll be the first time that either of us has gone to see some live comedy.

We decided to go and see him after seeing him on BBC’s “Mock the Week.” I think he is absolutely hilarious, and we are both looking forward to it. All of the regular guests on the program are really funny, and we wouldn’t mind going to see any of them.

This will probably the first time that we will have had chance to go out since Liam was born, so Nana Mandy has kindly volunteered to babysit Ellie and Liam.

Liam – aged 5 weeks

Liam is now aged 5 weeks. The time since he was born has flown.

He has been weighed regularly, and at the last weigh in he was 10lb 8oz. Since he was born he has put on 3lb 2oz in 5 weeks, which is pretty good going. Liam definitely enjoys his food! He looks quite different from the day that he was born. All his newborn wrinkles are gone now, he’s really filling out.

He has begun to smile a lot more now, Gemma managed to get this photo the other day:

Ellie is still really fascinated with him, giving him lots of kisses and cuddles. She’s been really great with him, always wanting to give Gemma and I help with changing him and feeding him. Hopefully they’ll be the best of friends when they’re older.

It seems mad to think that he was only born 5 weeks ago.

The Birth Of Liam

As previously mentioned our son was born into the world on 1st July. Here is the story of what happened.

It is now a week since our son, Liam was born. So, I thought it was about time that I shared with you all the story of how he came into the world.

Fathers Day Present

Finally my Fathers Day present has arrived. (A little late, but that’s the UK postal system for you!)

I opened the parcel and was greeted with a few drips of water.

“What the hell is that?” I thought.

Inside was a plastic box which I promptly opened to find out where the water was coming from. I wasn’t expecting what I saw.

It was a piece of grass.

On closer inspection though, this was no ordinary piece of grass.

Grand Slam Turf

This was a piece of turf from the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. A piece of grass that Wales had played on during their triumphant Six Nations Grand Slam Campaign in 2008.

This was something very different and a present I’d never have thought of.

It will now take pride of place in our garden, in its own little pot. We can’t have it mixing with all that English grass!!!

Thank you very much Ellie, and Liam, as it arrived after he was born! x x

Happy Birthday Gemma

I just want to wish my wife a very Happy Birthday.

I won’t reveal her age (as I’m a gentleman – Honest!!) But I just want to say that she means the world to me, and is the best thing that has ever happened to me.

I love you x x x x