Happy Halloween & Happy one week birthday.

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Katie nana and mum & dad took little Brendan out for his first adventure. A trip to Ely to take nana out for tea as a big thank you for the super support she's given us over the last week+. For all those expectant parents out there... take the offer of support. It's never as easy as you think it might be to cope (of course, how can 63 hours of labour ever be easy!).

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Anyway, we then came back home and dressed Brendan up and took a few Halloween photos with Daddy's carving.

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And we actually had two trick or treaters this year. Hurray!! Part of me thinks the motivation was their mum trying to get the latest on little Brendan's arrival, but we were giddy nonetheless.

Happy Halloween everyone.

K, E & B²

Brendan's arrival

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The day has finally come. On October 24th at 4:57GMT, our little bundle of joy was born after a lengthy labour (63 hours).

Emily was a trooper going 53 of the 63 hours without assistance or pain relief. In the end, the doctor's needed to go in and get him via an emergency caesarean. All is ok though... both mum and son are doing well and getting used to be attached to one another 24/7. Actually we've been an inseparable threesome ever since we left the operating theatre... the first day of school might be tricky if little Brendan has mum & dad attached at each hip.

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For the record, he's the cutest baby I've ever seen (perhaps I could be biased, but judging by nurses and midwives reactions, I think I'm right). Remember his name, because he may be a heartbreaker in years to come.

Speaking of name, his full name is Brendan Mark Patrick McGlynn. The middle names are both family names... one Savage, one McGlynn (and we liked the order of MP instead of PM).

Anyway, check out our flickr sites or facebook sites for more pictures.

Big love
Kevin, Emily & Brendan

to Canada for a pre-birth visit

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In August we took our last trip together as a couple (well... our little munchkin technically came along for the ride). It was fantastic to see everyone. Perhaps we tried to see and do a few too many things, but it was great to catch up and have a chance for family and friends to visit a "very" pregnant Emily.


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Em had two baby showers, one from Mum and Mother in law. I got to celebrate my 31st with family & friends... which of course included a Jays game (and copious amounts of alcohol).

It was good to reconnect one more time before we start down our adventure of parenthood.