The new mum and dad

Andrew and William





Jo and William

The first pictures of our lovely baby boy

William Dylan Marshall, born 8.21pm on Tues 17th July, in Oxford.

30 minutes old



14 hours old



24 hours old

It is all in the facial expression!

1. Responsible parents-to-be




2. Try as he might, Andrew just can't compete with the size of MY tummy!

39 weeks

Still tootling about, haven't popped yet, attending a wedding at Jesus College and going for a little walk on Shotover hill...

Am feeling quite large now, but still relatively good. Am eating a good balance of healthy fruit and delicious chocolate. Have you tried the new dark chocolate Magnum yet??? Oooooohhh, they are pretty good. But look what happens to the size of your tummy when you start eating 3 a week?!?!?!!? It starts to poke out teh end of your t-shirt. Humph! I am beginning to be too large even for some of my maternity clothes now!

The girls at work threw a baby shower for me last night. It was fun. And really nice to all hang out together and have a meal. This morning my bladder is feeling more squashed than even before, so I think the baby might have been inspired by all the lovely presents we've been given and is keen to come out and enjoy them all!

36 weeks

Just some update pics. I am almost 36 weeks pregnant here, as we visited Gilwern for a weekend. All is lush and Summery by the canal and I am feeling pretty good!

35 weeks

Andrew is back from Kenya!

So he gets to feature in one of these pictures updating you on the size of the bump at 35 weeks.

:) Jo

Size update

I think that the bump had a little growth spurt last week and so I thought I'd post an updated photo. This was taken at 34 and a half weeks, in the village of Thame. My belly button is very stretched flat but hasn't popped out (yet) which is good. I'm not quite waddling about but I do find myself with my hand on my lower back alot - so I am walking around like a pregnant woman. Oh, and I don't quite fit comfortably at my desk any more, but am kind of wedged between the filing cabinet behind me and the keyboard. He he he. It is strange really.