White Stuff

Several people told me before Jamie was born that there would be times when we'd try almost anything to shut him up......er......stop h...

I'm not long back from a five mile run but I can't be any more tired than Jamie who's worn out simply by all the attention he...

A nice little break from the old routine today as I attended my third annual 364 Club Lunch at Headingley Cricket Ground. Held in honour of...

As I write, my mum's currently sitting at Leeds Bradford Airport waiting for her delayed flight back to Belfast. Thankfully it should on...

Jamie's special guest did make it over to see him last night, my long time friend Major David Sherrard of the Royal Artillery. Dave and ...

Weather forecasters proven wrong yet again (the sun was cracking the kerbstones rather than the thunderous rain cracking our windows), Grann...

My mum made it over today as planned. Unfortunately my sister Jacquie didn't after her father-in-law, Ted Reid, tragically died overnigh...

Only me. A truncated night's sleep last night (can you guess why?) has left me feeling even more wrecked today than I was yesterday. Jus...

I'm wrecked. And my bum hurts. But thankfully, both problems can be quickly and easily explained. The rear ache is the result of walking...

It was sort of inevitable and I can't believe it took us four weeks to get him there, but Jamie had his first drink in a pub this aftern...

I hate to be negative but I'm glad the cricket is now at an end, South Africa having just beaten England an hour ago by ten wickets. I...

Several times over the last two days I've been reminded of when Vanessa gave birth to Jamie, just under four weeks ago now. There were m...

Up and at it early again this morning after Jamie peed up his back - how do babies do that?! But the ordeal did not end there. Maybe it'...

An excellent first day at the Test which saw the return of Freddie Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen top scoring for England (do you like my picture...

A bit of an earlier pit stop than usual this morning - I've already changed Jamie's tyre and Vanessa's now filling his tank. Giv...

Been a busy bee tonight and it now feels a bit like the calm before the storm with my dad and friend John due to arrive around this time tom...

Big moment tonight - Jamie officially opened his new curtain. Made by Granny White and put up by Grandad Mike (because Daddy isn't very ...

Something new happened last night, something I'll not forget for a very long time. Let me explain. Vanessa bought a breast pump on Frid...

There have been times in the past when getting out of bed at 3pm on a Sunday would've been almost normal behaviour for me. How those da...

This is a little known fact but, although born in Yorkshire, all of Jamie's vital organs actually come from Northern Ireland. The doctor...