Matthew's first trip down to the beach!

Catching up on some photos from earlier in March...!

A couple of week-ends back, we took Matthew down for his first visit to the beach - heading down to St Johns Bay. The sun was out so we took the opportunity to get out and get some fresh air and we brought Rueben along with us...

Here are some photos from Matthew's first visit to the beach... As you can see, he slept the whole way through... Oh well, just as well I brought the camera...

On our way down to the beach

St John's Bay

Whole beach to ourselves!!

Ready to dive in but it is colder than it looks in March!!

Rachael's happy!! x

And Matthew looks comfortable enough...

With Reuben right by his side...

In dream land...

OK Matthew, quick! A nice photo of you lying on the beach for the blog...! THANKS!

OK, last one... promise!

Granny Dunlop's Visit!

Granny Dunlop came to Bermuda to say hello to her brand new little grandson Matthew...

Mark's erse is right out the window now... Number one special little boy no more... There is a new golden boy these days... MATTHEW!!!

Safe in Granny's arms... xxx

Matthew had a great two weeks with her Granny Dunlop!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Daddy woke up this morning for his first birthday with Matthew! As he woke up in bed, Mummy had got Matthew out of the crib and in to the bed to say Happy Birthday (well say 'goo-goo-ga-ga' anyway..!). Making it even more difficult to get out of bed and up for work than it usually is!!

'Matthew has very good hand-writing for a 5-week old', Daddy pointed out as he opened his first 'Happy Birthday Daddy' card!!

Daddy then left for work with his present from Matthew, a little 'I Love My Daddy' frame with pic inside...

Many more special birthdays to come.

Happy birthday DADDY! xxx

Heart of Midlothian's newest supporter!!

Thank you Aunty Becci for Matthew's first Hearts kit!! Maroon certainly does suite him and i can guarantee that this is the first of many Hearts tops you can expect to see Matthew in...!!!

As soon as he is old enough, the first word he will learn to spell is H-E-A-R-T-S, if you cannie spell it then here's what it says....

Matthew loves his new hat!

Mummy picked out this one...

Blue obviously...!!

The Newborn Shoot Part 1: Mummy's Little Boy

Mummy new bestest friend...

The Newborn Shoot Part 2: Safe in Daddy's Arms

Not many places safer than in these arms...

The Newborn Shoot Part 3: Matthew Overload!!!

When you cant decide which photos to put up on the blog, put them all together and get them all up!!!

The Newborn Shoot Part 4: Last One...

Mummy loves having him in this...

Rachael misses her bump...!!!

Although Rachael loves her little boy and was dying to meet him for 9 months, Rachael admitted she misses her bump and the butterflies she got with being pregnant...

Here are some of our favourite photos of Rachael's bumb...

32 weeks

34 weeks

36 weeks





The two above are (i) 36 weeks and (ii) 38 weeks. The next three are also 38 weeks...

Think the following picture shows why Matthew and Reuben seemed to have hit it off so well...

As you can see from the next photo, Daddy Dunlop only had one request...

Typical... Matthew arrived on a Saturday!!! I was sure Rachael was winding me up on Friday night!!!

Well, not only did I not get as requested, I missed one of Manchester United's best ever goals...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lVjJQNbWDU&feature=related 

I have a recording of Match of the Day from February 12th, 2011 and will be keeping it for Matthew to watch when he appreciates what I missed that day!!! (It was worth it obviously... but still...)

Last pic... Glad he suited the name Matthew when he arrived as it was the first boys name we agreed upon and after that nothing came close...