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We have 2 new additions to our list of web cam correspondants since we arrived back. Ferg and Sinead now firmly within broadcast range in their own gaf (as opposed to running over to Chalfont at silly hours to see us on Mum & Dad's web cam) and NOW we have Gav & Clare in our sights. I think Gav's comment along the lines of "this is bloody fantastic and really f&ckin easy" sums it up quite nicely. While totally unnecesary to some, to us, its a heaven send. Ye just need to do it once every so often to keep ye going just that bit more smoothly - like having the pictures just to remind ye.........

And there was a happy end to the missing bag/buggy tale. But it went something like this. 3 days after we got home a bag arrived (granted, identical to ours......) - wrong buggy, so back it went. 3 days following this, after many, many, many calls (answered and unanswered) a buggy arrived in the airport with our names on it. No bag, no nothing else, and certainly not our colour. They didn't even get to send it out as I was somewhat certain it wasn't the one. At this point we were giving up and preparing to fork out for the rather bloody expensive replacement and then hope for the best on insurance. But finally, 2 days after this, another bag arrived and hoooorrrrayyyyyy, it was ours.... the relief on getting it back almost overtakes any desire to pummel the cr&p out of the f&ckwits at LHR who could not read the baggage tag - as the original tag (put on in Dublin 9 days earlier) which stated exactly which airports it was going to and hence its final destination - was still on it!!!! I won't get started on LHR again. Makes me crawl. Lets just say I think some contacts within the airline industry may have had an impact for us as we were told that there were 3,000 lost buggies floating around LHR. But finally - Aibhe could return to the levels of travelling comfort she had become accustomed to. And we could go back to be able to push her in it.

Well now. We'll be heading into renovation mode in a few months time - rather than move house again (I think moving across the world and having a baby is enough major activity for 1 year) we've decided to build in "underneath" the house. No, that does not mean digging 10 feet underground to build a bomb shelter type dwelling - Queenslander homes are predominantly built on "stilts" (to allow the air to flow freely and keep the place cool) and so one has the option if one so desires, to "build-in" the area under the house. Thats the plan anyway so twill enable the accommodating of visitors from near or far even easier. But, builders being the same the world over, God only knows when this will all start - however, Geoff has kindly completed our designs.

The new Premiership season is nearly upon us. YAYYYYY. These World Cup years are wonderful, there's barely a break in football coverage. While I'm a bit biased, Liverpool do look like a good outside bet for the Premiership. Some tidy new signings, and some of the dross has been off-loaded. Mind you, there's still a bit of that to be done Rafa. Anyway, bring it on I say. And now that Duff has left Chelski, we may get some local young Irish support back into our fold - Cian????

2 nights ago we had our first attempt at getting Aibhe to sleep through the night. She passed this rather major milestone quite admiraby, sleeping from 7pm to 6am. And this morning she went right through to 7am bless her. Of course, it didn't mean a better sleep for the pair of us muppets as we keep waking wondering if she'd woken.

Not surprisingly, she is having no issues with moving onto solid food - anything we give her, she eats. Tell ye what though, it has quite an impact on the nappy content. Even I had my first convulsing gag while changing one a few days back. I thought I'd be brave enough to just breath normally as I was doing it. Bad decision.