And we're almost there!

Look, I'm sorry. I meant to write every day but as I said last time, not much happens every day, so you'll have to excuse me. What's happened since we last spoke? Went to Turkey for a great holiday in a great hotel with great food and, well... it was a great time.

We moved house. We're in, I've decorated absolutely everywhere including painting 2 of the rooms where we've had the ceilings re-plastered. Damn that Artex stuff.

So we're less than a week away. Oh my god.

We have a pram, and a car seat. We also have an LCD television in our bedroom. No relevance to baby, but it's great for watching Jeremy Kyle in bed when skiving off on the state like the hordes of unwashed scum that do exactly that but have no excuse. Am looking forward to claiming back my £100 a week for paternity leave for 2 whole weeks. Woohoo. Like that covers my salary. Still, can't complain. I do have a job.

Baby is wriggling around in there quite a lot now. You can feel the shape if you concentrate hard. Any day now, another new person will be in the world.

You know what? I hope she enjoys her life. Whatever it is, whatever she does, I hope she enjoys it. I worry about my rapidly ensuing baldness; but it doesn't really matter when so many precious lives are removed from the world in ways we can't imagine. Nothing I do at work, nothing I imagine or care about can come close to what this little girl will feel, will do and will experience throughout her life. I hope every day is full of joy and smiles. I wish my one wish that she shall never suffer abject hardship or pain. I shall do my best to protect her while allowing her to make mistakes and learn through them. I will always be there in whatever way I can to help her make the very best from her life.

What will this feel like? When she's here, what will it feel like? I don't know yet, and it's weird. If I'm doing a project at work, I know how it will progress, how it will end. But right now, I have no idea how I will feel when this new life is with us.

Those cats are in for a mighty shock.

See you soon.