{"id":334,"date":"2007-06-01T16:08:46","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T16:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/applecrumble.wordpress.com\/2007\/06\/01\/almost-nine-weeks-on\/"},"modified":"2017-09-20T11:31:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T11:31:18","slug":"almost-nine-weeks-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2007\/06\/01\/almost-nine-weeks-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost nine weeks on"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’m at a departure gate at Zürich airport waiting for a flight home and thought I’d check in. Our little man is almost nine weeks old now and he’s advancing in every way – it’s really amazing to see how much change he goes through right in front of your eyes. For example, three weeks ago he just started smiling – it was as sudden as that. One minute he doesn’t smile, the next minute he does. And when he does…we just fall in love with him again and again. I honestly can’t tell you how brilliant it is to see your son smile at you. We can’t help ourselves from trying to make him smile all the time.<\/p>\n

Having him around has of course made a massive change to our lives. Time is so much more precious; you find yourself thinking about what you can do with every ‘spare’ few minutes that come along. I’ve been trying to get home at a more reasonable hour from work and in order to make up some time have taken to sorting my work emails on the train. I’ve lost the personal time but I do get to see my family more, so it’s not really a negative thing – you’re just forced to be more organised.<\/p>\n

I would expect my future posts here to be a little less frequent than they have been, but I will try!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m at a departure gate at Zürich airport waiting for a flight home and thought I’d check in. Our little man is almost nine weeks old now and he’s advancing in every way – it’s really amazing to see how much change he goes through right in front of your eyes. 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