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Tag: Babies

Fatherhood²: The Madnezz of baybee naming in 2011

Posted on March 31, 2011March 31, 2011 by Henry Elliss

So I was planning to write a blog post about the waxing and waning of popular baby names, but I’ve been a little derailed… Sara and I are still 3 months away from the arrival of Baby 2.0, but we’re obviously now spending a bit of time thinking about baby names. I personally quite impressed…

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Fatherhood²: Baby gadgets aren’t always baby good-gets

Posted on February 24, 2011February 24, 2011 by Henry Elliss

As a total gadget-loving dad, I relished parenthood as a good opportunity to stock up on new gadgets, tools, widgets and generally things with plugs on them. One of the few books I bought on the subject of parenthood was The Bloke’s Guide To Baby Gadgets – a fun read, though possibly not one I’d…

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Fatherhood²: Guest Post – Planning ahead, or not

Posted on January 22, 2011February 20, 2011 by Henry Elliss

I guess the one thing that I always come back to as a father is the question, “Where will we be in 12 months / 5 years / 10 years time”. The obvious offshoot to this guessing game is to envisage your children at certain milestones, Graduation… 21st birthday… first court appearance and the like….

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My Year in Photos – January 23rd – “Feeling broody…?”

Posted on January 23, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – January 23rd, originally uploaded by henweb. Today we headed over to Hertfordshire to visit our Uni friends Dave and Claire, who recently became parents for the first time. We had a lovely day out, followed up by a lovely pub lunch in Maidenhead and a trip to the Sheeplands farm…

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My Year in Photos – January 22nd – “How not to save money”

Posted on January 23, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – January 22nd, originally uploaded by henweb. I headed down to the trendy shopping street in Chiswick today (I’m assuming there’s not many of these streets, or I’d have found them by now!) to buy a baby gift for some friends of ours who have recently had a baby. As you’d…

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My Year in Photos – January 15th – “I need a drink”

Posted on January 16, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – January 15th, originally uploaded by henweb. After an incredibly busy day (including a promising sales meeting with a client whose logo I took a picture of, but decided it wasn’t a wise thing to upload…!) I sat down in front of the TV and realised I was sitting on this…

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Spent a few hours in a client meeting this week wh Spent a few hours in a client meeting this week where this was the view from the meeting room. I’ve definitely seen worse views.
Swipe to see where I spent today. It got busier, I Swipe to see where I spent today. It got busier, I promise
Good morning from a frosty Brimpton Good morning from a frosty Brimpton
Had the absolute pleasure of seeing @actualbenfold Had the absolute pleasure of seeing @actualbenfolds again last night, this time at the @royalalberthall. Not only was it an amazing concert, there was a big surprise at the end when he bought out both @doddleoddle AND the legendary @realmattlucas - what a treat!
Went to the ‘Spectacle of Light’ at @welfordpa Went to the ‘Spectacle of Light’ at @welfordpark (where they film @britishbakeoff) and had a lovely autumnal stroll amongst the lights
As today is ‘Back British Farming’ day, I want As today is ‘Back British Farming’ day, I wanted to give a shout-out to all the farmers in the local area, especially Brimpton’s own @mbowden1954. One of my favourite aspects of living where we do now is being surrounded by countryside and farm land - and being able to see an actively-farmed field at the end of our garden. Every time something’s being done to the field I’m out with my camera, usually trying to figure out the names of all the machinery - and it’s so nice to see a product being grown right from seed to harvest. I know it’s not easy for farmers at the moment, and I dearly hope ours are able to keep farming for many years to come - so if you have one near you, make sure to show them all the support you can!
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