Hellloooooo!

Hello Everybody!!!

We have been very busy with our new little brother and we thought it was about time for an update!

We had a lovely Christmas and we hope you all did too!

Ptolemy just loved looking at all the Christmas lights and we just loved posing with him.

Gertrude is the best baby-sitter ever - she really loves little Ptolemy and likes to keep a close eye on him

He never seems to mind about us two huge bears walking around him and sniffing him. We are very careful when he is around.

I wonder what he thinks of having us as his big sisters?

Here's Gertrude again in her new role which she clearly adores. She can't wait until Ptolemy can run around after her!

Sometimes she steals a quick kiss.....

But mostly she just likes to cosy up to him while he gabbles away at her.

Here we are with our daddy and Ptolemy

He is quite a cheeky little thing and is very funny to watch when he starts laughing and squaking!

He does some strange things and never keeps still!

He provides constant entertainment for us.

Our mummy is now a lot better and is back to her normal self - yippee!

She takes us all out together for walks when daddy is at work. Ptolemy comes too - he comes everywhere with us now!

Sometimes he is quiet though, and even our barking doesn't wake him up!

What a cutie!

Oh - take that back.....What a grump!

(perhaps he didn't like wearing that funny hat!)

We've recently enjoyed some great walks - daddy always finds us the BEST sticks to throw into the river!

Molly can retrieve any stick from the river!

And that's us!

One more thing - we have heard that our nanna in Australia has adopted a dog that arrived one day on her front door-step and is now staying for good! Aussie Nanna thinks she was dumped - poor girl.

She is called Kelly.

Good to see you!

Lots of love from

Molly and Gertrude

xx

Our new brother!

Meet Ptolemy Saxon Templar Torney!!

This is our new baby brother who was born on 18th October 2008

Unfortunately, things did not go very well and mummy ended up having surgery and being in Intensive Care and hospital for 2 weeks.... both she and Ptolemy were very ill and very nearly didn't come home at all because there were lots of complications...... She is very lucky to still be here with us.

...but gradually mummy got better and after a few days she was able to go and meet Ptolemy for the first time (he was in the neo-natal unit because he was poorly too)

She had to be wheeled across the hospital attached to all the machines just to go and meet him

This was the first time that mummy could see Ptolemy - he was on a cooling mat and she wasn't allowed to hold him, but she could stroke him and say hello.

Slowly, Ptolemy also got better.....But mummy still didn't come home. Every lunchtime and evening daddy would come alone and we wondered where on earth she was. When he brought her washing home we sniffed and sniffed it and wished she would come home soon.

Then, one day she did come home! And they brought Ptolemy with them! This was the first night home. Gertrude immediately took to motherhood - she is fascinated by Tolly and is quite happy to curl up with him and keep him warm.

This is me, Molly - keeping an eye on the strange little creature whi makes funny noises.
And here we both are keeping guard!

Both mummy and Ptolemy have got a lot better and we have been on some trips out with the Mountain Buggy.....

We've had LOADS of visitors - one of them was this lovely girl called Holly and I loved her - she was great fun!

Throughout everything daddy has made sure we still get lots of walks and fuss.

Ptolemy is now 4 weeks old! He is really starting to look like a little person - and goodness does he make a lot of noise!!

He likes his bouncy chair. We like to sniff him when he is in it.

Gertrude is like his Guardian

We can also take him out with us on big walks in the countryside, which we love of course!

Over all, he's not a bad little brother - in fact he's quite cute really, but hard work....

Finally, we are all one big family again and things are getting better and better every day! Mummy has a way to go before she is back to her normal self, but she will get there eventually.
We are quite happy as you can see!
Lots of love from

Molly and Gertrude

xxx

Molly's 4th birthday!

Hello everybody!

Yesterday was my 4th birthday!

I didn't get any presents or cake this year, BUT I did get to eat the remains of an inside of a pineapple! I love it.

I let Gertrude have a nibble too.
Well - our little brother didn't make an appearance yesterday when he was supposed to, so I got to keep my birthday as all mine, mine, MINE! We are just waiting now for him to arrive.....

K took some pretty birthday photos of me now that I am 4 years old.

Can you guess what K said to me JUST before this photo was taken...??

W-A-L-K!

Daddy has just built us a new gate and here he is showing us his handiwork. He is so clever.

Finally, we have a new cat in the neighbourhood who keeps coming into OUR garden and sitting there staring at us! So our cat vigilance has been stepped up! You can never be too safe.....

We'll let you all know when our baby brother arrives......

Love Molly and Gertrude

xx