Many thanks to everybody who has been praying for us, we really appreciate it.

It's been a long and difficult pregnancy, Ella has struggled with pain in the pelvic bone and has been housebound for the last few weeks. I've been coming home from work, putting the girls to bed and then doing housework. Washing dishes at 1am is not a happy place to be - but Ella had it worse. She is a hero.

The result is a baby boy, 6lb 12oz born this morning at 6:51am. He shares a birthday with Bob Dylan...

I will skip to the photos (that's what you really want) and then I can get some much needed sleep!!

Good night!

Very exciting news...

Congratulations to all the people we know who have had a baby recently especially Ben and Hannah and Mark and Monica.

Better go to work now and earn some more nappies!

This is genius! A Finish lady imagines what her sleeping baby might be dreaming about and then sets up the photo...

Of course, it probably helps if you have a sleeping baby (I think we had one for 30 seconds one time)...

This is my favourite...

For lots, lots, more visit Mila's daydreams.

Ella began the first stages of labour in the early hours of this morning, just gone midnight. She got to hospital at about 4am and gave birth at 6:30am to a beautiful baby girl. Mum and baby are both happy and healthy.

Don't ask about names!

More information and pictures when I get a moment...

In case you were wondering...

As the tasteful pregnancy countdown (above) put's it, the baby should be here by now!

The baby is not here.

You know that phrase about "you'd be late to your own funeral", child number two is late to their own birth! They will regret this for the rest of their life though when they have to wait longer for birthday presents. Ha!

In the meantime, don't forget to say a quick prayer. The first moments of a human life are the most riskiest (the last moments are quite iffy as well). We've no reason to believe that anything will go wrong, but it wouldn't hurt to pray that Ella and the new baby all get through this in one piece.

We'll let you know as and when we have some news.

The following video is a beautiful expression of the wonderful process by which a new life enters the world. I think this video is going to be very useful for pro-life groups, especially those those working with young people.

As a parent myself, I am stunned at how true to life it is.

credit: xkcd