A triumph, or so I thought!!

In a panic yesterday I realised that I would be seeing my grandparents for the last time before Christmas this weekend, and hadn't got them a Christmas present yet. Needed really to go bearing gifts this weekend - so, gorgeous baby boy comes to the rescue and I very quickly set up an impromptu photo shoot and took some snaps of Max and ran (well, drove) to Bluewater to get a nice one enlarged and put in a frame. Hey presto - the perfect gift for the adoring Great Grandparents. The photo shoot was very amateur, as you will be able to tell, but I think I got a great shot for the grandparents and I am sure (or so I thought) they will be pleased as punch. My glee at getting their Christmas present so quickly and cheaply was soon shot down though when I told my Mum about my achievements that night on the phone - she told me they would love it, but then followed that with "your sister has made them a scrapbook of the kids this year for Christmas, which they will also love" - nice one Sarah - the most creative one out of the Boycott girls always upstages me when it comes to these things! Just when I thought Nan and Grandad wouldn't be able to notice my lack of effort! Maybe the chocs I also bought from M&S might just heal the pain of a blatantly amateur shot of Max in a pants Boots (buy one get one free!) frame!!

Anyway, here are a few of my favourites...


An insight into Max as a teenager? "BORED!"


Can't I just eat the M&S chocolates Mummy?


I will look anywhere but in the camera lens!

Oh no, another teenager insight - "Wanna fight?"

My how you've grown!

I can't believe how my little 6lb12oz newborn baby boy has turned into this 22lb 7 month old bruiser! I am loving every minute! These pictures are precious!

One day old.

7 months old!