Sleepless in Cardiff

T plus 1 day. We're all shattered but I think we're doing better than we anticipated - little Kootcha's doing a lot of sleeping, squeeking and all the normal getting to grips with the outside world, Speedy's celebrating her achievement of hippy-chick status having had only gas & air as pain relief and giving birth underwater, Pooce is being super-indulged so she doesn't feel left out (her class in nursery made a card today, which she is very proud of & she's been trying to fit herself into Kootcha's moses basket all evening), and I'm going to bed for a bit before taking over the 9 till 12 shift.

It's been great to receive everyone's calls, texts and comments on the blog. Tomorrow, we're going to get festive ...