Thankfully, and after a full medical and CT-Scan, he has been diagnoses with Colitus (inflammation of the large intestine) and nothing more serious. Colitus can be cured with antibiotics and rest.

In typical Dad fashion, he isn’t happy with The Galway Clinic, a beautiful private hospital, he rather be admitted to Roscommon which is nothing short of a residential home. He misses the number of visitors he would have if he were at home in Roscommon Hospital. He’s in extremely good hands and will only be in for a few days.

He had a great time playing with the girls early and they too enjoyed his company as they giggling non stop.

Get well soon dad.

The sun is cracking the stones and you couldn’t ask for better views. As I had full 3G on the top of the hill, why not sit and write a quick post.

The girls seemed to enjoy it too!

I received a fair few presents but the one I’m most excited about was from Sam and the girls, a scuba-dive in Dublin Bay, just off of Dalkey Island. I have been talking about diving in Ireland for some time but never got around to organising it. Thank you girls, it’s perfect and means a lot.

Thank you to Clive, Tracey and Lucy for entertaining us all for the weekend. We had a very busy but relaxing time, as always. The FA Cup Final and a meal out on Saturday, Roscommon Vs Dublin All Ireland Under 21 Final followed by a few beers on Saturday and a 12k run on Monday, all in between glasses on wine by the open fire.

I am off work for a week so plan on heading to Roscommon today to spend time with granddad, Granny is in US with Paul. We are hoping to take day trips to Galway and Donegal while we’re down that direction.

Thank you all again, it was a lovely birthday weekend!

They are both becoming more demanding as each week passes and are developing very different personalities.  Rosie is the cheeky one, full of energy, loud and a bit of a handful.  While Lily is very laid back, quiet and reserved – she rarely speaks while Rosie is in full flight.  Rosie is a laughing machine – a performing monkey – but difficult to catch on camera.  They both keep us well entertained.  They are just starting to recognize one another and it’s lovely to see them giggle together.  Soon they will be looking after and entertaining each other.

We always feel like celebrities when we’re out and about as people always approach and ask loads of questions, the usual ones: are they identical, are they hard work and do you have to do everything with them at the same time, etc?  We never expected any of this attention.

I have selected a few photos to remind you (and us) of what they were like only a few months ago.  They are everything to us and couldn’t imagine our lives without them.  We are so looking forward to seeing them grow over the next six months and celebrating their 1st birthday.

While Sam and the girls were away and right up until yesterday I’ve had a major project on at work and it consumed all my evenings and weekends for a month or more, but thankfully it was completed yesterday (very successfully) so life will return to some form of normality and I’ll have time to provide some updates.  The girls are doing really and developing quickly.  I’ll upload some videos later.

Rather than backdating, ‘ll try and add a few nice photos we’ve taken over the last couple of months and will keep updating going forward.

Take care.

A few photos to go through.

We’ve always watch the TV while giving them a bottle and didn’t think much of it. We assumed it was the big bright screen that grabbed their attention but now we’re thinking it could be more because when we turn it off or change their viewing position they scream the house down – so it seems they quite enjoy watching!

This was hilarious at first and we would move or disturb them just to get a reaction but now we are thinking we need to nip this in the bud, but how?

They are not going to spend their childhood on front of a telly! I know…we need a bigger apartment or a house in the country where we’re not confined to such a small living area.

Bless, they look so cute. Look at the concentration.

When I came home from from work the girls had prepared one of my favourite meals with the table set under candlelight.  Thankfully the girls were no trouble and were set for bed after their 7pm feed which gave us some lovely quite time together with a few glasses of wine – just like old times!

It’s been a beautiful family evening and a credit to my gorgeous fiancee, I love you so much.

Thank you and Happy Valentine’s Day love.

It’s a job I’ve been dreading for ages and I’m now glad it’s done.  Other than rearranging the nursery we had a very chilled out weekend and the girls caught up on some much needed sleep, in less cramped conditions.

Sam went on a shopping spree on Saturday for a few hours while I enjoyed some quality time with the girls.  I also managed to fit it a 17.5k run which I enjoy immensely, although I did suffer  a bit afterwards.

Some pictures of the newly arranged nursery (still work to do) and some random ones a swell.

We had so many plans leading up to the weekend – swimming with the girls, running the Kilbride 10k, visiting some relatives we haven’t seen in a long while – but due to illness and the weather none of the above materialised. We did fit in quite a bit though and it still felt like a really relaxing weekend.

We were up early on Saturday, out and on the road by 11, which was pretty good for us and a credit to Sam’s organisational skill. Eilish was a godsend and looked after the girls while we walked around town and had a few drinks in the local bars while sitting around the open fire – nice! On Sunday we went out for a long drive, had lunch out and then spent the afternoon catching up with friends. I had planned on running another 10k earlier in the day but it was shitting with rain and I wimped out!

We are back down in a few weeks and, if illness free, plan on taking the girls swimming then.

The below is a selection of photos from the weekend or the week leading up to it. They are all taken from my phone and some are a little out of focus, the downside to mobile blogging I’m afraid.

The girls had to endure our long conversations centred on running; clothing distances, times, etc. etc. It probably got a little too much for them :), but the lads enjoyed it.

We all had a goal of running a sub 50 minute and we all achieved it, some better than others. Jonathan came in first with an impressive time of 45:50, then Clive and I at around the late 48 early 49 mins – we are waiting on official times to come via text. It was Jonathan’s first 10k, but definately won’t be his last – well done!

We are already organising our next run together; it’s looking like the 10k in Enniscrone, Co. Sligo in March.

Great run guys!