Iain, Emma, Jake & James
Cardoness Castle
Home to McCulloch Clan since 1470's
Jake, Scott and James
Our New House
24th June - General June pix - see here Updated Saturday 27th June @10.21pm....
21st June - The garden Sofas we ordered from Argos in April finally arrived, look good, see here
19th June - Chessington - Having purchased Merlin passes Marie and I headed to Chessington World of Adventures, I found it a little disappointed, a bit tired looking but I didn;t like all the amusement archades and stalls to win outsizxed toys for a £1/time. The boys loved running around though. We went back to Maries after then Mum came down....see pix here
16th June - Auntie Mauds Funeral - Poor old Auntie Maud passed away the week before after 94 years. We went over and paid our respects Jake looked very smart in his suit and was an angel at the Crem - see pix here
14th June - The fair comes to Benson - opposite our house so we went over for some candy floss see pix here
12th June - Day @Sophs - we went to Soph's on a nice sunny day, whilst enjoying the sunshine it dawned on us that there was no reason I could stay and enjoys loads of wine with the children tucked up in bed....so guess what we did ;-) Jake cracked his head on the bookcase jumping on Olivers bed, fotunately there was a plethora of Dr's in the house so he lived to tell the tale, despite his now pink hair he was able to count the 3 fingers I held up as 18 22 25...he was fine...see pix here
6th June - Jakes Birthday Day - Friday night we stayed at Marie's, Mummy Marie and Paul were able to enjoy a glass of wine watch Slumdog! In the morning after opening presents we went to Coral Reef Waterworld swimming, after birthday lunch with tigger cake we came home and played, the weather was rainy so decided to stay in, Alexander and Jake were in their element, play cars whilst watching Cars! Jake had a lovely day, see pix here....
4th June - Jakes 4th @Scamps - With a hectic weekend of 4th birthday celebrations, Jake with a preamble at Scamps, Monsters and Aliens cake....check out the pix
24th May - Iain Heads to the Southern Hemisphere - Iain is off to the Falklands for 4 months (we'll miss him)....
13th May - James Hits the Rusks - Being on Soya Milk there is hungry horris version, only 1 strength, so we've started him on rusks, by the second spoonful he was chewing away! At 17 weeks old and loving it! He loves pureed pears, apples, bananas, hates veg and fancy baby porridge, so rusks and fruit it is for now. He goes nuts when you feed him kicking his legs, can't get it down him fast enough!!
10th May - James Christening - A brilliant do, Godmother Kristina came over from the US of A and we spent the weekend playing catch up usually with a glass of champagne in our hand! On the day the weather was scorching, everyone had a ball eating and drinking it was great. The children's entertainer was fab, keep the children occupied for a while, see pix here....
Patio - In time for the Christening
General March pix -
Tosh Visit - Tosh was on his MT training and had a weekend free so came over for some home cooking & a catch up /reminicing with Iain about their deborched single days in Lossie!
See pix here
16th Feb - Soph meets James - Soph, Ollie and the twins popped over, we had a lovely day in Benson, at the park and the boys riding their bikes. For once the weather was warm and sunny! see pix here
12th Feb - Auntie Marilyn meets James - she popped over for tea and cake, with Mum here to help it was great, see pix here
8th Feb - James meets his cousins - With the snow easing, we headed to Gloucester so the Mundens could meet James, we had lunch then it started to snow again so we had to head home! See pix here
2nd Feb - SNOW, the UK grinds to a halt! - The worst snow for 20 years, what with the economy being the worst since the big depressions, what's next? Everyone was snowed in, schools closed, roads close, councils running out of grit and resorting to table salt!! Iain was on paternity leave so we stayed in and made snowmen....see pix here
31st Jan - James visits Cheshire - As Mum and Dad had the terrible flu I had all Christmas and New Year, they were unable to meet James so we went to Cheshire to show him off. Snowed like mad but we had a lovely time relaxing, see pix here
24th Jan - The Scarrots meet James - They came to visit and meet James, Marie bought James some gorgeous clothes, Thanks Auntie Marie! Jake and Alexander played beautifully all day, lovely to see them. See pix here
James Edward McCulloch was delivered by Caesarean Section at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxfordshire at 1.54pm on Wednesday 14th January 2009
Due to the slipped disc in my back we planned an elective Caesarean, there was also a small problem with his waterworks picked up on the 20 week scan and subsequently scanned weekly, which needed further investigation the day he was born.. At 38 weeks preg we arrived at the hospital at 7.30am only to be told there were no beds in the special care baby unit and had to wait until the ward round! Thankfully rubbish telly kept the boredom at bay! At lunchtime it was all systems go, a bed was available! 2 spinals failed so it the epidural was whacked up and an hour later we were ready to go,
Iain was told to get gowned up and he stripped to his boxers, much to the amusement of the nurses, he was told to get dressed as the gown could go over his clothes!! Hilarious!! From entering the theatre to being born and leaving only took about 30 minutes! lightening speed! James came out screaming and much to our surprise was a healthy 7lbs 14oz! Jakey was only 7lbs 13oz and was full term!! Also James head is bigger, takes after his dad! James was whisked off for a scan on his kidneys whilst mummy recovered on the observation ward. The good news was that one of his kidneys was normal, the other slightly dilated but looked fine - this was great news. James stayed in special care overnight whilst mummy was flying from the ceiling on morphine - fantastic stuff I must fine a dealer! James was installed in a cot in special care - there were some very tiny babies, the one next to James was born at 26 weeks gestation!
15th January - after a good nights rest James went for a fancy x-ray (MCUG), the staff were amazing, the radiology department at the JR was state of the art. The really fantastic news is that all is fine, there is no blockage or reflux into the kidneys, no need for an op, just antibiotics and follow up at 6 weeks!! We are delighted.
James is GORGEOUS, he's the spitting image of a newborn Jake! See pix here
2008
We've been so busy moving house, working and expecting James that the website has fallen off the radar, it's back up now so I'll try and keep it up to date. Below are links to pix I've been meaning to upload for ages. Mail us on emma@jnm-it-ltd.com or iainamcculloch@yahoo.co.uk
25th December - Xmas 2008 - As we are now settled in our new house we decided to stay at home and start some traditions - only problem was Iain and I had flu.....nice we were able to stay indoors - see pix here
16th December - Daddy's Birthday - the first time daddy will be 39! see pix here
4th December '08 - Scamps Christmas Play - After last year we expected a modest promotion from a reindeer to possibly a shepherd, but low and behold Jake was Joseph! THE starring role, we were so proud. See pix here
November '08 - Natural History Museum -we spent the day in London seeing the dinosaurs, Jake was hilarious, the night before he filled his rucksack with cheese and yoghurt to "feed the dinosaurs"...ahhh unfortunately pix didn't come out that well.....
25th October - Chris and Janines Wedding - Chris got married in Presbury church followed by a reception at the Belle Epoque in Knutsford. Iain was an usher and Jake a "helper" See pix here
September '08 - Izzys 3rd Birthday - we had a lovely time at Izzys house in Folkstone, it was lovely to see everyone see pix here
July '08 - Families Day - RAF Benson have a families day for the children, Jake had a great time, see pix here
25/7/08 - Twins Christening - Hannah and Charlottes christening - Soph put on an amazing spread, hog roast and kids entertainment. I was so proud to be godmother to Charlotte...scorching day!
8/6/08 - Harriett's Christening - scorching day for Marie, Paul, Alexander and Harriet
6/6/08 - Jake's 3rd Birthday - Jake enjoyed cake at Scamps. His party was at Odds Farm, a scorching day, everyone enjoyed themselves!
16/5/08 - Our New House - After 18 months of looking and with house prices over inflated and rising in Goring and Streatley-on-thames we decided to widen our search. I'd noticed a small estate of new houses in Benson a while ago built by Michael Shanley Homes, but they were out of our price range. When we were looking online last week we noticed the last house had been drastically reduced, so we went to look during the weekend open house. The agents told us the developer was desperate to sell the last one, we made a cheeky offer. The agents rang several times on the Monday to say the offer would not be accepted, we were all very laid back as it was our second choice location. Then dramatically at 6pm the sales director rang and said that due to our chain free position and speed we could exchange the builders would accept our offer, but only because of this!! We got a great deal!! We exchange 2nd June and should be in shortly afterwards, it was meant to be - ironically the estate was built on the land of the old Benson infant school, which was sold off when the infant school and primary school merged.....Our old house 3 Bellingham Close in Knutsford, was build on the primary school playing field!! The main benefits are the house is very close to Scamps, the primary school is across the road and Iain could walk to work! See our new house here
*Funny New House storey - Mummy was in Oslo so Iain was playing Phil Spencer and showing Mum and Dad round the new house. Jake disappeared, when everyone went upstairs, Jake was found sat on the new loo having been to the toilet for a no.2! So the house is well and truly christened!!