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105/365 Happy Birthday Boy Two

April 15, 2013 By Ellen 1 Comment

You might think it’s a random clutter of cake furniture, but you’d be wrong. It’s a carefully arranged tableau created for Boy Two by his little brother.

Having his cake and eating it. 

Eleven years ago I was in a ward at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, and I couldn’t sleep. I was probably quivering with those intense hormones that come with babies. 

I remember sitting on the windowsill amid the flowers and well-thumbed gossip mags. I watched a busy fox dashing about in the monochrome moonlight and vanishing in the shadows around the A&E department. Addled by motherhood, I was sure she was rushing to care for her cubs, cosy in their den. 

My baby was snoozing happily in his perspex box. He was the most beautiful boy – huge blue eyes and rosebud lips. Even the U-shaped forceps bruise on his head didn’t detract from his perfection. 

This baby was for me. I had to share Boy One – a collective and joyful family possession – but for those few days in the maternity ward Boy Two was all mine.

Happy birthday Boy Two. 


Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, baby, birth, Boy Two.

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  1. fluffyside says

    April 17, 2013 at 5:38 pm

    happy birthday have a great day

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