little baby brother now has a name

For months, we have been talking about little baby brother …and those last two months did seem to be very long!

Well Samuel can now talk about baby Joshua (Joshua James David Norman in full, though he probably won’t think about that for a little while).

Joshua was born at 8h48, on Thursday 15 January 2009. The precision of the time stated will give you an idea of the precision of the whole event, including very good pain relief. Oh yes, and he weighed 3.530kg and was 48 cm long.

Joshua had a good sleep soon after breathing his first breath. He and Vanessa are both well, and Samuel is getting used to the idea that he has a little brother – even if little brother doesn’t ‘do’ very much yet, Samuel has plans for some of the things they will do together later on.

We are so grateful to God for Joshua’s safe arrival, and his good start in life.

Thank you for all of your encouraging words and prayers over recent months.