When a child is born...

Okay, sorry there wasn't a blog post yesterday, but Wilson had a very trying day.

Because his replica Comet Lander was in 'Idle Mode' he missed the email letting him know that Ms Rowena had gone into labour. Since he is Ms R's Birthing Partner, when he did finally get the news he was thrown into a panic, scrambling out of the tumble dryer clutching his kazoo and calling my name. We jumped into the car and immediately set off for the hospital.

It was only after several miles that W realised that he had left his spoons at home. I assured him that the hospital would have thousands of spoons, but he can apparently only play his 'special' spoons, so we had to return to the house to collect them.

By the time we finally reached the hospital it was all over — Ms Rowena had given birth to a beautiful baby girl, Piper Bay, without the aid of Wilson's Birthing Music. 

All things considered, I have to say that's probably for the best — a stressful event will be made no less stressful when accompanied by a serenade on spoons and kazoo…