bad hair day

Martha has quite long thick hair for a young baby. when her hair is wet it is VERY curly. This picture was taken 26 June (9 weeks old) after her bath.


This picture was taken 20 mins later when the hair had just dried - but not yet settled to its normal position. It's not easy to tell how bad the hairstyle is on the photo - but the hair is now basically straight but stuck out at all angles!

First Holiday

When Martha was 4 weeks old she had her first holiday with her sisters and Mum. The first stop was at Aunty Helen's house in Bristol where we stayed for 2 nights.

Then the family drove down to South Cornwall to Boscrege Caravan Park. We joined other families from Grimsby 2nd Ward for a week's holiday. We had a great time at the beach, zoo, aquarium, and Martha had her first swim at Waterworld. Martha stayed in the water for 25mins before getting cold, tired and hungry.

After our Cornwall holiday we visited Nan & Grampi in Bournemouth. Martha met her younger Cousin Jenna, Lots of aunts, uncles, cousins, great aunts & uncles, and her great Nan & Bampa.

Here at last!

Martha Heidi Cook joined her family on Monday 23rd April at 6.47am weighing 8lb 30z. Daddy was able to cut the cord - his first time. Martha has lots of thick dark hair just like her sister Naomi had at birth, and a birthmark under her left armpit just like mummy's!

Her first visitors were Aunty Helen, Uncle Andrew and cousin Cara - who came for cuddles when she was about 4 hrs old! Then Grandma brought in her 3 big sisters Emily 7yrs, Naomi 5yrs and Liesl 3yrs. They all took turns to hold their new baby sister.
Later in the early evening, Aunty Sam, Uncle Kris and cousins Nathan and Lewis came along meet Martha, and she had more cuddles with everyone.

Martha had her first ECG and ecchocardiograms performed to check out her extra heartbeats - there is nothing to be worried about, but she will have a further check up at around 4 months.

After her busy first day she enjoyed being fed and cuddled constantly throughout the night.