It's all a bit manic at the moment. Had to postpone my return to work by a week after the nanny quit to go and set up her own childminding business on the other side of London. We have somehow managed to find a childminder with a vacancy at short notice and Sophs had her first settling in half day today. She was fine, I wasn't!

My brother Andrew is in town with his girlfriend and is ready for his Godfather duties at Sophia's christening on Saturday. Typical ****ing British summer weather - we're supposed to be having a picnic, and the forecast is for heavy rain. Thanks a lot. That was plan A, we're still working on plan B... acutally who am I kidding, there is no plan B! Must come up with something quite quickly...

We had our first kiddie birthday party last weekend which Sophs had a fabulous time at, as you can see in the pic! They had an entertainer for the kids. We're having...erm, some toys on a rug! Better get on with the party prep, there's a mountain of things to do before we get rained on at the weekend!