January is here and it's another New Year!! The end of 2003 turned out to be very exciting, as our daughter Josie was born. We had to stay in the hospital for two weeks, but the midwives were very nice and Tony came to visit several times a day. I did, however, miss Scroff and Peggy.

We spent a wonderful Christmas in Cambridge at Tony's sister Julie's house. She and her husband, Richard, got some interesting Christmas gifts. We all played Operation Christmas night. I was teamed up with Louise. On the Saturday, Tony's sister, Sue, her husband, Ron and their daughter Rachel came over with Mary and Jim. We all had a lovely evening of drinking and ordering take away. On the Sunday, Tony's sister, Wendy, and her husband, Paul arrived with their dog, Harry. Well, they say he's a dog, but I have my suspicions that he's really a rat. We had a huge feast. We even had our own version of Grumpy Old Men! It was good for Tony to get together with his sisters.

For New Year's Eve, Tony and I stayed at home playing Monopoly and drinking sparkling wine. Josie was jealous at our beverages, seeing as she's only allowed formula, so she stayed up all night. Either that or she was excited about her first snow.

I never got around to doing Christmas cards this year. I feel like a failure for that, but there's always next year! It's bound to be far less exciting than 2003.

We STILL have yet to move. That's due to the birth of Josie and the Christmas holiday. We're hoping to move by the second week of January. I hope everyone had a terrific Christmas & New Year! Drop me a line at sherirawlings@yahoo.co.uk