Official

Yesterday was an exciting day for Asher. He became the proud owner of a document he will find invaluable in his future life, both as a child and when he's grown up (which seems an impossibly distant prospect at the moment!)

That's right... We got him a library card!

And also a birth certificate.

First we took a trip to see the registrar (our original appointment was for Friday, but they cancelled because of the snow). Asher, ever soporific during car journeys, slumbered peacefully as we gave the registrar our details, checked them over and purchased two full copies of his birth certificate (in case the American Embassy needs one at the same time as the Passport Agency).

Outside the Registry Office

Once this excitement was over we decided to pay a visit to the library. I had hoped to get Asher a library card before he had a birth certificate, just because I could, but it's been so very cold and snowy that I didn't want to take him out unnecessarily. Still, there was less than half an hour in it, so not bad. Ash now has one 'Baby Sees' library book in his own name. He seemed to enjoy the first two pages, particularly the black and white spots.

Asher's first trip to the library!

Believe it or not, our trip out was not the only excitement for the day. In the morning the health visitor came to give us leaflets and information and to weigh and measure Asher. He's now 9lb, a very respectable weight that puts him on the 75th percentile. I found this very reassuring - I was a bit worried about how breast feeding was going, but clearly it's doing the trick. At 55.5cm tall (they call it 'long' but I prefer 'tall') Ash is on the 91st percentile for height, which confirms my mum's suspicion about his being a tall baby.