The Docherty twins and Fiona are home from the hospital. We all got back to the house at 21:30 last night, and for the we're still trying to bring some organization to the house after the initial chaos. First night went better than we initially thought, after both screaming for a couple of hours, we finally managed about 3 hours sleep and another hour and half later. We've been trying out our new kit today, and discovered that the swing and seats below work well. More to follow:

The Docherty twins now have names: Twin 1 is Joshua James Docherty (James after my Dad) and weighs 7lbs, and is the one on the left with the blue hat. Everyone thinks he looks more like Fiona. Twin 2 is Connor Kenneth Docherty (Kenneth after Fiona's Dad) and weighs 6lbs, he is the one on the right with the yellow hat. Everyone thinks he looks more like me.

Fiona and I have had two boys. No names yet, the bigger of the two (which Midwifes say looks like Fiona) is about 7 and 1/2lbs, the smaller (which Midwifes say looks like me) is 6 and 1/2lbs. It was a long drawn out labour, but the staff at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh were superb. In the end the boys were born by c-section, and Fiona has been recovering well after a few complications from surgery. As of a phone call this morning all three are doing well, and I've just woke up from a 10 and 1/2 hour sleep. Here's the picture you'll be sure wanting to see, details will follow:

Ah, the simple procedure of dismantling a buggy

Had fun earlier tonight building our new buggy which I picked up this afternoon. I have to admit to being very impressed with its construction. Its seriously solid and well built, has lots of cool features, and folds up in a fairly amazing way. It even has suspension. It also came in about 10 different parts, in various huge boxes! All this for two little babies. More to follow:

At Easter we towed our little caravan down to its new home in Rosetta Caravan Park in Peebles. We now have a permanent pitch here which means we can store the caravan here all year, and use it between March and October inclusive. With the twins on the way this year, this means we can nip away to the caravan for a quick easy break, without the overhead of towing. Its a lovely site, set in the grounds of an old country estate. Peebles is also packed with interesting shops, and food places, and there's lots of things to visit and explore. It will provide a cheap and easy holiday for us once the twins arrive. There are lots of pictures of Peebles in our picture section, but here's our pitch:

The site has really nice surroundings:

But, it is still Scotland, and our second weekend out in April resulted in some interesting weather:

Notice our car in the far foreground, we wouldn't dare park in front of the caravan, because the fortnight previously we had to be towed out by land rover due to getting stuck in the wet grass! Oh, and in case any of you are wondering, we're still free to tow the caravan on and off the site as much as we please. More on Peebles soon...