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Thanks guys for all you kind words and congratulations. It means a lot to Min and I.

Min got a very special birthday present this year!!

Ryder Arran Thomson

Born 2nd July 2008 @ 10.03am

Weight - 2.55kg (5lb 10oz)

Length - 44cm

He was 4 weeks early and took us completely by surprise! Min took the Tuesday off work as she was getting slight pains, but didn't think it was happening at all - She just felt uncomfortable. But then Wednesday morning at 5am the waters broke and we were at the hospital by 6 and he was born at 10.

Luckily he was just over the weight break (2.5kg) where they get taken to the special care nursery. That meant that he got to stay with us in the room until we were allowed to go home. We ended up having to stay for 5 nights and we were getting a bit over being in the hospital at the end. He did have to spend 24 hours under the UV lights as he had a bit of jaundice. (Yellowing of the skin, because of too much red blood cells and only small liver to break them down)

But we are home now and settling in OK. Min still can't believe the cheeky monkey stole her birthday!! Min was supposed to finish work on the 4th and have 4 weeks off to get organised and have everything ready!

Because he was early we hadn't decided on a name so he was the 'little man' until he finally got his name on Monday night. Min picked his first name from the book and had liked this name from about a week ago, but it took me a while to be comfortable with it. Once I accepted that we weren't allowed to rename the dog, Linkin, to retread, the baby's name all fell into place . We had already decided on the middle name a long time ago, as this is the Scottish spelling of Aaron (Arran) and is the name of the island off the coast of Ardrossan, Scotland which is where I was born and where my Grandparents still live along with most of dads side of the family.

We already have too many pics, as the granparent paparazzi were snapping away constantly.

Cheers,

Chris, Min & Ryder

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