We have a couple of fairly new arrivals in our family. There’s two and a half month old Daynah, daughter of our daughter in Dubai (all the “D”s!”), whom we haven’t seen yet, and, even more recently, one month old Annalise, daughter to my niece Katie; Aidan and Rosie, the toddlers, now seem much less babies by comparison.

This morning I went to see Katie and Annalise, who was sleeping soundly when I arrived. The dear little babe was rather shocked when she awoke to find me there to pick her up… as you will see from the photographs!