Where were you when you heard that the Royal Baby had been born?

We were on a London Bus when the driver shouted out "it's a boy, 8 lb 6 oz!" 5 minutes later, we walked into our son and daughter in laws' home and told them the news- the BBC didn't have it yet- odd! London bus drivers must have had a fast link to the Royal website!

We had been visiting our family in London, and were rather late getting home from a visit to Kew Gardens in South West London ( where we visited Kew Palace- summer home to another George, King George III), so we were still on a bus at 8.20 pm, on Monday 22 July 2013. What a very hot day it was in London!

We now know that the baby will be called George Alexander Louis, Prince of Cambridge. We have no idea what our new grandchild will be called. The parents-to-be are keeping their chosen names a secret until he or she is born. Quite right too!

I've been updating my baby pages such as The Royal Baby, and there has also been quite a lot of interest in my article about the Duchess of Cambridge.

The newspapers seem to be full of tips on "how to be a Grandparent" following the royal birth- I'm reading everything with interest!

That car seat that Prince William clipped in so rapidly ( well done!) Was apparently a Britax Baby safe- a very reasonably priced car seat.


You can buy it from amazon.co. uk .

Where's that Royal Baby?

We're waiting Kate!
Here hoping the hot weather isn't getting the Duchess down. At the risk of stating the obvious in a Pippa Middleton kind of way "babies come when they're ready"

The world's press is camped out at the hospital, flags are ready to fly...