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Where to start?  'Let's start at the very beginning; a very good place to start'.  Well maybe not the very beginning I don't think I'd ever catch up.  I could start at the beginning of the year but we're already half way through April and the beginning of the year is somewhat of a haze to be honest.  Not because I was drunk I'd like to add but because I had a 2 week old baby and the lack of sleep to go with it.  I think I did see the new year in during one of the night time feeds or when I was being sick (very random 12 hour sickness thing it was too) can't remember which now.  Whichever it was I'd certainly not brought in the new year like that before. 
Anyway back to the beginning...um...I could start at the beginning of the month, which as I've already pointed out is April in case you weren't sure.  It was Easter at the beginning of the month.  We were visiting lots of friends and family and we went to my youngest brother-in-law's baptism.  A great weekend all round.  Thing is, I don't think a running commentary, or even a breif summary of all the conversations would  be all that interesting to those who weren't there to participate. 
As a side note I'm typing this one handed as I'm feeding my baby at the same time.   It's amazing what you can learn to do one handed when you have to.  This is even better if you can do those things with either hand as then it doesn't matter which side you're feeding on or how you're holding them.  Well of course it matters how you hold them because if you hold them upside down too much they'll probably be sick on you or start to complain.  Also once they reach the 'grab anything and everything and put it in my mouth stage' you need to be careful where you hold them too and be constantly aware of what's within their reach.  If you don't want them to be eating roast dinner just yet then don't have them on your lap whilst you're eating.  You see the other thing is that babies are learning so much at the beginning of their lives (ooh another beginning but that was a bit messy so you probably don't want to hear about that) that they are naturally very curious determined creatures.  This means that it doesn't matter how many times you move their hand away from your plate they won't ever get the hint.  In fact they're more likely to think it's a good game and do it even more.  Learning to do anything with either hand is also helped significantly if,like me, you're ambidextrous.
I haven't always been ambidextrous, well I have but I haven't always know about it.  I have always used my right hand to write, out of habit I guess so that is still the one I use mainly and is slightly neater and quicker than my left for writing at least.  I have always been able to do a lot of things with either hand without realising that most people can't do that.  I can sew with either hand (something that used to confuse the costume designer a lot when I worked in the wardrobe department of a theatre), bowl and play pool equally well with either hand.  Then there's the odd little things in life that although most people can do with either hand they find it strange and it feels odd, things like sitting crossed legged either way (the same with folding your arms), putting a coat or rucksack on with either hand first, applying make-up with either hand and other such examples.  Oh and I'm now typing with the other hand as Samuel has fed, had a nap, sat in his bouncy seat whilst I did the washing up and made triple choc rice crispy cakes and he is now feeding again from the other side.  I bet if I hadn't of told you you wouldn't have even noticed.  Oh and a big box of baby clothes just arrived from ebay.  Well they're not FROM ebay but bought on ebay.  Size 3-6 months.  For some reason it is always a surprise when a baby outgrows their clothes and now needs the next size up even if they are in the next size up age category, such a surprise in fact you feel the need to tell everyone with a tone of disbelief and they inevitably reply in a similar tone with a phrase along the lines of 'Really?  Already?  Humans are funny creatures.

Anyway I digress.  I suppose I could start at the beginning of this week but that might lead to a debate about exactly when the beginning of a week is.  I used to have a friend who thought that the week began on a Saturday as that was when the TV book started from.  My Dad insists it's Sunday as the Saturday is traditionally the Sabbath, the day God rested after creation, which makes Sunday the start of the next week.  Other people think the week starts on Monday as that is the first day after the weekend when everyone is back to work (at least office type jobs anyway.  There are many jobs that don't follow this weekly pattern).  I'd like the week to start on a Thursday.

I could also start at the beginning of today.  Which I guess in a way I have as that is when I signed up to Live Journal but now it is lunchtime and I'm hungry so maybe I won't start at all.