Gavin: I've made a mistake (BMT+88)

We feel pretty bad you know. I mean it was all getting a bit much and we were feeling a little trapped... I mean you asked a lot of us and it was fine when we were in the hospital and everything but we wanted to see other people too. The trouble is, only talking to you once a week isn't working either. We feel a bit empty and truth be told we kind of miss you a bit. Well, a lot to be honest. And we know we wanted the break and everything and it's our fault and it was nothing to do with you but can we, maybe, you know... come back? Perhaps not every day like before but not as rigid as saying it will be once a week either. Maybe two or three times a week to start off with and we'll go from there? We've still got our own key so can just come and go as we please (if that's alright with you) and we promise we won't leave again. What d'you think? Shall we all give it another go and see if we can make this work? Please.

Zoe: Bring it on (+87)

Sonny had his pinny on again.

Sonny being put through his paces in the gym.

Emperor Palpatine's Shuttle (thank you Grandma) built at Nanny's

Lego leftovers... yummy.

I think we are going to have to go back to blogging everyday as my brain is hurting thinking of what we've all been up to. Gav has had a few weeks off work which has been brilliant and I think we are now all used to living in the same space again. Sonny gave us a scare on Thursday, waking up with a headache and not fancying his breakfast. A quick phone call to GOSH didn't make it better as they thought it could be the start of an infection. This is very common and would mean going to the Whittington for some antibiotics. Sonny was terrified this would happen so it was a huge relief when he started to feel better and the hastily arranged blood tests confirmed everything to be normal. Despite the rain, its been a good week - here are the highlights:

Chavington World of Adventure

Gav made the most of the dreadful weather and took Ruby to Chessington for the day in the pouring rain. They got properly soaked and loved every minute although Gav did say he's never been more scared in his life.

Legoland

Sonny's enforced imprisonment has meant that he's reignited his passion for Starwars and Starwars lego in particular. We've been watching the movies in chronological order (Empire Strikes Back tomorrow) and building lots of cruisers and shuttles. Its costing a small fortune so I'm now stubbornly attempting to catalogue every piece of lego from abandoned sets and hoping to reunite it with its original instruction manual. Hmmmmmmm.

Physio

Sonny's treatment has been incredibly grueling on his body. He's managed to recover full mobility in his feet from the awful toxic chemo back in November but this has meant, along with heaps of enforced bedrest that his stamina is really low and he's not nearly as strong or as steady as he wants to be. Our home physio visited this week and he was also able to visit her in the gym where she put him through his paces. He has lots of physio to do now 3 times a day which is great as it will help him feel better. To give you an idea of where he is here are his goals for the end of September:

Do 10 reps with 1kg weight for all leg exercises

Do 10 deep squats at wall with ball at back

Do 10 deep lunges in a row

Get up from the floor on either leg 10 times in a row

Run 5 metres

Jump over a 2 inch hurdle

Scotch Eggs

Some friends came over on Tuesday. After a very pleasant early evening cricket match on Highbury Fields in the field where is says NO CRICKET with some super shots from Sonny and 4 catches from Ruby we went home for a lovely supper. Sonny made Heston's Scotch Eggs, you know from that advert off the telly. Try them, they were amazing. We are now having deep fat fryer conversations...

Trip to Nanny & DAs

We left London... and drove to Gav's parents in Essex for lunch. The kids were really excited. Nanny & Da were really excited and we all had a lovely time.

Owzat? (BMT+82)

A great day out yesterday as we went to Little Hallingbury to watch our mate Stewart play cricket. An accident on the A12 saw us stuck in a proper 'engine off' traffic jam for an hour which meant I spent the whole time planning an escape route if he got a temperature (ambulance from junction 8 on the other side of the road and lift him over the barrier in case you were wondering) but we eventually made it in time to see Stew rack up a magnificent half century in front of his home crowd. He's great with Sonny and spent time in the nets showing him batting techniques, before we headed home uneventfully. Today I bought him a cricket set (£12.99 from sports direct in case you were wondering) and we went to the park, bumped into a little boy from school and played our own, albeit more sedate version.

The last picture is what happens when you leave a ten year old with your phone as you pop into Tesco's (you know, in case you were wondering).

Gavin: The weekly roundup (BMT+79)

Blimey this is tough... One 10 year old boy and 4 months of trying to keep him busy isn't quite as easy as you think. Anything you think of that we can do he can't. Or, we've been doing it for a year in hospital and he's totally fed up with it. Today we went to watch a fly by of WWII spitfires in St James Park. We managed to find a quiet bit of the park until we realised we were in the firing line of everyone leaving and had to do a runner, quick. Still, we've had a really good week and have a few things up our sleeve to keep him happy. Not sure social services will agree with us opening a Blue Square account for him to bet £1 per day, but if it burns 20 minutes, it's good for us. We're off to watch Gooldy play cricket tomorrow (as they rarely get spectators) and I may even have to bat. The only time Sonny has seen me at the crease is doing the ironing. Anyway, as promised, here's the roundup of what's happened this week...

There's a new blog in town

One of our genius ideas was to set him up a blog where he'll be commenting on what's going on in the world of sport. He's really excited about it and hopefully will get into doing it every day. I've read his first post and it's as good as ours, so should give you all a more regular fix (albeit without the hospital side of things). Please click here and follow him or paste the link below... it would make his day if you joined up.

http://thefansargument.blogspot.com/

Clinic day Wednesday (also known as The Star Wars Cantina)

Sonny got a right royal reception at his weekly clinic. Every doctor and consultant stopped to talk and remark on how amazing they think he's doing. It was a little embarrassing at one point when we had all the BMT team surrounding him while the rest of the kids sat there being ignored. When we did sit down with our Consultant it was just great. They still can't quite believe it's going so well and have warned us that it may change now he's off the immune suppressants but hey, we'll be ready for it if it comes. They also don't want to see him for a fortnight which has scared the life out of us but is terrific news. If he carries on like this he'll be the next poster boy for the 'jesus-christ-it-really-worked' team that I believe work in Marketing.

Fantasy League

A strong start from Andrew, one of Sonny's school chums who's sitting pretty at the top with a massive 75 points. There's nearly two million players in the whole game and he's currently around 46,000th which is amazing. It pains me to say that the one to watch will be Gooldenballs, the only player in the top five without Drogba. I'd like to point out there's no shame in being 27th either.

Going out

Me and Zo went out and sat in a pub garden for a bit. Obviously, all we did was talk about Sonny but it was still lovely. My mum and dad babysat and had a lovely time too so smiles all round really. Hangover wasn't much fun though, we'd forgotten that bit.

Some photos

Well, only two for some reason. We're obviously too busy on some poker site.

This is egg day when his final food group was allowed. Yum.

This is us out on the South side of the river as no one ever goes there. I'm looking out for airborne bacteria.

So there we are. Hope thats enough to keep you all going. See you next week my lovelies.

Gavin: The bi-weekly maybe weekly roundup begins (+75)

Right, listen up you lot. Sonny is doing really well. Really, really well. All his bloods are heading in the right way and, although his liver readings are still off the scale, they're coming down nicely in what the doctors call a 'trend'. Alongside all this, he's having a great time, eating well and getting better on his feet every day. So, we've decided to reduce the blog to a bi-weekly or maybe weekly roundup where we'll fill you in then.

I know, I know... it's going to be tough for us all to get used to but our reasons are simple: The more Sonny is at home the less things there are to blog about. It's a brilliant situation and one we all hope you understand. Of course, if there's an online petition that takes on the sort of weight the 'Free Diedre Rashid' campaign did, then we may reconsider.

Keep emailing, commenting and calling. We're not going anywhere, there just isn't that much to say. That's probably the best sentence I've ever typed in my life.

See you Friday people. Be careful out there.

Zoe: No worries (+74)

I came downstairs today at 8am to find Sonny sitting on the sofa tucking into a bowl of cereal. Funny how little things can give you so much pleasure. Todays photo shows Sonny getting really nervous before today's game against Liverpool...

Gavin: And we're off (+73)

The highlight of the year happened today when the Premiership kicked off another season. Man City couldn't find the backbone to beat The Scum but it was a great game. A quick flick over to the experienced tones of Jeff Stelling and our afternoon was complete... along with a visit from his mate Jude who had him running around shooting us all with guns.

We've renewed our tickets for The Mighty Arsenal™ this year but can't go for at least 4 months as Sonny isn't allowed in crowds, so if you fancy watching a game let us know. £40 a ticket (£80 for the pair) could see you be part of our quadruple winning season. I'm not joking either, this tramp outside the tube shouted that 'I was a prize winning Arse'. If that isn't a sign people, I don't know what is.

Zoe: Driving Miss Daisy (+72)

What to do, what to do..? Don't get me wrong its great being home but thinking of ways to amuse a ten year old boy without coming into contact with Joe Public is already proving to be a bit tricky. Today a trip to Argos turned into a drive. Yes a drive. Luckily, there's always something to gawp at in our little village. Today's highlights were an extremely tall teenager in Regents Street, 6 Bentleys and the smell of Chinese cooking as we sat in traffic on Shaftesbury Avenue.

Zoe and Gav: A treat (BMT+71)

We're on our fourth can of Grolsch, have just had a takeaway and now Big Brother is on. Any chance you lot could leave us alone tonight?

Gavin: He's coming home... (BMT+70)

Sonny has been in hospital now since the 17th April, almost four months to the day. So, when they decided that he could home today for good, we nearly cried. As ever, Zoe took hold of the situation and jostled along pharmacy to get the huge bag of drugs needed and all the paperwork signed and ready for us to be ready to look after him at home. It's a monumental day. If all goes to plan then Sonny won't be back in GOSH and hopefully will only have to endure trips to the Witt for top up drugs we can't give at home and some overnight stays with them if he develops a fever in the next 4 months (probably inevitable, but the bag is packed and ready).

Sonny is over the moon, Ruby hasn't stopped chatting with him and me and Zo are now getting used to a sofa we haven't snuggled on for 116 days. Yeah, I said snuggled, get over it. I'm happy alright.