My Darling Arty,
Well, he's here! Your little brother was born on July 1st and weighed exactly seven pounds and fourteen ounces. It was a relief actually to get there because he's twelve days late but when it was all over (I'll spare you the less savoury details) I can't take my eyes off him. Martin says I'm obsessed but I don't care. When you were born, darling, I kept you with me all the time. You were a beautiful baby Arty and not even your new brother can rival how gorgeous you were with your chocolate brown eyes.
He looks very like Martin but don't worry! He's got your (and my) eyes. Big and brown already, even though they should be blue at his age. He cries a lot too, but that's to be expected – after all, he's just been pulled out of his warm, comfortable home and forced to let strange people carry him around and make crazy faces at him and honestly, who would like that?
We haven't decided on a name yet. Martin and I both have a few we like but I wanted you to have some input so scrawl a couple of names on the back of this parchment and send it off as quick as you can because the Vicar wants to christen him and he's getting impatient!
Now that's all my news, how are you? Congratulations on surviving your exams, I knew you'd do it Sweetie! And just think - You've got a couple of weeks then summer begins! It was lovely to see all of your friends at Easter and I think even Martin warmed to that young Sirius Black. Do you know how he described him to me? That boy with the deep voice who looks suspiciously older than eighteen! Don't worry, I told him off for you. You must tell them they're all welcome to visit over the summer holidays – the cottage is always open as long as they don't mind a little chaos. As fast as my cleaning spells work, darling little baby is sick or Martin spills something and I have to start all over again.
Don't worry about me though, your aunty Tía has been helping around the house and Rhoda has been babysitting for me whenever I want to sleep. Martin is an angel too, he keeps bringing me cups of tea like I'm an invalid!
Anyway, I think that's all for now. Give my love to Lily will you?
All my Love darling
Mum XxX