B meets Simon Cowell

Yesterday a fab day. In the morning, my first appointment to try on wedding dresses with B, my friend Sarah and Julie Beths godmum and in afternoon B and Julie and I went to her children's hospice - Chase at Christophers in Guildford - to meet a secret celebrity.

The clues were there when we arrived, lots of X Factor signs and pictures. But was it Simon, Louis, Danni or Cheryl?

After a while, he arrived......lots of cheers and B whispered to me - "he is quite handsome". One parent was a bit over enthusiastic about his presence so much as we were quite sure why she had bought her children! Simon sat and answered questions from the children and parents (I asked would he ever go on Im a celebrity get me out of here to which he replied no because he hated creepy crawlies!). Other questions included - who did he think would win X Factor, down to a cheeky do you wear boxers or y-fronts! and one boy asked him why he was so evil..lol

After half an hour he went off to do some tea drinking and press interviews and B and Julie had cake. He then returned and did individual pictures with the children and signed a photo of him for them. B got introduced as the girl who was recently in Hello and got two kisses!

On sky news on the tv, you can see B getting a kiss and me in the background. On this clip, you see her with him when she is getting her photo taken.

A fabulous day. Marred only by the fact I forgot my camera! But got a couple of ones on Julie's camera which I will share when I get them.

He really was a nice guy by the way (and ok, a bit handsome........)

Today is the first day of the rest of their lives

For confidentiality reasons I cannot go into much detail but today I met a very newborn baby who potentially (and very likely has) a disabling condition. His parents did not know about his potential condition when he was in utero. To say it was a shock to them is an understatement. He came to our unit where I am on placement initially this morning for some blood tests to be taken and then later again when he got a bit cold. I cared for him and gave him lots of cuddles and fed him from a special cup.

I told the nurses that I saw the baby with potentially X and not the X baby. I felt sad for what the parents will go through with this discovery, for their possible losses of dreams and for all the hard things that come with having a child with special needs - things I do not need to spell out. But...I also felt that I was holding something very special in my arms.....he was beautiful...He would bring his own uniqueness to the world and the world should be honoured to have him.

Good luck little man