Buttercup Baby

Our 'baby in the flowers' photos continued today with a few pictures in the buttercups. I love summer.

Dear Henry - May 2014

My Little Pigwidgeon, it's almost June already! Only 3 months until your birthday month, how exciting. We have started to think about what we will do for your birthday but haven't made a decision yet. I can't believe how big you're getting. 

We went on our first holiday to Spain at the start of this month. You were such a good boy while we were there and slept on the plane both ways which was a relief. You loved the swimming pool and all the tasty Spanish food and you had your first taste of a biscuit...I've never seen so much mess! Mummy and Daddy will probably take you away again in August too but we haven't booked anything up yet. I think you must have similar dark skin to Daddy as you have little brown arms with white creases even though you were covered in factor 50, you look so cute. Your hair seems to get longer and blonder every time I look at you and your eyes are still really dark brown.

You are still loving your food. Beef casserole is definitely your favourite and you love cucumber and melon too. You have two gorgeous little teeth which has made eating a little bit easier for you too. You still love watching telly, the Gruffalo is your very favourite but you like In the Night Garden and Thomas the Tank Engine too. George the dog is your very favourite entertainment at the moment. You laugh at him all day long and smile as soon as you spot him, I think you two are going to be great friends as you grow up. When you're eating, George sits very close by and watches in case you drop anything. You've learnt to feed him though which is a bit naughty! Poor George knows he isn't allowed to take food from you but he can't resist when you're waving it right under his nose!!

You've been a bit grumpy over the last two weeks which has been totally unlike you. You've had a couple of absolute meltdowns while we've been out shopping and we've had to just come home. I'm not sure if you're struggling with teething or if you're getting frustrated that you can't move yet. You're so close to being able to crawl but you're not quite there yet and it's making you very cross!! It's definitely been more difficult for Mummy and Daddy than usual but you've seemed much happier the last day or two so hopefully it was just a phase and you'll be back to your happy self before long.

I'm back to work next week which I'm so upset about. You'll be going to Marmar's house while I'm at work and she's excited to have you. You love Marmar so I'm not worried about leaving you, I just wish I didn't have to. Poor Mummy cries every time I think about it. I'm sure it'll be fine though and it means we can afford lots of nice holidays and days out together. I've loved having so long off work to spend with you, it's been the best 9 months of my life, I wish it didn't have to end.

I love you so much beautiful boy, you are the very best thing to ever happen to me. I'm so glad that you're mine and I'm looking forward to another exciting month together as a little family.

Mummy xxx

Back to work blues

Tomorrow morning I'm setting my alarm for the first time in almost 9 months. We are going to do a morning run-through before I'm back to work officially next week. I honestly have no idea how long it'll take us from the alarm going off to me arriving at work. Usually our mornings are super relaxed but from next week they'll closely resemble a military operation in order to get 2 adults sorted, a baby dressed and fed and a dog walked. I feel stressed just thinking about it!!

In terms of going back to work I have mixed feelings. I love my job, I know that I'm really good at my job and I'm looking forward to working with the kids again, socialising with my colleagues, and to be totally honest, getting a peaceful cup of tea at break time!! Having said that, every time I think about leaving Henry I cry. I know he'll be well looked after, I know he'll enjoy himself, I know that I'm lucky that it's only part time...but it still makes me feel sick. I've spent every single day with this boy for the last 8 months and I spent the 9 months before that carrying him around with me. I will feel like a bit of my heart is missing when I'm at work and I know that that's going to be so hard. I'm not the type of mum that goes out a lot without my child, I can count on one hand the times I've left him with anyone and that's totally through choice; I don't want to be without him. I'm happier when we are together, it's as simple as that.

I am going to miss my baby so much on Monday, it's scary how quickly these last 9 months have flown by. I feel incredibly lucky to have been able to take so long off work, so fortunate to be able to go back part time and truly blessed to have such an amazing family that I know are going to take such good care of my pigwidgeon.

A serious one - European elections

Sorry for the boring post, but mummies do have brains too and I feel so strongly about politics and current affairs, so I feel the need for a more serious blog post! No cute photos here I'm afraid. Feel free to ignore.

Recently, my newsfeed on Facebook and Twitter timeline have been full of opinions about the recent elections, UKIP's success and the EU in general. My initial reaction to UKIP's success was absolute horror and embarrassment that we would be represented in Europe by such fools. But with further thought I don't think it's all bad...

The EU has divided opinion since it was 'formed' in 1957 with the Treaty of Rome. Economically, in terms of trade, I think it's brilliant. Financially, and for British business, I think it'd be a disaster if we left. Huge multinational companies, such as Nissan here in the north east, have warned that they wouldn't be able to continue to operate in a totally independent UK. Who could blame them? Mainland Europe with its common currency, ease of travel and flexible labour force would make much more financial sense than an independent island off the coast of France. There are 6000 people that work at the Sunderland Nissan plant alone. Leaving the EU would be catastrophic to the already struggling UK employment market. 

Other things that I love about the EU include the fact that I can go abroad in Europe and not worry about health insurance as long as I have my EHIC with me, I'm happy for any other EU residents to do the same when travelling to Britain. I love that there is freedom to travel around Europe with a British passport and protection from the EU, as well as Britain if I were to ever need it. I love that we can live, work, study and retire to any country we choose. The EU is a wonderful union, but ultimately I think it's become too big in recent years. The recent election results suggest that many agree.

In terms of social integration, I'm not so fond of the EU. The countries in it are vastly different, they have different cultures and I like that, I don't think they need to be homogenised. I don't like that the UK courts don't have supremacy and I don't like that our democratically elected parliament has to answer to Brussels, it seems wrong somehow and totallly unnecessary.

 Financial union, through the Euro, was always going to be a disaster. Again, countries that are worlds apart financially and socially, sharing the same currency and more importantly the same interest rates, was never going to work in harmony in the long run. The UK is so lucky that the Conservative and Labour governments of the nineties saw the potential problems and kept us out. Being able to set our own interest rates has helped us hugely during this financial crisis. 

So really, in summary I'm a huge fan of the EU, but I think it's become too big, too powerful and it's taken too much sovereignty away from its nations.

I therefore don't think it's such a bad thing that UKIP did so well in the recent council and EU elections. Yes, I think the majority of UKIP MEPs and councillors are absolute idiots (insert your own swear word/insult here...I cant, my mum reads this!), many of them racist and sexist, with many bizarre and offensive personal manifestos that belong in the 1900s. Nigel Farage, although he likes to sell himself as 'just a normal guy down the pub' is actually an ex-public school boy and ex-city trader. Remind me how that makes him a 'normal' guy down the pub?! Doesn't sound different to the other politicians in this country to me. The party are a joke, I'm embarrassed that we now have 24 of their 'idiots' sitting in the European Parliament representing our country. But it's not necessarily a bad thing. The party's massive success sends a very strong and clear message to the other 3 parties and they now have to do something about it in order to guarantee their survival as a party. 

David Cameron tweeted (my friends will know I feel about this twitter account!) just the other day: 

This is what a lot of people, myself included, have felt all along. This is why so many people in this country felt like their only option was to vote UKIP (just to be clear, I absolutely did not vote UKIP, but I understand why people felt that was their only option). 

Looking at the recent election, it's not even just this country which feels this way. Germany elected a neo-Nazi (!?!?) for the first time since WW2 and Marine Le Pen's Front National party in France gained 24 seats in Brussels, an 8 fold increase on the last parliament. Greece also elected a neo-nazi to Brussels, the anti-EU party M5S in Italy came very close to coming first place in their vote, settling with 2nd and 28% of the vote. Far-right democrats more than doubled their share of the vote since the last election in Sweden and Flemish separatists  performed well in parliamentary elections held in Belgium. Euroscepticism really seems to have taken hold across Europe and it seems that many of the founding and early members of the EU are also fed up with recent changes in Brussels. People have started voting in protest, much like we've seen here. 

I really hope that our Prime Minister and the other main parties in this country start listening to the electorate. I don't believe for a second that so many people in this country believe wholeheartedly in the ideologies and manifesto of UKIP, but they've used their vote as a protest to send a very clear and strong message to the government.  That's why democracies are so brilliant and why no vote is ever wasted.

Miserable baby, tired mama

If someone knows where my happy, easy-going baby has gone to, please let me know. I have an over-tired, sleep fighting, miserable little boy on my hands this week and let me tell you, it's hard work. We've been pretty lucky in that, despite Henry's allergies and reflux, he's always been a really happy little thing. A pleasure in fact.

According to my 'Wonder Weeks' app (which seems to be the holy grail of baby apps amongst mummy friends) we are going through a major mental leap in development. This would totally explain why Henry has been so grumpy this week but it could be lots of other things too. Teeth being a big one. If in doubt, blame teeth!! He also seems so frustrated that he can't crawl or get around quickly. He's so close to being able to do it but he's not quite there and it's making him very cross!!

Anyway I'm tired, he's tired and I'd love nothing more than a relaxing bath....but all this week he's woken up about 6 times before finally settling for the night so I doubt a bath is on the cards for me tonight. Ho hum...

Update 9:30pm

Miracles do happen and we only had one wake up which meant this happened...

Mr B went out to buy me wine and Parpar bought me some dairy free chocolate earlier so I had both in a hot bubble bath. What a treat. Fingers crossed for a happier baby tomorrow.

Little bits of life #1

Every now and then I'm going to start 'little bits of life' posts. Basically just photos from my iPhone from the last week or so. I saw another blogger do this and thought it was a good idea.

From top to bottom, left to right:

Homemade banoffee pie

Henry's snack time selection

My new floral print trousers

Henry celebrating 'la decima'

Ball pool fun

Daft dog, enormous stick

Juices at Rockliffe spa

Crazy hair, don't care

Fun in the sun

Baby in the beer garden

Standing to watch the telly

Knitsley full English

I love this

International shout out

I took this screen shot the other day of my blog audience for one day. Crazy! I write this blog mainly for myself, it was my new year's resolution this year so that one day I could look back on this crazy year, a new year as a new family. I wanted to be able to look back at Henry's 'firsts' in years to come and one day I hope that he'll read back over some of my blog posts and understand how much we adored him right from the very start.

I never anticipated that anyone else would read my blog really. Today I've had 5 page views in India. I'd love to know more about that person reading, it's crazy to think how different my life is to some of the people reading this, and also how very similar it is in other ways. The world is such a small place, but absolutely vast too.

Anyway I just wanted to say a big "hello, bonjour, hola" (the extent of my language knowledge I'm afraid) to all of you reading this. I just wish blogger would fix my comments so people could finally comment on posts and I could find out a little more about you. If you'd like to get in touch though, my email address is mummybee1987@gmail.com 

Saturday baking

I spent the morning this morning making dough for homemade pizzas. We had them at lunchtime with some family and they were so tasty. I totally forgot to take a photo of the finished product though. Bad times.

Here is how I make my dough before I leave it to rise. Really easy and it works every time.

I'd also made a banoffee pie as it's my cousins' favourite and I haven't made one in ages. Unfortunately it's a dairy delight so Henry and I couldn't have any but everyone else seemed to enjoy it.

Since it's my final week before I go back to work, I'm going to try and do a bit more baking while I still have the time! I'll hopefully blog about it later in the week.

Polling day

We seem to be calling it Election Day rather than the traditional Polling Day, just another Americanism that's slipped in unnoticed. Just a thought! 

Anyway I hope all of you Brits reading have been out to vote today. It bothers me so much when people don't bother to vote, yet spend the next few years moaning about politicians and their policies. Even if you disagree with every political party or candidate's policies, go and spoil your vote...it still sends a very strong message to the government that change needs to happen. Politicians are always after votes and spoiled votes are the ones they'll go after first. These are the people that want to vote, the ones that can be bothered and want to engage in the political system. Politicians don't care about voters who sit at home, they are unlikely to ever go out and vote, no matter what the policies of a party. As a girl, I was always told by my mum that women had died for my right to vote and that was something that I should take very seriously. She was totally right and I will never ever waste my right to vote. There are millions of people across the world who would give anything to live in a democracy like ours, people who would give anything to be able to vote. Yet the turnout for our democratic elections is pitifully low.

I had quite a few 'Who should you vote for?' questionnaires pop up on my newsfeed on Facebook today. I can't believe that people would use this to choose who to vote for, particularly by doing it on polling day itself. It always surprises me how apathetic people are about politics in the UK, yet everyone has an opinion on politicians and can tell you everything they're doing wrong. Unless you choose to take politics at A level (not all schools even offer that), there is absolutely no education in political matters in schools and I honestly think that needs to change. People see it as boring, something irrelevant to their lives and honestly that couldn't be more wrong. Politics affects every single aspect of all of our lives and we need to engage with it more, rather than just moaning about what politicians are doing.

So go out and vote today, people. And if you are going to vote, try to educate yourself a little more on the policies of the main parties rather than just filling in a questionnaire on Facebook. 

On a brighter, less ranting note, Henry charmed everyone in our polling station. He had grins and waves for everyone. Here's the little cutie pie outside...

Henry at 8 months

Where does the time go? My little lamb is 8 months already!! Here's his monthly update:

Weight: I had him weighed last week and he was following his line well (still around the 85th centile) weighing 20lb 13oz.

Routine: Henry is napping 3 times a day; one short half hour nap on a morning, a longer, 2 hour afternoon nap and then another half an hour early evening. He then goes to bed around 8ish.

Food: Henry eats 3 meals a day with snacks in between. He's tried so many different types of food and loves everything apart from broccoli! He's getting so much better at feeding himself now that he has a couple of teeth too.

Sleep: Henry is so hit and miss with his sleep. We had a really great few days last week but then his teeth appeared which really messed up his sleep again! He's still never slept longer than 5 hours in a row and he's only done that a couple of times. We'll get there.

Sizes: We are now in size 9-12 clothes and Henry is wearing size 4+ nappies.

Milestones: 

•He can now crawl backwards and is so close to going forwards but he's not quite there yet. Baby proofing of the house has definitely commenced!

• Henry has his bottom 2 teeth through, they're so cute!!

• He has learnt to wave for 'hi' and 'bye' which is just adorable! Definitely my favourite skill so far.

• When I put my arms out to Henry, he now does the same and it melts my heart every time. I think this was the milestone I was most looking forward to, I remember my niece and nephews doing it and I couldn't wait for Henry to do it. So cute.

• Henry can now stand and hold himself up at the sofa or on the coffee table. He can't quite pull himself up yet though, don't think it'll be long.

Overall a very happy month with my beautiful boy. I can't believe how quickly this year is flying by.

Birthday celebrations

So 27 turned out to be pretty perfect in terms of birthday celebrations. It started on Sunday afternoon when the 3 of us went for a nice walk by the river with the dog. It was a treat having Mr B home on a Monday and both George and Henry loved it.

We then got dressed for dinner in Zizzi's with Marmar and Parpar. Here's my little cutie pie enjoying his pasta.

Whose is whose?!

After dinner we went back to my Mum's for drinks and cake. Mr B had ordered me an egg free, dairy free vegan cake which was surprisingly tasty! Henry enjoyed watching the candles.

I love this photo of Henry with his Marmar. He absolutely adores her and this photo says it all really.

Birthday morning. After a lovely phone call from my niece and nephews singing 'happy birthday', I opened my pressies. So many lovely things.

Mr B was in charge of sorting out what we were doing today and he booked Rockliffe Hall spa for us which was such a treat. The last time I went I was 39 weeks pregnant with Henry and I've dreamt about it ever since! My mum had Henry and he was angel, I'm so grateful to have her so close by to help with him. 

Our spa day started off with juices.

And ended with a tapas lunch in the brasserie. So tasty.

Mr B's dessert looked way better than mine!

But as far as fruit salads go it was very tasty!

I really can't recommend Rockliffe spa enough. I've been quite a few times now and can't wait to go back again soon.

After picking up my little hen, we were both shattered so went for a snooze together when we got home. I missed him so much when we were out and it was lovely snuggling up for the afternoon.

Just to top off an already perfect day, we got Pavillion Chinese take away for dinner. Anyone from Durham that's been to The Pavillion will tell you how amazing it is and luckily it's only 2 minutes from us, so perfect for a take away. Look at my massive plate of food...I didn't finish it all but I had a good go, what a pig!

I've had a perfect day with my boys and am going to bed tonight a very happy lady. I can't wait to begin my 28th year and I really hope it's my best yet.

YouTube faves

I loooove YouTube. I think it's the future in terms of television and entertainment and the way it's grown just in the last year is astonishing. Mr B and I watch it all the time and I subscribe to several channels on there. I thought I'd blog about my top 5 in case any of you are looking for some inspiration on what to watch next time you're on YouTube. It's all pretty trashy, but anyone who knows that type of trash that I watch on normal tv won't really be surprised!

1) Saccone Jolys - My favourite channel! I've been watching this for about 2 years now. It's basically an Irish family that vlog their lives every day. I started watching before they had their first baby and they now have 2 lovely little children. They have nearly half a million subscribers and ultimately it's just easy watching 'reality tv'.

2) Anna Saccone - This is a beauty and lifestyle channel that is run by Anna Saccone (from the Saccone Jolys). It has make up tutorials, skin care tips, diet advice, fashion videos and more recently, lots of good mummy and baby videos. I think she usually uploads around 3 times a week.

3) Zoella - This channel is run by an English girl called Zoe and is generally fashion and make up videos, as well as other lifestyle things. She has almost 5 million subscribers, so is one of the most popular British channels on YouTube.

4) Daily Bumps - another daily vlog channel of a family that life in Southern California. Their little boy is a similar age to Henry which is why I like them so much. 

5) Missy Lanning - A channel run by the 'mum' from Daily bumps. This is generally mummy and baby videos that are uploaded around 3 times a week. I really like them and there are lots about breastfeeding and weaning etc. which is particularly relevant to us at the moment.

A pic of my little telly head watching some tv himself!!

27

So in just 2 days time it's my birthday and I'm finally going to be 27. Why the finally you may ask. Well, I've always wanted to be 27, as ridiculous as that sounds. When I was a little girl, and I mean really little, I thought 27 was such a cool age. I had a little image in my head of 27 year olds and they were the coolest people around. They were slim and beautiful, drank Starbucks takeaway as they walked around with their nice handbags, they drove nice cars, had good jobs, a handsome husband and beautiful babies. It's pretty ridiculous that I thought that this specifically happened at 27, but I did!! I used to dream about being 27 and I couldn't wait to finally get there myself.

I'm determined to make this year my best ever, I can't let my 7 year old self down now can I?! I'm going to lose those last few pounds, I will drink more Starbucks and make sure I always have a good handbag with me. Luckily the car, job, husband and baby are all ticked off the list so things are looking pretty damn good for my 28th year on this planet.

Happy days.

Finding myself...

It's funny that you often hear so many people saying they feel like they have lost a bit of themselves when they've had a baby. I honestly feel the total opposite, I feel that since having Henry I've completely found myself. Being 'Mummy' is who I was always supposed to be...I wish I'd done it sooner.

The realities of going on holiday with a baby...

Ok I have to say I was nervous about going on holiday with Henry while he was still so little. I was panicking about his ears hurting on the plane and him screaming the place down. I worried about it being too hot and him burning. What he'd eat, would the nappies be the same as over here? Would dairy and eggs be clearly labelled so we could avoid them easily? What we'd do all day if he hated the pool....the list is endless.

What I didn't expect to happen was that I would love every second of the holiday. Nothing was stressful, Henry adapted beautifully to the Spanish way of life and we all really enjoyed yourselves.

Yes, I was a little keen in downloading 3 whole books onto my Kindle. I read about 9 pages all week. I'm not entirely sure when I thought I'd get round to reading but I'll blame baby brain for that one! Instead of sunbathing and reading, I filled the days by the pool throwing my little boy around, his little toes splashing in the water. I sat in the shade with him and played with his toys, read him stories and helped him with his snacks. I loved seeing his little face light up as he experienced things for the first time; sand between his toes and the freezing waves splashing at his feet, going on the swings in the park, eating new foods, swimming in the pool. It really was magical.

Whereas I'm usually obsessed with getting a nice even tan, I honestly didn't care. I was more concerned that Henry was protected in factor 50 to stop him burning and I now love that his arms and legs are slightly tanned, with little white lines in his creases. So bloody gorgeous.

We didn't really have to change our holiday routine at all. We ate in the same places as we've always eaten, we bought the same food in the supermarket, we all had a siesta every day, we visited all the same places. Our conversations were undoubtedly different and we sang more rounds of Nellie the Elephant than ever before but I loved every second of my baby's first ever holiday and I'm so looking forward to many more.

I think the bottom line is I've embraced motherhood and I don't care that our lives are different to how they were before. I don't look back at photos of the Maldives and wish we could be there again, spending our days drinking cocktails and lying on the beach without a baby. That holiday was bliss, it was perfect, but we are a family now and I love the changes that that's brought. I don't mind that I didn't have time to worry about what I looked like on an evening when we went out for dinner, I got so much pleasure in seeing my baby all clean after his bath and wearing his beautiful new holiday clothes. I don't care that I didn't get to read my books or sleep in every morning. Holidays with babies are different and if you're not expecting that you will get a shock. 

I'm not counting down the years till my babies are all grown up and have flown the nest so we can go on exciting holidays again, just the two of us*. I'm so excited for holidays with a brood of little bees, dinners out, bat and ball in the pool, lilo races, noise and laughter. Who needs lie ins, cocktails and an even tan anyway?!

*Just for the record, if any of you little Bees are reading this in years to come, Mummy and Daddy are going to Argentina and Brazil when you are grown up, and no, you and your new girlfriend/boyfriend are absolutely not coming. You can stay at home and mind the dog.

TBT

Today's throwback Thursday is a selfie from 5 years ago. Mr B and I outside in Hyde Park watching Blur, drinking cider and enjoying the sunshine. Good times. 

Here's a more recent selfie from dinner at Rancho Blanco last week in Spain...

We are definitely looking older and a family dinner is certainly more grown up than drinking cider in a park on a Friday night! We are just as happy though, isn't it funny how much things can change in such a short space of time?

A dairy-free, egg-free find!

I'm so fed up of the crappy 'free from'
aisle in the supermarket. The things they sell are overpriced and taste awful. Oreos, for example, are dairy free, yet don't feature in the special aisle so you'd never know. Today I found 2 more 'normal' products that I can eat and they are amazing!!

These are those biscuits you sometimes get with your coffee in a restaurant or cafe and they contain no dairy or eggs, they don't even have a 'may contain...' warning which is very rare. The spread is divine, can't wait to try it out on a slice of toast! 

We are off to the doctors again tomorrow about Henry's allergies, following on from our last appointment and total 'dairy-free' month, so hopefully that'll be productive.

The S word

I didn't like to blog about the amazing sleep we got last week in case I jinxed things. Turns out it wouldn't have made any difference anyway because it definitely didn't last!! We had 4 nights of blissful, amazing rest. One night feed felt like pure bliss compared to the usual 3 or 4 and I wondered if we'd maybe turned a corner and it was a sign of things to come....

....and then Henry's first two teeth arrived. 

Will I ever sleep again?!

Just as well I love him so much 

A holiday of firsts...

We are home from Henry's first abroad holiday. It was amazing and he was an absolute angel, will post more about it in the next few days. But for now here's a few photos of a few 'firsts' while we were away...

First time on a plane. He was an angel both ways.

First time swimming outside.

First time he's felt the sand.

First time paddling in the sea.

First time sitting in the trolley! He's getting so big. 

First time trying so many new foods. He loved them all...including lemon?!?

First time on the swings!!

First ever biscuits!! Yummy.

And last but not least, first ever tooth! He won't let us anywhere near though so will update with a pic as soon as I have one.

We had such a lovely week and I feel like such a lucky Mummy to have such a gorgeous boy.

A day in the life of...Henry on holiday

8:15am -  Time to get up and dressed for the day. Henry is happy sitting on the bed while we get ready but he needs things to play with. Today it was Mummy's watch and the teething gel box! 

10:30-11am - Henry's first nap of the day is always a couple of hours after he wakes up. This is usually his shortest nap of the day and it was timed perfectly today so we got to eat our breakfast in peace!

I totally meant to take a photo of our breakfast before we started but I was way too hungry to remember. We walked to a restaurant/cafe down the road and the food was so good! 

This cheeky face woke up just in time to steal some of his mummy's toast dipped in beans! 

Cuddles with Mummy.

11:30am-1:00pm - Chilling by the pool. Henry had some fruit and water for his snack and we took his toys for him to play with. He loved drinking out of the grown up water bottle today; who needs a sippy cup when you can be like the adults?! 

Big boy all ready for his swim

Splish splash. He LOVES the water.

Love him so much

1:30-3:30pm - Siesta time for all of us. Henry has been a superstar napper since we've been away which has meant that we've all had at least a 2 hour nap every afternoon at the same time. What a treat.

4-6pm - Back to the pool for snack time. Henry had banana, pears, melon and crisps. Mummy had Jamon Serrano, chorizo, crisps and melon and Marmar had coffee, boquerones and cheese.

More swimming for my boy.

Getting dried in the sun with Marmar

All dressed to go out for dinner.

6:30- 7:30pm - Again, another perfectly timed nap! We walked up the road to a lovely Chinese restaurant and Henry fell asleep on the way and stayed asleep until my last mouthful of food, what an angel! 

Mummy and Marmar's dinner.

Sleepy snuggles when he woke up.

8:30pm - After his bath, Henry had story time with Mummy and Marmar. Then banana porridge for his supper.

10pm - All ready for bed after a lovely day. Poor baby is really suffering with his teeth as you can see from his dribbly top and him pulling at his ear. Night night everyone.