October Week

Well, this week coming is my October week holiday from school and we're going to try and fill it with as much excitement, fun company and sleep as we possibly can.

Sophie met Auntie Nicole for a pot of tea on Saturday - the girls had a great time.

"ooh, a whole pot of tea!"

Sophie is also on the move so much these days that sometimes the boot of the car doubles as a changing table. Sophie seems to quite enjoy the novelty.

"What do you mean spare tyre?"

Sophie got to try out her new big girl seat for her pram - the carry cot doesn't really allow a view and if there is one thing Sophie likes it is getting a good look around.

"Check me out!"

Mega cosy

Saturday morning playtime

We also got to go to Strathclyde park and caught up with Emily, Niamh, Andrew and Ewen. They all got really wet on the log flume.

And finally, in this jam packed weekend, we got to catch up with Uncle Paul who took us out for a coffee before Mum, Dad and Sophie trotted off to the dentist.

After a busy morning out with Dad

Yippee

Dad's on holiday!

Sophie's had a busy few days

We started off Sunday with an early start and headed off to Balerno to visit Great Auntie Catherine and Great Uncle Gavin. Claire, Declan, Euan and Erin were also there for the visit which was lovely.

"I'll be ready in a minute - I'm watching Andrew Marr"

A great feed and lots of chat later we packed ourselves up and headed to Longniddry to see Dave, Briony, Freya and Isaac who we hadn't seen for a while. We had a great catch up and got to check out the McLaughlin camper van which was pretty cool although we have no pics sorry!

 

We got home late on Sunday and Sophie complained cos we were late for her bathtime but we finally nodded off to sleep in preparation for the busy week ahead.

Today was Sophie's second round of immunisations - we missed the last appointment due to a variety of other things going on (hospital stay) so it was time to catch up.

Sophie prepared for the immunisations by reading up on what to expect....

 

And after once again being an absolute star during the whole "double jag" procedure - Sophie decided she should just chill out.......

And whilst Dad and Grandad mended the washer/dryer Sophie and Mum had some well earned quiet time upstairs.

Sophie was supposed to be going to a Mums and Baby weigh in tomorrow but apparently Princess Anne is coming to our town tomorrow for a visit and the club is cancelled so maybe Sophie will just go up to say hello ;o)

Baby Boom!

Katie and Sophie this week continued to meet up with the rapidly increasing number of new Mums and wee babies around this area. I'm sure this might be some peoples idea of absolute hell but a room full of babies seems to be fun for Sophie and the Mummy company is fun for Katie as well.

We had a package delivered from Amazon this week - it was a case for my new phone and a box of nappies - but it came in a huge box which I left in the dining room until I got round to putting it in the recycling.

Unfortunately Sophie got her hands on it first and thought she would surprise her Mum. Great fun.

We're continuing to get into some sort of firmer routine now and Saturday mornings are all about Dad and Sophie getting some time together and letting Mum catch up on some sleep. 

This week instead of drinking pots of coffee and watching really awful Saturday morning television together, Sophie and I decided to pay Gran and Grandad a surprise visit. We even managed to catch up with Great Aunt Jean and Auntie Karen who's been really busy travelling around starring in her play. 

We drank pots of coffee but there was no TV and I had some gluten free square sausages which were a treat.

What a great morning - and then when we went home and got Mum. We went for a walk then headed off to the swimming. 

Sophie was in bed tonight by 6.30pm - a bit of a record, busy days seem to have some real benefits.

Sophie and the gluten free crackers

This week Sophie discovered gluten free crackers and found out for herself that the box tastes better than the actual crackers.

September weekend visits

So I've got a new phone, blah blah blah - long overdue but it means the quality and frequency of photos will hopefully improve. Although it might mean on occasion that there are photos and no real explanation/story but I'm sure you're not bothered by that. ;o)

September weekend holiday is almost over already, and we've not managed to do all the things wanted to do due to Sophie and myself having a cold but we've still had a busy time.

Noan visited on Thursday and it was wonderful for her to get to see Sophie - hopefully we'll all get to catch up again soon, perhaps we need a wee road trip down south at some stage.

Katie and Sophie also met up with Joanne and Mhairi - here are the photos of all the acton:

There were also a number of visitors to the house this last week, Finlay and Sarah Jayne along with their Mums (Marie and Lorna). Finlay is currently wearing a really cool helmet on the advice of the Docs - not because he is doing any BMX tricks. Sophie tried hard to keep up with the older kids but she was all tired out.

Finlay, Sarah Jayne and a sleeping Sophie

Last but by no means least, Sophie met up with Chantal in the trendy west end of Glasgow yesterday while Dad took a wander into Glasgow to see if a walk would help his cold (which it did)

We ended the day with a visit to Gran and Grandad's for dinner which was going really well until we stayed up past Sophie's bedtime and she had to be taken home for sleeptime.

Tummy time

Ok,  the novelty will wear off eventually but here's one of this mornings tummy time.

Spot the difference?

I'll need to dig out a photo of the garden from when we first arrived in February but  I've demolished yet another bush today.