Come November

I'm going to have a little Granddaughter :)

We've just got back from Claire's 20 week scan and after a couple of attempts we found out that she's having a little girl. Her name will be Alice Rose :) Very exciting and can't wait to meet her.

We're now finishing packing and will be on our way to Bournemouth for Jon's daughter, Michelle's wedding tomorrow morning. Looking forward to her special day and I'll be back with photos next week.

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Baby update :)

Baby things are starting to be bought and a few have made it home already. Claire and I went in to Mothercare just before Norma got here and she's opened up a Baby Plan to start putting aside the bigger items she'll need for the baby.

First to be added was this pram. Claire had originally been going to get a red and black one but this green one is pretty funky and she changed her mind ;). The seat part changes into a carrycot that lies flat and she has now added the car seat that can clip straight onto the pram frame making it a 3 in 1. It really is lovely. Last week Norma, Mum and I went to The Craft Barn in Lingfield and then into Best Wishes for coffee where I spotted this little giraffe :) It was so sweet (and neutral in colour) that I had to buy it for Baby. When we got home another package was waiting for Claire, so Giraffe sat on top waiting for her too. Great excitement when Claire got home, she knew what was inside so the package was ripped open straight away ....

Baby's Moses basket

As Craig is a carpenter making up the rocking stand, for the Moses basket to go on, was his job.

It certainly didn't take him long

Isn't it cute!

Jon was called in to have a look

Giraffe got to sit in it first

And, it won't be that long before Claire and Craig have their baby in there. Claire was 20 weeks on Monday and is going for her scan on Friday, when she's hoping to find out what she's having. Exciting times!

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Family Gathering

On Saturday we had a family gathering at our house. My nephew, Shane and his wife, Emma were up from Havant and it seemed the perfect opportunity as we hadn't got all the family together at one time since Norma had arrived. I think there were twenty of us in total, including the little ones, and the weather couldn't have been kinder - we got to sit outside, around the table and on the grass.

Some of the family

Alyssa looked very cute and was so good at letting us take photos.

Sitting with big brother, Tyler. Alyssa's face in this one is just so funny!! Claire reckons she looks like a pirate! ;)

Craig and Claire

Emma and Shane

My brother, Iain

Jon certainly had his work cut out with all the meat he had to braai.

Alyssa and her toys, she kept going all afternoon and was as good as could be.

I caught Tyler unaware in this one. He'd been playing lots and was ready for a little break.

Theresa, Tyler and Alyssa's Mum :)

Food time!

Finding a spot of shade

And in this one, Tyler told me he'd had enough photos taken for today!

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We're having so much fun with Norma here. I hadn't made plans to be doing lots but I don't think there's been one day so far where we've spent the whole day at home. Things just seem to come up and we're going with the flow. I have plenty more photos but I'm not getting on the computer much at the moment. I'll add Norma's blog to my sidebar and you can catch up on her posts (which are more regular than mine at the moment!).

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20th of June = 22 years old and 19 weeks - 1 day

Today is Hugh's 22nd birthday. I think he got the things he was hoping for and that he's had a good day. We've just got back from having dinner at Frankie and Benny's (most enjoyable) and I have a lot more photos to go through but thought I'd put this one up for now.

Happy Birthday Hugh!

Love you :)

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As we started taking photos of Claire on the 20th of each month, today was also the day to take her next photo. Tomorrow she will be 19 weeks pregnant and a week on Friday she goes for her 20 week scan where she's hoping to find out the sex of the baby :)

Claire's hoping that you'll be able to see she does have a bump now. It's not that clear at this angle but is more noticeable when she does this ;)

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I know the blog is long overdue it's next post but life is quite busy at the moment. Norma eventually got here last Sunday (a story for another day) and although we thought we'd be having some quiet days this week, that hasn't happened. I promise to try and do some catch up posts during the week.

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I also apologise for not being up to date with everyone's blogs - I hope to get a chance to do some catching up soon and promise to leave some comments when I do :)

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