Trip to Thatcham Lakes with the Bedfords

Ames came over with the boys today & we took a trip over to Thatcham Lakes to enjoy the nice weather. The kids had a play in the park, then we went for a walk around the lake for some exercise.

We stopped at the end for ice lollies. Harry polished his mini milk off within a few seconds, so Miss C took pity on him & shared (yes, that's Charlotte - sharing!!!) her ice lolly with him.

Some for me.......

Some for you.....

Jacob's Birthday Weekend

This weekend we headed on down to Somerset for Jacob's 4th birthday celebrations. Our kids are growing up so quickly.

We went down on Sunday, had a yummy lunch then relaxed in the garden making the most of the sunshine.

My gorgeous 2 boys

Alfie enjoying the sunshine in the garden

Charlotte & Jacob watching Charlie strimming away the stinging nettles

Monday was the big day of Jacob's birthday bash. 10am arrived and so did the bouncy castle! Charlotte & Jacob made the most of using it before all the children arrived. Nanna Spanner joined them when she arrived.

Charlotte won pass the parcel, here she is opening her prize

Cuddles when we got home on Monday evening

Alfie's first Mustang meet

The third Sat of the month = Mustang meet time!! Alfie had his first ride in the Mustang today & his first car meet. He slept through the whole thing, only waking to have some milk!!

Bathtime

Bathtime is fun at the moment, we bath Alfie first, then fill the bath up a bit more for Charlotte's bath. Haven't quite plucked up the courage to bath them together yet!!

Cuddle time again!

Gorgeous gift all the way from Oz

We received a parcel today from Perth, Australia. Inside was a gorgeous baby bouquet of baby vests, socks, bibs & big muslins. Thanks to Angela, David & Daisy. The mussies & bibs are already in use & the packaging has already been used by Charlotte for some art projects!

Meeting Auntie Lin

Auntie Lin & Chris popped over for lunch today, it was great to see them both looking so well. Lin went with Mum to collect Miss Charlotte from preschool, then came back for lots of Alfie cuddles!

More cute pics!

Some of you may be getting bored by now, but I just can't stop with the proud Mummy pics of my gorgeous kids.

Here's Alfie in another cute outfit courtesy of Jenn & Ryan - thanks for all the cast offs guys, I love them!

Miss Charlotte helping out....

.... with bottles. Here she is giving Mummy's boobs a much needed rest & giving Alfie a bottle. She is concentrating so hard in this pic!

Today's cute pics

This one was taken by Charlotte....

First playdate with Ryan

The boys' first playdate together, the first of many to come!

Superman Alfie!

Alfie has been doing some sunbathing in the conservatory to help reduce his jaundice. I love this pose!

George came to visit

George & Rachel popped round to give us one of George's baby toys that he'd picked out for Alfie. George couldn't wait to have cuddles with Alfie!

Another cute pic of the best big sister & her little bro.

Meeting Uncle Bren & Michael

Bren & Steve popped by to meet Alfie, bringing him the cutest Fat Willy's Surf Shack body suit!

Uncle Bren even had a cuddle with the new arrival.

Petrolhead already!

Alfie is 6 days old & Daddy already has him reading car magazines!!

Meeting The Gatenbys

Josie, Charlie & the kids were our 1st visitors after getting home. Josie had lots of lovely cuddles with our new arrival.

Jacob wanted cuddles with Alfie too.

Charlotte & Jacob wanted to see how tall they were compared to each other.

The other 2 important people in my life.....

Not to be forgotten with all the pics & blog entries re Alfie, here's a pic of my 2 other fave people in the world.

Homecoming

At last, Alfie & I have been discharged from hospital today. We were expecting to stay in until Sunday so we were really happy when we were told we could go home today. We did have to wait hours to be discharged though!

Our first family photo, check out Alfie's jaundice tan!

Finally, we can go home!

We did get some funny looks trying to walk out of the hospital with the giant balloon!!

Meeting the family