Family photos by Sebastian Lomas

Last Wednesday my friend from choir, Seb, came to our house to do a photo session with us! These are just a few of the gorgeous photos he took. We are really pleased with them!!! :)

P.S. Isn't our son ridiculously cute?!!

Walking in Girton

Yesterday morning I went for a walk with Olly Woo in the buggy because I was just desperate to get out of the house!!! (I could get used to staying at home most of the day mid-week if I had something planned at the weekend!) Anyway, I went on a walk around Girton village for about an hour, and had a wonderful time! Here are some things I enjoyed-

- Fresh air and knowing I am walking off my baby weight!

- Feeling 'rich' with my snazzy red coat on and saying 'Morning!' to passers by

- The gorgeous, unique (and very expensive) houses

- One of the houses was having it's thatched roof re-done, and it's not something you get to see every day

- The local church, St. Andrews.

I went inside and sang a couple of hymns since there was no-one there, which felt really liberating a wonderful. The graveyard is absolutely beautiful. Maybe I'm getting a bit sentimental in my old age, but I got a bit sniffy too. I found a gravestone that must mark the grave of our landlord's parents. It also made me sad to see how many stones say that their owners died decades apart from each other- I can't think of anything worse. There were a couple of beautiful headstones for babies too- another very hard thing.

- I really enjoyed going in the Post Office!! It's one of those old ones that are a kind of village shop and a P.O. all in one with was lovely. One lady did everything- from 2p sweets, cans of food, a few newspapers to all the normal post-office-y things.

- There are horses in a field in the middle of an otherwise completely normal row of houses! Someone owns a big pig and a couple of chickens too.

... Basically I just enjoyed feeling more like myself- and it was a wonderful change from being inside all day! :)

Abby x

I get the strangest feeling...

... that I'm really going to enjoy Friday afternoons! Ben's rather cushy timetable means that he's home for lunch and is now 'hacking' a bush in the garden, feeling very manly, while I feed and read stories to Olly Woo. Life is good!

I'm also really enjoying keeping up with 'Jailbreak 2011' - a Cambridge University tradition where pairs of students have 36 hours to get as far away from Cambridge without spending any of their own money on travel. It started at 9am and can be tracked online (a bit like Santa tracker!!) It can be found here - http://www.cambridgerag.org.uk/jailbreak-2011-map/ I am sponsoring team 87 because I know Andrew from choir. I've pledged £2 per type of transport they use! :)

Other good news is that Olly Woo slept six hours straight again last night!!! I can hardly believe it! Life really IS good!

Abby :)

Amazing news I can't believe I forgot to mention...

Olly Woo slept his longest stint EVER last night. He went 5 hrs 45 mins between feeds and he didn't even sleep in our bed either!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's 1 hr 45 mins longer than his previous personal best- woo! :)

Recent happenings!

Hello!

I've never written a blog before (and it's kind of American, really) but I love journal writing and thought that this is one more thing I can do while Oliver is feeding!! If all goes according to plan I'll try to post our recent wonderings, adventures and Olly Woo milestones when I can, and then the miracle of technology will mean that our family and friends will be able to read about it, wherever we are.

At the mo we're not 'on tour' at all... we are still in Girton, Cambridge and loving it. The house is nice but has got major damp problens still... I can't seem to clean quick enough!!!

This week we found a car to replace our lovely Corsa. It's a gorgeous blue Renault Megane but unfortunately it's a bit bigger than I'm used to so I don't think I'll ever be able to get in and out of spaces!! It is very economical and last night we realised it's more flashy than we thought it was, with automatic wipers and a rain-sensing windscreen! Crazy!!

Yesterday one of my friends from choir, Seb, came round to take photos of Olly and a couple of the three of us (he's a brilliant photographer). We tried so hard to catch Olly's new skill- smiling- but they're just a bit too fleeting at the moment. It was still tons of fun and we had little O changing outfits every few minutes. He was dressed in a Tigger suit, some lovely dungarees he got from Nanna Pentreath, and my very favourite green starry plastic pants! He looked gorgeous and I can't wait to see the photos.

Ben is into his second week of term and enjoying lectures. He has a four-day week and he hasn't been set any work yet- both very lovely! :) We are still waiting for news from BP about where he is starting work, and probably won't get any until the Spring which is exciting. Watch this space...!

Last night we made gingerbread men, using a recipe from a children's baking book Ben's Mum and Dad gave me for Christmas. I had to run off to choir so I left Ben to do the last batch in the oven. When I got home the kitchen was REALLY smoky and the last two gingerbread men (and one gingerbread blob) were burnt to a crisp!!! Very funny- and smelly. Ben reckons he left them for over an hour!!

Anyway! That's all for now. A picture of the new car is attached- mmmm!

Love Abby (and Oliver, who is now asleep on my lap!) x