Afternoon Tea

A walk through Arnos Vale Cemetery

As usual, hurrah for Facebook! An old school friend read my blog about the Joie Stages car seat and has sent me a link for a friend of hers who also runs a blog.  Have a look at the blog called 'A rear facing family' - there is a post about how to deal with short seat belts and the Joie Stages car seat:

http://erfmission.com/?p=1277

This is really good news as now I feel like I can go and buy this car seat and not be worried about having issues with it. The Internet is great - there's always someone in the world going through the same thing as you.

We didn't do much at the weekend, storms were raging most of the time so we just enjoyed pottering about at home.  The only time that we ventured outside was on Saturday afternoon for a stroll through the cemetery. Daddy carried Eve on his back and I had a great time with the perfect sized walking stick, from a fallen branch.  We stopped in the cafe in the cemetery and had a quick drink.  Eve shared a piece of lemon polenta cake with me and absolutely adored it. A tricky thing for her to hold as it was quite crumbly - needless to say her coat is a bit of a sticky mess now...

On Sunday afternoon I made a loaf of wholemeal bread (in the bread maker machine - I'm not super mum I'm afraid), so Daddy took a break from his music production upstairs in the studio and came down to eat fresh bread and drink herbal tea with me and Eve.  My dear muth had given us some natural Cornish honey at Christmas so I put some on Eve's bread. Due to government guidelines I've been a good mama and have waited patiently for Eve to reach her first birthday before trying honey (it contains spores of a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum, which can germinate in a baby's immature digestive system and cause infant botulism, a rare but potentially fatal illness).  She investigated it for a good 5 minutes before finally thinking it was ok to try. Sam and I laughed when we saw her expression when she started eating it - her face seemed to say 'Wow! This is delicious, why have I not had this before?'

Eve looking very grown up here, with her hair clip in her hair

We're attempting a new strategy with Eve's sleeping at the mo, and are seeing if one nap per day (she has a long one in the morning, usually 2 hours) will help her sleep more during the night time. So far it seems to be working well.

Welcome to the world, Lamorna Violet!

I'd like to take this opportunity to say Massive Congratulations to my dear friends Jilly and Joe who have just had their first baby. Lamorna Violet Pridmore arrived on Friday 9th January at 18.52.  I've known Jilly since I was 12 years old when we lived in Cornwall and am absolutely thrilled about her little girl's arrival.  'Lamorna' is a fishing village and cove in West Cornwall.  Jilly is a proper Cornish maid so Lamorna is the perfect name for their baby.  Sam, Eve and I are really looking forward to seeing them at the weekend.  I cannot wait to have cuddles with this little lady.