On holiday!

Just thought I'd pop on and update this once again! :) We're actually on holiday just now - in Yorkshire (England). We arrived on Saturday last week and hope to be here for 2 weeks in total. Not a very "well in advance" planned holiday - but I hadn't wanted to book/plan anything until after the baby was born. And since Peter gets hayfever in the summer - we needed to get away soon if we were going to be able to go away while it was mild weather. So, here we are! :) I did lots of internet searching and found a lovely farm cottage (converted stables) on a 135 acre working farm. It's lovely to wake up to the sound of sheep & lambs up at our bedroom window! The children are quite enjoying the scenes around us too - tractors, goats, horses, cows etc. It's nice and peaceful. And although it seems we're in the middle of nowhere - we've actually got wireless internet here, so I can blog while I'm away.

Life continues to be busy (esp with Benjamin's eczema, which seems to only get worse) - and wee Clement has started being a bit more demanding the past week (screaming if he's put down and wanting to be held or worn in the sling most of the day). Thankfully he does sleep very well at nights - usually only waking once at most for a feed! So I guess I shouldn't complain. But the fact of having to watch Benjamin so closely night & day means I still don't feel very rested even though Clement sleeps at night.

I've got lots of photos here - like 15 in total! The first 5-7 are from before we went on holiday, and then the rest are from yesterday & today.

Please excuse the grumpy/tired looking face above! lol I'm wearing Clement in my new Papoozle - an absolutely fab sling - made in Scotland by Tots Bots (cloth nappy company). He's spent a good part of some days in it - and it's soooo comfortable! (every mother should have one! :-D) Baby is held so close to you that you can move about and do anything.

Clement at 3 weeks old

3.5 weeks old - showing keen interest in his big brother! :) He gets very excited when he sees Benjamin or Abigail coming to speak to him.

Almost 4 weeks old - Clement & Abigail all ready for bed the night before going on holiday! :-D

wearing a cute nightie which Abigail also wore as a baby! (from Grammie in Texas)

Benjamin looking cute in Mummy's sunglasses! Since everything was dark while he wore them, he started telling everything goodnight "Goodnight Magpies, goodnight cows, goodnight houses ...." the list was very extensive and went on for a long time!

Today we went to York! The above photo is of The Merchant's Hall - which is over 700 years old!

I thought Sarah ;-) would have liked this shop - so we got this photo especially for her, with Abigail in front.

Peter, Abigail & Benjamin on the ancient York walls

Getting in the pushchair again after having a picnic lunch

Anyone who knows about UK roads will know about Pelican crossings, Toucan crossing, and Puffin crossings - well, here's a new one - Goose crossings! :-D LOL Anyway, this goose was crossing the road right in the city centre of York.

And a park across the road was *full* of geese and goslings - they were sooo cute!

We then went to the National Railway Museum there in York - which is huge and lots of fun for train loving children. And seems Clement is starting early! He had a ride in the back of the puchchair while A & B ran around the museum and I unzipped part of the hood so he could see out. And he looked very interested in what he was able to see (mainly the ceilings and lights) but he seemed to enjoy it and was awake the whole time too.

Looking around and making sounds

Looking rather observant for only being a month old yesterday.

Benjamin next to the rather large wheels

Well, it's nearly 1am - so really must get some sleep while everyone else is. Guess I just wanted a bit of quiet on my own, which is very rare these days. But need sleep too! I'll finish this off and post it tomorrow I think.