Today

Today I got to meet a new little person. My very good friend Rachel gave birth to a stunning little lady nearly four months ago and today I got to meet her for the very first time. Little Skye was totally adorable, and totally my new best friend! She seemed to like me, so much that she even fell asleep with me, that is a pretty high honour for a baby! And of course, Mr Bee was smitten., giving her gentle kisses and  pats.

After our snuggles with the little beauty, we headed off for home, but decided to have a little drive and a wander first. We headed out to places we haven't explored before and found lots of footpaths that were too overgrown to walk, we had fun playing in the tall, yellow fields.

Friday

Things have been incredibly busy around here this week. Extra shifts for the entire month mean I have had barely any time with Mr Bee to do anything fun! Wednesday we spent baking and meeting up with the wedding planners, we were too busy to pick up the camera, eek!
Then yesterday I had working in the morning, rushed home to pick Mr Bee up and then on to Rachel, for a walk in the woods. A good catch up was needed, especially as she now has a little one on board which is extremely exciting. Rachel is the lovely lady who will be photographing the wedding, so it was yet another day full of wedding ideas!

 

Then it was time to drop Mr Bee off at home before collecting some goodies for a girly night in at Becka's new flat! A delicious dinner, lots and lots of laughs, raiding the lace and jewellery collection and a quick swim before we were invaded by 'the splasher' and 'Mel C'. 

And now for a relaxing weekend at home with the boys. Aaaaaah!

Outwoods

Today we visited Outwoods with our beautiful friend Rachel. We haven't seen her for a little while so it was lovely to see her. We decided to visit the woods as the weather was a little unpredictable and we wouldn't get too wet in the woods! Luckily, it didn't rain at all!

The light was beautiful and I think we both got some lovely photos. Rachel really seemed to love the atmosphere for taking photos, we will definately have to drag her out to the woods again some time!

Our Week

Monday

 Tuesday

Making a mess with Rachel and Peter

 Wednesday

Our weekly visit to Vito and Becka

 Thursday
at work/nursery

 Friday

Stroll in the woods with Anna and Isaac

We have had an incredibly busy week! I have taken on another day at work starting this week, so it has been busier than usual. I think it is going to take me a while to get used to it! 

On Wednesday, our mid-week day off, I decided to bake muffins. I have never made muffins before, and I followed a Hummingbird Bakery recipe for Ham and Mushroom muffins.

I made them to the recipe, but the mixture was like a bread dough! But they came out okay!

They were so tasty!

Afterwards we decided to go for a walk through Swithland Woods. It is one of our favourite places and we haven't been for a very long time, since Louie has been walking. 

Its not the same without Dougie

Louie really enjoyed wandering off the path to explore. We found lots of tree stumps to sit on, and touch and feel.

 He spent lots of time sitting down!

 It was because he was tired. I thought he had napped in the morning, so woke him up when we got there. I had forgotten that he hadn't actually had a sleep, and was very tired! I couldn't understand why he was so grumpy!

Pick me up Mummy!

All week we have seen hundreds of Ladybirds! This one was very friendly.

On his finger

 On Friday, we got ready to head up to Burnley to stay with Papa's family over night. We left a about 8 Clock and arrived late morning. We played with Auntie Elle, then went to visit  Great Grandpa and Grandma.
After that we went to visit Grandma Julie and Grandad Billy. We also met Herbie, their Toy Poodle Puppy!
He is the cutest thing ever, so soft and fluffy and friendly! Mr Bee loved him!

 Then bright and early Saturday morning, we got all dressed up and ready to head to Wales, for Rachel and Peters wedding. We had a lovely day, and Rachel looked beautiful (as usual)!

Jamie wanted to be in a photo!

 Lizzie and I got to be in one of the photos :) I have a ridiculous smile on my face!
Then we headed back to Burnley and I headed back to Leicester via the scenic route for a change, stopping off at Wakefield on the way home to drop in on Uncle Aidy for a cuppa! Just a surprise drop in visit! Louie fell in love with the Clarice Cliff pottery that Aidy's parents collected, as well as a gorilla that was Aidy's! They were kind enough to let him take it home with him

We were up early, again, and ready to go to the Christening of Evangeline. The service took place in a lovely village called Sileby and in this beautiful church, St Marys.

The beauties that are Nade and Evangeline

 So after the Christening we hotfooted it home as it was Nana's birthday! Louie was asleep in the car for aaaages, and we had to wake him up to get ready for us to go out for our birthday meal at Ashfields, our favourite restaurant. Mr Bee was starving, but surprisingly well behaved. Its amazed what will keep kiddies occupied!

 Then he decided he wanted to take a photo of Nana, he took this one all by himself! How talented!

Gorillas need to eat their carrots too!

But Mr Bee's favourite part of the meal was pudding! Like  his mama, he is a chocolate fiend, and we shared a Iced Chocolate Parfait with Iced chocolate Truffles and Baileys cream - it was beautiful!

Ready for another busy week now!