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James worked today so didn’t do anything too exciting for his birthday, however we did go to the Belgian Monk as is traditional for his birthday for yet another lovely meal and lots of belgian beers!

We were joined by lots of friends, thanks to everyone who made it.

His pressies were a jacket off the girls, a mini tripod off mum and dad and lots of money as he is looking to upgrade his pc!

Today we went to Beryl and Richards for a traditional New Years Day dinner.

We had a lovely roast and enjoyed the day with them. We didn’t stay too long as Beryl was a bit under the weather, hopefully we didn’t wear her out too much.

Thanks for a lovely meal as always.

We spent the evening in with Mum and Dad which was lovely and relaxed.

We had lots of food and drink, played games and table football.

Christmas was very different this year to previous years.

Mum and Dad spent the day with Andrew and Debbie and Beryl and Richard joined us after lunch.

Mum and Dad stayed Christmas Eve night so they were here to open pressies with us in the morning and then headed off mid morning to Andrew’s.

I cooked a turkey meal (thanks Richard for another lovely turkey) just for the 4 of us which was lovely and quiet!

Beryl and Richard joined us just after 2 and amongst other things helped to put James’ table football together!

We had a lovely afternoon with them and they headed home just after 8.

We were all totally spoilt as usual and I couldn’t begin to list the gifts but thank you to everyone and I promise I will get those thank you letters out…

Well Rabbit was never found so I can only assume it was lost at nursery.

Amie has recovered quite quickly and I presented her with a new rabbit today.

It’s very different (not pink for a start!) but she seems to love it just as much!

Today, despite being Amie’s birthday, was a very sad day for Amie.

Anyone who knows Amie will know Rabbit…this is a gorgeous pink bunny that has been everywhere with Amie since she was born…sadly today rabbit was lost!

We have got no idea where rabbit is, it has either been lost on the route from nursery (we’ve walked this 3 times since!) or is hidden at home or nursery somewhere!

I have searched every hidey hole I can think of and it is nowhere to be seen so we are on the hunt for a rabbit replacement! Wish us luck!

Amie, to her credit has been very brave and grown up…she’s been a bit teary now and again but is still going to sleep really well.

Will keep you updated with the hunt for a replacement! I am hoping once we have bought something, rabbit will surface!

Today was Amie’s 4th birthday!

We woke nice and early and she received our present of a very posh dolls house which she absolutely loved!

Then she went to nursery with some chocolate cakes.

Tina and Finlay came over so we walked to pick her up from nursery, had a pressie opening session and then had lunch.

After lunch, the girls spent most of the afternoon playing with the dolls house and other pressies, Nanny came over mid afternoon and we were joined by the rest of the grandparents just after 5pm for a chip shop birthday tea!

This was followed by a pumpkin birthday cake.

Thanks to everyone who bought amie a gift…they were all very much appreciated!

Today was our 6th wedding anniversary!

We had a quiet relaxing morning before taking the girls to nanny and grandad’s where they were going to stay overnight.

We went for a quiet child free shopping trip and then went to the rushcutters for a meal and a few drinks (well I did, James was the chauffer!)

We received a very nice present of James’ parents of cake tins, muffin tins and a roasting tin…the reason for the present is that the symbol for the 6th anniversary is Iron so this was the closest they could get (i’ve just recently bought myself an iron!). However they are also things I desperately needed! Guess I need to bake them a cake now!

Thanks for the gift, it was very kind of you!

Life is very hectic at the moment, working hard, preparing for the birthday of the year and also buying Christmas (yes that dreaded word!) pressies and recovering from one illness after another!

I had a week off work and still managed to not get any rest because I tried to fit everything in I can’t normally do when I’m working!

I can’t quite believe it’s the end of October, a few weeks till Christmas.

My big news (to anyone I have forgotten to tell) is that I have ordered my new cooker (thanks mum!) and have booked the man to come and alter the kitchen to make room for it! It should all be sorted at the beginning of November so I should have figured out how to use it in time for Christmas dinner! For once I will be cooking with plenty of room to fit everything in and this year I wont be asking for help!

Today was Bethany’s first day at playgroup.

It’s where amie goes to nursery so she took it upon herself to be the big sister and show Bethany and Rose what to do.

That also included holding her hand when they lay down to sing songs!