It's nearly been a month!

We’ve had a busy few weeks! Amelia is a lot more chilled out now. She used to get overwhelmed at our baby groups and cry easily at all the new people, but now she’s happy to play with other babies and doesn’t mind too much when there’s lots going on. She still cries when strangers hold her, but at least she doesn’t burst into tears when they just look at her now!

We had a lovely bank holiday weekend. We went to Helen and Will’s beautiful wedding in Hertfordshire on the Saturday, Mark’s business park on the Sunday where we enjoyed the sun and fed the ducks, and Birdworld on the Monday! Granny Jan, Grandad and Auntie Holly stayed with us on the Saturday to look after Amelia while we were partying. It was the first time I’d left her in the evening; it did feel like I was missing a leg, but it was nice to go out with Mark and catch up with some friends without a crying baby on my hip. Thank you Rudges!

Here are some photos from our long weekend:

The reception to Mark’s offices has a piano for its employees to play:

What a good idea!

We also had a Southampton reunion at ours this Saturday. It was so nice to see everyone – especially those we hadn’t seen since our wedding day two years ago! Sad times. I’m thinking of making this a biannual event? Discuss.

We’re still going to lots of baby groups and meeting up with friends in the week. It’s nice to keep busy and have adult conversations. If you have a baby you’ll know how lonely it can feel sometimes! Mark’s not had to work the last few weekends either, so we’ve been making the most of our time together doing grown up things like going to B&Q and garden centres and pottering around in the garden.

Amelia is already a fan of heat magazine:

Amelia is now very good at sitting and is becoming more independent every day. She still doesn’t like being on her tummy, so I’m not sure she’ll be crawling any time soon, but you can tell she’s desperate to move around when she’s constantly reaching for things at all angles! She’s starting to enjoy solids a little more, but is still quite picky. She loves Weetabix, toast and fromage frais though!