A weekend away

We have just had a weekend away, with Eddie’s parents for their 40^th wedding anniversary. Ed and I have fallen in love with Benjy all over again. In part, this is because for the first time, really – apart from perhaps two or three occasions of two or three hours – he slept in our bed. For some reason, he couldn’t settle in the hotel’s cot, so we put him between us on the bed all night, every night. It was so lovely. The cuddles and kisses he gave us when he woke up were just amazing. We promised ourselves we would be firm about him sleeping in his own cot when we got home, and we have been, but it’s so tempting not to be!

He was so much fun over the weekend. He says the funniest things (on passing a very pretty 20-something girl in an evening gown, 'That's a princess!'; and on putting on a bathrobe, 'Benjy is a princess!'), has the loveliest little manners (‘Oh thank you very much Mummy. Oh thank you Daddy. Benjy do it now pleeeaaaassse’), the funniest phrases (on seeing a man in a turban in the restaurant: ‘Look Mummy Benjy found a soldier! That’s a funny place, a restaurant!), the friendliest manner (saying hello to, quite literally, every person he passed in the hallways), and the most inappropriate comments (on seeing a fat man in the restaurant, ‘That’s a REEEAAALLLY big man!’), and he delivers all these musings in the sweetest, gentlest little voice. We took him swimming, which has been a bit hit and miss in the past, but for the first time we put him in armbands and had been telling him for the few weeks leading up to our trip that if he wore armbands he could swim by himself without Mummy or Daddy holding him. Well he LOVED the independence! He was so much fun in the pool, wanting to do everything himself, playing, splashing – and in part, it was all the better because I have been suffering with morning sickness for a few months now (baby number 2 due in March) and this weekend was pretty much the first time I felt well enough to really enjoy Benjy again, and able to keep up with his pace.

Again, photos to follow when my new camera and computer have been set up.