A lovely bank holiday weekend spent mostly with mama and grandma. On Saturday we visited portobello market for a late lunch with Ruka and Juana. Aydi had so much fun being the centre of attention and being passed from lap to lap. Very happy little chap. 🙂

Enjoying the sun in the garden

Boys being boys 

Cuddles

Just the 3 of us 

This week we had a lovely date with my friend Linda and her gorgeous Matilda lily. Aydin and I had a lovely time and it was a nice change to the usual routine. They both behaved wonderfully while we had a little chat and a nice plate of fish and chips. 

Look at these two beautiful babies

She is crazy about you I can’t wait till you can show her more affection 

Crazy morning playtime 

Little pearly whites are visible

Chubby baby

And then you turned 8th months!!!!

This week flew by as Hali was around on the bank holidays which is always fantastic. 

We went on the swings for the first time and it was a wonderful moment. Aydin absolutely loved it. Must work out how to add videos to this blog. One of the many many things on my to do list.

Elf baby I love you

Me and my little man 

Look at the face he pulled 🙂

This week was very quiet. We ventured off to brixton and did a bit of shopping followed by a coffee just the two of us. 

The hat I didn’t buy. Silly mama

A quiet week for us as we are still getting through the end of the sickness bug.

On Sunday mum and I battled the household dust while Hal went clay pigeon shooting. Aydin was so well behaved entertaining himself while we worked around him.

This week aydin was practicing lots of sitting up time. 🙂

Morning chit chat

Trip over and life resumed as normal here in our little flat. Aydin settled right back into it even though he has been a bit poorly. 

And to my absolute disbelieve my little one is now closer is 1yr than newborn. Somehow getting past that half way point really does speed things up. 

Nap success on our return from Florence. Phewwww

So our first proper trip with the little chubby munchkin. His 1st and 2nd flight were a success I can now say he is a great little travel companion. We spent 4 days in Florence celebrating our 10yr anniversary as we had joked many many years earlier with a little one. I have to say at the time it seemed unbelievable and yet here we are with our bundle of joy. 

We took a very laid back approach to sightseeing and getting around as we felt our priority was a happy baby anything more was a bonus. So we planned our day around him and we were all pretty content. 

I have to say Florence is not particularly buggy friendly with the cobbled streets, narrow (like seriously narrow) pavements. Boboli gardens was no different, we saw what we could and enjoyed every moment as a little family of three. 

Being back to the place that really made me grow up (or so I felt as a young 19yr old) really did put in perceptive just how luck and blessed I have been and how even though I never feel my life is particularly exciting it has actually had many wonderful things to offer in these last 10 years.

If the next 10 have half as many blessings I will still have so much to be thankful for. 

Looking very grown up in mummies chair

This week has been all about sleep. Aydin has been sleeping so well I am dreading a change back to bad nights. We have had nights of only one very brief wake up and one feed. Only down side is we are starting the day at 5am but that’s a small price for easy nights.

Suddenly Aydin is looking even cuter minus sleep deprivation. 🙂

My tiny hoody