Some good friends of ours did us a big favour and took Beth off our hands for the afternoon, giving us some peace and letting Ali catch up on some sleep. Beth has thrush in her mouth and Ali is feeling none too well, so feeding has become something of an ordeal, and we were very much in need of a break! We had to take Beth to the emergency doctor on Saturday on account of it, but fortunately she was prescribed some medicine for the thrush and appears to be improving.
So, that's the naff side of parenting... On the groovy side, Beth is learning to smile which is really cute, and is also getting some more control over her arms and hands so she should start developing well on those lines in the near future. She's also growing, and we're having to put her in 0-3 clothes rather than newborn now. She's nearly 8 weeks old... It seems very quick, but at the same time life without her seems
a world away (6th quote down).
We went up to see my parents last week. It was good to take Beth away from home for the night for the first time, and get a taste of travelling with her. My parents and sister were glad to see her. They even got to look after her for an afternoon while Ali and I went to the
solicitors to talk about all the house moving stuff. Things seem to be moving along well. Contracts should be exchanged by the end of this week, and we're moving the following saturday. It's all happening now! We're making a good start on packing, though obviously it's a bit difficult as it has to be fitted in around looking after Beth. As I think I said last time - I don't really like seeing all my stuff packed into boxes. It kinda makes you think about how much of your life you base around possessions and so on, which can be a bit of a can of worms when you really start thinking about it... Ah, materialism. Anyway.
Besides that... We're enjoying Season 3 of 24 on DVD (purchased on ebay for but £14 - get in), which we'll hopefully finish before I head off for training for most of September. I'm also finding myself somewhat charmed by Will Young's new single and it's Blue Peter video. So there you go then.
Oh, and I'm off to my friends' Sophie and Max' wedding on Friday. It should be a good laugh, and I'm looking forward to caileighing in my kilt again... I'll try to get some photos up sometime after that, in what will probably be my last entry from this house. See you then.
