For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. (Phil 1 v 21)

Sunday, September 5, 2010

A long absence

Shocking, I know. Almost two months with no word from us. Flimsy excuses such as having no internet connection where we are staying and doing A LOT of travelling in the last eight or so weeks since we returned to the UK but I am sorry that I have not updated sooner. First of all I should probably let you all know that there's no baby O just yet. 39 weeks tomorrow so we are standing by! The cutie in the picture is our new niece who was born at the beginning of August, a very real reminder of what we are waiting for!!


So, a bit of a taster of what we have been up to since we got back. We have LOVED spending precious time with our families and being spoiled by them all, vegging out on their lovely sofa's, raiding their fridges and watching TV; Visiting and spending time with our church family and friends all over the UK in Eastbourne, Horsham, Winchester, London, Preston, Bristol, Hove, Selkirk...; Eating a lot of really great food - roast dinners, fish and chips, Nando's, good pub food, Trevaskis Farm (amazing place in Cornwall); trying to get our house in Winch ready to be re-let (lots of painting and cleaning); Rich playing in a mixed netball tournament; trying to get organised for the imminent arrival of baby O; squeezing in a last holiday without Tiny in Cornwall and Rich getting to do some surfing; about a million appointments with midwives, doctors, ultrasonographers and people who want to take my blood...

Here are a few pics from our recent get away to our favourite place in the whole world - Cornwall.

Rich's brother and his family were also in Cornwall visiting family so we met up for a day at the beach. Top of the list of things to do was burying Rich in the stones!

Noah also found himself up to his ears - literally!

James and Anna, our wonderful friends who don't seem to be able to get away from us! Love the sunnies Jim!!

Rich was loving the surf and it just got better as the week went on.

Our favourite surfing beach - Godrevy. Not least because of the cafe by the car park where I can get a decent cuppa while Rich surfs on!

Surely it isn't possible for Tiny to get much bigger?!?

While we continue to wait for Tiny to make an appearance we are looking forward to being mostly in one place (other than a trip to Winch next weekend for a wedding...) and getting ready for the exciting day we meet our baby!