Busy December

So far December really has been very busy and its not even Christmas yet. Two weeks ago, we went 'up north' (i.e. Northern Ireland) for the day to spend some good value English pounds. Mum & dad were fairly unpatriotic spending their money outside the state considering the recession, but they got a few bargains and they kept some money to spend at home. I was very good considering how much of the day I spent in the car. I only got upset when we were stuck in road works outside Newry (and would you blame me).

The low point of the last couple of weeks was the innoculations that I had to get at 2 months. It was horrible - I got an injection in both of my legs and was pretty upset. Luckily Mammo was visiting that evening, so mum, dad and mammo were able to share the time spent walking me around the house to settle me from 9:30-midnight. They can't really complain because I'm usually not upset and am a very good baby.

Then we had a visitor last weekend - Amanda came to visit us all the way from London. I thought when visitors come to stay that the hosts are meant to do all the work and look after the visitor, but that wasn't the case here - Amanda seemed to be doing a lot of the work - making breakfast and helping with dinner. We had a great time with a trip to Dundrum and also to Avoca where we over-indulged for lunch. Hopefully we'll go and visit Amanda & Ali in London next year.


Last week we minded Ella one day because she was too sick to go to creche and then we headed down to Wexford for a few days. I had great fun there - I went for lots of walks in my buggy and met Auntie Callista, Auntie Catherine, Selina Scott, Sr Josephine and Aine (for the 3rd time!). Mammo bought me a dressing gown which I can now wear after my baths.


Now we've started our Christmas festivities my going to the Almonds this afternoon to see their fab new extension and eat mince pies!


Dad hasn't been feeling the best so we didn't manage to get our tree this weekend, but we'll get in during the week. My first Christmas present arrived from Australia from Nanna and Pa, so I can't wait for the tree to go up so that I can put the pressie under the tree. Dad did put up the lovely mobile over my cot that Mark & Jill gave me.


Here are some more photos of my activities over the last few weeks