Well, it's Monday morning and considering the busy weekend he's had, he's up early at 6am for a feed this morning! And that's having gone to bed at 7pm with a little extra feed at 10pm so I can't complain!! He's sleeping so well and I do think the gentle routine has helped him enormously.
Our busy weekend involved driving down to the Cotswolds for my cousin's wedding and this would be his first large family function. I didn't put him in his new outfit for the drive, just a vest, shorts and a funky bib as it was a warm day.
We met Mum and Dad, and Sarah and her family at a country park en route for a picnic and let the dogs have a couple of hours to play and spend time outdoors before waiting in the car for us during the wedding (Dad has a system which leaves his boot open with a dog guard in the door so they have lots of fresh air!) and we got to the hotel in good time.
I swiftly dressed Joel in his dungarees, popped his hat and shoes on him (his first shoes!!) and off we went just in time to join the party as it moved from the hotel to a lovely garden opposite where the wedding was being held! Our first outdoors wedding!
We met Nicola and Steve and Rory (his little Northern counterpart born the day before) and there was much cooing, and also Lucy, another new addition currently 4 months! Not that it was all about the babies of course!!
Joel sat so well on Daddy's knee for the ceremony and went to sleep. He then allowed himself to be passed around various relatives and didn't grumble and had some lovely awake time until the meal when he got a bit fractious and wouldn't feed properly so I went and sat in a quiet room with him. Grandma then held him whilst Steve and I ate (as she had already eaten all hers!) and he went off to sleep again!
After the meal, we all gathered again in the garden and the twins raced around on bikes and running races, and we managed to get all three babies awake together at the same time for a photo!! Then, Joel was sleepy again (it was 7pm after all) so we made a move home about 8pm after another good feed as it was a hot day and as he'd slept a bit out of place all day his feeds were a bit out so we were back to on demand which was find and worked out well.
And here's some photos:
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| How cute are his little shoes?! |
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| Trying to see what's going on at the front! |
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| Sleep was a better option for him! |
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| The girly cousins - 3 of us on the left had babies this year! |
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| Great Aunty Joan, the twins, Sam, Joel and Rory! Great Nephews! |
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| More nap time, on Grandma this time over dinner! |
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| Zzzzzzzzzz. |
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| Waking up to chat to his cousins and Uncle Karl. |
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| Having a giggle with Rory and Lucy. |
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| Lucy liked him.... |
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| How cute is this?! |
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| Aunty Amy and Grandma posing with Joel.. |
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