catch up - babies galore!

It has been so long since I have written in this blog, and I was doing so well too! But – I suppose life got in the way because I have been working and the annex is back up and running. I suppose the biggest thing that has happened since I last wrote is that Adam had his twin boys! Erika had a section – so we knew when they were going to be born – and it was on 29 June – over a month ago now. They are adorable!! Rory and Rudy – Rory was 6lb 1oz (I think) and Rudy was 4lb 8oz. 

 I went to see them and Helen came with me when they were two weeks old – I went to see Lissa, Antony and little Ada first! So that was awesome – having seen lots of pictures of Ada but not having seen her in the flesh – which just seems so wrong – but the virus is still very much about…. Lissa & Adam had got together before this and had taken pictures of their babies together – and I could not believe how big Ada was! Adam got one printed out and sent me a copy in a frame which is awesome and is now on my wall. When I saw Ada I was shocked at how small she actually was – she looked really big in the photo but still a tiny baby in reality – I thought – omg how small will the twins be?? Me and Helen spent the day with Lissa which was so good – to be able to chat with her and see her in the flesh rather than via video chat – and to see how happy she was with her gorgeous little girl!! It was funny because she kept commenting about how alike me and Helen are – and I would have to agree!

Me and Helen had a nice long chat on the journey there (and back) about something or nothing – it’s easy and we laugh at the same things, and we got much closer (if that is possible) when we spent all that time in Manchester together and went through the trauma of losing dad together. Anyway – I thought it was nice that Helen was with me, and she gets to see the babies and my kids too. 

So – we then headed over to Adams house and I walked in and OMG – the baby in his arms was so unbelievably small – I assumed it must be Rudy the smaller one – but it was Rory – Rudy was even smaller than that!! I fell in love with all the babies basically! I could easily have brought any of them home with me (only one though!) Another thing that was good about visiting Lissa and Adam was to see the work that they have both done on their houses – they have done such good jobs getting their house into really good condition. New bathrooms and kitchens galore! Lol. Both doing really well! So – me and Helen spent the night at Adams and left to come home just after lunch time. It had been a really awesome weekend catching up with everybody and seeing all the amazing babies!! 

I felt bad about Connor – about not having seen him for ages – and all the family chat just being about babies and stuff, so I messaged him and they arranged to come to us the following weekend! Then there were discussions about when Adam and Lissa might be able to come and visit – anyway to cut a long story short – they all came the following weekend! It was so awesome!! Having everybody come to us with all the babies too!! It was just so lovely having all the family together – we had such a laugh and I enjoyed every minute of it!! All the babies were well looked after – there were no crying fits – I think Andy was surprised, his idea of babies was constant crying! 

 We got lucky with the weather on the second day and the sun came out enough for us to have a BBQ – so we were all in the garden – I set my camera up to take 10 pics – we all stand there and be sensible for the first 1 or 2 pictures – then we get silly and mess about! These always end up the best pics and I have managed to get one printed out – it turned up this morning and is now on the wall!!