on 8/19/11 We took another weekend trip to Wimpole Estate and Farm with Gram Jill and Granddad Richard. It was a beautiful old building and had exquisite gardens! They were even having a tomato festival when we arrived and had a farmer's market set up. Esme tried the tomato basil ice cream :)
Noah was his usual cheery self
Esme and Gram in the gardens
Esme stopped to smell the flowers- she loved pointing out the colors of the flowers and the various fruits and was saying "flower" and "apple tree" the entire time.
I love this apple tree.
Our little family
On 8/20/2011 we had a short day trip to Audley End, again with Gram and Granddad Bailey. We have been there before and always enjoy looking around the house and grounds.
Gram and Esme in the gardens
Noah and Granddad
Esme being her cheeky self
We had a cup of tea before we left and Noah was being a chatter box
Noah and Gram
Audley End
While we were still living in corporate housing on Canary Wharf, I took the kids for a day trip to Greenwich (8/24/11). We had a lovely day in the park playing on the swings and in the sand box.
The next exciting weekend trip we had was down to the Brighton area to visit Adam, Nat, Jack and Isabella (weekend of 27/28 August). We stayed over at their house and had fun catching up the last year or so. We spend most of the time around their home in Henfield, going on walks and playing in the garden.
Esme fell in love is Issy's doll stroller. It was also the perfect outside seat for Noah as he wasn't very confident at sitting yet. Esme decided pushing him would be fun. Of course we didn't let her, but how worried does Noah look?
The boys had fun playing the ball game in the back yard and Peeps really wanted to join in. This video is pretty funny- Stephen accidently hits Esme with the ball.
The kids got along pretty well and seemed to enjoy each other's company- that's a relief!
We did take a few day trips while we were there- Nat took me to my first car boot sale. It is like a swap meet and it was a ton of fun. I picked up some really good bargains on books, toys and dvds. We also took a day trip to Brighton. I love the seaside and can't get enough of cheesy seaside fun- Brighton was perfect for me!
Peeps outside the pavilion
We had a nice long walk along the seaside and even took a ride on a small train. On our walk, Noah had his first ride in the front seat of the stroller.
We ended up staying an extra night because we were having so much fun. Nat was a wonderful cook and even made us a homemade curry on the first night! Thanks for the great time, guys!
Because we had very few toys with us in the corporate apartment, we spent a lot of our time out and about going to local parks, shopping and exploring. The docklands are great for walking around and Esme enjoyed looking for ducks, pigeons, swans and any other "birdy" she could find!
We often ended up in the park near Mudchute- Esme loves slides and swings. This toddler play area is a bit dinky but it did the job. Noah John even had his first swing at this park when he was five and a half months old. English baby swings scare me a little bit because the gaps for the legs are so much bigger than they are in the states- please excuse my shriek- I thought he was going to fall out!
Just like his sister- he loves to swing!
Here is a video of Emse playing and being goofy- the slide is far too small for toddlers but she won't be deterred!
My 26th birthday was pretty uneventful. We had planned on going to my favorite Mexican restaurant in Greenwich but disaster struck! Soon after Stephen got home, Esme vomited EVERYWHERE. I have never seen so much vomit come out of one tiny person. All I can say is thank goodness we had wood floors- I can't even imagine what I would have done if we had carpet! She had no other symptoms- no fever and was acting completely normal. We didn't think we could risk a train ride to the Mexican so we decided to go to the Lebanese restaurant at the base of our apartment complex. It was a lovely meal and there were no accidents. Success!
I got many beautiful birthday presents including soap and lotion from Jill and Richard, money from my mom and Gordy, books from Stephen, Esme and Noah and a beautiful Dooney & Bourke handbag from my Grandma and Grandpa Bajema. Thanks everyone! I am truly blessed to have such wonderful friends and family :)
Noah's first back to front Rolll
Noah had been rolling from front to back for about a month but hadn't rolled the other way. On September 2nd, he did it! I didn't catch it on camera but I did manage to get this photo just seconds after he did it. He was soooo proud of himself!!
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