August in review

Since August is quickly turning to September, I'm thinking a quick highlight of the month almost past will suffice for now.

The Little One loved having his big cousins and aunty T come to visit at the start of the month.  Jade and Brooke stayed with us for a few days before heading to Granny & Seanair's for the rest of their stay.  The Little One fell in love with Miss "I get all the smiles" Jade, Brooke found a new best friend and I, of course, made the most of the free nannying services!

At the start of the month we said farewell to our white wagon and hello to our new car.  Thanks to Granny & Seanair we now have a proper, grown up, family car.  The Passat makes life so much easier. Not 3, not 4, but 5 doors; lots of space and a huge boot.  Being the delicate flower that I am, I've already managed to break the front passenger handle.  You can get in, but you can't get out... Mwahawhawhaw! 

We had another farewell as the Kelly's leave sunny Scotland to move to Oz in just over a week.  Eek.  So soon.  Whilst work will definitely not be the same without Elaine, I'm so excited for them and their new adventures!

The Little One had his 4 month vaccinations towards the middle of the month and once again he was a brave boy with hardly a squeal during the injections.  Speaking of brave, he's continued his shinty tour of Scotland this month and managed to visit a sunny (yes, I know!) Fort William. 

He's also been a busy little one learning new tricks.  Great amusement has been had with the 'taking dummy out of mouth and putting it back in' game, the discovery of those little things at the end of our legs (I predict that feet will be in mouth before long) and the beginnings of being able to roll over from back to front.  I could no longer resist the temptation and bought a baby walker for when the time comes.  To justify the purchase, I bought one which can also be a rocker, therefore becoming a 2 in 1 toy. 

Bargain. 

Whilst the Little One is still a wee bit to young for his new toy he has had a quick test drive.

But most exciting of all, I eventually put our Tesco vouchers to good use and used them to book the ferry to visit the Houston's in N.Ireland next month - we can't wait!

Joshua goes to the farm

The Other Half and I found that we had a free afternoon last week.  After a quick ponder of how to spend our day, we decided to take the Little One to Gorgie City Farm. 

With the Little One just reaching the 4 and a half months barrier, I didn't think he'd take much notice of what was all around him, but I stand corrected. Although he's too young to touch any of the animals, or sit in the 'proper' tractor, or play in the play park, he loved looking at all the animals with a frequently amused, often excited, and occassionally perplexed expression.

Gorgie Farm is one of those places that you know exist, but tend to bypass whilst you're getting from A to B, but it's a fantastic place and (just a hunch) somewhere we'll be frequenting again in the future. 

Saying hello

 

Getting excited at seeing the rabbits

We also saw the cow (purely in the animal sense) and goats

Also some unsocial sheep

And a horse

Plus pigs and piglets

and

guinea pigs, birds, chickens, hens, an owl and lots more

Lots of fun!

Ready, steady, GO!

Since I can't pretend to be 'nearly twenty-something' anymore (although, let's be clear about this, I like to think that 35 is still a fair way in the distance), I thought it was about time I got myself a public *shudder at the P word* blog like a proper grown up.

Plus I figured this would be a useful little tool to keep the world up to date with the goings-ons in the Oliver world, especially since the arrival of our Little One, our little Joshua.

Already Joshua is 4 months old, How did that happen?,  and I'm ashamed to admit that there are far too many people I haven't been in touch with during those 4 months (and a few more who I haven't been in contact with enough).

With a little bit of luck, having somewhere to keep everyone up to date with the oh so exciting world of the Oliver's, will go somewhere to forgiving my tardyness!