Today I'm 30. For Porl's 30th we had a big party. My 30th has been significantly quieter.
I need longer arms to take pictures of the 3 of us.
Unfortunately Bryher didn't allow me to have a lie-in, but I did spend most of the morning dozing in bed between feeds while she gurgled in her carrycot. When I did eventually surface Porl brought me my birthday present, The Crafter's Companion, I haven't had chance to read any of it yet, but the pictures look great, lots of inspiration. My other big birthday present (other than Bryher) is from my parents and brother. They've treated me to a 60GB Creative Zen Vision M. It was due to arrive tomorrow, but Amazon are now saying it'll be next week. *Grrr!* I can't wait to be able to play with it, at the moment all my music is on my PC, and since I've moved all my craft things upstairs I've not been able to listen to any music while I'm crafting, although Radio 4 is a good alternative. It's also going to be great to be able to catch up on Podcasts, while feeding Bryher, I might even try out some audio books.
After Bryher and I had had a soak in the bath, separately, but Bryher takes almost as long as I do as she loves them and I haven't the heart to get her out, we set out for our first proper day out. It was also our first chance to play with the pram, we are very impressed. we've been itching to try the pram out sooner, but we realised last week that the brakes weren't working properly. We managed to get it back to the shop yesterday, and thankfully they did us a straight swap.
So with Bryher clean and fed, a working pram, and a picnic blanket, we stopped at the shop for some nice butties then headed off to Stamford Park to find the peacocks. We've never been before and we were pleasantly surprised, there's a lot more there than we expected so I think we'll be going back quite often.
This was the less mangy looking peacock
Do peacocks have a penchant for scary dolls heads?
Bryher slept the whole time she was out, we took plenty of pictures though, so when she's older she can see what she did on her first adventure into the real world. We were out for 2.5 hours and spent most of that time slowly walking around the park. By the time we got back I was exhausted, so we're going to have daily walks now to help me build up my stamina.
Within minutes of getting back Bryher woke and started gurning for food. Her evening feeding sessions can be marathons, so I've spent 4 hours sat on the sofa while she intermittently fed and dozed, any attempt to put her in the carrycot immediately woke her up. Thankfully Bugsy Malone was on TV, and it appears my singing voice calms Bryher down. Strange girl!
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