Rain, rain, rain....

It has rained all day sweet darling - from first light to as I write. So much for spring having arrived!! We didn't let it cramp our style though - Grandad is still off work for Easter week so we headed out this afternoon to Ballydougan Pottery for some lunch together and to have a look at the gorgeous pottery they make there. Nanny even got a birthday present for a friend, and we bought you a little hedgehog puppet! He is the softest fabric and has little sewn-in eyes rather than buttons, so there is no danger of you nibbling them off! You seemed quite taken with him at first but by the time we'd got back to the house you had decided there was something strange about a hedgehog poking off the end of Mummy's arm, and you kept whipping him off and dropping him to the ground! Well see if he gets a second chance tomorrow!!

You are also spending much more time on your feet lately. If anyone tries to get you to sit still for a minute you stiffen your body and wriggle madly towards the floor to get down. You also don't seem to realise that you can't actually walk by yourself yet, because when we are toddling about holding your hands you are squirming them around in our hands as if you want us to let go - the sum result being you over-balance immediately. We are letting you play lots up against the settee, and walking you up and down with your toddle truck to help you - you love to head over to the French doors and look out over the little back garden - as the little hand marks all over the windows attest!!

You have gone to bed tonight once again totally pooped and ready for sleep! Sweet dreams my darling x x