Peanut Gallery: Nearly a year

Nearly a year and I am not happy about it - where did my baby go? I was in Chicago recently with work and when I got back she seemed older! Perhaps it is the peek-a-boo new tooth she has now that wasn't there when I left. I will lament my baby's growth more in the next blog which will highlight her birthday, Sept 14th, and her party, Sept 18th. But for now, let me tell you about our latest trip to the UK.

We were planning a trip to the UK this summer and luckily were able to accommodate two major events: Bernard's 70th birthday party and the V Festival. Clearly, the V Festival wasn't as major as 70 years of life, but this V was going to be baby-free for three nights. So for us, pretty major. Here we are, "reliving our youth" as Anne suggested. We did, of course, have a great time with our dear friends Howard and Vicki who were also enjoying childless freedom (evidenced in the photo below).

Our childless fun didn't stop at V, we also had some great nights out with our Northern pals. Below is a photo with my fab girlfriends from back-in-the-day, Joanne, Alizon, Susan and Nicola. Our men were with us too but we just wanted a picture of ourselves, thank you very much.

It sounds as though we didn't spend any time with the baby. Of course we did, and the photos below act as evidence. Here is a proud and doting Uncle Bobo (he left his fairy princess crown at home this time).

Sofia was a great lover of the Northumberland coast. She didn't even mind the atmospheric August weather.

And Daddy got lots of cuddle time with his baby girl.

And before leaving the UK, we spent a weekend in London visiting our friends Dan & Grania and meeting their newest addition, Alice. What sweeties, Sofia and Alice were fast friends and they spent the majority of the weekend squeaking at each other. Here is some bath time fun. This is the kind of thing we will torture them with when they are 16 and moody.