Gracious, it has been a long time since I updated the blog. And what adventures we have had. Last week was absolutely crazy – with Aaron and Zelia’s wedding in Cornwall on Wednesday and Ruth and Bob’s wedding in Sicily on Friday. We had our mad dash across Europe all planned out so well, and we did manage it in one piece just about. But Elsie got diarrhoea and Rob got food poisoning and it was all quite challenging.

Elsie coped exceptionally well with the heat and not being brilliantly well (she got much better after a trip to the Sicilian pharmacist – diarrhoea is diarrhoea in Italian by the way!) And was so cool at the wedding do, she fell asleep in my arms for ages, and Rob and I danced with her between us – it was gorgeous and I was so proud of her. Travelling with her is definitely more of a mission than it used to be when she was immobile and only breastfeeding – or was it just that Rob was with us?! He doesn’t enjoy the challenge of adventures very much in turns out! But it’s good that I know that now, and we’ll keep exciting trips to just Elsie and I in future! The weddings themselves were gorgeous though, absolutely gorgeous.

By the way I have my engagement ring, hoorah! It is very sparkly and shiny so Elsie likes it too I think!

This is Elsie at Barge Fest in the summer, in her first mate’s t-shirt made especially for her from a cushion cover by Cap’n dave!