Little Kitty

We've had more good nights with Emma. She's been enjoying her new mobile and is quite content to gaze at it then fall asleep, and when she wakes it seems to keep her occupied too.

On Friday, Helen met with Leila, Bex and Jenny Hime for lunch, then set off for the new look Matalan in Weston with Bex and Emma for some shopping.

In the morning, we'd set up a pot roast in the slow cooker of a joint of Wild Boar we'd got from a butcher in Ashcroft. By the time I got back at 6pm, the house was smelling amazing!

Helen scurried around preparing veg and setting the table whilst I comforted Emma, who has started squealing a bit when i get back in the evenings. Leila came to help us eat it.

The dense tasty meat just fell apart under our knives - it was delicious. As I prepared strawberries, all three of our mobiles went off. It was an excited Bex telling us they'd bought a kitten from a family in Hutton.

The new arrival was brought to meet us so we quickly sealed the room to stop Tigger from coming in. We were suggesting names for the new arrival but no decision has been made yet. Aworking name of "Squidge" is being used. Here are some cute pics of her, and some of the hunt that ensued when she made a bid for freedom!
When they caught her and took her home, we started a game of scrabble, a close contest eventually won by a majestic Dave.

Saturday was a day of photo arranging for Helen. She scanned in various pictures from old family albums, enlarging and restoring, with the aim of producing a collage of photos of friends and relatives. She'd seen Bex had got a good collection and is hoping to emulate it. It was very rewarding, wedged in one photo album, she found £30 in Virgin Megastore vouchers!

We had a chicken and pasta salad for lunch, then Emma fell asleep on my shoulder as I ordered some more wine making equipment and a new sonicare toothbrush on the internet. Helen had some sleep, then we headed off to Waitrose in Portishead for a shop. Emma was very good and slept throughout. She's been sleeping a lot recently. She had a feed when we got back - feeds are 3 hourly during the day at the moment. She slept at 8.30pm upstairs and we listened in on the walkie talkie. We watched Carry on Cleo, then Big Brother to which we are becoming shamefully addicted. We got to sleep at 10.30, Emma woke at 5.30am, then again at 6.30am. I held her whilst Helen slept on until 9.30am. The plan is now to meet with Rob, Bex, Liz and her friend and John, Rowan and Maddie at Berkeley Castle for 11am for some Mediaeval Jousting...