Money, Money, Money

Here is nice pic of Marie at Holkam taken a few weeks back.

A walk round the grounds is now our staple as I struggle to go much further (Marie seems to be OK with it!)

Well as predicted by everyone on the planet all our savings are slowly being sucked away by Diddy & he isn't even born yet!!!



Number 1 - the car seat...



Number 2 - the crib...



Number 3 - the pram...

There goes my XBOX 360 Elite then :-(

Big Bird

As you can see Diddy has been very busy. All those visits to Deepdale appear have taken their toll!

Café Nero has to take some of the blame though.











Diddy is showing no signs of actually wanting to come out - who can blame him.

He's getting carried about, food on tap & nice 'n' cosy.

Little bit jealous really.
:-)

Busy

Sorry that there hasn't been any posts in the last month but we've been really busy getting ready for Diddy's arrival!

Diddy has been getting rather big (as you would expect) and lots of things have been bought or done to the house!

I'll endeavour to get some pics and stuff on here over the next couple of days but seeing as it's only 3 days to 'Diddy-day' I may have something more pressing to worry about! :-)

Cat Cuddle

Dave and I are stuck in London again on another Microsoft course and we're missing the family as usual. :-(
(Oh and Halo 3 as well!)

However the cats both appear to be using the time to their advantage and have been bonding with Diddy.


Marie's bump may now be getting uncomfortable for her but Murphy & Chloe seem to love it.

I hope they feel the same way when Diddy arrives!

I left my heart at Burnham

One thing we have been trying to do before Diddy arrives is grab as much quality time as possible. The last thing I want is Marie & Diddy to get stressed, so we’ve been spending far too much time at Burnham Overy Staithe & Burnham Deepdale.

Loads of time on Overy beach has been fantastic and its been good practise for Diddy. He’ll be ready for the days he’s going to be forced to spend there!

We have had enjoyed several picnics and beautiful sunsets – which has been rare considering the extremely mild summer.





Anyone who has spoken to us at the weekend may have heard of the second place we always end up at – Deepdale Café!

Some may say that we are obsessed by the place but everyone we have dragged along seems quite happy. :-)

Marie & Diddy certainly love having a cheese jacket & Mocha!

It may be helped by the fact that Fat Face is on the doorstep but I think that Truffle, resident mascot for Blooming Gorgeous, may have something to do with it!

Everyone has suddenly been getting more flowers, mainly down to the fact that they are fantastic and Truffles Mum & Dad are lovely.

We are so infatuated that we camped next door a couple of weekends ago – 30 seconds walk and a Deepdale breakfast – nothing better. :-)



Deepdale farm was really good & we'll definitely be back (nothing to do with the 10% discount at the café at all).

I certainly have some wonderful Diddy memories already from the beach - having a cuddle & feeling Diddy having a good kick are my favourites.

I'm looking forward to many more.

Dave and the City

Apologies for no updates recently – I’ve just been rubbish and too busy enjoying a lot of Diddy kicks!

Well I’m stuck in London all week on another Microsoft course but I’ve not been alone – Diddy has a new pal, Dave the Cat.

Dave has been re-named of course - better than the original!

Dave has been helping through the tough time of missing Marie, Diddy & the cats.

It's not been easy as London isn’t one of my favourite places in the world – it’s easy to be lonely with so many people around.

Well, this country boy has just two more days to go and I'm on my way home for hugs, kicks, purrs & Deepdale café (more about that soon).

Diddy Kiss

It has been great to see the Irish contingent for 2 weeks. I was a little worried how Ciarán would be around Diddy but he was fantastic. Diddy was included in the nightly hugs & kisses and Ciarán even started giving them out all the time! (As you can see.)

Diddy had a fab time especially when we went to see the seals at Blakeney Point. We went with Beans from Morston Quay and it was a really good trip.

Being National Trust we saved a fortune on car park fees again - one advantage of being old before my time.

Steve, my brother-in-law, got some great seal shots from the boat. Have a look at his site - he has some excellent pictures on there.

Seeing Ciarán is always good (and Nina & Steve) but now that we know Diddy is a boy I appear to be taking more notice of 'boy things'. Ciarán is football mad and I realise that I only have a few years to get up to speed as Diddy may follow suit, especially if his cousin has something to do with it!



So I'm gonna attempt to watch 'Match of the Day' seeing as the new season starts this weekend (?) - the things you do for your children!! ;-)