Phew! We did it!!! We have painted, carpeted, put up curtains, put up lights and emptied boxes all in time for mikes parents to arrive. We have finally got our own bedroom!!! Pictures are to follow as Tomás is about to wake up any minute.
It’s been a long slog and it’s not completely over but we are pleased to say that mike’s mum and dad arrived today and we could offer them a room for a change! I have to go will be back soon with the pics.
Oh well what can I say, the days have gone by and I have managed to not upload an image or video :-(. Sorry. The good news is that all is well in the land of the Cartwrights. Yesterday Andi & I babysat the kids while the wives went off to Ali’s hen do. Not much to report except that we managed to survive the afternoon without the help of our wonderwomen :-). Work has been busy as always the beginning and ends of months are when most things need to be done. I’ve got my annual review next week so we will see how things progress. The rest from the DIY looks like is nearly over as the room downstairs is now nearly ready to be painted – so in the next 3 weeks I can kiss goodbye to easy going evenings, bbqs and just lounging around. We need to have the room fully decorated, carpeted and new couch purchased by the end of this month. Pictures of before and after will be provided :-p
Anyway I’m gonna cut this short as Tomás is shouting at me for some attention. He’s now awake pretty much every day around 6am and is ready for action from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to sleep. It’s all fun really. Talk to you soon.
Well last Friday we headed up to see the Hawkswoods in good old Solihull and on Saturday morning we were treated to a little trip to the park. Here’s the video evidence:
We took Tomás to the park close to home and check out how determined he was to cross the bridge on his own.
A couple of weeks ago we bought Tomás a new bed as his cot was getting a bit too small for him. I guess the pics above give you an indication of how he has adapted to the new bed.
I’ve also added a little video of me playing with him (please excuse the super sweaty shirt as I had literally just arrived after cycling back from work)
Taken today as soon as I got in from work 😉 This is how Tomás relaxes before getting a good nights sleep 🙂
On the 26th May we organised a B-B-Q at our place. The weather wasn’t great to say the least but the gazebo, the shower caps and the food really made it a success! Thanks to Liz & her firelighters 🙂
I went to ASDA a couple of weeks ago and I bought 200 plastic balls for Tomás to play with, here’s the end result. 🙂
Sorry for the lack of updates – but we’ve been somewhat busy in the last 2 weeks. Just a quick summary before the photos are uploaded though. We are now proud to have a french door in place instead of the old window in our room. It looks great and now allows us direct access to the garden and the bbq area. In fact in the very wet bank holiday weekend we had a barbie – no rain stopped us from entertaining and I can say for sure that the door is a great addition to the room.
Other than that we’ve also been church shopping: We have now attended the Gateway church twice – an Ichthus link church only 10 mins down the road & also New River Church – a City Gates church plant in Islington about 15-20 mins away. This weekend we’re gonna try Tower Hamlets Community Church. Photos are coming :-p
