Getting away from it

In the past few weeks since Thomas was born, life seems to have been very full. Almost relentless. But we have had a couple of nice breaks.

Firstly, Mark's parents took Ben away to the Lake District for a long weekend. Despite the rainy weather he had a lovely time and was spoilt rotten, with steam train trips, a visit to the World of Beatrix Potter at Bowness, where he got to meet Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny in real life, climbing mountains with Grandad and playing by the river. Here he is on the train from Haverthwaite to Lakeside with Grandad.

It also gave us the chance for some precious time with our newborn and to have a little bit of a rest too.

Then last week, Debbie took the two boys off to stay with her parents, giving Mark the chance of a break to catch up on work, sleep and jobs round the house. Thomas responded to his first nights away from home by waking a little more frequently, and Ben also decided to revert to waking up at 5:00-5:30 in the morning after a blessed few weeks when he has frequently been getting up after 7:00am. Meanwhile, back at home, instead of enjoying blissful quiet, Mark was suffering with migraine! During the daytime though, Ben enjoyed wearing out his grandparents at Telford Town Park and Apley Woods, and Debbie enjoyed being looked after herself and the extra pairs of hands.