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Abit of an update! R has been very ill...up and down and had this most irritating cough for a week now. Poor pickle slept really bad and believe it or not...he was in bed with us a lot of the time. Now mummy and daddy off course misses their very independent nearly sleeping through the night boy but once again we are struggleing to learn to get back to where we were before this illness stroke. Mummy is ill at the moment and hopes to shake it off soon. This week R had been up and down. His sleeping is all over the place but he is generally okish...he is still taking antibiotics and so does mummy. The Drs recon it was an ear and chest infection....we don;t know just hope it will be over soon. He has lost loads of weight and is slowly starting to eat again.
Mummy would like to thank those who have been lovely and brought over food and sweets to cheer her up...also to those who despite the illness put themselves out and came to keep her some company. Most of all Daddy Jonathan you are the bestest dad in the whole wide world the way you put yourself out I never imagined a man would do such things. You had very little sleep and a lot of sacrificing. You had laid a carpet of love for me and Reuben to walk on while we were so very ill....thanks getting better is also mostly because of you! LOVE YA DADDDY!

my poor pickle very poooooorly! he is teethin 4 teeth at once but also ill with a bug probably from nursery but now taking antibiotics hopefully soon much better. such terrible feelings when your loved once are ill...there is nothing worse than being unable to help as a parent/carer. I hope my pickle will perk up again soon. I will never complain about him again. These past days have made me think how blessed we are with an active/healthy child while many parents have to constantly care for their little ones. Its not our merits but grace from above that we so far encountered illness only very temporarily, but my heart goes out to those who have to do this 24/24, and sometimes without any help or support. I've got a wonderful husband who is here for us no matter what and bears my frustrations - how did I deserve this?

Hello! Some exciting things of mummys! Lets hope this will bring in more work! Anyone interested?! Mummys is excited that these are now ready to be used!

Here is Reuben's new file from nursery we had it home so we van add some bits to it!
Here is Reuben having fun by having his hand and feet prints in his own very file! James Bond here we go!- watch out.....
We went to shorne country park Reuben loves that place just wondering around us and the dogs and their owners! So exciting...but this time Georgia came with us too!
Here playinh with Georgia at the kids zone! THe boots are too big!
Enjoying the swings he was actually enjoying it which rarely ever happens.

Sunday lunch with the KIRKS! Bye bye lunch!
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Our dearly loved friends already on their way home...to Kentuky...and Reuben is surley suffering. He is teething 4 teeth at the same time. Poor baba what can we do! He has had a first night fantastic sleep last night he slept from 7:30-5am. Hope he is turning some sort of corner! I wish he would be a lay in baby but seems to wake me at 6:30-7:00 and then he is ready to ROLLLLLLLL! I need to get younger!
XX M

Hello from Whistable where we enjoyed a nice sunny day and loads of fun browsing through my boutiques....and enjoying the sea air! I even found my favourite shop called NOA NOA and it had 50% off but I have not spent a penny....so good good good. THen I was so excited because I was treated to a gorgeous perfume...a FRENCH one...won;t tell you the name but it smells like powder and its a real oldie...for a yummy me! I just love it so much I had to spray it on me....and I am gona sleep hopefully in this smell and not R;s one!(less attractive at the moment.

Still enjoying our guests and hope they enjoy us too! Just out for dinner while JOnathan is watching R (and TV) hope I won;t feel to guilty about this! Here we are all smiling!

Today we had a nice day! We had a very early morning as R woke at 6am after a very fretful night. Then we played read some books did teh normal morning things and cooked british breakfast to the USA friends. Then we had coffee and breakfast with friends and went for a nice long walk on the riverside while R was asleep. Just as we came back we decided to go to Canterbury and so there we were gone! This picture above is the pub where we went which we loved for its family friendly atmosphere and also the food was to die for....!NICE LUNCH...yummm
Reuben loved this shop he just loved the puppets and well it was interesting to see how he was excited and enjoying them! - while mummy sipped her starbucks coffee..YEAH CARAMEL MACHIATTO FOR ME any day would lift me right up!

Here Reuben is enjoying today's pressie a oinking piggy- very cute he keeps cuddleing it and pushing it along saying CAAAAAR! So funny!
This was the pub garden we were right at the back at the decked end with surrounded by all the flowers and the interesting herbs.

Here R with Sherwood....trying to climb up on the timber gazeeeboooo!

here our eating place gorgeous and the fooooooooodddd was brilliant too!

Hello, We spent a lovley day at Canterbury wanted to go there for some time! Reuben was such a good boy (we missed nursery naughty) and we were really just enjoying the sun and the walks...so nice to walk with no cars comming around and sit in this gorgeous pub garden. Reuben enjoys saying up down and loves the stairs. Shame we could not find Rainham and get into TUmble Totts as we were messed up by the GPS still we got compensated at Canterbury! Hope we can keep active...R gets so excited climbing the stairs and doing the different excercises. We are thinking of joining again swimming....for todlers.

XX M

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We had a manically busy day! At 9am Jenny and Joseph arrived and we were out at 8am to buy goodies for a breakfast...:) so its was yummy crunchy time and was fun. THen Marsha and Sherwood arrived for coffee so it was well and truely chatty, TV and gardened the morning. Around 11am we went for a stroll on Riverside while the boys fell asleep so we came back with Jenny sorted the house out (which did not resemble in any way or shape any of poor Anita's hard work yesterday (that is my cleaner)) so just as I finished that first J then R were awake, R was keen to get out the house so we took a stroll to the local post office then home and set off to Tumble Totts but we missed the place again which made mummy very very furious. So she concluded she won;t try again! WHERE IS THAT RAINHAM ON THE MAP? mummy discovered there was something wrong with the GPS so we ended up in Ebsfleet INternational just as well as we needed to check if our USA friends could go to Paris tomorrow. THen we came home and 10 mins later the USA people came....then R had late lunch...then we had, Emese, then Jerry and NOah popped in then Annie and Georgia, then someone left a packedge for the neighbours so.....all in all to wind down we went out to the highstreet where we just had a stroll came back and R had his bath and a sleep....THANKS GOD TODAY IS OVER!
See what tomorrow brings!
XX

Here is Reuben watering Granny Simith's garden!

Reuben loves this garden! Mostly because its so much to explore and then becaus just outside this gate is the road with cars, busses and motorbikes...passing!

Here we went to explore the Sittingbourne Steam Rail...sadly closing down soon! It was an amazing experience....mummy had seen it all in her time in Romania still what a shame if these places will keep closing down...there won;t be history to see!

R admiring from a close!
With mummy on the train...looking out ..not much to see but loads of berries and apples on the trees very romantic indeed!
Yes! Daddy was there too enjoying it just as much!
This is where we were excited to see the real thing, fire, steam, water...TRAIN!
At the end of our trip with Daddy!

Hello! What a nice day we had! Yesterday Saturday daddy and R set out to Sittingbourne while mummy had a meeting....slept some and just was shocked at how empty the house the place feels without her favourite boys!...Today we all went to church then we visited the PIzza Hut...yummy (ok Natalie won;t be impressed....fast food...) and then visited Sittingbourne Steam Railstation and off course rode on the train....which was exciting and nice. At the end there is a bouncy castle, caffee and a nice playground. Mummy was so sad to hear that it will close down...such a shame. THe last ride 26th December! This week tomorrow we are busy...then we have TUesday some dear friends (from USA) arriving....and staying for a week...and then hopefully October mummy's older sister Elisabeth comming and we will go for a possibly two week holiday home to ROMANIA to celebrate grandad Boros's 70th bday! Fingers crossed...we can do it!

Here is a Reuben trying to put back the tags on to the wellies.....concentration maximus!


Here he loves sitting in the rain paddles!

Mummy and Reuben gardening! Sorting out the mess in the front garden!




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Reuben had a very good week! We saw many friends and been on the train...enjoyed each other;s company...he now says UP AND DOWN and does the actions with it. Something they learnt at the nursery! He also says daddy and train (ain part of it) he makes loads of sounds but my favourite is when he make sthe sound for wanting to eat or drink! He is so clever. he also learnt to master coming down the stairs on his tummy...and its very cute. the other day took the washing up to the top bedroom where we seem to dry clothes these days and he followed me with one sock that I seem to have dropped he was such a cuty! He sleep pretty much better....unless he is teething or he is unwell. He has a terrible cold right now...sniffles and loads of the other kind a stuff that I dno;t like. Still, we are well. This am went to Bromley on the train..done a little shopping then nursery! He was tired after the nursery but still had some gardening time then sleeeeeeeep!

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Here is Reuben befriending his new POTTY! He also likes his wellies! He was a very good boy today!



Now here is mummy and Reuben pretending...both! THanks God! Now this is where my mother would be horryfied that I posted such a picture! She keeps telling me in her time there weren;t as many pictures taken ...thanks God (imagine how embarrassing it would be) and that nowadays people take photos even when they fart and burp!:)) very funny mother!
And now....Mr Tired and exhausted after reading this heavy magazine that was pinched from daddy who was equally bored with it.....!...
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Today there is loads on here!....well we are intense aren;t we? Mummy had to do some work today so she was seeing some clients while daddy and R had explored all the possibile toys in ELC then we had nice coffee and visited grandma and grandad Smith...then coffee in Sittingbourne (while we bought R's first potty) and then off to Chatham Dockside for a stroll and some food...then home for a bath, sleep and relaxing for the parents! IT all went well.

This is our friend Erika in Slovakia getting married today! Erika is a friend that also had been an au pair in Uk and then met Maria's sister in law's son she fell in love and here they are!!! HITCHED! God bless my dears!

We wished we would be there...I bet it was a nice wedding!

This is not everyday sight! THe two oldest siblings of Maria's see if you can say who is the sibling! Well the man in pink shirt red tie...would be Jozsef (older brother) and the lady in pink dress Maria's sister from Slovakia Elisabeth! I like this I think its such a nice picture! From left to Right...Hanniel, Jozsef, Irenke(sis in law) Hanna, Elisabeth, Maria (in white), Balint (E's husband)and boys Efraim and Jonathan. (No the kids were not named after us...well Maria was... !and she is a cheecky monkey)

This is in Sittingbourne with Granny and Grandpa Smith! Poor old Grandpa has lost a lot of his sight...waiting to hear what that is...hopefully not permanently lost! We had a nice coffee time out in the FORUM SHOPPING CENTRE!(:)))

Here Mummy is telling R he should be still for just 5 mins!
ANd so he was an angel...reading his favourite car magazine and also his new Baby Einstein book with his favourite charachter....MONKEY JANE!

Here for another HAPPY COUPLE....we went to this wedding on Friday...Mr and Mrs Malcolm and Paula Patterson! CONGRATS GUYS IT WAS A HAPPY DAY!even it poured rain and rain and rain!
After the wedding (we were invited to the posh reception but we did not think R would manage to keep things in one place) we stopped at mummys work and Bwater! Here a nice PIzza Hut pic! Also worth mentioning mummy is wearing her £500 Swarowski jewlery bought by daddy the holiday when R was concived!(ups too much info!)

Here with Daddy! isn;t he (aren;t they) handsome?
R loves his fork but mummy forgot it home so here is a very very very not health and safe attempt by R to eat with a huge fork!(not for the faint hearted)

Ah....then again today with Granny Smith!

Reuben loves daddy's huge collection of CAR MAGAZINE! Not sure daddy likes the fact that all these treasures are being a bit destroyed by his son!

Who cares about food when you have cars to study, look at and dream of!

Enough of all the studying, entertaining time to enjoy meeting (reuniting) with CAMMY BOY!
Thanks Cammy for the yummy maple syrup...!
After walking towards Chatham with Cammy we stopped at Noah's to enjoy some fun...on his bike! Noah got a bit tired of his load of toys...lets swap!

Watching Noah and riding his bike....!












Hello we had a v busy day with loads of visitors. Georgia and Annie came around 9am for coffee and play. Then we had a power nap and then Jo came round with baby Beatrix and Isac has some more play time...then Natalie and Cammy popped in....and by the time they left we needed to get out so poor Natty and Cammy had to endure us on their way home...it started raining so we ended up at Noah's house and had some play time there....hence the pics! Anyway, we are ok! R has been a sweety and a real pickle. Tomorrow wedding day but until then lets catch up with some sleep!