Telford Time.

Today's the day i go to Telford! Whippeeeee! Ethan is really excited, he keeps asking me, 'go grandma's house?' Cutie pie.

I had to drive Jared down to uni again today as we weren't ready in time again. I wonder if he does it on purpose so he doesn't have to get the bus...hmmmm. He accidently kept his wallet too, and i as i hadn't brought my phone, i couldn't ring him, so the petrol tank was practically on empty when i got back to Merthyr! Back in the house it was just catching up on the cleaning and getting all the washing through before i had to go. It takes so long to do house work with a little baby! I rung my dad just before doing the school run to check if the money is in, and it is! Jared is going to be so chuffed that we will be picking up his bass today. I managed to get the top half of the house done before having to do the school run- the bathroom was disgusting, Ethan likes to miss the bowl alot! Gross!

A quick nip to the petrol station and drop off at school, i rung Jared to tell him the good news that we can get the bass today! So it means another trip down to Cardiff for me. I pick Jared  up from his campus and head to Cranes, the music store. It's called a Music Man Bongo. Apparantly quite rare too. The shop assistants all recognised it going, i can imagine they are gutted that they can't play it out of hours anymore! Haha. I did have a quick glance at the pianos but their all a bit too expensive for what i want. I only want a simple electric one.

A quick stop off to feed Lills, she was screaming for her milkies! It was a bit of a stress trying to find somewhere to stop to feed her. This is when Jared and i have cross words with each other as the stress of driving, trying to find some where to park and a screaming baby all get to me!
I had to ring the school to let them know we were running late, but it was all in vain as i got there just as the last few parents were getting their kids. Not bad for still being in Cardiff at 2.50pm!

We got back to the house and the bass was out of it's case immediately! Look how chuffed he is!;

He wanted to see himself with it in the mirror too;

 Smiles from me;

I frantically ran round trying to pack for Telford while Ethan watched Thomas the Tank, Lills screamed and Jared played his bass. He gets so distracted when he's into something he loves. There is no way i can get through to him without a snappy reception. Haha. I did manage to pack in time and put the washing out before heading up to Peter and Paulines to say hello to Mangi and Tadgi. They have come down for the weeked to go to the Malvern show around the Monmouth area, i think. They have a neighbour who has an apple and pear tree in his garden, so they brought aload of homegrown fruit with them for Pauline and I to make apple and pear chutney next week! Perfect for Christmas presents might i add :)

The journey to Telford wasn't too bad. I left at about 5pm and got there for 7.30ish. I went the back roads for a change. The traffic was pretty fast moving apart from the end. It was so nice to see the family again!Pete and Bee had stopped in to say hello before heading to Bee's sister's house for a nephew's birthday party. Her mum and stepdad popped in too. I love seeing all the family love Lily. She was giving lots of smiles to them too! Jake is moving away tomorrow too, so it was good to catch him too.

Thomas then came in from work and the gym;

 PARKER FACE!;

 Grandad loves having cuddles from babies. Ethan is stil up too, despite that fact it's after 10pm;

Completely forgot to having anything for dinner - i suppose it all helps with weight loss ;) I am trying to sort out all of the Facebook pictures of Philly. It is going to be a mamouth task, especially as i don't get much time to sit down at the computer. I was hoping to do a load tomorrow but it has just dawned on me that none of the family will be about to help. Doh! I just tagged her in some albums to keep gathering pictures. Hopefully it won't take long to sort out.

Shattered now!

TELFORDDD!

Today the Evans family go to Telford. Yeeeeeeeyyy! I love going to visit the family, especially when my sibling's don't know were coming. I do like to give my mum a heads up though because i know she likes to be prepared. Good old mum bum.

After getting washed and dressed, Ethan and i made some banana bread. He loves helping me bake, even if it's just spooning the flour into the mixing bowl. We made two loaves together and some muffins from the mix. He did manage to drop some egg shell in there too which i discovered while tasting. Lovely!

It always takes me ages to pack when i go away so i spent most of the morning doing that with Ethan. I also cooked a big pan of chilli ready so we could just leave when Jared came through the door. I was meant to feed the missionaries tonight but couldn't spare the time. I hope they don't think I'm trying to get back them for skipping my lunch appointment..mwahahaha. No seriously, i'm not. We dropped off some food for them at their flat so i don't feel so bad. Then we saw them walking up Swansea road in then pouring rain as Jared teased me about the portion size i left as well as my reused stork tub. Mean!

Just as we were about to leave, Ethan falls asleep on the sofa;

He was pretty cross when we woke him up.

For the first time ever we got stopped at a level crossing and watched a train pass. Ethan loved it;




We finally got to Telford - it took at good 2 1/2 hours, maybe more to get there. Jared suggested we go the back roads. The only problem is when you get stuck behind a truck, which we did. BAHHHH! Whenever i visit mum and dad, i always send Ethan in first to see their suprise;





I was a little suprised at how unsurprised people were. Mum and dad told everyone! I think i will just show up next time :)

We spent the evening catching up before going for sleepies.