shopping, walk

out on a walk

backyard

i went shopping in manchester yesterday while j was at work. picked up some shirts b/c i only packed 4!!! oops...oh well, got some new shirts anyways. of course i stumbled upon some clothes for sloane. a shirt, a cord dress and some boots. i love shopping. it always makes me feel awesome. it's one of the things i miss the most about being on mat leave.

today we went out for a walk around town...so cold! i thought minus 1 didn't sound too cold, but it's wet. i was freezing! lymm is a very old and very beautiful town. we took some really nice pics. we went to a really bizarre place for lunch. it was a junkyard/garden center/restaurant...you can't understand til i upload the pics. we'll probably head out for fish and chips tonight, then we're off to germany tomorrow afternoon.

pics

lymm

dancing pigs

jet lag


my princess

loving lymm

so i didn't go to liverpool yesterday, b/c i wasn't organized enough, so i went and checked out the town with j and s. it is sooooooooo beautiful here. i'll upload pics when i find my camera (car, i think). i was going to run outside to check for the camera in the car and saw a glass bottle of milk delivered to the door! i didn't know milk still came in glass bottles or got delivered! anyways, j and i took s out in her buggy (stroller) and checked ou the town. it's the cutest town ever! as i'm typing the maid just arrived....sigh.....i want a maid. so, the town is all cobble stone with a creek running through it. there's a cool butcher shop with all the meat proudly displayed in the window and happy pig figurines dancing around. we ate one of their free range chickens for dinner last night.....so good. there were so many moms with cool strollers walking around town, it was crazy! every other person has a stroller here! nice, fancy strollers, too. stroller envy is definitely a thing. they were all black with three wheels and nice fleece covers. my stroller is alright, but i really wanted the next model up, but it was too expensive and sears didn't have the infant car seat in stock when i bought it. i think about that stroller often. my stroller is good though. big wheels and everything. it was actually hard to push it up all the hills. i think i got a bit of a work out walking around. i have never pushed it up a hill! we stopped at a coffee shop for lunch...4 tables including us and 3 had kids. lunch was sandwiches, soup and fries, very tasty. apparently their baked stuff is really good, so i think i'll go back today and try some stuff. we went to tesco (superstore) to pick up some stuff and i got this cool organic baby food that comes in a big toothpaste tube. you just squirt it on the spoon, no bowl req'd. very convenient. i think i'll bring some home. starting solids here is called weening! how sad! i almost didn't buy it b/c it's advertised as stage 1 weening or something like that. s seemed to like it though.

we had a nice dinner last night with mark & jo, while beth was sick in bed:( sat around and chatted afterward. j and mark met up with j's colleague darren for a beer at the pub...the spread eagle....no i think it was a different one. we all slept great. til 9:30. s slept for 8 hours straight, only b/c she was crammed into bed with j and i. j and i tried many times to get her into her cool new travel crib that weighs only 11 lbs and takes 30 seconds to set up, but no luck. today j and darren are working. s and i will probably go for a walk. it is much warmer here than wpg. it was 10 degrees yesterday. people are talking about how cool the weather is.....ummmm, i'll take this over wpg november any day.

the rimmers have arrived...

we made it!! the flight was great. sloane slept wpg to TO and slept/hung out all the way to london. no crying! we got a few compliments on what a good baby she is. the flight atttendent gave her a sticker for her baby book. i, however, did not sleep so well....couple hours maybe. i'm not a fan of the 777 first class set up....no sympathy, i know, but for those of you that know what i'm talking about know that it's not great for travelling with a family. i was able to fully recline and sleep with sloane next to me, but it was pretty crammed. there was a bit of exitement on our flight...a man was taken off our plane when we landed by 6 armed police officers. i asked around about what happened, but no one knew. strange.

we are now in lymm, just outside manchester staying we julian's cousins jo & mark. beautiful house. i am just now able to see outside, as it was dark when we arrived yesterday. we are surrounded by a trees and greenery. it's fall, so some of the trees are bare, but there is still a lot of green mixed with fall colors. there is even a creek running through the backyard. we'll head into town later today down the path that winds along the creek.

i think we got an alright sleep. sloane was up at 1 am, wide awake, ready to start the day. finally she went back to sleep after 3 am and slept til 10 am. not bad. hopefully i'll sleep even better tonight! sloane and i were wondering around the house in the middle of the night and came across casper, the cat. her and casper were eyeing one another up. sloane grabbed her head and i think was trying to put his ears in her mouth....she probably thought they were crinkly like her toys ears. anyways, i got sloane's hands away from casper and no one was hurt.

julian is up now, so i think i'll get ready to head out! first stop: liverpool.

pre-trip anxieties

one more week til i go to europe! i can't say that i'm excited but once i'm there i'll love it. i am definately a home body and the thought of travelling always makes me anxious in goods ways and bad. i am a horrible over-packer, and with taking sloane, it is bound to be so much worse. in past attempts to pack less, i have shorted myself necessary items such as pants and been forced to make a trip to the mall to buy a few pairs.

the thought of being jet-legged with a teething, 6-month old baby has me concerned, but if i think about it, i am able to function surprising well on little sleep. the 8 hour flight i am less concerned about, as i am very used to holding sloane for most of the day....the restrictions of the airplane shouldn't cause any problems, i hope. and of course, the first class seats make EVERYTHING easier. i can probably even change a diaper in my foot space if i'm discreet.

if there's one thing i am excited about, it's escaping winnipeg weather for 2 weeks! man is it cold here, and winter has not yet officially begun. i'll take a grey, rainy day in england over this anyday. i'm not sure what the weather is like in germany, but its gotta be better than this. sloane cries when i bundle her all up and take her outside, and i tell her that she was unfortunately born in winnipeg and she is going to have to learn to accept winter. not that i have anything against winnipeg, but it must be very confusing for babies to be exposed to these frigid temperatures. i am constantly loving and protecting her, then to thrust her outside on a chilly day must seem so cruel.

well, it took me til the age of 29 to make it to europe, and sloane is heading there at the age of 6 months! her first passport stamps...i hope she has a good time.