A day at the farm

While in Durham we took a trip to the farm to see the baby animals, have some lunch and play.

choo choo

As it was the bank holiday I took Della on the train to Durham on Saturday and Simon followed us up on Sunday.

The only train Della has really been on is the subway in NY so this was quite exciting, and I was doing it alone. We had fun, even if lifting baby, buggy and backback was a little tricky. Della mainly liked staring at people!

Back to work

So I am back at work which mens blog posts might not be as frequent as normal. Della is starting to settle at nursery, although she won't have a bottle there and isn't too keen on napping there either!

Before I went back we went to Asda for our regular tea and dinner. Della ate all this cake...

Then on Tuesday night we went for a treat, Frankie and Benny's for dinner. Della seemed to love the fans and quite happily sat and had her dinner with us. She wasn't too happy when the lights went down and 'Happy birthday' started screaming out the sound system.

Picking Della up from nursery has been difficult, as soon as she sees me she gets a little upset, then I get upset... I'm sure this will settle down and before you know it I will be dragging her out as she wants to stay and play. On Friday I was so happy to collect her and she was a mess, covered in Jelly which she had been playing with. I'm guessing I would never make up a batch of jelly and let her play in it.

Jelly hair

Boo hoo

So today is my last official day of maternity leave. Although I'm looking forward to engaging my brain it is going to be very hard to leave my little lady, although I will still be with her on a Monday and Tuesday.

Della has a pesky cold at the minute meaning she is a little grumpy and mainly wants to be cuddled most of the day. After all the ridiculous rain we have had the sun did poke out yesterday for a little. We thought we would go for a walk and see if some fresh air would help her with her snots.

The puddle under the swings was interesting to her as she could see her reflection, although it did mean putting her in and taking her out was a little challenging!

Then we sat in the garden for a little. I planted some tomato plants while Della watched on

A sideshow of more NY pics

These are more pics from our trip to NY, as we start to order and sort the hundreds taken...

Spring cleaning

Just doing some spring cleaning, and found this video of Della doing some reading...

 


And these photos from the last few months, which have included visits from both grandparents Collins, and some cuddles with mam.

 

Including these very cute pics...

First dinner at nursery

Yesterday Della went to nursery for dinner and a play for a couple of hours. She was fine as I left but I was n tears. Can't believe she is such a big girl already.

This is her just before she left...

Then when I picked her up, although there had been glowing reports that she had not cried the whole time I was away, her sad face came out and she had a little cry, I felt bad!

She got extra cuddle time in the afternoon...

Then lots of play time with Daddy when he got in from work...

Toddle toddle

Since New York Della has really come along with her walking. She seems overall a little more robust which isn't a bad thing as she starts nursery properly next week when I go back to work. She is currently doing her induction there and seem to be getting on ok. Most of the other children there are boys. Her friend Henry from up the street goes on the same days as her so at least she has at least one friend there. Today she goes for lunch there and I leave her. Should be interesting...

Here she is showing off her walking on her toddle truck...

Finally...

Here are a few final photos from New York, I'm sure you might be a little bored of looking at our holiday snaps already. So there might be a couple of videos of New York to follow but be assured that these are the last photos 

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More...

So we went to Wall Street, the 9/11 memorial and walked the Brooklyn Bride and hung out in Dunbo in Brooklyn...

Bluet is one! Her party in the park

We were lucky enough to be there for Bluet's first birthday. It was such a treat. She had a party, and amazing cake, in Central Park. It was just beautiful...

As normal, Della has a nap while the exciting things are going on