When September Ends ...

The last week of September this year was a special week for us . Seeing our daughter on the scan on Friday afternoon was the perfect beginning to a great weekend . We dropped the older children at their fathers house for the weekend and swapped cars with him . He needs my car at the weekends to transport Heathers wheelchair she had parties and ice skating trips and all sorts of fun planned this weekend . The upside of this is that he swaps us for his speedy sporty car. Perfect for our trips around the country with our cameras . We set off straight away for the very pretty town of Stratford Upon Avon. I had booked this weekend months ago as part of Dave's birthday present and it had seemed so far away at the time I was only a few weeks pregnant then and suddenly it felt like time had flown . We arrived at our hotel early evening and after a short relax headed into town for a meal . Where better to start than the oldest pub in town for dinner and a drink .



On Saturday we started with a wander around the shops and town centre and even dared to look at some baby things for the first time . We haven't bought anything for the baby yet , we were pleased to find that we both had very similar ideas on what we liked and how we should decorate etc. Our project for October will be to begin preparing my house for our little ones arrival . David is finally coming to live with us on the 1st of October . It feels like we have waited for this for a long time now , we have slowly re homed the many things from his flat over the last few months and he has spent more and more time with us at the house . We are all so happy to finally be able to live together properly.

I tired of walking around the shops all too quickly so we strolled along the river bank and picked up a small rowing boat for hire . I laid back and relaxed while Dave rowed me up the river . laughter is definitely the best relaxant out there , I could have sat there all day watching people struggle to row and crash their boats and drive into the path of the bigger tour boats . River rage at its best !




I love his sarcastic smile lol I wont repeat what he was saying through his teeth to me ;)

That evening we had booked a table at a lovely restaurant . So after a dip in the hotel spa pools we headed out for dinner . Stratford Upon Avon is a really beautiful little town. I'm cross now that I wasn't more inclined to use my camera more but the intention of this part of the weekend was really to relax and rest and take in all the information given to us at the scan on Friday . And to prepare me physically and mentally for Sunday !!

Another AMAZING hotel breakfast to get me started.. I know I know its strange to take a photo of your breakfast but I am 20 weeks pregnant and I swear this breakfast held a true beauty for me .



We hopped in the car for a short drive to Silver Stone Race track , for British super bike championships . Not something Ive ever done before but I knew Dave would enjoy it and to my surprise so did I , despite the noise ( which is unbelievably loud and vibrated through your whole body )we walked many miles around the track and pits . I was exhausted at the end of the day but I have to confess I would go again! I really enjoyed the atmosphere and the tension of the races . Spectacular action when they crash filled with slight horror at the man spinning off his motorbike at 180mph . He stood up and walked away waving to the crowd . Thank god .



Dave is learning to ride these big bikes right now, his instructor is confident he will pass all his tests with ease . Whilst it fills me with fear at what could happen I'm also really happy for him fulfilling a little dream he has had for a long time. Seeing how many bikers there were at this meet made me feel a little better, literally thousands of bikers gathered a sea of motorbikes in the car park. It cant be that crazy when so many people choose this form of transport . Long term it will save us some money on transport to work etc as he keeps reminding me . But that's not the real reason hes doing this and we both know it . I'm happy to support him if this is something he really wants to do and it seems he does . hes studied and worked hard toward passing his tests and hopefully will be on the road soon .

eek!



I was in the car for about 10 minutes before sleeping on the drive home , exhausted!

And really thinking " Wake me up when September ends" ..when we are finally together after a very long wait :)