18 June 2009

On our last morning in Wales, I took Emily for a walk on Y Gaer with Mum. It was a day of grey skies and showers, so Emily wore her raincoat for the first time in ages. Near the car there were some puddles which she loved sploshing in. She did very well to walk all the way along the track as far as a field of sheep, after which she resolutely refused to walk any further. My arms were soon groaning, so she rode the rest of the short but steep pull to the top on my shoulders.

We left for Fiona's after lunch. Emily slept until Birdlip Hill. I thought she would like to get out and walk around on the hill to stretch her legs, but she got upset and wanted me to carry her, so we just sat on the grass and looked out at the view for 10 mins then carried on. She dropped her monkey around Swindon and got upset periodically from there on because I couldn't reach him to pass him back to her. Again, she managed to slip out of the straps on the baby seat: I noticed as I was doing over 80mph in the fast lane and felt quite relieved that we don't have a car as I'm not sure how I could teach her to stay safely buckled up.

Emily had fun playing with Fern once we'd collected her from nursery, apart from battles over a few favourite toys. They were very sweet playing in the bath together.

Emily was very lively but eventually settled in the small travel cot in the basement, unaware of the big day to come.