An eventful day at Walker Street Manor

Monday morning started with a visit from Michelle who came by for a cup of tea and a cuddle with her grandson and I also managed to do a fair bit of tidying of the flat so that it would look presentable for the rest of the day. We are getting pretty good at juggling the various things that needs to be done in a day in addition to taking care of the little one. We just need to learn how to do the same things at the same pace with just one hand. We’ll get there...

Today’s lunch consisted of the Chinese leftovers from a previous night, could be older than the night before as I am slowly loosing track of what day it is, but still good though. One can never go wrong with boxed up Chinese food straight from the fridge to the microwave!

After that, Ron, Christine and little Ronnie came by to meet Ethan and Ron had promised he would bring his professional camera so that we could snap a few pictures of Ethan, and so he did. Actually both Ron and Christine did. Those two are so talented! Ethan was a brave little boy when that huge flash got going and we got a whole bunch of really nice photos. Among other things, we used Aunty Nini’s amazing Muppet Show quilt as a background with Ethan on it, and we also used the Rock Star blanket that Nini sent us a while back. Do you see a theme here? Blanket, blanket, blanket... :)

We also got a few really nice close-ups of Ethan’s hands and feet and a couple of cute pictures where he is dressed in a Sweden-onesie that our friends Tobbe & Linn sent us, and as it happened, we received their parcel today, just before the shoot! The luck! (They had also sent us a really cool Adidas jogging outfit in black with gold stripes. Thank you very much guys, we love it!) In another picture Ethan is dressed in a knitted Canada wool jumper. The owner of that jumper is Ethan’s cuddly stuffed animal ‘Morris the Moose’. We'll make sure that Morris will get it back.

I am really looking forward to the final result once Ron has finished editing the photos! Ron and Christine also brought us a whole bunch of really cute onesies for Ethan with Tigger on them. For some reason, many of his clothes so far bear some kind of reference to Winnie the Pooh, so it's nice to add another character of the Pooh-story to his wardrobe, not that Winnie ever gets old. Thank you very much for both the pressies and the photos!

After the photo shoot we had a webcam Skype call with Grandpa Stefan and then with Cousin Emily, and then we ordered pizza. We figured we’d deserved it. Right on time for pizza, our friend Sarah Beyea from Canada knocked on our door. She did not show up completely unannounced though, we knew she was coming. Sarah flew over to Ireland to attend our friend Steve’s wedding and wanted to come and see us for a few days, and after a bit of Ryanair-hassle, she made it in. Really nice to catch up with her! The last time she came to see us was about 2,5 years ago when we first moved to Edinburgh. Sarah is also checking out the universities here in Edinburgh, and hopefully she’ll move here to get her masters in a near future.

On the agenda for tomorrow is to get Ethan officially registered in Scotland, hang out with Sarah and later in the evening there will be an open house type bash over at Michelle’s house, and our friends are coming over for some mingle, food and drinks. Looking forward to that as well!

While writing this, Monday turned into Tuesday, but it is amazing how much can be squeezed into a day!