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Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Holly's Christening
We ended our visit to Cornwall on Sunday with an early start to pack and load our car before getting ready for Baby Holly's Christening. The church service was lovely but quite long for Nathaniel who was very well behaved albeit a little fidgety. George and Joe both looked stunning in their outfits but Baby Holly stole the show in her pretty little dress, she looked adorable. Holly's sister Mary also looked very pretty in her outfit. Chloe went for a fashionable chic look in a blazer and short skirt.
It was nice to meet some of Joe's friends and family as well as to see George's mum Sally again.
After the service we had a short drive to the Royal Duchy Hotel where the reception was being held. It is a lovely hotel on the seafront with fantastic views of the sea and coastline. We were greeted with glasses of sparkling Rose wine. The Children had a separate games room with a pool table, games and a Nintendo Wii.
The adults sat or stood chatting in the lounge bar where the cake, gifts and cards were displayed.
The food was served on tiered plate stands with smoked salmon and cucumber sandwiches, the most delicious fruit scones with Jam and clotted cream and several different types of cake including, chocolate, fruit, ginger and carrot cake. Nat enjoyed helping himself to several slices before we realised what he was doing!
We had a lovely time soaking up the atmosphere and chatting to George and Joes friends and family. I also made some last minute arrangements for one of George's closest friends (also from Brighton) to mind Nathaniel on Tuesday as I had been left with no child care and she has recently qualified as a child-minder.
Unfortunately we had to leave the reception before the end as we needed to make a start on the journey back to Brighton. We said our goodbyes and surreptiously changed out of our Christening outfits into jeans and something more comfortable in the middle of the car park!
The drive home was rather long and painful. It was raining most of the way and Nat had a short sleep but woke up screaming and inconsolable. I had to lean into the back and hold his hand to console him which was not particularly comfortable. Although we seemed to have a much clearer run for most of the journey we managed to get stuck in traffic just outside Salisbury and sat for about an hour without moving. We finally managed to take a diversion and followed an alternative route. We stopped for about half an hour for a drink. I then swopped seats with Seb and jumped into the back of the car to try and entertain Nathaniel for the last leg of the journey. We finally got home about 9.30pm and after unpacking the car we ate some dinner and bundled the boys off to bed.
It was a fantastic week away but we are still trying to catch up on our sleep and get ourselves sorted out again.
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