UPDATE!!
Whats going on right now?
Well at the moment we are trying desperately to move house, we need more space and we just need to get on with our lives. Kelvin is travelling to Belfast every week at the moment for work, he calls people during the week and himself and John O'Connor (his #1 bestie) go out and look for contacts out there, they are doing great together and the business is really hitting off, so we feel that we can increase the business even more if Kelvin is able to go out and visit people everyday, so we decided were going to move to Bangor. It is a gorgeous place and the ward there is amazing! There are a few people who I know from England that attend there and most of the other people in the ward are our age and have babies the same age as baby Kelvin which is just perfect!
So this week (03/04/14) we went to visit a house that we really liked. When we got there, there were 5 other families viewing the house at the same time, the estate agent showing us round was late and didn't know anything about the house, he told us he just works part time so doesn't really know anything about the houses he just shows people around, weird!! The house was nice, but it wasn't as good as it looked on the pictures, for some reason the owner had took all the grass out of the big front and back gardens and replaced it with wood chippings, which was just really random to me! The kitchen was very small and the living room was too, but the other rooms were perfect there was a lovely big dining room with a nice table and chair set, and upstairs a big bathroom with a bath which baby Kelvin instantly climbed into, then 3 bedrooms, 2 double and 1 single so that was all perfect, I would be happy to live there, so off we went to apply. The estate agent at the office didn't even properly greet us, and he said someone has already applied, but wasn't very encouraging to us, and he also mentioned a few times that he finished soon so i could tell he wasn't going to help us out. We were really disappointed with the service there, but its not the estate agents we deal with its the owner so we were still willing to apply for the house. We went back to Johns house for a little bit and he found an even nicer house which we like a lot more, so were heading back up again this week to check that out, so hopefully we will be able to move soon!
Always making time for a quick selfie!!
Baby Kelvin and I also enjoyed a wee adventure whilst Kelvin was working. We got a train by ourselves into Belfast from Bangor in search of Victoria Square and a cute cupcake shop i saw on the internet. The cupcake shop had 30 different flavours of cupcakes and looked really nice, so i was looking forward all day to a scrummy red- velvet cupcake! We were travelling on the train for 45 minutes, so baby Kelvin got a bit restless, when we arrived in Belfast we went to look for a toilet to change and feed baby Kelvin. We found Marks and Spencer's which had a huge baby changing area so i let baby kelvin play for a bit. I let him up on the side to play at the mirror and he climbed into the sink, he does this quite a lot at church so I knew he'd be fine. He was playing for quite a while then he told him don't turn the tap on. He didn't for a while... then he did! He was covered in water on his legs, i had to buy him new pants as I didn't bring any and the only baby ones they sold in Marks and Spencer were grey really thin leggins with palm trees on, so off I headed to Primark! I got him changed then when found a shopping centre with a little play area so he played there and had his food and went to sleep, he was soo well behaved! Anyway whilst all this was happening i was still in search of my cupcake shop, i literally walked around Belfast like 4 times, and asked numerous people if they knew where the street was, they all sent me the same way but still I couldn't find it. I found an information shop so i went in there and found there was no lift, so i had to pull the pram up a few stairs, which would normally be fine except on the way back down, the pram collapsed with baby kelvin in it asleep, it was horrendous! I had to lift his seat off with him in it, lie it on the floor, set the pram up, which then fell over and closed up again because my bag was attached, I finally sorted the pram out but still couldn't find this silly street. I went and asked another person and he said id just walked past it, i turned around and yeyy "The Little Cupcake Cafe" i walked in and it was just a boring cafe with a couple of cupcake items. I looked on the shelf and the cupcake choices were flake, malteeser, chocolate orange and honeycomb!! I was sooo gutted, the staff weren't very friendly and the cupcake wasn't even that nice! I always compare cupcakes to Krystals as hers are amazing, and seriously no one is ever even half as good as her!! I was soo gutted about my cupcakes but at least we had a nice time walking around and finding different places.
House update...
So we found lots of houses that we liked in Bangor, but for some reason, everyone we went to visit or were interested in was either sold, or off the market in some way! We were feeling quite confused for a while and weren't really sure what to do, it seamed that everything we had thought was right was wrong! A few weeks ago Kelvin got called as Assistant Ward Mission leader and I was called as 1st Councillor in the Primary Presidency with Rachel as the President and Jenny as the 2nd Councillor! I was soo excited for our Presidency, I love Rachel and Jenny it will be soo fun working with them. So anyway after we got these callings we were thinking aww it will be really sad to leave now, it would be really fun serving in these positions. We have also been going to the gym most days, and its an amazing gym which we both love, it just has all the usual gym workout stuff but its 24/7 and we've really been pushing ourselves to go and get fit (in all senses of the word) the gym is only €22 a month and the classes are also great, it basically has EVERYTHING you need at a gym without the fancy stuff like swimming pools, sauna's, jacuzzi etc, which at first I was gutted about but then if you want to get buff and focus that's not what you need! Also, even though we arent in our own house exactly, we just love the area that we are in, the beach is just 5 minutes down the road, there is a gorgeous park right near by and we are in the perfect location to get anywhere, its also really safe and the weather to me anyway always seems to be lovely. So we actually started feeling not so good about moving to Bangor, the main reason we would move is for work, but I was also looking forward to making friends, and building back my confidence. For some reason when I got married I went into a little shell, I miss my family like crazy, i know families are close but we are really close! We are all best best friends, especially me and my sisters, and even my parents, we always tell each other everything and always do everything together, oh my brothers too, I love them my lil babies! So it has been really hard leaving them, and being in a different country to them!
Also my friends, I never really got along well with girls, but a few years ago I made some amazing friends, and they helped me through the most difficult of times, without them I dont know where I would be, they helped me gain confidence and to laugh and to get out of a big hole id put myself in through silly decisions! They are just the perfect friends, always encouraging, loads of fun, love girly things, love Kate Middleton, love make-up and housewifey stuff and just love to have fun, so its really hard to be away from them also, and to see them about once a year. Anyway I kind of stopped myself making friends here, I always thought id be moving back to England and convinced myself I hated it here etc, but I actually love it here, I really do, it is a lovely absolutely beautiful country, peaceful, friendly and I feel this is the best place for me and my family to be. I have decided to try harder to make friends, and come out of my shell, I already have a few lovely friends here, and am so grateful for people that go out of their way to get to know me and to meet me! So as a family we have decided to stay in Dublin for longer, as this decision came about we found my personal dream house, Kel loves it too though! We;re hoping to save a little more and rent a gorgeous house in a lil village just down the road so fingers crossed that will work out! I think us moving will help so much, it will help us to feel more individual and grown up and we will be able to have people over and have the missionaries over and do proper things in our house, Im sooo excited!!
Little Twinkle Toes
What a handsome lil model!
Baby Kelvin is walking!! yeyyyyy!! He took his first few steps on my birthday 21.02 and ever since he has gradually been getting better and better, its now 21st April and he is pretty much a pro! He walks everywhere, the only problem is, he never wants to stop, and literally wants to walk everywhere, although it is a great thing as it gets me up and out of the house as he always wants to go outside! It is so fun to watch baby Kelvin developing in so many ways, at first he couldnt do anything except poo and cry, (although he never really cried) then i taught him how to eat, then gradually he learnt to laugh, say dadda, and mama now, he learnt to roll over, to sit up, to hold onto things, to eat solid food and now he can walk. He is soo much fun, he is slowly developing his own little, very cheeky personality, whatever he does he always turns round and has the cutest cheekiest little grin on his face. He has learnt to play boo and to pick things up, that he knows he shouldnt and hide them in his hands so we dont realise! He also loves to play tickles, we have always tickled him since he was new born, as we always wanted him to laugh, and now he comes up to us tickles our kneck and says "tickle tickle tickle" its the cutest thing! He loves to watch disney movies, and he often sings along to them, we have dancing time together (he has great rhythm) and lots of other fun games, he loves to scream and shout and say raarrrrr, one of his other favourite words that he always says is "dacoy dacoy" he says it for most things, so were not really sure what it means but its great! Oh also, whenever he hurts himself, he always comes for cuddles annd we have to tell the item off that he fell on, or hurt himself on, for example if he hurts himself on the couch we say "you naughty couch, dont you ever hurt the little Prince again" then we have to hit the couch and he feels much better.
Baby Kelvin is walking!! yeyyyyy!! He took his first few steps on my birthday 21.02 and ever since he has gradually been getting better and better, its now 21st April and he is pretty much a pro! He walks everywhere, the only problem is, he never wants to stop, and literally wants to walk everywhere, although it is a great thing as it gets me up and out of the house as he always wants to go outside! It is so fun to watch baby Kelvin developing in so many ways, at first he couldnt do anything except poo and cry, (although he never really cried) then i taught him how to eat, then gradually he learnt to laugh, say dadda, and mama now, he learnt to roll over, to sit up, to hold onto things, to eat solid food and now he can walk. He is soo much fun, he is slowly developing his own little, very cheeky personality, whatever he does he always turns round and has the cutest cheekiest little grin on his face. He has learnt to play boo and to pick things up, that he knows he shouldnt and hide them in his hands so we dont realise! He also loves to play tickles, we have always tickled him since he was new born, as we always wanted him to laugh, and now he comes up to us tickles our kneck and says "tickle tickle tickle" its the cutest thing! He loves to watch disney movies, and he often sings along to them, we have dancing time together (he has great rhythm) and lots of other fun games, he loves to scream and shout and say raarrrrr, one of his other favourite words that he always says is "dacoy dacoy" he says it for most things, so were not really sure what it means but its great! Oh also, whenever he hurts himself, he always comes for cuddles annd we have to tell the item off that he fell on, or hurt himself on, for example if he hurts himself on the couch we say "you naughty couch, dont you ever hurt the little Prince again" then we have to hit the couch and he feels much better.
Oh baby baby!!
Baby Pip at 12 weeks
This week we also found out that we are going to be Auntie and Uncle and bets cousin to a gorgeous little Nephew!! yeyyyyy we are sooo excited!! We were all coninced that Wissy was having a girl but on Wednesday she went for her scan and its a boy!! He is growing perfectly and he is a little wriggler just like his big cousin was, we cant wait to meet our lil Nephew and spoil him like crazy, and baby Kelvin is sooo excited to have a lil best friend!!
Can i just say, does anyone actually looks this good when pregnant? My gorgeous, gorgeous sissy, she looks perfect!!
My lil tiny nephew Benjamin Button @ 20weeks, sucking his thumb, defo going to be a lil breast feeder yeyy!
