We celebrated James’ Baptism (or Poppy’s interpretation “James’ getting his head wet“!) on Sunday with our family at Westbury.
James is exactly the same age Poppy was for her Baptism – but the days could not have been more different. Poppy was baptised under the oak tree on our farm on a hot February day and James was baptised at Westbury Church on a wet and dreary Autumn morning.
The man of the moment did not shed a single tear throughout the whole service – the only mishaps were bumping his head on the pew and sitting on Sophie La Girafe who squeaked during the sermon!
Our family consists of myself, Annwen, I’m an Office Manager in a teacher training office, I work part-time so I still have lots of time with the kids. I work because I like my independence and I need to be challenged. Being at home with the children is fantastic but I love my job and can’t imagine not working. I do find the balance of working, running a home and raising a family can be tough but I think I muddle through ok most of the time!
My husband, known as R, is a Bank Manager, he works really hard to look after our family and is my best friend. We’ve been married nearly 8 years now and it’s flown by, we got married in Orlando, Florida and it’s one of our favourite places in the world. I can’t wait until the children are old enough to take them for a visit!
We have two children, C, our son, is 5. He is a very loving child, always thinking of others and putting people before himself. He loves to be outdoors and will happily play in the garden for hours on end. He loves Angry Birds, Lego and sticker books, give him anything to do with those things and he would be happy for hours! Our main trouble with C at the moment is that if he could he would play on the iPad all day long, we’ve had to ration him to half an hour at most because otherwise we’d never see him! Summer time helps with that because he’d much rather be playing in the garden and he forgets about the TV or iPad when he can spend time outdoors!
LissyLou is our 3yr old. She is the bossy one of the family. She likes things done her way and will tell you very quickly if you get it wrong. She is also a sweetheart, cute as a button and she wraps her Daddy around her little finger. She recently started Ballet Lessons and I love how hard she is working to practice her steps and moves. It’s very sweet watching her dance with her teacher, Miss Ruth, she loves her and always behaves beautifully at ballet class. She is madly in love with Harry from One Direction and can spot pictures of him from miles away, it’s a strange obsession for one so small but it only seems to grow!
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