On Friday, Juliette and I went to Shad Thames to visit with Valentina and little Emilia. Juliette loves riding on the tube, so was good as gold on the journey there. We hopped off at the Tower Hill stop and walked across Tower Bridge. It was a bright, sunny day with clear blue skies and a crisp breeze. Even at 9:30 am the city was already bustling. It's moments like this that I always stop and take a beat because it still amazes me sometimes that I am having this incredible experience of living in one of the most fabulous cities in the world.
We stopped at the Starbucks in Valentina's neighborhood to grab some coffees for the morning and the staff made such a big fuss of Juliette. You would think I'd be bored of her adoring fans almost 8 months in, but I still beam with motherly pride. She is a total doll baby.
Vale and I had a fab time catching up and the girls loved "talking" to each other. It's amazing how fast time goes by. It honestly feels like yesterday they were itty bitty nuggets!
Valentina is already back at work, but we hope to do this more often! Adult time is sooo nice when you spend the majority of your time with an infant... you long for someone to talk back!
Saturday, I was also fortunate enough to have a moms only date with my friend Helen. We had breakfast in the neighborhood and then hit up the IKEA in Croydon. We were there for quite some time, but lets be honest, you could spend an entire day in that place! I showed incredible self restraint and came home with only the Moppe boxes that I've been dieing to have and a new bath mat. Helen was more successful. I have to say that I can't wait to move home to Severna Park because I saw a million thing at IKEA that I want to furnish my house with!
I'm looking forward to more girls days in the future :)
We stopped at the Starbucks in Valentina's neighborhood to grab some coffees for the morning and the staff made such a big fuss of Juliette. You would think I'd be bored of her adoring fans almost 8 months in, but I still beam with motherly pride. She is a total doll baby.
Vale and I had a fab time catching up and the girls loved "talking" to each other. It's amazing how fast time goes by. It honestly feels like yesterday they were itty bitty nuggets!
Valentina is already back at work, but we hope to do this more often! Adult time is sooo nice when you spend the majority of your time with an infant... you long for someone to talk back!
Saturday, I was also fortunate enough to have a moms only date with my friend Helen. We had breakfast in the neighborhood and then hit up the IKEA in Croydon. We were there for quite some time, but lets be honest, you could spend an entire day in that place! I showed incredible self restraint and came home with only the Moppe boxes that I've been dieing to have and a new bath mat. Helen was more successful. I have to say that I can't wait to move home to Severna Park because I saw a million thing at IKEA that I want to furnish my house with!
I'm looking forward to more girls days in the future :)
You know what's sad? - I read that and said to myself "cool they have IKEA over there!"...oh Eileen! that means it's time for sleep! Glad you had fun! I heart that place!
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