Friday and its a special Friday as today is the day I get to meet my youngest grandson for the first time. I get up slowly and make myself breakfast and take my morning meds before joining in the rest of the household preparing the house for the arrival of the grandchildren and their parents. So while my partner prepares food and my eldest daughter clears the “library” I get on with fitting the stair gate at the top of the stairs. This turned out to not be a simple task as the gate would not line up unless installed absolutely right. Slow and steady was the way forward but eventually the gate gets installed and the upstairs became a safe containment space for the young ones.
With the house prepared there is a breathing space to watch the teeming rain. Once again the weather has become wet and overcast. While waiting for the arrival I get my good camera out and make sure its got a new SD card and fully charged batteries installed. I am hoping to get some good pictures but I also plan to to get a photographic record of the garden for future reference. Around lunch time the red car pulls in the drive and my youngest daughter and her partner appear with the grandchildren. The car gates unloaded and all the paraphernalia is squirreled away before everyone sits down to lunch. Of course there is much cooing over the new grandson who is quietly sleeping through the adventure.
In the afternoon there is a trip to the local village shop but the new youngest grandson stays with me and my partner and seems happy to be just held and coo’d over. The afternoon is filled with the discover of old toys for the children and the introduction of a giant floor puzzle. By tea time everyone is hungry and we all sit down to a warming croc pot meal. Of course bed time begins to run into meal time so there is a break while the two boys are readied for the night ahead. There are baths, and feeds and a settling down before bed. With the eldest tucked up in bed and the youngest fed there is time for cheesecake and chat. My youngest and her partner retire to bed very early as sleep has been hard to come by recently with the new baby. By ten o’clock everyone accept me has gone to bed. I go through my night rituals, take my medication and find myself going to bed early as well. Its been a brilliant day meeting my new grandson.
Saturday arrives after a good nights sleep. It turns out that the grandchildren and their parents also slept well with only one interruption during the night, which means they all got a good nights sleep. I can hear the household waking and being active. My partner brings me a hot water and I get a quick visit from my eldest grandson. Eventually I get up and get dressed and head for the kitchen. I find that the household are getting ready to drive to my partners mother for her to see her youngest great grandchild. It will be a big surprise and a lovely thing to do. I make breakfast, clear the kitchen away and take my morning meds before settling done to catch up with drafting the blog.
The surprise visit to my mother in law goes well, she was pleased to see her new great grandson. Saturday tea is of course timed so that the family as a whole can watch the British men’s curling team lose in the final and get a silver medal. With the excitement over there is a mass heading for bed by the new parents and of course the children. The rest of the household hold out a bit longer but before long I am on my own listening out to see if the baby wakes at all. I watch an old Clint Eastward film, followed by football and then finally a programme about Clint Eastwood as a film maker and director, accompanied by a brandy to settle my stomach. At 1am I take my meds and go to bed as the house is quiet
