I know - I’ve been very slack!
Staying put in London has all been worthwhile. The loveliest little bundle arrived at 8.59 am on the 22nd July - Emilia Merlehan. Maddie and Kevan are both doing well, too.
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| A very happy Granny! |
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| Reading - day 1! Maddie looking well. |
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| Proud dad, Kevan. |
The last seventy three days have been leading up to this new addition to the family.
As mentioned in our last post, we had started painting the front reception room. As we progressed, we added the hallway to our endeavours, with other paint jobs becoming obvious- even though they weren’t planned for originally.
A newly painted room made the next one look a bit shabby - so on we went.
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| The front reception room. |
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| The new nursery. |
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| And, the painted balustrade. |
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| The family room project. Being supervised! |
Once the interior had been almost finished we felt that the outside deck had seen better days - out with the sander and two coats of decking oil saw an amazing transformation.
This success made the pine floorboards in the family-kitchen area look second rate - so, the sander came out again, and with a couple of coats of floorboard wax/oil it was looking almost original.
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| Original floor boards returned to near new. |
We were now ready for the new addition to the family. Emilia, born on Wednesday and home on Thursday, with the house looking all shiny and welcoming.
Emilia was now ready to meet Some of her new family.
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| Her new uncle James. |
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| Granny |
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| Chilli checking up on me! |
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| And, Chilli keeping watch. |
