Cardiff

Hello! Well what a lovely surprise to have a visit from my friend from Cardiff ... well near Cardiff anyway! Angela comes from Rhondda Cy non Taff (I think thats how you spell it) and we met on our honeymoon (mine and James' honeymoon, not mine and Angela's!). Anyway, that was this evening - Lew and I have had a very busy day until that point! I got a picture of Angela and I together, but in every one of the ones I took, one or the other of us looked rough so SORRY ANGELA but my camera, so I chose the photo hahaaaa! PS. if any Donny fans are going to the game on Saturday, Angela does some work at the Millenium Stadium as a steward so dont forget to say HELLO! I got up early enough to fit in my 30 minute exercises (whohoooo definitely getting into the swing of it now!), got showered, then got Lew up and bathed. We got dressed, and drove to DRI for playgroup. We were chatting to the lovely volunteer ladies at the front desk when Marie came along so we walked down to the childrens hospital to wait for group to start. Daniel and Eden arrived, and Lew was very happy to see them. It was very exciting for us as well as Kath (physio) wanted to try Lew in a standing frame and it was soooooooooooo cool (see photos). It was a surprise to see how tall Lewis is!!! He hasnt been in a proper standing position since last April!! It was so awesome to see him in the stander and he really enjoyed it too! He did so well with supporting his head although it was very hard work for him. He was okay at lifting his head from leaning forward, but he had to be careful that he didnt let his head go too far back as he lost control then and was not strong enough to bring his head back to upright from that position, but he tried sooooooooooo hard! And also, he tried so hard to look to his left and right, it was totally amazing to watch!

Making rice krispie cakes ...As Lew was trying out the stander, I stayed in group for most of the morning, but managed to pop out for half an hour when Lew was too tired for the stander anymore and went back in his giraffe chair - monkey stander, giraffe chair ... cool names! After group Karen and Craig came to have a look at the new car as they have ordered a Renault Grand Scenic on Motability as well and they are due to collect it some time this week, so I was showing them all the cool bits of the car and they are very excited!! It was the last Monday group for a few months as Eden and Daniel have 'grown out of' the group now. They have both come on so well and are ready for regular nursery/school. So it was sad as well, but we will all keep in touch! I told Rachel and Jill that they should keep the Monday group running even though its just Lew, but boo hoo its not to be!! I'll have to keep working on them! As usual, Rachel and Jill had been very busy with the children's artwork and had made easter cards for us as well as lots of lovely pictures the children had done, a cool mobile to hang from the ceiling, and a very cute mirror! We said goodbye to Karen and Craig and drove to Roz's briefly and then Roz came with us to go to the Renault garage to collect our wheel with the damaged tyre (Retford ... nail ... puncture ... remember?!) and then to take that to Kwikfit for replacing. The man in Kwikfit was really helpful and took the tyre and my mobile number so we could come back when it was ready. So we drove back to Roz's then walked into town because it was such a beautiful warm sunny afternoon! We went in Home Bargains (yay best shop!) then walked back home again to collect the car and go and get the tyre!!! So thank you Kwikfit for the fab service - they even put my old wheel (with new tyre) back on so now I have to return the other wheel to the Renault garage so they can put it back on the car they 'borrowed' it off lol! I'll do that tomorrow after group. We went back to Roz's for a nice cup of tea and watched a holiday video from earlier this year when Roz and family went to Broncemar Beach in Fuerteventura. Lew had a great time watching Roz being attacked (as usual) by her killer chihuahuas (see photos!!).

Roz and Lew look incredibly bored!!! Then we went to the train station to collect Angela, came home for some tea and a chat, and James has just dropped Angela back off at the train station so she can get back to her hotel in Leeds ready for her meeting tomorrow morning. Its 11pm - very late for me! So I'm off to bed now! Hope you enjoy the great pics!