Back in England...

...back to reality.

...back to baby groups.

...back to coffee mornings.

...back to work - oh wait, thanks to Socialism I won't be back till December - YIPPEE!!!

Goodbye Yankee Stadium...

Wayne and Rebecca made it to Yankee Stadium for the first time just before it closed. We got high fived and God Bless You for taking the baby to the game. Becks wore her pink Yankees outfit that Auntie Sarah gave her. I hope I didn't offend Wayne by telling everyone around us when Derek Jeter came up to bat that he was supposed to be Rebecca's daddy:)

Boston and Maine

We had such a great visit with the girls in Boston and in Maine. Thanks to the Revettes for hosting us all weekend, and for Thursday nights after work drinks, mostly because it was the first time Lucie and Becks got to meet not on a computer, but also because Wayne and I desperately needed a Blue Moon after being lost in Boston for 1 and a half hours!

Thanks Alyce for having us up to Portland, loved the baby chat, comparing scars and sharing the fact that we can't sing nursery rhymes properly thanks to good old Phi Sig! We were all knackered on Saturday, but had so much fun with Nick, Auntie Kelley and the coolest kid on the block, Colton. It was hilarious to hear him call me Chucky!

Last thanks to Zids and Doug for Pizza night, we had a great time but I'm still thinking that cupcakes are meant to be eaten stump first, although the frosting sandwich is a good idea!

Ithaca

We took a quick trip to Ithaca for the day and had the most amazing weather. We went to Ithaca Falls (where my brother Pete proposed to Mary) and Taughannock Falls (30ft taller than Niagra Falls) just after Labor day so it was nice and quiet.

Pennsylvania Schuchmans

Labor Day consisted of an old car show, Pennsylvania Dutch food, Root Beer floats and fulfilling Wayne's lifelong dream of hiking the Appalachian trail (ok, so hike is stretching it, but you get the idea).

Off to America for the first time!

Thanks to the British Government for allowing up to one year maternity leave and lots of "holiday" time so Wayne and I could take Rebecca to New York for 4 whole weeks! We spent a lot of time hanging out at Nana and Opa's pool which was heaven! I met all my cousins Andrew, Emily, Katie, Peter, and Annie. My Uncle Matt and Aunt Lisa and my Uncle Pete and Aunt Mary...it was really fun!

Do I look spoiled much? My Aunt Lisa and cousin Emily cuddled me loads and spoiled me rotten! I can't wait until we meet them in Ireland in June!

5 weeks old already?!

Well, I think parenthood is really just a bunch of cliches come true...especially time flies when you are having fun! Here is Becks at 5 weeks and a photo of my mate (and possibly future husband) Sam in his Yankees outfit.

The boys are all in shock, it's normally a pint that they are holding on a Saturday afternoon, oh how life has changed...