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| July
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| In July, we were delighted with Monty's
speedy and healthy arrival into our family - the majority of the pictures
of this can be seen in the 'Monty's Arrival' section, but there are
one or two here... He grew very quickly and things seemed to fly by
much more than with Rafferty, but then, having two children is very
different to having just the one. It was a glorious hot summer with
record temperatures, so there were many opportunities for playing
out at the beach and in paddling pools. We also had a nice long break
in Portugal when we did a house swap with Jo & James for two weeks. |
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Early July 2003 - Raffy and Emily having a tea party in our bedroom.
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Playing with picture cards in Laura's garden.
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Rafferty and Emily walking into nursery together, carrying their little
school bags. |
On a visit to Devon in August, we spent a day on Exmoor and had cream
teas at a little cafe in a village called Horner. Raffy was unimpressed
with the cream teas but enjoyed playing with his toy cars. |
An July afternoon in Whitstable - Raffy posing on the beach again. |
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Still in Devon, the green tractor gets to drive underwater as Raffy
plays in the river. |
On our summer trip to Portugal (we did a house-swap with Jo &
James, and Eddie & Cathy came out to join us) - Raffy enjoys an
ice-cream in a local cafe. |
Eddie holds Monty - only a month old here - on a visit to one of our
favourite restaurants in the Sintra hills, near Cascais. |
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Monty sleeps peacefully as his chair balances on a wall. This was
safer than it looks, honest! |
They look like such angels when they are asleep, but don't let that
fool you! The two boys have a quiet nap on a hot afternoon in Cascais. |
Vanessa with the two sleeping beauties... |
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At the windmill restaurant, Rafferty plays his favourite "Where's
Raffy?" game with Monty's blanket. |
When Jo & James came back to Portgugal, Raffy and Annabelle had
a great time playing together, and harrassing poor Monty. |
A nice portrait of Vanessa and Monty - he's about 9 weeks old here. |
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Easy, tiger! Raffy shows off his fab stripy dressing gown. |
On a hot summer day in early September we visited Mat and Ruth in
Brighton - this later invoved a walk along the seafront where I taught
Raffy to wrestle crocodiles... |
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Rafferty and Emily playing at Eddie's beach hut. |
Mat Thomas holding Monty during an evening barbeque. |
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On Whitstable beach, another day at the beach hut - Raffy and Emily
have a little cuddle. |
On a grey September afternoon in Whitstable, at Eddie's beach hut
- Rafferty gnaws on a rib.
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Monty enjoys a cuddle and peers out from under his blanket. He is
about 9 weeks old here. |
Auntie Tara enjoys a cuddle with Monty in the beach hut. |
Auntie Cathy and Monty on the seafront in Whitstable. At this stage
Monty is a very contented baby, and will sleep for hours. |
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Vanessa and Raffy outside our house. Raffy is getting the hang of
riding his tricycle but still refuses to pedal! |
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