So after we'd got back from dropping the kids off home having been at Standlake for the weekend we quickly got ourselves sorted and Mum arrived and Zoe and we set off to Manchester. Charlotte and Miles went from Nottingham and Jack and Jodie went in his car and got Nanny on the way.
Traffic was pretty bad on the M6 and it got closed sending us on a diversion - we were supposed to be there by 1.00pm to set up the Event Shelter and that, but it was actually 2.30pm we arrived - nightmare!
They'd done really well and had made a great effort to set up food and games and guessing details and giving advice for parenting etc - it was really nice and chilled. There was Emily's family there and friends from work etc, a decent crowd, I was pleased for them both, they were proud with respect to the imminent arrival and the work on the house.
The work isn't finished but it's close to being so only a few more days we reckon - things like the kitchen tops and such like. It does look really good already, they've done so well. It's going to be a good house for them.
The afternoon was really nice, spoke to a few people including Emily's parents and then slowly people made their way home. We got them to open some of the presents that had been bought as it's nice for people to see the presents they'd bought being opened and appreciated - that was nice.
Time flew by and it was soon 6.30pm so we said our goodbyes to anyone left and got back on the road - thankfully the issues we'd experienced earlier had been cleared and the run back to Oxford was smoother - still quite busy though.
A good day, a long one and we're tired from the weekend but it has to be done and we will catch up our sleep soon enough!
One thing we thought was that even though Emily only has a month left she didn't look "big enough" to drop in 4 weeks time - we will see soon enough!
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