London

We left for London last Friday.  Our flight was around noon, which wasn't ideal for Charlie since he was awake for the majority of the flight.  He was content the most of the time, with a few tantrums or cries throughout the duration of the flight.  I don't know if he is actually becoming a better traveler, or if I am just less stressed or affected about him crying in a confined space.  I remember my first flight with Charlie to Hong Kong I was just a ball of nerves worrying about him crying and bothering others.  Now I could care less if someone is annoyed by Charlie.  He bought a seat on that flight and can cry if he wants to! Ha. 

 

Once we arrived in London everything went very smoothly through customs, getting bags and our rental car.  It was in record time really, we were out of there in no time.  Once we got home Charlie was spent and was literally begging for his bed and ended up sleeping through most of the night and we never had jet lag issues.  We stayed at Justin's parents house for the weekend.  They have an amazing playground literally across the street from their house which was brilliant for entertaining Charlie.  We all went over on Saturday and played for a bit.

On Sunday Justin's good friend Simon and his wife Georgie and their two kids came to visit us.  We had not met their newest addition Ben yet.  Freddie, their older son, is only 3 but looks about 5 and Ben appears to be following in his footsteps of being a big kid also.  Freddie and Charlie got along great, and Ben is such a happy baby.  We went to the playground again and they all kicked around a ball in the field next to it.  Later in the day Imdaad and Claudia came to visit too.  They just moved to the UK shortly after their wedding we went to in Ireland.  We had lunch at the house and hung out for the day. It was so nice to catch up with everyone.

The weather has been chilly but nothing too extreme.  We were lucky in London that the rain never came so we really enjoyed being outside.  Thankfully Charlie has allowed me to cover him in endless layers of clothes.  He was in the best mood all weekend.  I joked it was because he was in the motherland!