Hello London!

After a lovely week in Switzerland with my parents, brother and sister-in-law, Phil, Gracie and I arrived in London on Tuesday. We can’t really believe that we live here now! We are staying temporarily with the pastor and his family of the church that we joining. His name is Phil, his wife is Sarah and they have two great kids: Naomi (11) and Ben (9). They are a lovely family and we are really enjoying staying with them. They are good fun. We will hopefully be moving into our own home in a couple of weeks or so. There are tenants currently in the flat, but they plan to move out around the middle of the month. It is a really nice place: a 3 bedroom maisonette, with a communal garden outside too. We are really looking forward to moving in somewhere and making it home. During our time in Prague we lived in 4 different places (all very close together, but still!) and we are really excited about making a little space that is ours.

Gracie is doing well and getting used to life in London. She has many people to dote on her, so that helps. She is learning a few new tricks… she can sleep on her side and on her belly now… and she is grabbing and holding rattles and things like that. She is smiling loads, and giggling, but not very chatty yet. She is just brilliant, we are enjoying playing with her and spending time with her so much.

Well, not much else to say for now… although I want to give a mention to the ‘Family Services’ room in Zurich airport. They were brilliant! If you’re ever travelling through Zurich and you have babies or kids, you have to go through there. For babies, there are proper changing stations, wipes, basins and towels. Also facilities for warming up bottles etc. For toddlers and children, there are 2 rooms, one with toys, small tables and chairs for kids to sit and draw at, and in the second room there is a snooker table, board games, art stuff… just amazing! I was so impressed. It was just gorgeous! So, there you go… I never thought I’d blog about airport facilities!