Marjorie and me

I couldn't resist picking another Marjorie picture for today's blip. She's so photogenic and Charlie loves her. After we picked her up from her flat in Kenilworth on the way to Rob's mum's, Charlie didn't stop staring at her! She just kept on remarking on how beautiful he is and how big his eyes are- he does have a habit of staring, unblinkingly at people. It's a little unnerving to some!

When we got to Robin's mum's it was more of the same- cooing and crying over how lovely he is (literal tears from Rob's mum!) He was a very lucky boy to receive a few gifts too, 'just because!'

The family get together/ BBQ was to rally around Paul, Rob's stepdad as over the last couple of weeks he's had a series of mini strokes. Thankfully they've left no lasting damage but everyone is hoping he'll take it as a warning to slow down and de-stress.

Robin's sister and family soon arrived having flown in from the canaries last night and Paul's daughter and her husband came too. Julie is a flight attendant with Virgin and had only just got off the red eye from New York this morning.

Today was the first time we got to meet Pippa, Carole and Paul's new dog. She's a 7 month old Poodle who is as crazy as Boo but much bigger. She has the same puppy desire to put her teeth around everything though. Lewis is terrified if her. I just kept Charlie where she wasn't! She had a fascination with his socks- whether his feet were in them or not!