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| EZRA 12TH SEPTEMBER 2016 |
This isn't really a 'mum & baby' post, but I want to document all of our memories & special times on here! This week my lovely partner, Lloyd, turned 30! It was his birthday on the 13th so the Friday before we went over my Mam's boyfriend's house for drinks & they treated us to a chinese! Ezra loves to sit on the bike every time we go up! haha!
On the Saturday we went out for a meal with our friends & their kids to celebrate. It was so lovely to have us all together - everyone is so busy with work, children and life in general it can be so difficult for us to find the time to get together as a group so we really made the most of it!
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| THE HANDSOME BIRTHDAY BOY |
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| EZRA & OLIVIA |
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| EZRA & UNCLE STU |
We got Lloyd a ninja turtle cake because the boys are all nicknamed after each turtle - they even have a group chat called 'we are the turtles' - I know I can't believe they're all in their 30s either! hahaha! As we were down in Blackwood which is where Lloyd & all of our friends live - me & Ezra live around 30 minutes away - we decided the best thing to do would be to stay at Lloyd's house that night and I also had a bridesmaids dress fitting at Laura's house the next day so it didn't make much sense to drive back to Aberdare. I have obviously stayed at Lloyd's a lot since we've been together but I only stay if Ezra is with my mother or at his father's so this was his first time to stay over! Lloyd's parents were kind enough to lend us their travel cot because I am an idiot and couldn't fathom how to collapse my mam's travel cot and get it in my car! Ezra was amazing, he slept in our room in the cot and only woke once because he lost his dummy - I was one proud mama! We spent the sunday chilling on the sofa & watching films. Ezra made himself at home, he was crawling all over the place & exploring! I went to make us breakfast and came back in & Lloyd was lying on the sofa doing his sudoku on his phone & Ezra was lying with his head resting on his shoulder watching what he was doing & they were chatting! My heart literally melted!! It means everything to me that Lloyd is so good with Ezra and now he's getting older he is responding to him with smiles when he sees him & he reaches out for him and is showing affection back - it's so lovely to see! They see each other almost every day and I have loved watching how much their relationship has developed the past 4 months & the growing bond they have between them is so special.
At 4 on Sunday, me & Ezra left Lloyd's and we went over Laura's to have a bridesmaid dress fitting! It was really successful and Laura & Stu picked 'the' dresses! I am so excited for this wedding, they're getting married 20th August next year & Lloyd is also an usher. Laura & Stu are the reason me & Lloyd even met so it's so special to us that we get to be a part of our best friends' wedding and they're the ones who introduced us!
On Monday, Ezra & I got up early and went to town to get some bits to decorate the house ready for Lloyd's birthday!
He came to my house after he finished work and was so grateful bless him! After I put Ezra to sleep we had tea and watched a film in bed. He then had me up at 6am before he went to work the next morning so he could open his cards before he went! Ezra had gotten me up 3 times through the night so I could hardly open my eyes!! haha! He had his cards from me, Ezra & my family and I gave him one of his presents from us.
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He was so chuffed! He went to work and I had another surprise up my sleeve! Ezra's Nanna has him on a Tuesday so she dropped him home a little earlier and we headed down to Lloyd's parents house. Lots of his family were there so we had a lovely evening catching up & Ezra was passed around for cuddles & played with the kids! Lloyd's sister-in-law made him a cake so we sang happy birthday to him - Ezra ate a whole slice!! I gave Lloyd his other surprise - a PS4 - he was absolutely over the moon! I definitely got top girlfriend points for that one!! hahaa! We then came back to Aberdare and put one sleepy Ezra James to bed & Lloyd and I weren't far behind, we were shattered!
So, Lloyd had a lovely birthday & it was lovely to celebrate with all our friends and family. He deserves to be spoilt and I can't wait for our night in Cheltenham a week Saturday! This weekend Ezra & I are going to Devon with the girls and their kids while Lloyd and all the boys go to Bristol to celebrate his birthday - god help the state they will all be in coming home sunday! haha! My nan is turning 70 on Tuesday so we will be doing plenty of celebrating once again and I have my first day back in university for my final year next friday! So many exciting things coming up - i could not be happier!
Amber xo
