Maria's 3rd Birthday Party

 

Happy Birthday to our gorgeous daughter, Maria Emma!

 A happy little girl who likes a lot Peppa Pig and her friends

 Thank you, Lauren for the cute balloon you brought me on my birthday!

 Playing with the balloon

 Elsa smiling at Granddad

 Sleeping in daddy's arms

 Elsa slept through Maria's party, enjoying the background music and noise

 Lauren and Maria

 Cup cakes made by Grannie and decorated by Maria and Granddad

 Grannie and Elsa

 Blowing the candles

 Celebrating with her friends

 Beautiful smile while watching herself in a video, singing "Jelly on a plate"

 Happy 3 years old girl

Elsa - Getting to Know her Family and their hobbies

 Elsa and her big sister

Grandad Peter, uncle Ron, grannie Mary, auntie Katie, Elsa, Maria, myself and Will

 the girls with Grannie and Granddad

 First family picture after Elsa's arrival

 Elsa after her first bath

 1 week old

Elsa upgraded to the bouncer

 introducing Elsa to geocaching (note: we achieved our 1000 cache and this one was Elsa's first cache)

 in the countryside of Hampshire

 second family picture out and about

 Maria has grown and one of her favourite things is to dress up. There she is in one of her beautiful dresses.

A sweet kiss from her big sister

Elsa Liliana's Arrival

Elsa Liliana arrived on October 1st, at 7:22pm, in Winchester, after a very quick (this time) labour. She is so much like Maria, adorable, with lots of hair. She measured 3.280 kg in weight and 52cm in length. More details and pictures to follow.

Here are some pictures from the hospital:

 About 15 minutes after delivery

 On the scale, cheating a bit, as the weight was taken after she had her first feed

 Elsa Liliana in her first hour of life

Happy little baby

Waiting for the new arrival!

With just a few more days to go before Maria's little sister arrives, my badminton friends convinced me to paint my bump. Even if I was slightly reluctant at the beginning, I found this as a great experience, a very nice feeling and truly artistic. Thanks Amy for a wonderful bump painting. I love it! I chose the Olympic rings, dolphins and badminton shuttlecocks, as they represent my passion and hobbies.

And the pictures are here:

 A ball on a ball

 Don't laugh!...

Will thought the shuttlecocks were the best. Maria loved the rings and I thought everything was great!

 A closer view. Baby girl was very happy and moved quite a bit during painting.

My badminton friends and the bump

Katie and Ron's Wedding

At the beginning of September, the whole Mitchell family, packed the bags and headed to Cornwall, St Mawes for a very special event, Katie and Ron's Wedding. Even heavily pregnant, the trip to Cornwall was ok and we enjoyed a very nice family week and a great wedding.

Here are some pictures from our week in Cornwall:

Enjoying one of the only sunny days in St Mawes

Maria on the beach

 

At the World of Model Railways in Mevagissey

 

 In Mevagissey Harbour

With Grannie Mary for a walk on the beach

 Me and my nephew, Corben. Love this picture!

Here are some pictures from the wedding day. Maria proved to be a party girl, staying up until 1am, dancing almost all the time and being very happy.

The wedding ceremony took place in a very nice setting of the Lamorran Gardens in St Mawes. Katie had a very beautiful dress on her special day and she looked stunning.

 A wonderful setting, with the coast and see behind them

Ed, Valerie and little Corben. We were very happy to finally meet Maria's cousin, Corben. He is such a lovely boy.

 Maria preparing to carry the bride and groom's wedding rings.

 Happy couple!

 Maria carrying the rings.

 Back to the house, in preparation for the dinner and party

View from the Moonrakers, where we all stayed for the whole week and where the wedding dinner and party took place. Lovely views!

 Ready for the party!

 Auntie Katie, the beautiful bride and Maria

 Dancing with the bride

 Wedding Dinner

 On the way back home, we stopped for a short visit at Drago Castle.