This week's smiles....week 167

Hello folks. Here we are at our happy catch up of the week when we share the things that have made us smile.  I  would like to thank all who joined in last week and to say that I am featuring Lisca's post this week....her flat in Spain is developing very nicely and last week she shared her gorgeous new wash basin.....isn't it just beautiful? Thank you for sharing it with us Lisca.

As always, I have had many smiles during the last week.  It was our youngest daughter Amy's 31st birthday on Tuesday and to celebrate we had a family gathering at ours a couple of days earlier on Sunday [our first real family party since we finished the building work so it was very special].

Here is Amy with all our little grandees sat at her feet waiting for me to bring the birthday cake in so they could sing her 'Happy Birthday'.

Monday saw Steve going to his first session at their local forest school and here he is all togged up ready.....he really enjoyed his morning and is looking forward to going again next week.

Here's my little boy, Mark [yep he will always be my little boy even when he has a little one of his own] having just bought a baby carrier in readiness for their new baby in September.  The message that came with it was.....'I've got the carrier, now all I need is the baby to go in it'.  :-)

And last but by no means least here is a collage of the latest photos we have of little Milly our puppy.  Her eyes should be opening soon and she should take her first steps some time this week but as you can see she has spent her first week and a half drinking lots of milk, sleeping and becoming a real little chunky monkey......I am fast falling in love with this little pup :-)

That's all from me for this week.  Please leave me a little comment to let me know you've called in and link up to your own smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

Good morning to all on this exciting Wednesday.....Exciting?  I hear you say.  Why?

Since we had to have our old furry friend, Rocky, put to sleep on March 1st we have been searching for a new puppy but wanted one 8 weeks old around the beginning of June because we have a holiday booked in May [the first proper holiday in about 6 years :-) ].  We have been waiting patiently to hear if an expected litter we had found would include any little girls and Monday we heard that the mummy had had a litter of three puppies and one of them was a little girl.....

Meet Milly.  She is a little cairn terrier [the same as our last three dogs] and she was born at nearly midnight on 16th April.  She is just 2 days old here and isn't she a cutie?  We will go to visit her when she is about 4 weeks old then she will come to live with is when she's 8 weeks old....and I can't wait  :-)

So this is what's on my desk today....3 new little fleece blankets, two new bed pads and 4 new bed pad covers all made ready for the arrival for our new little friend Milly.

You might think I'm totally mad but the fleece blankets were just £6 for the piece so they worked out at just £2 each and the bed pads and covers were completely made out of my stash...bargain eh?

The other thing that is going on at the sewing machine this week is ATC making ready for the swap in May.  Alas I will be missing in action on the actual day but would really love anyone who would like to swap ATCs this year with me to email me your name and addresses ASAP so I can put them ready to be posted in my absence.

My email address is wipso@toucansurf.com and I plan to write a list of names in a post as you contact me so you know I've put your name on one of my ATCs....do it now so I know how many more ATCs are needed please.

The other thing I wanted to say was there were a few blogs I was unable to leave messages on last week....my Ipad has been playing up.  I did manage to read all that called on me and really love seeing what you've all been up to....there really are a lot of talent out there.  Sorry if I didn't manage to leave you a message.

Hugs,

Annie x