easter joy

We made it!!! We are in England at my parents’. The journey yesterday must have been the best we have ever had from France to England. No problems from Paris to the coast (except the queue for the temporary Portakabin women’s loos at the Baie de Somme service station!). Whizzed through Border Control – the French police checked the passports of the people in the car in front of ours, and then packed up and went away! The British had our names and just checked all our certificates and waved us through. Dead calm sea – a blessing since I couldn’t take any travel sickness pills cos of breastfeeding. I fed Simon on the boat, he fell asleep as we drove away from the port, and slept the whole way to Mum and Dad’s, which we did in two hours and ten minutes (fastest ever!!).

Arriving in England, we got the news that my sister Ruth’s waters had broken and she was at the hospital. Although she hadn’t had any contractions, they wanted to keep her there. So I went to the hospital with my other sister, Ali, yesterday evening and we had some fun sister-time! I got to see her bump! And I will get to see her baby, as they started to induce her this morning. We are just waiting for news now, though from what we’ve heard it may take a while.

The other big news is that Simon has now met his English great-grandfather, as Grandpa came for lunch today. Simon has been coping amazingly well with all the travelling, new places and new people, and even all the noise at church this morning. He has been charming everyone with his smiles.

It was great to be in Christ Church, Bedford, for the Easter Service this morning. Jesus is risen, hallelujah!