Best Morning, Dog Not Happy Though!

Busy day today, and an earlyish start, as daughter's friend woke me ringing the doorbell at 9 am! Daughter was in the shower with the toddler (Ava) and was looking after her friend's toddler (Annie) while her friend had dental treatment. Well, what a difference to the usual morning chaos. Ava and Annie sat nicely, carefully eating their breakfast with a spoon; both had a drink from an open cup and nothing spilt or thrown on the floor!! playing nicely with balloons and toys with not a scream or temper tantrum in sight. It is my dream for every morning to be like this - quiet and peaceful lol. When her friend came back they all went to soft play together so I finally did the ironing, which I have been promising to do for a week or so now.

All washing and ironing done so I am ready to start packing to go to the caravan tomorrow. Not really my favourite thing to do, as like I have said previously I really want to leave the site because of the injury Ava had there from a rabbit. On a positive note, her finger has healed now and the nail has re-grown (doctors were not sure if it ever would.) Nobody knows if she will still have feeling in the top of the finger but that can't be assessed until she is older. She doesn't use it like her other fingers, but I think this could be because it was bandaged for such a long time (since 13th May) and she has learnt to manage without it. OH will probably start taking her swimming again on Sunday mornings now that all dressings are off.

Not a Happy Doggy lol

Finished all the packing and managed to bath the dog with great difficulty. We have a huge double jacuzzi bath which is great for us, but makes it very hard to hold a dog and shampoo it at the same time! Especially one that really wants to get out Now!!! I was soaking wet, as was the floor, bath mats, 3 towels and the dog lol. Usually the groomer baths her but she is on holiday this week, so there was no way we were taking her on holiday without a bath and spot on treatment. Have a pain in my right hip now, probably from leaning over the bath trying to stop the dog from jumping out or drowning lol.

Daughter came home at 9 pm as she had been to see her boyfriend's mum for her birthday, and take her some flowers. Her boyfriend's mum and dad are really nice to my daughter and the toddler. I am pleased they are, as Ava's dad and all his family want nothing to do with her, so she has another family to relate to now. Ava's birthday is next month and I really hope her real grandparents have a change of heart and send her a card and a present, but nothing came at Christmas so there is not much hope of that. Daughter even offered to pay for supervised access sessions for her violent ex to keep in contact with the toddler but he refused. And, even worse, his whole family gave her birthday cards for Ava at the family court, and then said that none of them ever wanted to see her again until she was an adult. Her father took everything he bought her for Christmas and some of her Christening gifts when he left here, and never gave any of it back, so I really don't think any of them will bother. Still, she doesn't know him or remember him (she was 4 months old when he left) or any of the relatives so there won't be any tears about it.

Bye for now All the best x