This, being…
one insomniac coughing fit so energetic I blew out an eardrum (brills)
two naps, three boxes of chocolate, four new books (better)
one cafe breakfast and a bottle of the best French lemonade we ever had
one birthday cake made from piled-up scones-and-cream-and-jam
and one boy in tractor wellies, one boy popping the buttons off my coat, and one boy holding my hand under the table.
I’ve never had a birthday where I felt worse and enjoyed myself more. Seriously, these boys. They make my twenty-eight.
(I would also really like to be in bed at this point, but I’ve got another fifteen minutes till my next bout of cold medicine. So, like, a million photos? Yep, good idea.)
make a long story short 
I was just thinking – 28 years ago this morning I thought you were the most wonderful thing thing I ever saw – and that I had no idea then just how wonderful you would turn out 28 years later 🙂 xxxx
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Thanks dad!
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Happy Birthday, what a lovely dad you have 🙂 loving the scone cake 🙂
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Thank you! It was yum.
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Are you having a boy?! I think I missed that announcement!
Also, that last picture of you is wonderful. 🙂
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Yes, we are! I get a bit tired of big Facebook announcements, so we didn’t really do one. We’ve just been telling people when they ask – though that system sort of falls down when you know so many people overseas!
And thanks! Are you feeling better? Hope so. Xx
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Happy Belated Birthday Rachel! Looks like it was a wonderful day. Glad you have such great boys to take care of you!
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It was, thank you! Hope you’re all well.
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Where was that milkshake from? Looks incredible!
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Bill’s Cafe in Reading – we went there for breakfast. It’s the one between St Mary’s Church and the back entrance of John Lewis, if you know it? Amaaazing.
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what a lovely day! love your wells as well as timothy and the statue in the garden — ha ha!
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Ha, we couldn’t resist a photo – such a casual pose 🙂
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