Down in New Orleans

D & S were there to meet us at the airport on Thursday, and introduced us to the little one who is, of course, gorgeous. We drove to the house and set about getting to know him by helping with feeding/ burping and cuddling.

 There's plenty of that going on, and on Saturday we went off to Barataria NP for a walk along the board walk, hoping to see the iris in bloom. There were lots of wild flowers, but only a couple of iris left in bloom as the weather has been quite hot and they go over quickly.

As C loves being out and about we took a stroll down to Audubon Zoo and back through the park on Sunday, managing to spot some of the Bead Dogs that are dotted around New Orleans to raise money for the local animal charities. They are all for sale, but start at £5000, so that's a bit out of our budget! The one by the Zoo has been 'extended into an elephant (here it is on Laughing Magpie).

As there is no Easter Monday holiday in US, we met up with D for lunch at Bittersweet, the lovely chocolate shop on Magazine St. in the Warehouse District. There were lovely Easter biscuits for sale which were very good with our coffee. When D had to go back to work, we walked around the area looking for Bead Dogs and also spotted a poster advertising Jazz Fest in May. S is putting the dogs up on Laughing Geos as they are spotted and there is quite a collection over there.

Today we have been with everyone to the Children's Hospital for a check up on C. Luckily everything is absolutely fine and after D went back to work, we went shopping, ending up in Walmart where C posed for a 'Lost in Walmart' photo!