Tress and I went up for another “Meet Abby” trip, over the King’s Birthday long weekend. It’s the first King’s Birthday, since Charles’ coronation and it was a public holiday, just as it had been with the Queen’s Birthday. Tress and I each took an additional day off. We left home on Saturday morning, and got into Canberra just after 4pm. We stayed in an AirBnB place in Chapman, not far from the place we stayed in when we came to welcome Abby.

After unpacking and walking the little guy, we hurried to Kiddo and Mic’s place and caught up with them and Abby. We brought the little guy along for the long drive but left the older one with Heather, as the place we stayed in has numerous steep and uneven steps and we thought getting him in and out for anything and everything was going to be a hassle. I think we made the right decision. Chapman is a beautiful suburb in Canberra and is fast becoming my favourite but it is perched on very steep grounds.

We spent about a couple of hours with the young family at their home, and within just a few short minutes, I felt the long drive up the Hume was worth every km/minute. We continued to spend most of our time with them over the next couple of days, soaking up every minute we could get with the beautiful 3 month old. On Tuesday morning, when we had breakfast with Kiddo and Abby (Mic was working and also had to be at home to attend to a pest control person), we lingered as long as possible, stretching the time we got to spend with them, before leaving to return to Melbourne.

As we got in to Melbourne and pulled up to our driveway late in the evening, my tired body was soothed by the gratitude I felt for having spent the long weekend with our very lovely granddaughter. We can’t wait for the next time we visit,