A Matter of Choice

Like many people, a trip to the dentist is not on my list of fun things to do and something I have always put off until really necessary. Over the years I have had a lot of work done and as an adult its not only been an unpleasant experience but also an expensive one! When I moved to  to Cyprus I was even less enthused about it, leaving the subsided NHS behind, figuring out a new system and probably paying more for the privilege  and then I eventually did battle with the general hospital for an appointment after losing half a tooth whilst pregnant. I've used the general hospital since being here for everything from the kids injections, general doctors appointments and giving birth, going private has never been an option when the kids injections are free, and the everything else was just €2 (now €3 for general doctors and €6 to see a specialist).   The treatment itself was ok but the fact you cannot make a appointment is a nightmare and saw me sitting on a hard plast...

On the 2nd August Leo took his first couple of steps on his own, he did this on two separate occasions on that day and then nothing more for almost our whole UK trip, well except when no-one but me was looking! I was hoping that both sets of Grandparents would get to see some of his first steps, Leo however had different ideas! But today he walked... across the room and to make it so much cuter he threw himself straight into my arms and gave me a big sloppy kiss. * obviously difficult to get a photo when you are expecting to catch a falling child so I've used one from our UK trip - Leo leading his Granddad up the garden path!