Andrea & Joseph: London!!

Now that I finally posted our Cruise photos and story, I can write about London. Truly an amazing city!! We flew in on a Friday night and made our way via bus/taxi to the accommodation center at the LDS London Temple (located in south of London in the English countryside). The English countryside lived up to everything expected, and the weather was great!. The nearest temple to us in Uzbekistan is probably Ukraine, and since the one in Rome isn't completed yet, we didn't make our way out there to attend. So this is our first Temple trip in ages. The temple grounds are very beautiful, it feels like you are on an English manor with beautifully manicured gardens and walkways. Andrea and I had to take turns going into the temple while the other one stayed with Saileey (including lunch) on Saturday. So Saileey and each parent got to explore a lot. The next day Andrea and I were able to go to a real ward/church and Saileey got to experience nursery for the first time. I think she would really enjoy it on a regular basis. We got to meet wonderful people who were nothing but kind and incredibly helpful. Although they all said I had an accent, I was like please, they're the ones with an accent.

After church we headed into London proper and were just a block away from Hyde Park in Westminster City. It was the perfect location. There were lots of places to shop (and we shopped a lot) and great places to eat (and we ate a lot, again).

We were in London to visit the doctors (basic tests that are done for pregnancies but the facilities in Uzbekistan are lacking so that was the entire reason we went to London). Everything looks great, he is a healthy looking baby boy that should be come around early November. Although I was hoping for another little girl, this will give me more reasons to spoil Saileey.

Here are a few pictures: