Christmas 1996 was special for us in York because it was Matthew's first one. Three particular memories come to mind:
- The boiler broke on December 22nd ... a Sunday I'm sure from memory that year! Somehow managed to get an engineer out on Christmas Eve ... what an unbelievable bloke ... had to drive to Leeds for a new part at lunchtime, rearranging his own family's outing to the cinema that afternoon! Clearly he'd taken pity on us having a new baby!
- We then spent a couple of days in Liverpool. Christmas Day lunch was Matthew's first venture onto 'solids' ... if you can call baby porridge 'solid'! When I see the quantity of food he is now capable of sinking ....
- Everyone (Ruth excepted ... some feeble excuse about no buses running between San Francisco and York over the holiday period!) joined us in Bishopthorpe for Matthew's christening on the 29th. I think it was the first time since the wedding that many had been across and certainly the first time many had been to our 'new' house. One particular memory is of Matthew being left fast asleep in his car seat under the Christmas Tree whilst all around him ate, drank and made merry!
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