With most of our spare time being taken up with markets, fairs and fetes for DaisychainBaby, it was really lovely to take a break from it all this weekend and pack up the car for a journey to Barmouth in North Wales for my Godson’s Christening. Mr DCB can verify that I did actually cry when my friend Karen asked me to be Godmother to her second son (a little bit overwhelmed by it all!) and as the weekend approached I felt very excited mixed with a little bit of apprehension in case I upset him!

We last found ourselves in Wales for Karen’s wedding back in January 2007, a bit of a nightmare journey which took 9 hours (twice what it should have been!) so I planned for all eventualities but we couldn’t believe our luck when having left West London at 11am, we arrived in Barmouth just before 4pm. It’s already a stunning part of the world but with the sun shining it really did look picture perfect - an idyllic place to raise a family. After a quick cup of tea and catch up with Karen’s parents, we strolled along the beach front to Karen & Sean’s home and were introduced to my gorgeous 4 month old Godson.

I still find it strange that one of my friends has children. Since when did raucous nights out at Uni and holidays to Ibiza become a thing of the past and domestic family life that of the present? It all seems to have happened in the blink of an eye, with Karen’s oldest son arriving in June 2007 and the littlest born in February. We’ve been through a lot together in the nearly 10 years we’ve known each other, and one thing I’ve always loved about her is her complete and utter honesty. Not for her the pretence of trying to make it seem as though raising a family is a walk in the park. She shared every detail of her older son’s birth with me at the time, which made me laugh and shriek in equal measure, and doesn’t hide the emotion and exhaustion that comes hand in hand with two children.

Needless to say, my Godson is gorgeous. He made it all the way through the Christening without a murmur, and didn’t even object to being waltzed around the congegration. I’m so proud of Karen & her husband Sean. Both their boys are adorable and happy, comfortable with strangers and all the ensuing chaos a change of routine brings. I can’t wait to get to know my Godson as he grows older, and hopefully not only guide him wisely through life but to have many years of fun ahead together.