Stu, Sophs and cousin Amelia - we spent today with the entire Bell family to catch up with Hamish who is back in the UK on R&R as he is currently on deployment in Afghanistan and has been away for 22 weeks so far. It was the first time the English cousins had met each other and they were all so gentle and lovely with Sophia. I showed Arthur how Sophia loves fingers being run through her hair and later he apparently so tenderly ran his little fingers gently over her head that she fell asleep (I missed it as I was helping tidy up!). Amelia is growing up so fast and has turned into a little blondie after having quite dark hair when she was younger - I wonder if the same thing will happen to Sophia? Amelia was instinctively so gentle with Sophia as well, it was incredible - she slowly reached out and softly touched Sophia's cheek and hair, it was beautiful to watch.