Today was Evas first Christmas party at pre-school and having hunted down the perfect little dress, all that was missing was the shoes. “I need red shoes!”, she repeatedly told me, “Red, shiny, party shoes!!”. And after desperately hunting on the internet, and failing massively, I faced the prospect of a very disappointed three year…
I’m sure that I just had a baby. It’s as clear as day in my mind, the labour, the birth, those long weeks sat in neonatal willing him to get better. It feels just like yesterday when we carried him out of the hospital, drove 10mph all the way home, introduced him to his brother…
Thirteen years ago, aged 22, when I found myself pregnant for the first time, I knew very few people with children. All of my friends were still very much enjoying their youth, the majority still single, travelling the world or focusing on their studies and climbing the career ladder. I had never really been around…
Today I received Lewis’s first high school photo and I have to admit, it brought a tear to my eye. I’ve been sat here looking at his handsome face and wondering, when did my baby get so big? Where did my little boy with his baby face go? When did his gappy toothed smile sprout adult…
So many people ask me each day, “How’s your Megan doing?” and so I thought that I would briefly share with you all that, most of the time, she is doing amazingly well. A couple of months ago I was well and truly at the end of my tether and yet since starting nursery two mornings…
After the disaster of our Summer holiday we decided, thanks to my lovely parents, that an Autumn break at Centerparcs was just what we needed!! Tomorrow morning the five of us (Gaz is working until Wednesday, boooo!!) and my parents are off to Whinfell forest for a week of quad biking, paint balling, Segways, Aqua…