‘Rain, hail or shine we are going to have a good time’
We spent last week camping in Benone and by ‘we’ I mean 15 of us and 3 dogs. We have been going to Benone each year now for 23 years, it started out as my mum, dad and I in a 3 man tent and has quickly escalated to all of us and the extended family...
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Holidays
Last week we went on our first holiday as a family of 4, we went with 2 other families and this was our second holiday together. 6 kids under 4 and 3 husbands 😁( well technically Annie and all the babies were there before but we didn’t find out until we arrived...
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Our weekend in pictures – Annie’s 1st Birthday 🎂💕
Wow what a weekend! I may have forgot to get the invitations to Annie’s party sent out (can I still use the baby brain excuse?) but the sun did make a guest apperance and it was so welcome! I got really emotional on the lead up to Bella’s first birthday...
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To my Annie bird
1 year old 365 days Countless hours in my arms Many times praying for time to speed up, for days to get easier Many times begging for time to slow down, to stay my baby, to keep needing me as much as you do. Yet it has been a blink. I will never forget that morning...
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Educating the heart
A great friend of mine would regularly say ‘you can’t teach these things, that’s the things that are taught while sitting on your parents lap’. This week I started to stress I wasn’t ‘educating’ Bella enough, I wasn’t...
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Enjoy every minute
Those 3 little words that every new mother has heard at least once, normally followed by ‘it goes by so quick’. I remember those days, long, relentless days where nothing went quick (well except for nap time). I remember feeling guilty for not...
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A new meaning of romance
Last night at 2am I heard Bella scream, I leaped up and ran in to find her and her bed completely covered in sick. I shouted for Colin to help as I scooped Bella up to change and clean her as best as I could at that time of the morning. As I pulled her into our bed...
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Hindsight is a wonderful thing
I said something today again that I have said a few times before when describing why I really wanted the extra 3 months maternity leave. I felt we were robbed of the first 4 months of our time together, so now we are making up for lost time. I know it sounds harsh,...
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Twos
My mum once said to me when talking about my sisters and I, ‘I love you all but sometimes it’s hard to like you.’ I thought it was a little harsh. What does she mean? There has been times when she doesn’t like her own kids? I get it now. I...
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Christmas pressures
Pretty fairy lights, kids rocking around the Christmas tree, Christmas carols and the glee in children’s faces… Many of the things mums have in their heads asthey eagerly await the festive season and this is heightened even more if it’s the...
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