Week 27
I woke up before you two and was nursing a very bad headache. You had been poorly just before you went to bed last night vomiting so much that me and your dad kept an eye on you all night, we even had a bucket beside the bed just in case but luckily you slept straight through and when you did wake up you were in the best of moods! After your morning boob you couldn't stop talking about yesterdays day out at Longleat Safari Park & all the animals that you got to see & this continued throughout the day, you've had so much fun playing with your little animal figures and reliving all the experiences you had…
Week 26
And it is that time again for another entry for Artefact motherhood, a beautiful blog circle which is a collaboration of artists & mothers from around the world sharing stories of the joys and struggles of our journey.... Our morning began as most our mornings do; you having your morning boob & cuddles as your way of slowly waking up but what was different was that today we didn't get out of bed until 7AM! You ran downstairs before me and I found you busy making ice cream for me and one of your pups. For the past few days you have been really into your soft animals, especially your dogs and for the past few weeks you've been endlessly making me & daddy ice creams…
Week 25
We had a really good day! Our day began at 5AM, Nixie had made it downstairs before I did and when I saw her she was nursing her little baby and telling her, "everything is going to be otay" she was being so tender & loving, it was really the sweetest. Kevin was still sleeping, he's home on sick leave recovering from his surgery so my main mission has been to keep Nixie from waking him up. But she's been amazing and has been so understanding with it all…
Week 24
It was day 4 of another camping trip and it was a hard day. The previous 4 days were challenging too and I think that added to my tiredness but I have to say it ended up being our best day so far during this trip. Nixie is obviously going through something and she's been so incredibly challenging, amazing me with how defiant she can be! There were lots and lots of tears, her wanting to constantly run off to where I couldn't see her and ignoring me completely & laughing when I would have to go get her which led to me having to put her in the tent while I cooked which I wasn't happy about but it became a matter of keeping her safe. We don't do timeouts and we don't do punishments so I found it really hard…
Week 23
The first part of the day we took it nice and slow just hanging out at home taking our time to get dressed and ready. She decided it was a great idea to build a tower with our books and I was pleasantly surprised that she actually helped put them back when she was finished. She's been so into playing with her animals as of late and I love all the scenarios she creates, she gets so completely absorbed in her own world. We had someone coming to the house around 12:30 to check on some things so had to wait until he arrived before we could head out anywhere but once he did off we went to the beach…
Week 22
Our day began with picking strawberries from our garden for breakfast & I adore how excited Nixie gets whenever she sees a bright red one! After a few errands we headed to one of our favourite spots again: Goodalls Strawberry Farm but this time to pick raspberries, we were about a week too early for most of them to be ready but I was determined that we were going to make raspberry cupcakes and we did manage to find just enough ripe ones…
Week 21
It was day two of our third camping trip of the year and it was such a beautiful day of memory making. First off Nixie managed to blow bubbles for the very first time on her own and the look of accomplishment on her face was priceless! It's been something she's been trying to do for a while and every so often she'd have a little success but this time she truly mastered the skill! Most of our day was spent in the woods in search of newts, frogs and toads...we didn't leave a log unturned and by the end of the day we must have found at least 20 newts, a frog and a toad…
Week 20
This is a very special entry because it is also my first entry for Artefact motherhood blog circle which is a collaboration of artists/mothers from around the world. Mothers sharing stories of the joys and struggles of our journey. These are more than photographs with dates written on the back. These are the artefacts we are leaving behind for children and the generations to come…
Week 19
We did not have a good day. In fact, it was pretty awful. I wasn't feeling good, had been completely bed bound a couple days earlier with a vomiting bug and it still hadn't left my system completely. I felt emotional and pretty moody all day and Nixie wasn't in the best of places either. We did head over to Goodalls strawberry farm (our very first time of the season!) to pick some strawberries early in the morning, its one of my favourite local places & I had been looking forward to hanging out at their quirky little cafe…
Week 18
It was such a good day for us. I finally had finished my editing marathon for some clients and had a day where my focus could be completely on Nixie. For the last while our days begin around 5 AM and the first thing Nixie wanted to do was pop the last ballons that were still hanging up from her 3rd birthday. The rest of the morning was filled with chores, we had a lovely surprise from the cats in which one of them weed and pood on the bed which meant another trip to the laundromat was needed to clean the duvet…