Getting order in our lives

Since the beginning of the week I have started new classes with Meg so that she can interact with other children from a young age and not get bored. I have joined a mother and toddler group on Mondays and a music and singing group on Tuesdays. By now, I am sung and cooed out so come Wednesday it is ME time and I have my postnatal swimming class with all my girlfriends. And it is a right laugh. I begin to feel an individual human being again rather than just a mother. Only she goes and spoils it this week by screaming her head off!! To be fair she has just had her last lot of jabs. She eventually fell asleep and was fine after that. I finally feel I am starting to find my feet. I am meeting a good bunch of girls now and even had a pampering afternoon with them all, which is something we are going to do regularly. I am glad I have found new friends. It takes time but I perservere. As the nights draw in I look forward to hubbie coming home, but it is nice that my days are more filled now.

Wanna tell me a story?

Since 3 months old, Megan has been sleeping right through, and recently we have established a little routine with her and daddy. I read that we should be reading to her from day one, which I found hard to believe. We had no books, nor did we think we needed any just yet. But after reading this article and feeling 'bad' parents, we bought a few. And boy, does she love them! Watching her face as her eyes wander all over each page is just so rewarding. Yesterday I even got her a membership to the local library. We took out two books and here she is with her ritual bedtime story read by her devoted father. We are so proud of her and have never known a baby to smile and giggle so much!

My Swedish Holiday

Yes, I have been there again, but this time to the South of Sweden and with my new family. Megan took everything in her stride. I was more nervous and sick than her as I was so worried about how she was going to react to the flight.
I am pleased that her first foreign holiday was to Sweden. It has many fond memories for me.
We stayed with some very good friends in Malmo. Malmo is a very small place and you feel so free because it is such an open quiet location with a small population. Rush hour is like an early morning Sunday here in England! And getting there is so easy and cheap we hope to make it an annual event and vice versa for Ellie, Paul and baby Ben.
Here is Ellie and myself on the beach at the Southern most point of Sweden. There were loads of jelly fish coming in to die. Some had dried up on the sand and left pretty patterns behind. At first we thought they were dog prints until closer inspection.
Well it is back to normal routine at home now, but I am off to Dublin next Friday for the weekend with some girlfriends. I am not sure how I am going to feel leaving my family behind. But we will see.

Oh so CUTE!!!!

Well I know she is mine and of course I am gonna say she is cute but, oh isn't she just so adorable. These photos were taken immediately one after the other. I am always amazed at just how many expressions a baby can pull in such a short space of time!
The red and white part of this outfit was given by an Aunt and Uncle. It was way too big when they kindly gave it so we put it in a drawer. Now I have started to go through the drawers looking to see what still fits etc and I came across it. It does fit but as you can see, but it ain't no use as a dress anymore. Meg has got the longest legs!

It just gets better and better

Apart from the fact that I have an absolute angel of a daughter who now sleeps through the whole night, smiles most of the time she's awake and very rarely cries, I also have an amazing, thoughtful husband to boot!

Since having the baby I have already had a further two urinary tract infections and am constantly on antibiotics. I am being referred to a specialist but until then thes UTI's are really getting me down. I have days where I can't stop crying and it always ties in with these infections. I generally keep these episodes to myself as I don't feel it is fair for Dom to come home after a long day at work to see someone miserable. However, sometimes I just can't help myself and the slightest comment is taken the wrong way and I have ruined the evening.

Now I feel bad for not letting my husband know how I was feeling, sooner. He is a star and is so supportive. And just to top it all, these beautiful flowers arrived on my door step this afternoon and I just had to let everybody know what a fabulous guy he is. What a guy! I haven't even let him know that I have received these yet, because I wanted to tell the world first. So forgive me if this is mushy but I know alot of friends and family read this, and I think they should know. David and Wendy, you have a wonderful, caring son. Mima, you have a great brother, and friends....hands off, he's mine!!!! ha ha!

Take care y'all