Wow. This blog has seen some great days and bad days.
We've seen Arthur grow from just about sitting up to a fully walking, shouting, wonderful little man.
Amelie has matured from a small little girl to a school girl who learns more and more attitude everyday.
I started alone at home with my 2 gorgeous children and one Poppy dog. I finish with my husband home and another dog, Rocky!
It's hard to remember back to when I felt so alone without Martin here. Wanting each day to slow down so I could keep Arthur a baby just that little bit longer but yearning for the days to fly, to have my other half back beside me.
I wanted to finish with a really lovely picture of all of us together but this has turned into a bit of a life blog…and my life is not like that. It's just like this. The holidays have brought us back together, time off just to enjoy each other. To not worry about work and school.
Having Arthur in our lives has slowly changed Amelie in lots of ways. Having him need me so much has made Amelie want to be 'babied' more. Even though she is independent, school has made her realise there are lots of big characters out there, she's finding it tough to keep calm when she gets cross. As her parents I feel it's our duty to stay calm and try to show her when she feels emotional instead of screaming at everyone, try to talk about how you feel. Her face says it all! She's doing a great job of being big sister so far and I hope it carrys on. She needs to remember to not lose herself at school and come home as a different child. And when she's at home to remember she doesn't need to be Arthur. She is her very own very special person who we love dearly.
Arthur is his own person. He has a crazy personality. He loves to be naked, shouting, dancing and singing often at the same time. Its crazy how the first picture of him is when I announced he was sitting up! Now we're lucky if we can get him to sit down!
He is still very much attached to his bottle and milk. As soon as he is feeling unwell or getting a new tooth it is the only thing he will settle with. He's very nearly got 6 teeth. Definitely 4 though!
In this year he has sat up, crawled, walked, even said his first words. It's amazing how much you can learn in a small space of time. He is still pretty small and I still want him to be my little 6.9 1/2 lbs baby. In this next year he will make that transition from still being able to call him my baby to being a little child. Pretty sure he will always be my baby…unless we have another baby!
He started nursery which has been both heart breaking and a relief. I've been able to work and he's been able to socialise more and make his own little friends. His tantrums have started already and pretty sure he's going to give us grey hair early. He's mischievous, if there's a socket he'll have his fingers in it, if he has a pen he'll draw everywhere with it, if he can throw it he will!
Most of my readers can tell whether I've been in a good mood or not whilst writing blog posts. I started this to practise with my camera more, which I have and have learnt a lot about what goes into getting a good picture. It's been hard to carry on sometimes with the chaos of my life getting in the way. Knowing if I stop now, thats it I've failed! Besides how hard can it be to take one picture a day? Turns out it's pretty hard but completely worth it! I can look back and remember days things happened. Often the day would fly by and although I had been out to places with them I would have had no time to get my camera out. You'd think taking a picture takes 2 minutes max but when you have 2 children, a husband and 2 dogs to sort out you find 2 minutes is time you don't have. I think thats why I've ended up with so many sleeping children pictures. Finally a time when there asleep and I have that 2 minutes for my head to catch up with my body. AND sleeping children are always beautiful! (along as there not woken!)
We've been so chilled out over Christmas and up to New year. Lots of eating, napping and movie watching! We have really just enjoyed each other, family and friends. It's a difficult balance between your own busy working life and enjoying time out with friends and family. Also learning who's worth your time…feel like thats a never ending lesson!!
How much I've wanted/ should share of my life has been a struggle. Some days I've just wanted to go crazy and tell you everything that's going on in my head. So sometimes I've held back and kept myself to myself but at most I've shared what I thought was appropriate. I wanted to be truthful. Sometimes we get caught up in other peoples 'perfect lives' and get lost in the fact it's probably a different story in real life. It's what real life is all about. Sharing the good times and the bad. Having wonderfully behaved children and children you would like to have a sleep over at someone else's house. I hope I've captured how much I adore my children, how proud they make me and how much they can drive me crazy.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me this year in life and just reading about my life. I hope you all had a great year too. Blog to you soon!!!
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