What A Day!

This is the first day I have truly felt exhausted from running a home and having a family. I have just, finally sat down, 8.30pm. It has been a long and tiring day with lots of little things to do but it has been extremely rewarding.

Seth didn't actually wake up until 10.25am! So despite it being a tiring day I did catch up on some sleep from a few very late nights being out. But then it was quite a rush to get up and moving and out the front door.

We had a few errands to run this morning but I was so pleased to get them done. With a nice lunch with friends and family. A walk back home and a play in the park for Seth. Which he loved! As soon as he saw us approaching the park he was eager to get out of his pram. We were very close to a couple of accidents as well, in the park. No one else was there at all fortunately. He was so excited to run from thing to thing he kept on tripping over his feet. Nearly smacked his head on the metal bars of the swings and then another time he nearly smashed his head on the concrete as he fell to the floor. It was quite a scary moment when I thought about what nearly happened.

As we made our way home I had some work to do on my way, as I am also an Avon rep so had orders to deliver and catalogues to collect. Finally home Seth was eager to remain outside but I got him indoors and to bed for his nap. With a bit of quiet time the housework began, tiring but rewarding as I said.

I am now also looking after my young cousin Deven for the night as her parents are out for their anniversary. So I had two baths to run, and two children to get to bed. Now with them both asleep in bed, cosy and happy, I have sat down to watch tv and relax.

So I hope you are also doing the same, take it when you can and enjoy it.

IT's been ages

I can't believe it has been so long since I have been on here.

Seth is now 14 months old! And how that time has flown by. Everything has change and so quickly.

He is now walking, talking and everything else we can think of. I know people always say you'll be surprised how quickly it goes, and he'll grow up so quickly you'll not notice it. And they are right!

It is amazing how time has disappeared and yet the time has been the best ever. Being a mother is the best thing I could think of doing. It is so rewarding and enjoyable.

Seth is amazing and the feeling I get whenever I see him is indescribable. When he wakes up in the morning it is wonderful being able to go in and have such a lovely cuddle. Even during the day, although I cherish and love the naps that he has, as time passes I miss him so much while he is asleep. And then to see is squidgy little face all sleepy when he wakes up, it is just too adorable.

I will now be on here, regularly. :) With all the weird, funny things Seth does I cannot miss a thing.

It is going too fast

I can't believe how fast Seth is changing now. Every day is so different. He picks up new things constantly. He started to move himself around the room with amazing ease - surely its just too soon! I put him down in one place in the living room, turn around, literally 1 minute later and he is in a completely different place, facing in the opposite direction!! I never thought I would be having to worry about things I had lying around so soon. I was sure I had all the time in the world!

Getting out there

Trying to get my blog out there. Research is taking its toll but there are so many options around for this to become something. It would be such an achievement to make something even more of being a mum and including Seth and his day to day development in this.

Prams - what do I get?

Well thought I would add my next little snippet of my pregnancy life. One of the things I found really hard as time went on was knowing what I would need, when, how much etc etc. Hospital bags, toys, changing things, bits around the house! I found it so difficult to know where to start, obviously once you've had your first you know more for next time but I just found there was no where to really find out what was best to do. I kept thinking of things I wanted to ask but couldn't find anywhere to get good answers. So I thought I would just suggest a few things to you.

Now I am sure you are probably so much more ahead of the game then I was but just in case. One of the biggest things you buy of course is your pram - and boy do I have regrets about that! In my head I wanted a nice big sturdy pram that my baby would grow into, feel safe and comfortable and grow to love. That was one of my biggest mistakes. Now for me, I live on a hill at the top of lots of steps - didn't think that through! I went for a Graco Metropolitan Travel System. Now a travel system is brilliant, has been a huge lifesaver in these first 5 months!

Now, the pram is lovely, but it is large, huge wheels, a massive shopping basket, and I mean massive! I thought this would be great but it actually makes the pram so much bigger and look so much bigger.

So anyway, let me get to the point! Sorry. What I should have done is a lot more research! Really really take the time to look at different ones, shop for good prices, really think about what you want from your pram. Easy to carry and transport, fits in small cars, comfortable seat for baby, not too big shopping basket! I am now in the process of looking for a second pram because of this.

I was so excited about getting the pram, the big purchase! I will be back tomorrow to continue but any questions just ask! Hoping I can be of some help to anyone out there!

Finding out you will be a mum

I always knew I would have children, always heard they change your life and you can't remember what life was like before they came. I can't begin to tell you how true that is.
Being pregnant was the best time of my life. As a woman I felt alive, and beautiful and fulfilled. Knowing I was building a life inside me, creating this tiny perfect little person. There were times of feeling fat and ugly and sick! But then I would feel this little person move inside me, hear their heartbeat and remember what amazing miracle was happening right there. So the start of the biggest but most life changing decision began to take happen.
Finding out I was going to have a baby felt nothing to what I was expecting it to feel. It felt like it took forever to get pregnant. The morning the test came back positive I had to double take, look at myself again in the mirror. I was sure it must be wrong, it couldn't actually be happening!
My husband was downstairs and I dreamed of this excited, crying union, realising we were actually going to have a baby. That is not quite what happened! As I stood infront of the television, simply to distract him from watching the football so I could tell him the news. Telling him I have taken a test and it is positive, his response? "oh! ok well lets wait until next week and see what the doctor says" Not at all what I was expecting! Bearing in mind we had planned and wanted to get pregnant. It was such a shock to both of us though that it was actually happening it just didn't feel real. Not really until the 20 week scan!