Goodbyes

We’ve been on our summer holidays for the last couple of weeks so it’s been pretty quiet on here.We had a lovely time, but I’ll tell you more about that later… You may have read on the blog that I’ve got a new job, well this week is the final week in my…

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Capturing the special moments – June

June has been a good month for us. It’s also been very busy too! Simon and I celebrated being together for 13 years, by enjoying a yummy meal at a BBQ place we’ve been wanting to try for a while. The twins started pre school and they seem to be…

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Worrying about your children – does it ever …

Since I got pregnant, with Oscar, in May 2009, I’ve done so much worrying about him. At first I worried about something going wrong with the pregnancy. At our 20 week scan, we were told that his kidneys were dilated, so until the next scan I worried about that (he was…

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Capturing the special moments – May

May has been a month of ups and downs. It began really well with a bank holiday and a trip to visit our friend’s. We had a lovely overnight stay with them and it was lovely to spend time with their new baby. The children were really well behaved, which…

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The day I got mugged!

On Wednesday, I headed to London to attend a social media course through work. I’d been really looking forward to attending the course and was hoping to learn some new tips. The course was due to be hold at a swanky global law firm on Fleet Street, so I was…

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The Liebster Award

I was really excited to be nominated by Fairies and Pirates for the Liebstar Award. My first blog award! Ok, so it’s hardly the Brilliance in Blogging Awards, but I’m still excited, so thank you Isabella! The Liebster Award is about helping raise awareness of new blogs and bloggers. Although my…

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Capturing the special moments – April

April has seemed like a short month for us. I suspect that’s because we went on holiday for a week at the beginning of the month. It’s also been a great month for us too! We went to Portugal to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary and had a great time.…

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Deciding on a name

When you’re having a baby choosing an appropriate name is often a daunting task. It’s such a huge responsibility and it’s so important to get it right. After all you don’t want to be bored of your child’s name after a few months! When I was pregnant with Oscar, Simon…

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Capturing the special moments – March

A little later than planned due to going on holiday, but here’s the round up of what we got up to in March. The highlights include: Running my first 10k of the year and doing it in under an hour! Lots of shopping for our holiday. Finally getting rid of the…

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Capturing the special moments – February

I’m always going on about how fast time flies, particularly since we’ve had children and I’ve recently been thinking about how to ensure we capture those special moments. I’m not just talking about birthday and other things classed as “special occasions”, but those little magical moments that happen all the…

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Spring is in the air…

Spring is in the air. The nights are slowly getting lighter, the weather is getting warmer and I can hear birds. I hate winter, but in contrast absolutely love spring (and summer), here are the reasons why: The warmer weather Getting Oscar, a typically lazy five-year old, and two-year old…

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