Sorry my post is delayed, to be honest I have just been wrapped up in being a mammy!
My precious baby Eve was born on 21st January at 11.02pm and since then, almost 3 weeks now, I have been in a baby bubble! She takes up all of my time and my thoughts. She is so amazing. I know I would think so anyway, but she is beautiful, really, really cute! She is so tiny, though growing all the time, she was 7 lbs 8oz born and when weighed today she was 8lb 4oz. She has perfect tiny little fingers and toes and ears... I could go on!!! Stu is just as besotted and is so cute with her, we are enjoying being parents- though it is tiring and at times scary and we are unsure about so many things, we learn every day an we are getting better at things - changing, bathing etc.
To be honest writing about my day would probably be boring to read about, when she isn't sleeping she is eating and of course filling her nappy! I spend a large portion of my life changing nappies and the rest feeding Eve or staring at her! I alo try to sleep a bit through the day as Eve does not like sleeping as much through the night and while Stuart seems able to sleep through her gurgles and squeaks and little snuffly noises I am on alert to every sound she makes even when I know she is fine, I have to keep eeping over the side of her moses basket to see she is ok!
I have to admit that there are lots of difficult things being a mam, soreness (from birth and feeding) and sleep deprevation being top two but it is all worth it when I hold my baby and she looks up at me with her big blue eyes. I could cry at how special she is, no words will come close to explaining the feelings I have for her.
I will write again with more soon, and tell you all some of the funny things she has been doing and some of the adventures we have been having as a family but today I just wanted to share the fact tht she is here and she is amazing and I am so so in love wih her and with being a mammy.
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Monday, 17 January 2011
The Blog is Back!
Well, it has been a good few months since I have written anything in my blog, for a number of reasons, mainly I have been busy busy busy with getting a house, moving house, getting ready for and enjoying Christmas and of course preparing for a baby!
I kept thinking I should write in my blog about this or that but somehow days turned to weeks and weeks to months... time has a habit of doing that don't you think?! So today I have made an effort to re-read all of my old posts and after feeling really sad about not being in Sicily where I obviously had a great time I remembered that I have been wanting to write so much lately because once again I have lots of happy thoughts to share!
So today I will do a quick catch up and in the following months I wll try and find time between baby things to keep up to date!
Well, I came back to Winlaton after a wonderful time in Catania and a fab holiday with Steph in Rome, Florence and Venice and found that getting a job while pregnant was virtually impossible in the current climate (I will try not to go into how much I HATE the ConDem government - how they seem to be trying to make me mad every week with news abut cuts that effect me!! aggghhh)so I have not been working at all since Italy, I was a bit stressed about it at first but as my pregnancy progressed it has been nice to have the opportunity to take it easy! So how have I survived, well mainly thanks to Stu! Stu has done everything I could ask and more to support me, emotionally and financially, he grew from my best friend in Catania to my best friend in the world. He has moved to the North East and after 2 months of saying with my Mam we move in to our own home together (just down the bank in Blaydon) and we have been busy sorting that out. Our house is so nice, really big and now we have got most of the things we need it is comfortable and I enjoy being here and looking after the house and Stu (I am much better at being a housewife than I had thought but I am not good at cleaning bathrooms!!!). The last room to be done was the nursery which is all but done now, just a few finishng touches needed. Stu is getting quite handy and has even been using power tools!( a bit scary at first but with supervision he is doing well!!!! hahaha)
I am now very pregnant, the baby is due this week, my due date is Sunday 23rd of January so I am counting down the days! I am feeling very excited and very scared (oh and very huge!!) I can't wait to meet my baby and to be a mam! Every day now I wake up and wonder if today is the day! I have had lots of moments where I think she is coming and it is nothing, maybe Braxton Hiks, and I am both relieved and dissapointed!
Pregnancy has been great, yes there are some bad points, heartburn, backache, emotions all over the place etc but I have really enjoyed it for the most part, it is so amazing to know there is a little person inside of you and from the first days when I felt movement I loved it, seeing and feeing little arms and feet move inside of you is quite freaky but really special and nothing I have experienced before can come close. That is why giving birth is so scary, not just the fear of pain but knowing that everything will change again, my body will change again but then every minute of my life will be full of a beautiful baby! So wonderful and we are so excited and ready, Stu is so cute, he will be great as a dad and I can't wait to see him holding our baby.
So next time I write I will hopefully have had my baby and can tell you about my experiences of motherhood (not of birth unless you really want to know!!!)
I have forgotten my sadness and am looking forward to his year with my own little family, and with my family and friends who have all been so supportive and helpful during the last few months, thanks everyone. Maybe I am not laughing as much as when I was in Italy but I am more content and have found a different kind of happiness. I love my family, Stu and I; now we are just waiting for our new addition to make us even more happy
I kept thinking I should write in my blog about this or that but somehow days turned to weeks and weeks to months... time has a habit of doing that don't you think?! So today I have made an effort to re-read all of my old posts and after feeling really sad about not being in Sicily where I obviously had a great time I remembered that I have been wanting to write so much lately because once again I have lots of happy thoughts to share!
So today I will do a quick catch up and in the following months I wll try and find time between baby things to keep up to date!
Well, I came back to Winlaton after a wonderful time in Catania and a fab holiday with Steph in Rome, Florence and Venice and found that getting a job while pregnant was virtually impossible in the current climate (I will try not to go into how much I HATE the ConDem government - how they seem to be trying to make me mad every week with news abut cuts that effect me!! aggghhh)so I have not been working at all since Italy, I was a bit stressed about it at first but as my pregnancy progressed it has been nice to have the opportunity to take it easy! So how have I survived, well mainly thanks to Stu! Stu has done everything I could ask and more to support me, emotionally and financially, he grew from my best friend in Catania to my best friend in the world. He has moved to the North East and after 2 months of saying with my Mam we move in to our own home together (just down the bank in Blaydon) and we have been busy sorting that out. Our house is so nice, really big and now we have got most of the things we need it is comfortable and I enjoy being here and looking after the house and Stu (I am much better at being a housewife than I had thought but I am not good at cleaning bathrooms!!!). The last room to be done was the nursery which is all but done now, just a few finishng touches needed. Stu is getting quite handy and has even been using power tools!( a bit scary at first but with supervision he is doing well!!!! hahaha)
I am now very pregnant, the baby is due this week, my due date is Sunday 23rd of January so I am counting down the days! I am feeling very excited and very scared (oh and very huge!!) I can't wait to meet my baby and to be a mam! Every day now I wake up and wonder if today is the day! I have had lots of moments where I think she is coming and it is nothing, maybe Braxton Hiks, and I am both relieved and dissapointed!
Pregnancy has been great, yes there are some bad points, heartburn, backache, emotions all over the place etc but I have really enjoyed it for the most part, it is so amazing to know there is a little person inside of you and from the first days when I felt movement I loved it, seeing and feeing little arms and feet move inside of you is quite freaky but really special and nothing I have experienced before can come close. That is why giving birth is so scary, not just the fear of pain but knowing that everything will change again, my body will change again but then every minute of my life will be full of a beautiful baby! So wonderful and we are so excited and ready, Stu is so cute, he will be great as a dad and I can't wait to see him holding our baby.
So next time I write I will hopefully have had my baby and can tell you about my experiences of motherhood (not of birth unless you really want to know!!!)
I have forgotten my sadness and am looking forward to his year with my own little family, and with my family and friends who have all been so supportive and helpful during the last few months, thanks everyone. Maybe I am not laughing as much as when I was in Italy but I am more content and have found a different kind of happiness. I love my family, Stu and I; now we are just waiting for our new addition to make us even more happy
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