Today is short and simple.
But Hubbie actually listened to me and went to the doctor’s today after being unwell for almost 2 weeks… and he is finally taking some down time and resting with a day off tomorrow.
I don’t know what it is about men not wanting to go to the docs, or taking meds, or just resting in general, but thank goodness this husband of mine decided to take a pause and listen for a change.
To me. The doc. Both. 🙏
Now just to get better. 🍏❤️🩹
YAY!
Guess who took his official steps today!
👣👶
Baby boy has been doing like one, two steps for a little while now, but he did a multitude of steps on his own today, several several times, and at the end of the day took a whole 9 steps on his own!
Officially walking, just before his 1st birthday!
God help us all! 🤣🥰💖🙏
I know this is not ‘the last time,’ but still I found myself wistfully observing all the little things baby girl and I do on the daily, on this day, the last day of her school holidays.
It’s been such a busy summer school holiday period. There was Christmas, Christening planning, I had a heap of health issues, and then all of a sudden, bang! There was like, a week left of holidays…
And now here we are. The day before.
I took all of her in as we did our morning walk to help baby boy sleep. She takes charge willingly, pushing the pram for the first part of the trip. I of course let her do this happily – anyone that helps me with one of my many daily things with baby boy I accept graciously.
And I don’t have any family and friends around who can help me on a regular basis, but I realised today she is my person. She is the one I lean on, and this whole time that Hubbie has been working, she has been my constant, day in and day out.
The weather was perfect. Still. Sunny. We stopped at the park as we usually do, and she had a play, before we continued on our journey.
There’s a cat I noticed before the holidays, that would come out of a particular house, it was so friendly and almost coming out to greet me as I’d walk by with the pram, but of course this cat has been awol the entire holiday period…
Until today!
It was actually in the driveway, and I was so happy to finally show baby girl the cat I had mentioned to her.
I love our time together, the things we do, and I already can’t wait until the next holidays (and it’s a short term term 1 too!)
But I am also so happy for her to be starting school, because I know she is. 🥰🥰
Baby boy loves his yoghurt. He practically climbs up on me as I feed it to him.
Today I said to him as he was almost climbing on me, “you can lean on Mama’s knees.” This is because he was standing up on his own, and then gently swaying there as he stood in front of me, seated on the floor.
So I wanted him to use my knees as his support… but as soon as I said knees, that was it.
He did this cute, addictive giggle, and I knew instantly.
We had found another funny word. That or he was deliriously happy to be eating yoghurt. Even so, I repeated it about 25 times, both of us cacking up laughing, and then baby girl joined in to also say knees 15 times, and we taped the whole thing, but by that stage of course the laughter had waned a bit.
Still, knees. Anything to see him laugh. 🥰
I find ‘me time’ in weird places.
In the car when baby boy falls asleep.
Pushing the pram uphill in the mornings when baby boy falls asleep.
Between the hours of approximately 2-4pm when baby boy is… asleep.
(There’s a pattern here 🤣)
But lately I’ve found a new way of getting some me time in, that doesn’t involve sleep.
Doing the takeaway run.
When we get takeaway it’s more likely than not on a day that Hubbie has just worked, and the last thing he wants to do is jump back in the car and go driving somewhere. And now that baby boy is older, more adaptable and not so reliant on me being there 24/7, I am able to get out a bit more.
Every time there is a need to duck out, I’m like “me, me!”
I love it. I get to listen to music. I’m alone with my thoughts, just thinking about random things. Also I get a chance to breathe, time to myself where I don’t need to entertain or sing or constantly talk to a little someone to keep them from getting upset.
So tonight I was more than happy to head out and get the Saturday night take out.
And the other great thing about doing this? I get to snack on the food – hot chips – all the way home. 😁😋
It’s been a while, but I really enjoyed having a catch up day today.
You know, one of those days where you potter around, get stuff done, and just make the house look nicer? 🤣
It’s been so long, what with christening planning and new baby life. In my day-to-day, I only really get to do the bare minimum – daily cooking, dishes, washing, and the end of day tidy-up.
But today, I did extra washing and storing and tidying up, throwing out a bunch of other things, even finding a pile of toys baby girl was happy to donate, making her room a bit cleaner in the process.
It really is true that your external environment impacts your internal state, and so it doesn’t come as a surprise that my mind is feeling a lot lighter at the end of the day.
Can’t wait to tackle more tomorrow! 🤞
Hubbie’s last day of holidays is today.
Boo.
And while I am feeling sad about it, there is a light at the end of the tunnel…
Because he has another lot of holidays in a week and a half. 🥰😁
Baby boy’s christening and birthday is weeks apart, so rather than take his holidays in one massive block (not needed) Hubbie split his annual leave into two chunks…
So while he goes back to work tomorrow, I only need to count 12 days, and then he’s back on leave again.
🙏🥰
Hubbie has been off work for 8 days now, and only today did it actually feel like we were on holidays.
We’ve been obviously busy with Christening stuff, the period before that was all preparation, and the period after that has been all ‘coming down.’
Today, we finally did something small, but really sweet.
Strawberries. 🥰🍓
We went to the Rocky Creek Strawberry Farm, we indulged in some yummy strawberry dishes with coffee/milkshake, and then we went picking…
Baby girl and I went searching through the bushes as Hubbie and baby boy chilled in the shade. It was the most relaxing and beautiful thing to do on a warm summer’s day, and we have two punnets of delicious strawberries to show for it, just waiting to be consumed. 😋
There’s just something about summer evenings.
Holidays.
Warm days.
Easy, go-with-the-flow vibes.
Tonight this meant…
chilling on the trampoline with the kids
having an easy dinner
taking a leisurely walk around the block at 8pm.
It’s all things we wish and plan for, and try to achieve at all other times of the year, but somehow, in Summer, in January, during the holidays…
It is just so much easier. 💖😎
I had to return today to the place of much happiness this weekend.
There were chair covers and vases to be picked up, and my sister and bro-in-law met me there too to help pack it up.
When we would visit before the christening, there was this excited air of anticipation about the place… how would it be? Would it be as we envisioned, as we hoped?
Today as I returned, it was just relieved bliss. I could see our memories playing out on the dance floor where we celebrated, the deck where so many of us relaxed in the surrounds, the golf course where we walked and took photos and video.
I’m grateful that this place is so close to home, because we can return as often as we can, to remember this most wonderful day, and enjoy it now, for all it was, for all it truly became for us on our blessed son’s christening day. 🙏
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