Race for life all done! Yippeee!

Race for Life is over, yippee!! Thanks everyone for sponsoring me, it was a great day and I managed to run most of the way, only walking for 2 mins and it took me a total of 33 minutes. I am really pleased as I didn't manage to put in half as much training as I would have liked. I have to try and keep up the running now so I can get nice and slim again, especially as I have quite a lot of lovely summer clothes I bought in 2005 which I didn't get to wear last year being pregnant. I was going to go out this morning but I am still tired after Saturday and my legs were hurting, maybe Wednesday or Thursday morning now as I have aerobics tomorrow night.

Not long now!

Well I went for my last run before the Race for Life on Saturday. I am so proud of myself as it was raining too. I managed to run just about 2 miles in just over 20 minutes so I was pleased with that, not sure I will be able to run the full 5km on Saturday but will give it a shot. Looking forward to it now and a very big thank you to all who have sponsored me. I have raised a lot more than I ever thought I would and very grateful for that, in fact its that which has got me out of bed in the mornings to go for runs before Liam heads off to work.
Martha is doing well and seems to like baby rice but I don't think she has quite grasped these other foods, she has had pear and today she had some carrot. Her face is quite a picture when the spoon goes in her mouth, probably a bit like mine actually when I don't like something!!!
Oh and if you haven't yet sponsored me and feel you want to the website is
http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/ruthcarys
Thanks

Marthas first food!

Just a quick picture showing you Martha after she had her first taste of food- if thats what you can call baby rice!! Its just a load of mush! Oh well Martha seemed to like it. Pear comes next, yummy!

Why I don't normally watch Eurovision

Well for the first time in years and years I watched the Eurovision contest tonight, well mostly the results but still thats the main part! the voting is so one sided and now I know why I haven't watched it for so long. Scooch tried their best but they were never going to win - I don't know why we bother, we try and be cool that doesn't work, we try and be camp and again that doesn't bother. Well while I was watching I was looking at other peoples blogs and came across this lovely picture of Martha with her aunty Jen and uncle Shea and thought I would share it with everyone.

Also Martha had her first taste of solids today, she had a little bit of baby rice, Liam gave it to her and she seemed to enjoy it, in fact she was sucking her lip all afternoon looking for more. I think there will be plenty more rice and probably either carrot or sweet potato this week and either pear or apple. How exciting to be trying all these new things!

Going back a bit now!

I think last time i did a quick update it was approaching Easter. We had a lovely time just the three of us and David came over for lunch on Easter Sunday. We had a nice big Easter egg to share between us, unfortunately Martha will have to wait a bit longer before she has any tastes of chocolate! On the Saturday we walked to Richmond and had a nice lunch followed by a drink along the river and then got the bus back home. Come on walking to richmond from here was enough! Easter Monday was me spent trying to get stuff ready before going to Wales for the week. I also went and got a new underwired bra- what a nice feeling to have some lift there after over a year of wearing maternity and nursing bras. Another event from that day was seeing one of the boys from Port Talbot in Mothercare with his expecting wife. He was one of the quieter ones in school and so you couldn't say conversation was exactly flowing but I managed to find out that he is expecting a baby in September.
The rest of that week was spent in Wales with my Mum and Dad, it was really nice seeing them. We also managed to see my Gran and my friend Nic with her little one Jac. I ended the week with a meal and drinks in the local with Rachel and Nic - I had too many not knowing my limits now after all this time but a good time had by all none the less. Thank you again to Mam and Anna who kindly looked after Martha for me that night and what a grand job they did too! Well I think thats enough updates for now and will try to be more on the ball in future. Oh and here is a picture of Martha on Easter Saturday.

Holiday in Devon

Two weeks ago, no actually three weeks ago we went on holiday to Devon. Our first as a little family. The weather here had been great all week so we were hoping it would last while we were away but of course you can't rely on the British weather like that! It stayed pretty much dry most of the week with a couple of wet days, but the temperature dropped quite a bit which meant we couldn't spend the days lazing about outside as it just wasn't warm enough. We did manage to do it one day though and we had a nice little pop up tent so we could keep Martha out of the sun. On the Sunday we managed to go and see Sophie over in Kingsbridge which was lovely, she is expecting a baby in July and her bump is coming along nicely. It was the first time we have seen her Devon and her house is really nice and she really enjoys being close to her family. It was great to see her and catch up, hopefully we will be able to see her again soon when her baby is born.
The rest of the week was spent finding things to do that were suitable for Martha. We went to a local organic farm and had a tour round there, it was called Riverford and they are one of these companies that deliver organic boxes. We were going to use them when we got back but unfortunately they are not delivering in this area yet. We also went to the aquarium in Plymouth and a house of marbles which had theses really impressive marble runs- I was amazed. All in all we had a really lovely time. The cottage we stayed in was really lovely and we couldn't have asked for more, it was part of the owners house- although why they would share that I will never know- I suppose its easy money. They had huge grounds and had loads of chickens which meant fresh eggs- lovely. It has put a whole new light on where Liam and I would like to be in the future- no not Devon just not in the city. The problem we come against is that there is only a few directions we can move in as neither of us wants to move away any further from our families than we already are. Also as soon as you go out of the M25 in those directions properties get quite expensive and we certainly don't want to downsize. We have got until Martha starts school before we need to move but we have started weighing up different options already. Watch this space! Anyway sort of went off on one there, we had a great holiday and hopefully I will update more later, Martha is now crying.

Thanksgiving for the Gift of a child

On Sunday we had the above service at our local Church in Hounslow. It was a really special day and we had lots of friends and family around to share in our special day with Martha. Martha was a really good girl and didn't mind being passed around either, everyone was dying to get a hold and it really was like pass the parcel! The service was also combined with a ceremony for the British legion so the Church was pretty full, but all the more people to share in our special time.
I was very lucky to have my family around most of the weekend and it was really nice for them and me. Also Liam had his Mum, Steve, Jen, Shea, Anita and Heather down from Liverpool. They all seemed to enjoy themselves and I can't thank them all enough for eveything they did on Sat, Sun and Mon.
It was a very enjoyable weekend but also very tiring and I have been trying all week to catch up with sleep, not as easy as it sounds when you ave a 5 month old.
I was going to put some pictures here but want to get on with catching up so might do that later or if you are desperate to see pictures take a look at www.liambennett.com
Oh and also a very big thank you for all the gifts you gave Martha, they were all really lovely and very kind of you.

Race for life

Well yes a week tomorrow I do the Race for Life in Richmond. Many thanks to those of you who have already sponsored me. It means a lot that you get behind me and of course it is all for a good cause. I have been sort of training but I know I will not be running the whole way round, hopefully half and half. For those of you who haven't yet sponsored me and want to the website is http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/ruthcarys
I shall keep you updated on how it goes, hopefully I will get through it and I will let you know how much I have raised.
Also today I am hoping to update a few things on here as I have been rather slack on here lately and really need to get back on track.