Illnesses!

So since I last post on here I think it has been illness after illness. The week after we came back from Liverpool Liam had a really bad cold and cough which has only just disappeared! On the Friday Martha had a high temp and then came out in spots which apparently is very common so we will watch out for that one again!
Last weekend we had my parents here for the weekend which was nice, although my Mum ended up going home wth a cold and now Martha is full of cold again and a very runny nose!
Whilst my parents were here, Liam and I went to ee Ricky Gervais which was very funny and for those of you wondering I didn't heckle! We also watched the Wales V Fiji game Saturay afternoon beforehand but we won't mention that anymore!
This weekend we have got a quiet one which will be nice to have some quality time as a little family. As for the rest of the weekends coming up, they seem to be busy with different things.
Well it was a short post but then we have just been nursing for what seems like an eternity! I have been lucky to miss it so far! Fingers crossed.

Visit to Liverpool!

Hi everyone,
Not long got back from Liverpool and after a long soak in bath am now catching up with some tv and household chores, at the same time.
We went up to Liverpool on Thursday and got to meet out lovely tiny niece Erin (can't believe Martha was that small once!) she is gorgeous and so peaceful- well when we have seen her she has been!
We also did some xmas and birthday present shopping- mad I know but we have a couple of months of it starting next month with 5 family birthdays all in December!!! Plus it means we have left some in Liverpool and don't have to pack them in the car with everything else a baby travels with these days!! Also it helps to spread the cost a bit!
Got to see all of Liams family, Mums and Dads sides and had fun with both, Martha had a couple of whinges but on the whole was the good little girl she always is! She is fantastic and is a pleasure round everyone.
Saw Dawn this morning and Martha gave her quite a long and enquiring look- don' t worry Dawn she does it to most people!
Pictures will be put up when I have time but for now its chores and TV!!!
Check back soon for pics!

A niece!

Well as you can read from the title I have a new niece, Jens baby was born early hours of Tuesday morning with a fairly quick delviery after she had to be induced as there was meconium in the waters. Erin Catherine was 7lb 9ozs and is a little cutie. Liam, Martha and I are going upto Liverpool next week to see them all, we are also hoping to catch up with a few friends whilst we are there too.
First week back in school was ok and my class seem fine at the moment. No real major problems I don't think. Martha has settled in well into the nursery although routine wise, they tend to do their own thing even though they have asked us what her routine is!? Why bother if they are going to do what they want. I get lots of smiles and cuddles when I pick her up and there are no tears when Liam drops her off either.
Had a busy day, caught up with a little bit ofg sleep and then saw my NCT friends which was nice, all the babies are so grown up now, its time for baby number twos now - I wonder who will be first- can't imagine it will be Kathy or Vinni as they both have twins. We shall see!!!
Tomorrow I have tiny talk which will be good and then we have the start of swimming course number three in the afternoon, its a weekend of swimming which is a reason we couldn't go to Liverpool this weekend. Looking forward to that and then out tomorrow night and a friend round Sat night. Its all go here! Anyway thats it for now will be in touch soon and hopefully have some new photos to show you of little Erin!

Nursery visits over

Well Martha has done 3 nursery visits this week and each one has gone better than the one before. The first visit Liam and I took her and we filled in a load of paperwork while Martha sat and had a little play. The carer there took Martha off me and she cried, but I think that is down to her not being very well at the start of the week. Yesterday she went for 2 hours and had her lunch there, which was purreed lamb something followed by jelly. She enjoyed that but I fed it to her before she came home. Today she got there for just after 10 and I picked her up just after 2.00. She was really good but didn't sleep for very long, only slept for about 40 mins. They didn't put her down until 1.20 so not sure why that was as she normally goes down at 12.00, 12.30 at the latest. We shall see how that goes, I am also concerned about the purreed food as Martha quite likes lumps and don't want her taking a step back. Its funny being on the other side as it were now I am a parent and putting my child in the hands of someone else. I wonder if it will make me a different teacher now!?
At the end of the day Martha seemed happy there and was happy to see me also when I picked her up. Will let you know how it all goes, going to sign off now and enjoy me last weekend before returning to work on Monday.

Marthas First Bike Ride

Well a busy fews weeks, not exactly sure what we have done but the time has certainly flown by. Last week Martha and I spent a little time in Birmingham with my Aunt Chirs and Uncle John and also met my friend Liz and spent the day shopping. The rest of the week was in Wales with my parents. We had a great time and saw lots of people and both Martha and I were really looked after.


Anyway to my point Liam bought a bike seat for Martha on Monday and the idea was for us to go out yesterday and have a picnic. Unfortunately Martha hasn't been very well and has had quite a temperature. Last night however she seemed to perk up a bit and today we managed to take her on her first little ride down to Twickenham and back. Not very far at all, not sure what Martha thought of it, she didn't laugh but she didn't cry so can't be too bad. Anyway a pic here to show you all.

All smiles before ride

Not sure during ride

Also we are now waiting very patiently for Jen to give us some news on her imminent arrival of Arthur, I hope its not a boy for their sake unless they really like the name Arthur as I know I for one will have a problem getting that of my head! Good luck Jen let us know how its going.

What happened Wales!?!?

Yesterday I went to see Wales V England for the first time ever live and for my first time to Twickenham so was very excited. In all honesty I didn't expect Wales to win but did expect more of a fight from them than what did happen!! Not a good performance Wales and not the best game for me to watch them play old rivals England for the first time. Hopefully this is not a sign of things to come over the next few months with the Rugby World Cup coming up in September it is not a good start! Anyway enough of my grumbling.

Today we have had Sean and Lindsay round for drinks and seeing as the weather was so hot we put Martha in her new paddling pool to keep her nice and cool. I could do with one of these just in adult sizes!!! My next job tonight is to actually do these photos I keep promising to do!! Hopefully there will be some new ones on there for you to look at. Here is Martha today in her pool, all posing!

Where did July go!!???

Well most of it I admit for me was in work and those last three weeks went really quickly. It wasn't half as bad as what I thought it would be either. I think I have realised over the last few months since being on maternity leave and having Martha that I am definitely the sort of person that needs to be around people and have company. Being back at work was good, being able to see other adults and chat was really good. It might have been easier because I didn't have my own class and I didn't have to bring anything home with me either, hopefully I will still feel the same in September when I do have my own class and have more responsibilty. Oh well only time will tell, hopefully it will be a good balance of work and Mummy.

Liam got better but it took a long time, he was really knocked out by tonsilitus. Hopefully thats the end of it, he has got an appointment in September to see a specialist, Liam is quite nervous about it but if they take his tonsils out then I know it won't be nice at the time but at least it will mean he won't have that again. Martha had a cold last week and Liam caught it and of course we were both a bit paranoid that he had tonsilitus again, luckily it was just a cold, I don't think Liam would have coped very well if it had been tonsilitus again so soon after the last one.

Martha is growing more and more each day and is now desperate to crawl. She gets onto all fours but doesn't go anywhere, well actually if anything she moves backwards!!! She won't lie on her back for long though, she ends up on her front and then gets very frustrated. She is sitting up very strong now and does well at reaching for the toys around her, even if they are slightly out of her reach she still manages to get them which is great to watch.

She also has two teeth at the bottom and they are very sharp too- believe me I know! We didn't know she had them and then Liam felt them one day, so there were no signs beforehand either- lets hope they all come through like that!

I am hoping to update our photo website in the next couple of days but I am going to put a couple on here as tasters.

Hopefully it won't be another month before I update on here again. Be in touch soon......

Oh and just remembered when I put this last pic on that the cardigan she is wearing is one I have knitted myself- I was really proud of myself when I finished it.