Let it snow!

Well i looked out of the window this morning and would you believe it the deepest snow iv seen in years! Emily couldnt wait to get out in it and luckily she had two people calling for her early doors, Her Grandad and cousin Jack to ask if she wanted to walk to the garage with them for some milk, Grandad had it all planned out that he could pull her in the sledge when she got tired but she didnt like it so they pulled the milk back on the sledge instead hehe!

Hes Been!

Well Emily was really excited but not nearly as excited as me! I couldnt wait for her to get downstairs and start demolishing wrapping paper!



She got all-sorts from Playmobile sets to her very own make up set!



We also bought her a Black & Decker workbench so she can help Daddy when he is doing DIY and her very own games console with a Dora the explorer game!



She also got a gorgeous fairy dressing up outfit from the Disney store complete with little girl high heels! hehe

Second weigh in

Just had an unexpected visit from the Health Visitor who very kindly weighed Hannah and to my suprise she is now 5lb 1oz !! Crikey, i knew them bottles were going down well but thats 6oz in 5 days! Way to go Hannah! She is a little jaundice but nothing a bit of sunbathing wont fix.

First weigh in

‎4lb 11oz ! LOL still so tiny but going in the right direction, thats all that matters, so shes put on 2oz in the last 10 days (baring in mind she probably lost a few first days) Midwives are so happy with us that she has signed us off Happy Happy!

We wanna go out!

Will finally get to know what Hannah weighs tomorrow, she still has sparrow legs but her little fingers and cheeks have deffinatly filled out a bit. Cant wait till she is a bit stronger and has a bit of meat so i can take her out for the first time, even if it will probably be a trip to Morrisons for essentials lol

Vail Narnish

Me and mum took Emily shopping today and decided big sisters should get to pick and buy there own vail narnish so we did just that, she has even put some vail narnish on Mummy when we got home and i have to say she aint done a bad job!

Woah!

My family had managed to keep Emily in the dark about what was happening as we expected things to take much longer and didnt want to upset her but when Michelle received my text message with a picture of Hannah she showed it to Emily and explained, Emily was running round squeeling with joy and over the moon she had a baby sister!

It was 6:45pm before we knew it and i asked mum to nip home and bring my dad and Emily up while they had the chance as they move you to the ward at 8pm and no one is allowed in.
It was just gone 7:35pm when i heard footsteps in the coridor and ran out to meet Em who gave me a massive hug then straight away wanted to see Hannah, so she hopped up on the delivery bed with her Dad and looked over the cot and fell in love right away! I didnt get a look in she was so made up with how cute she was and her eyes were like saucers.


Mum had very kindly brought me and Steve a KFC bucket which me and Daddy quickly dispatched.
Emily was mega upset when she had to leave with Nan, Grandad & Daddy as me and Hannah had to be moved up to the ward. The poor little darling had big teary eyes and did not want to leave us but Hannah needed close monitoring due to her being so tiny.

Luckily the following day at 7:30pm they released us from hospital and we came home to a very excited big sister who was super pleased to see us all.
She has been amazing, she loves Hannah so much, im really glad we took so much time and care to involve her in everything and prepared her well by talking about the baby allot, it deffinatly worked, She is more than happy to let me see to Hannah first and has not displayed any jellousy at all infact quite the opposite.

She loves the fact Hannah is wearing some of her old baby clothes and enjoys helping out with fetching and carrying, she strokes her forehead so gently and helps me put cream on her dry belly.
She is also loving having me and Daddy home every day, its going to be a wonderfull Christmas! Were so proud of our girls even though we are still a little in shock!

Here at last!

At 3am on 8th December i went into labour 16 days early.


Lucky how things work out, Emily just happened to be at Nan's for the night as it was Daddys day off and we planned a nice lie in and a xmas shopping trip, however that was rudely interupted hehe. After labouring at home till 11am we organised for my sister Michelle to come and take over looking after Emily who at this point was still oblivious to what was going on next door and me Daddy and Nan snook off to the hospital, it must have been just before 1pm when we arrived and i was only 2cm dilated but was kept on a heart monitor as the babys heart rate kept dipping dramatically with each contraction.

At around 2pm i was moved up to the delivery suite as they had decided i was in labour (i didnt need them to tell me that!) I was hooked up to the monitor again and had to lay on my left hand side which made the contractions worse as i couldnt move around during them to ease the pain. I was in agony with ever pain so when i was offered pain releif i took it this time.

All the medical team was still talking about c-sections and wouldnt let me have anything to drink so when my mum put a wet babygrow on my forehead to cool me down i grabbed the opportunity to suck as much water out as i could, all i could taste was wash powder but it was heaven!

About 3:30pm i told the midwives i could feel the baby pushing down and felt like i needed to push, they finally gave me some gas & air at this point and called for a doctor to come and examine me, i was 5cm dilated but now getting the urge to push and with the next few pains pushed and my waters went.

All of a sudden loads of people came rushing in, there was a lady on my left asking if i had ever had a blood transfusion, someone on my right yanked my right arm in the air and rammed a canular in the back of my hand while another nurse informed everyone in the room "there is some bleeding down here doctor!"

They was preping everything to rush me to theatre!
I screamed that it was really hurting and i needed to push, they told me to breath through it as they didnt the baby to too far down in the birth canal as they wanted to take me to theatre, however on my next contraction the doctor decided to see what happened and told me i could push which i did with all my might and out flew Hannah, a beautifull tiny 4lb 9oz baby girl, perfectly healthy and in good voice and very hungry!

Leg Pains

Poor Emily!!
I must have totalled about 3.5hours of broken sleep if that last night, my poor little princess was screaming in pain saying her legs hurt so i gave her some calpol and sat for hours rubbing her calf muscles while she was snoozing and sobbing at the same time. According to the internet its very common for kids of this age to get growing pains! She has been crawling about all day refusing to put any weight on them so iv let her rest them but managed to trick her into standing up properly by letting her do the washing up for me at the big kitchen sink and she is finally walk/limping again.

Hope this phase doesnt go on too long im so tired!

Surestart Centre

Well thanks to Nanna we have found a lovely little playgroup on a wednesday that Emily is now attending. She has only been once but loved it, iv never seen her so animated, as the group runs 1-3pm i cant make it for the first half at the moment so Nanna is taking Emily for the first half and im going as soon as i finish work at 2 but im only at work for another 2 weeks so when the group re-starts up after christmas i will be able to go along for the full session.

The children have full access to painting, water-play, roleplay area and toy kitchen, a train set, stickle bricks and plastic animals. Emily couldt wait to show me everything she had been playing with when i arrived. Then the organisers tidied up and it was snack time where the children had bread sticks chopped fruit and a yoghurt each. After snack time is song time on the carpet as a closing for the day.

Emily makes me so proud, she has such a lovely singing voice and was joining in at the top of her voice without being shy at all.

Im really pleased about the group because its a good starting base for her before i enrole her in proper nursery and gives me a chance to observe her with other children and teach her how to deal with arkward situations before i have to leave her at pre-school.

They say TV rots the mind ...

In the car on the way back from the shops Nanna was singing "wiggly woo"
Emily: "Wiggly is a worm"
Me: "Thats right darling"
Emily: "Worms make compost.."
*I looked a mum and smiled in amazement*
Emily: "Its stinky"
Me: "What kind of things can you put in the compost Em's?"
Emily: "Fruit and Berries.."
Me: "very good!, Hey can we put potato peelings in the compost?"
Emily: "Yes mummy"
Me: "How about a plastic bottle?"
Emily: "No way!"
Me: "so where can we put it?"
Emily: "In the recycling!"
She never fails to amaze me, shes so smart!

Nom Nom!

Im so pleased with Emilys best eating day ever! Shes had Cerial, Toast and peanut butter, Pizza, 1.5 Fish shapes with sweetcorn and peas, a few chips and half a packet of choclate buttons! She probably wont eat till Friday now!

Walk in the park

Me, Emily and Nanna went for a walk in the park to feed the ducks and collect leaves yesterday.
She was off in front telling us which way was best to go being the leader as per usual.
Nanna stopped to pick a butercup to go in the collection and Emily said "Oh come on Nanna you silly old woman"
I was horrified and nearly lost my jaw on the floor but then i realised that Nanna often tells Emily "im just an old woman you know"
Hahahaha
Luckily Nanna knows Emilys nature and just laughed

Kick or Pain?

A few days ago Emily was doing the usual, "hmm im going to play with this " *drop* "no i might play with this" *drop* "oh how about this" *drop*
I explained to her that now mummy's belly is getting bigger its difficult for me to bend over and she was going to have to start picking things up and putting them where they live.
Emily- "sigh oh mum your a kick in the backside.."
Me- " Sorry darling what did you say"
Emily- looking slightly worried that she may be in trouble "your a kick in the backside?.."
It was very hard not to laugh, im sure she has heard me call the dogs a pain in the backside on numerous occations lol

Second Scan

Scan went really well but unfortunatly baby was hiding behind my bladder, the poor sonographer tried and better tried but couldnt get a decent picture but never mind was great to see on the screen

So Busy!

We had a weekend visit from Ross & Lia and we all took Emily to Cannon Hall Farm. The sun was out it was a beautiful day and most importantly Emily had a wonderful time!

Emily was saying hello to every animal she came across!

Then a few days after Ross and Lia went home there was a Free play day in the park which was a bit of a let down really, the only entertaining thing was the hay bales they had spread all over the field that the kids were playing in which was really good fun.


This Sunday just gone Emily was bored and Auntie Rie had told us there was another play day so we decided to go along and see if this one was any better and it was a great afternoon in the park with our Local radio DJ (Dixie from Real Radio) entertainment in a centre barrier, Circus equipment to play with and Emily also had her first ride on a train which contrary to the look on her face before we set off she loved hehe

Awww!

Emily has been suffering some seperation anxiety just of late, not wanting me to go to work or leave her. She has been fine up until recently but we are trying a few things to help her out.
However yesterday when i had to go to work after my midwife appointment Emily asked me not to go when i was getting out of the car. I explained i had little choice and would be home soon.
As my mum was driving away Emily said "Nan.." Mum looked in her rear view mirror and saw Emily had very watery eyes, she asked "what love?" Emily said "I think i might be going to cry!"
Awww! She is so gorgous bless her

Educating Mum!

Well this morning Emily was watching me straighten my hair in the bedroom and happened upon a plastic lid she found on the floor (yes my bedroom is a hole) she said "hmm what bottle does this go on mummy?" i didnt recognise it so i explained it was probably from something i had already used up and she could put it in the bin.
When she got to the bin in my room she threw in the lid then picked out an old empty bottle of her bubblebath. "Mum that doesnt go in here! not in this bin.." i wondeered if she expected it should go in the bathroom bin so i asked her why. Then she said "Mum its Incycling! it goes in the incycling box!"
Crikey that told me eh hahahah

Potty Training

Well there has been the odd occation Emily has managed to tell me she needs the toilet and make it to the potty but today she has had a great breakthrough
She has had big girls pants on all day and has been to the potty 4 times and is still dry!
Fingers crossed ........

She went all day! I think in total she has probably had 9 wee's on the potty today ranging from tinkles to full potty.
Iv just explained to her its probably best to have a nappy on at bedtime just incase but if she can do a few days in a row like this i think i will be chancing the plastic undersheet on her bed and waking her for the toilet a few times through the evening.

Peanut in the oven

First scan, Sonographer says 15 weeks with a due date of 23rd of December .... oh dear oh dear ...

Haven Camping!

Me Steve and Emily went on our first proper family camping holiday to Haven Blue Dolphin for 4 days and had a fantastic time, even though the weather man had us written off we had 4 glorious days of sunshine and the only rain we saw was a bit of spitting as we were packing up to go home.


Emily was brilliant the whole holiday i dont know where she got the energy from, she didnt stop from opening her eyes in the morning to falling into bed at night, She loves the clubhouse with Rory the Tiger and Bradley Bear, we even took advantage of the swimming pool.

She got really upset when it was time to pack the car and come home, she really didnt want to and fell asleep in the back of the car soon after we set off home and didnt open them again till we pulled up on the drive, she was mortified when she realised where we were, poor little thing!

Paulines Wedding

Today we all went to my gorgeous cousin Paulines wedding, it was so lovely to see the Campbell side of the family at a happy event instead of a funeral!
Emily was good as gold all day and look absolubtly gorgeous, she got a little bit restless during the ceremony but Auntie Rie had allsorts of wierd and wonderfull goodies in her handbag to keep her entertained



The photographer also took a shine to her while we were waiting for the group photo and my cousin later sent me a copy of one of the pictures that had come back

Heehee

While sitting in the garden yesterday Emily was talking to something on the floor, i had a glance and saw it was an Ant, "Hello you.." she says to it, bless.
I said "what you got there honey?"
She looked at me dead serious and said "Its an Antique".

MayDay Gala

We took Emily to the May Day Gala today in the park.

Unlike last years scorching hot day today started off terrible and i thought it was going to be a day stuck in the house but the rain stopped long enough for us to go and have a nosy and im glad we did! We really enjoyed the Gala and Emily had great fun.

She had a ride on a donkey called Lucy and loved it, unlike her previous goes where it felt more like torture than a treat.
We also risked getting her face painted although i didnt expect too much, maybe a small flower on her cheek if she sat still long enough but to my suprise she sat as still as a statue and let the lady do a lovely butterfly round her eyes with added glitter.

She also got to see some birds of prey, very close up and a clown riding a tiny bike and the majorettes and a sheep dog rounding up some geese.
We then had an evening of finger painting and glueing bits of paper so all in all she had a wonderful day.
Iv just put her to bed and can still hear her on the baby monitor telling Softy her teddy bear all about it!

Big Sister

She isnt quite sure what she thinks about the idea yet but we have told Emily that Mummy is having a baby!
She doesnt seem too bothered about the idea which is a good thing, as it is still early days but i had to explain to her because she cant use Mummy as a climbing frame anymore.
Her reaction was "in your belly Mummy? and then come out and say hello?"
I hope it is not going to be too tough on Emily because so far our worlds have revolved around her but she loves to help me with things so i think she will embrace her big sister role very well.
Christmas seems such a long way away ....

Crayons

I was getting Emily ready to go shopping today and she didnt want to go because she was busy colouring in, i told her she could continue when we got back. She then asked me while i was putting her coat on, "Can i take my bloody crayons with me?" :-o
I must be more carefull what i say around her!

Weekend in Grimsby

On the 28th March we took Emily to visit some good friends of ours who we met online called Ross & Lia. Emily was very excited to meet thier new baby kitten Arora



She had a great time running about playing with the kitten and causing havoc, i think Arora enjoyed having someone to play with that never seemed to get bored hehe

The following day the sun was out, the weather was lovely so we took Emily down to Cleethorpes seafront for the day.

After grabbing some Chippy for dinner we headed down to the amusements and Emily went on just about every ride available, and she even let me put money in to make them go!

Then we had a quick half hour on the beach and Ross helped Emily build a sandcastle which she then destroyed as soon as he lifted the bucket.


After an Eskimoo for the adults and an icecream for Emily we had a quick browse round the market and a cup of tea in the cafe, Emily was falling asleep so we decided to go to Cue-World for a few games of Pool before heading home.
We had a lovely weekend!

Water Baby!

On the 20th March we took Emily to the swimming pool for the first time.

As i had never really taken a baby swimming before i wasnt too sure what to expect, although we have never yet had any accidents in the bath i didnt know how we would go on in the pool.

I explained to Emily that the swimmers nappy i was putting on her was'nt a free license to fill it and that if she needed the toilet she must must tell me.

She absolubtly loved the pool and was very brave, she didnt have her floatation jacket on for very long and was quite comfortable hopping up and down in the pool so long as me and Daddy were close by.

We must have been in there about 45 mins, still having a wonderful time when suddenly Emily burst out crying, so much so i couldnt work out what she was saying, i thought maybe she had caught her foot on a sharp tile or something so i lifted her up and calmed her down enough to hear her .. "I need a poo!, that means i cant swim anymore! *sob*"

I told her that we could go to the loo and come back but by the time we queued her little jaw was chattering away and my belly was rumbling so we decided to get dressed and go to the cafe for burger and chips.

She cant wait to go again :0)

Cannon Hall Farm

Me and Daddy took Emily to the farm today, it was a lovely day, we had a great time, loads of baby animals to see including pigs, sheep and goats. They also have a huge play area, im not sure who enjoyed it most, Emily or Daddy!


Daddy showed Emily how to milk the plastic cow (squirts water) as you can tell from her face she was a little weirded out by this hehe

Then she made friends with a funny bunny. I tried to tell the farmer that i thought his Rabbit was escaping but apparently he always climbs out and sits on the pen wall "its his favorite spot"
He was very sociable.

She even got to feed the sheep, which was as slimey and gross as you could imagine but she thought it was fabulous!

Parking!

Me and Nanna had been thinking it might be a good idea to take Emily to the park as she hasnt been for a long time, but on the way past in the car i could see it was heaving and remembered it was half-term and not such a good idea.

So instead we took her to the play area in the middle of Lupset, which as it happens had far more facilities than the one in Thornes Park.

Anyway after about 20 mins we was awfully cold, our cheeks were chapped and a dirty big grey cloud was forming overhead so i told Emily it was time to leave.

To which pouting at me with her gorgeous little face she announced "aww mum im just Parking, i love Parking mum!"

Cheeky Monkeys

Me and Nanna took Emily to an indoor play area today called Cheeky Monkeys, apart from a very brief visit when she was about 14 months old when she fell over on a plastic see-saw and put her bottom teeth through her top lip she hasnt really been to one yet.
Well she was very excited when we arrived, there was kids everywhere, screaming running about .. the little heathens. Not a good idea to go to such a place on a Saturday it turns out.
This place was great apart from the fore-mentioned brats everywhere, the facilities were great and lots to do for a child of Emily's age.
She is still quite shy with other kids and was like a little lost soul till i went in and rescued her but to be fair on her, these kids even intimdated me!
I think she had a good time though, she certainly burned off some energy and flaked out in the car ..

Meet Frosty

Fancy us getting real snow for a change it was lovely fluffy, clean, deep and fun!
While Emily, Nanna and Grandad waited for me to get home from work, Grandad made a great sledge out of a plastic storage box which worked a treat!

Then of course i had to build Emily a snowman, which she thought was fantastic :0)

To say she wasnt cold, "im not cold Mummy, im just playin snow!" she took some warming up when i finally convinced her we deserved a cup of tea for our hard work.

After a strip down, dry and a packet of crisps and a hot water bottle from Nanna she was good as new!
 

What Flies?...

Emily was playing with her toys yesterday with her dad and said something smart, i dont remember exactly because what followed still makes me laugh, he said "well theres no flies on you kid" then suddenly Emily looked down turned around and checked just to make sure she had no flies on her haha

Happy 2nd Birthday!

I blinked and suddenly Emily has grown into a beautiful, intelligent, comical Toddler!
She is 2 now and bright as a button, she is a real chatterbox and knows her numbers up to 10 and can sing the alphabet with ease.

She knows nearly every nursery rhyme i can remember and some i don't know the words to myself!

She's a typical girly girl who loves sparkly things and magic and her favorite colour, of course, is Pink!

Best of all she is gentle, loving, caring, a breath of fresh air




Well on your birthday morning the first thing you did is what every girl should do! Have breakfast in bed!

We got you a birthday badge which you loved and wanted on straight away and you sat very still on our bed while i wet your hair and put your bunches in.A couple of weeks before your birthday, just after Christmas we had been looking through a catalogue that came through the post and on the very back page was a Fi-Fi kitchen. I remember you looked at me and said "Mummy, i would like a FiFi kitchen!"

It was the first time you had ever really asked me for anything specific so i knew i would be getting you it no matter what the cost!

Lucky for me it was on half price sale!After playing with your new kitchen you had a ride round to Nanna & Grandad's house on your new bike and played in your indoor trampoline with the music really loud bouncing around like a lunatic

Then we had a little tea party for you round at Nannas and all your cousins came and we danced around, you looked gorgeous in your new party dress that Auntie Celia bought you.