I am not very good at this blog stuff am I ???

I think its because I don't see my life as all that interesting.

Well Jnr is now almost 14 months old and what a funny little chap he is. At this moment in time he is dancing to his Thomas Guitar but he thinks spinning round and round is so funny as it makes him dizzy and he falls over. He has developed such a funny sense of humour.

We are still in the same house and it looks like unless good fortune is thrust upon us then we could end up being here for a long time.

I have managed to do a small amount of scrapping lately, I have yet to upload the images though ... I need to find 5 minutes to set up my scanner and printer ... its hard to find 5 minutes round here as Jnr is so into everything nothing is sacred.

We have just got back from a holiday in the Isle of Wight. My goodness what an amazing place for scenery, some places we went were just amazing.

Going to have to go now as Jnr is getting tired .... will hopefully speak with you soon.

A Good Day...

Have you ever got to a point in your life where you think 'if I don't have some time out for me I might just crack up' ? ... Well just lately I got there. I love my son and my husband and my step children more than anything in the world but I needed today to find Kate, she seemed to have got lost. So today I sent Hubby packing with Jnr to his mother, Jordan went to but Danni stayed with me which was great as we got some time to catch up on girly gossip and putting family issues to rights. Without going into detail I have to say I was relieved to know that she can see my point of view on a few 'family' problems and could totally understand my frustration and annoyance at someone who is close to her as well. enough of that on here ;)

I have had a very productive day today and boy does it feel good. I have managed to catch up some housework and washing. I also paint a wall in Jnr's bedroom area and hung some pictures. I have dyed my hair blue (although it needs another going over as its a bit wishy washy), and I actually had a chance to sit down at my new Workbox and play with pretty papers YAAAAY !!! I have made my closet friend a wall hanging of her and her betrothed.. I am loving it and I so cannot wait to be able to give it to her. I will try and get a picture before I hand it over. O it feel so good to have had some time to myself . I think I might have to speak with hubby to try and arrange to maybe have him home one Saturday and month for at least the afternoon so I can go off and do some scrapping at my crop. It will certainly make me a less stressed out mummy :)

Anyway my little man has gone to bed early tonight as he was very tired but no doubt I will suffer the consequences of that about 2am tomorrow morning, so I guess I should try and get some sleep now.

Spoilt Rotton

Well I have been out today and spoilt myself.... think I deserve a little something after having to deal with money issues, house stuff and kids.

I went to a FANTASTIC scrapbook shop in Soham... OMG I want to live there !! I have never seen so much gorgeous scrapping stuff all under one roof. I have bought myself the Disney Cars cartridge for my expression, I hope to be able to make some pictures for Jnr's room and birthday party. I also got some papers and card to hopefully make a little present for a friend. This is of course if I manage to have some space and time to myself. I have hinted to hubby to maybe take Jnr to see his Grandma tomorrow with my step children too and then maybe I can relax (and hopefully not fall asleep) and get some of these ideas I have actually in production.

I enjoyed a lovely meal out with my parents today in Ely. I have to say although Ely has a wonderful Cathedral I wasn't that impressed with the shopping area, not somewhere I will go out of my way to go again.

Well the family are over so no time to stop.

It Has Been a While ...

It has been over a year since I last posted on here and boy alot has happened. Our little miracle was finally born 12 days late, takes after his dad there.

On the 16th of August 2008 at 8.56am Harry Richard (aka. Junior) was born weighing in at a healthy 8lbs 3 and half ounces after a 29 hour labour ending in an emergency C-Sec, which if the truth be known was the worst experience of my live !! Still I would do it all again for him. I had a few complications in labour and lost alot of blood so I was in hospital for a week... mmm maybe that was the worst experience looking back .. haha. I had to have 4 blood transfusions and they discussed a possible 5 but for whatever reason didn't, although my gp maintains I should have.

Junior an hour old...

Well he is now 11 months and one day old today and I am preparing for his first birthday... where has the time gone??

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Being a mum is a fantastically rewarding job anyone can ever do, but boy is it hard. Its sleep deprivation that makes it so difficult and of course I had to have a son who is allergic to sleep, and no I am not kidding, it runs in both families. It seems that he only needs 45 mins to an hour sleep (even at night-time) to have enough energy to be on the go for 3 - 4 hours more. He rarely goes to bed much before 10pm and on the odd occasion he has he is wide awake by 2 am. Not bad you might say but he has also woken almost every hour on the hour between going to bed and 2am !!

Other than the sleep thing I cannot complain. Jnr is smashing very happy go lucky child and as he grows and his personality is starts to shine through its obvious he is going to be a joker. He loves to laugh and make other people laugh. I had a sneezing fit the other day and now he has started to do pretend sneezing and then laughs out loud... a real mickey taker.

His milestones to date have been 16th April crawled for the first time and he took his first three independent steps on the 3rd July. We still have no teeth. And his first words have been 'HiYa' 'Daddy' 'Gone' and 'grangrad' (for grandad) 'mummy'. he has also learnt a few signs as we do sing and sign every week... he now asks for milk and juice using signs. Amazing how much children absorb and take on board at such a young age.

Unfortunately due to Jnr not being a good sleeper I have not had much time to myself over the last year and so I have not been able to do much in the way of scrapbooking. Here are the few LO's I have manged in the last year.

Danni on stage at The London Palladium - July 08

My Step Daughter Danni played on stage at the The London Palladium last July with the Theatre Train Company. Brilliant performance as always, enjoyed the show immensely even though it was only a few weeks before I burst and so I spent most of the show stood up at the back as it was too hot and too uncomfortable to sit in the stalls. Still I am so pleased that I made it to see her.

Introducing Our Son (work in progress still)

This is a LO I am still trying to finish. I am having trouble setting the eyelets as they are extra large ones and even my crop-o-dile doesn't seem to be capable of doing the job. Any ideas greatly appreciated ;). The ribbon comes undone to open two 'doors' behind which you will see Jnr full name and then I hope to attach to the inside of one door (possibly both) the full birthing story as it was fairly eventful and certainly worth recording.

Me and My Giraffe (work in progress)

I adore this picture of Jnr. The toy was an unexpected gift from the lady who works in our local shop and it has become Jnr firm favourite. He often snuggles up with it at night and I always take it with us everywhere as on the odd times Jnr becomes fretful he can always produce and smile, a kiss and a cuddle for his favourite Giraffe.

Don't Forget to Smile (work in progress)

All I need to finish this is add a small amount of journalling to the pull out tab at the back of the picture. I believe this LO was inspired from a Cyber Crop on UKS. It seemed whenever I got the camera out Jnr's smile disappeared, so this was a little reminder to Smile ;)

Right I am going to not say much more today as there is no way that I could tell you all what has happening in the last year.... but I do hope that I might become a little bit better in keeping this blog updated more often.