A year in the land of Blog.

It has been a whole year since i started this blog and what a year it has been ! Im determined not focus on the negative of our past year which is made all the more easier having kept a blog as it reminds me that although our blog year had some heartbreak it was a really lovely year and we did some wonderful things together .
I wont say that looking over our year of blogs hasn't made me a little sad but im sure this coming blog year will be filled with fun and i'll have lots more lovely photos to post and show you all :)
These photos are a small selection of my favourite photos from my year in the land of blog :)

My beautiful Ben ,Daisy and Molly xx

Molly x

These are some of the few photos of Molly taken while we were in hospital which is pretty poor considering we were there for 10 hours before we were allowed to come home ! this was we had to wait to see a paediatrician to check Molly over because she had a two vessel cord and there should have been three ,which can be a sign of chromosomal defects such as Trisomy 13 and 18 and defects in internal organs mainly the kidneys and heart . Thankfully at the time none of this was explained to us and the midwifes played down how serious it could be or i think i would have been going out of my mind with worry.
Molly was checked over and thankfully there was no problems .
Ive since looked up what a 2 vessel cord means and it was scary reading ! i feel so lucky and blessed to have a healthy little girl .x i think someone was looking over us and keeping my little girl safe x

Me getting Molly dressed in the green tie dyed baby grow that kimberley from the GP forum gave us :)

Mummys Christmas Elf :) it was a complete accident that the babygrow and hat that i brought with us make Molly look like shes dressed as a Elf !

These beautiful babygrows came in the post from Polly from the GP forum :) thank you so much i love them xx

Here's a collection of photos taken over the last couple of days of Molly in her lovely pink and purple babygrows :)

having a cuddle with grandad in what looks like a giant bib and booties :)

soft play and knitted food

We met up with Andy and went to a soft play centre for the day .
The pixes had a wonderful time and didn't want to leave and Molly quietly slept through all the manic toddler shouting and yelling.

i asked for a big smile and i got this :)

Me and my little Molly pop.

I bought Daisy lots of knitted food for Christmas and its been the favourite toy ever since and i keep having to pretend to eat knitted lemons and dougnuts :)

the most snow ive ever seen :)

We have had huge amounts of lovely snow in lancashire it was snowing so heavily it looked like white feathers falling . My favourite bit about all the snow is the quiet due to lack of cars on the roads .

We bought a sledge and went to try it out on the fields at the end of our road . Molly was fast asleep so i left her in the warm house with her Uncle Patrick .

felt a bit sorry for the pregnant ewe's out in the snow .

The pixes loved sledging and our sledge goes really fast, so fast infact we ended up in the stream that runs through the field .

We wernt out long though as the snow was coming down thick and fast and the pixies started getting cold .

snow cat.

the snow settled on all the tree branches and looks so pretty.

New year

i celebrated the passing of 2009 and the starting of the new year in bed breastfeeding Molly and listening to the fireworks going off outside .
On New years day we all went for a walk out in the winter sunshine and i got to christen my new gypsymama wrap :) and use my Mam coat with a snugly baby in it instead of a big baby bump .

the view inside my coat :)

I love this photo:) Doodles and Daisy eating ice , Daisy hasn't been raised in the wild by dogs ....honest !

my dad took this photo with his new camera ,Daisy has about 4 beady necklaces on ,she's the Mr T of the toddler world :)

Christmas

This year i wasn't really looking forward to Christmas and the closer it got the more down i felt, i missed my home and all the little things we used to do at Christmas time .I couldn't help but think of last Christmas and how i wished id known it was our last as a family so i could treasure every little moment .
Christmas day was a quiet day and the pixies loved there presents but by dinner time were both nearly asleep from all the excitement and i felt ready for bed . Christmas eve me and Ben made a snowman and a very cute snow baby.

a tired me and a tired Ben 3 days before Molly was born .

Ben's favourite Christmas present was this knight top i got pre loved from ebay he cryed at bedtime when he had to take it off :(

My christmas pixie arrived :)

Monday 28th December 9.06am this tiny perfect little person came into our lives.
The birth went just as i had hoped i was left to labour peacefully and quietly and the midwifes treated me with kindness and respect . It was a wonderful experience that i will treasure the memory of forever x
We have called her Molly May ,(may is also my middle name and was my Grannys name.


We got to come home the same day and Ben and Daisy were so excited to meet their new sister.

will post more photos and write more when i have more time as Molly wants feeding and is busy trying to find a nipple on grandads jumper :)