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 :)

Season craft swap x

This is our super duper lovely season swap from Dawn on the GP forum :) we absolutely love them ,Daisy has run off with the Rudolf and Ben has claimed the Yule Gnome as his :)
Thank you so much they will be treasured x

This is what i made for my season swap it looks rather pitiful next to the photo of Rudolf and Gnome but I'll blame the camera as i couldn't get a decent photo of it :) its homemade white felt with shiny Angelica strands and embroidery with beaded detail and a nice big jingly bell :)

making of christmasy things

With the complete failure of Mummy to make some Christmas cards we set about making some Pixie made cards .

After the pixies painted their faces,necks and arms this was the finished product ! we put a Ben paw print on the front and a Daisy paw print inside the card complete with Rudolf nose and googly eyes they look brilliant and we just made enough for all the Aunts and Uncles and Nana and Grandad so mission accomplished !

Here's some of the things Ben's has been making at his playgroup he goes to in the mornings .

I love the look on the Angels face :)

snowy snow

With great excitment we woke up to find it had been snowing ! so after running round the garden we went to run round the fields .

this photo looks like im modleing for Countrylife Magazine :) with my new Mam babywearing jacket :) cant wait to have a little bundle to snuggle up inside it .

Daisy making snow angels

Snow angel

bump watch

Bump watch is just what it feels like in our house at the moment everyone has been ordered by Grandma to ALWAYS have their mobile phones with them when venturing out the house which has taken some getting used to as my phone usually has a lonely existence hidden under clothes ,books and other general clutter!
Am feeling huge now but am feeling alot happier about my impending labour i had a another hospital appointment last week where i got to talk to a consultant about all things birth and labour and i was pleased that he agreed with me about having a natural birth :) so yay ! Ive packed my hospital bag and am just impatiently waiting any signs that baby pixie is on her way earthside :)

not that im slightly obsessed at the moment or anything :) but have been busy reading these books , a big thank you to GP mum Lou who kindly lent me the HypnoBirthing book its has played a big part in me feeling alot more relaxed about birthing baby pixie i just hope i can finish reading it before baby arrives .

Got the baby name book from a charity shop to see if it had any girls names i liked and 'hip hurray' have found a couple i like but will till she's born before i decide on anything definite so will be keeping them secret :) i nearly popped a seam when i saw the name Anal in there ! i can safely reveal this will NOT be babies name :)

Have been on lots of long walks

and after months and months finally finished my baby blanket :)

a casualty of constant baby blanket making has been my handmade felt Christmas cards :( this is the only one Ive managed to finish so i will admit defeat and maybe have them done for next Christmas :)

Right off to knit and try my best to be patient and remind myself that baby's like wizards 'are never late, they arrive exactly when they mean too :) x

Its beginning to look alot like christmas !

These are some of the Christmasy goings on from the past week :)
Daisy went to the Toddler Christmas party so after a major rummage we found one of her few dresses and cracked out the rainbow tights and she even let me tie her hair up in pig tails :)


Yesterday we went to see Father Christmas ! who i must admit was on the rather thin and slightly naff side ( i like my Santa to at least have a real beard but i think that's just me being a perfectionist and watching miracle on 34th street far too many times !!!) the pixies loved it though .

Daisy took awhile to come round after being rather taken aback at first but eventually crept up to father Christmas with Grandma for protection :)

Then after all the twinkly light and tinsely excitement we went for a play on the playground .

and of course Doodles didn't escape the tinsely fun :)