This was penned in my mind, somewhere around the third hill climb on our morning bike ride. I have realised lately that words flow most freely when I am least expecting it, more often than not when I am outside, immersed in nature. It was day one of lockdown when I first realised the opportunity … Continue reading Long Forgotten Moments
It’s not lost on me. The fact that I started out this year with a deep desire to ‘slow down’, a heavy craving for a more simple way of life. The introvert in me was pushing its way forward, suddenly I longed for a life that wasn’t surrounded by people and noise all the time. … Continue reading Notes From Isolation
To Our Brown Eyed Girl Sweet Connie, you are one. It feels like just yesterday I was timing what I thought may be contractions, excited that you may be making your arrival. Of course, you kept us waiting eleven days, just like your sister. I can tell you for certain, every single second was worth … Continue reading A Letter to Connie on your First Birthday
I am sure that these lessons can be learned without switching off your favourite app. In fact, I know they can, because Instagram didn’t stop me from slowing down. The choice is always yours; you can put your phone down, you can set boundaries and you can simplify. Here’s the thing; while Instagram didn’t prevent … Continue reading Lessons From Life Without Instagram
Twice I almost said it, twice I stopped myself. And then, without warning, it was out; “I’m thinking of switching off Instagram for a while”. Each time I repeated those words they were met with the same response. A deep breath, an understanding nod and a lengthy conversation around the negatives of social media. Time … Continue reading Silencing The Noise // switching off Instagram
To our precious big girl, Four! How can that be? I feel like just a second ago we were (im)patiently waiting your arrival with absolutely no clue about what it would be like to be parents but full of hopes and dreams for the journey ahead. It sounds like a cliché but I honestly feel … Continue reading A Birthday Letter to Susanna // Four Years of You
We are fully embracing all things ‘stay-cation’ this year. Like many young families that I have been chatting to lately, we are staying home this summer, but, a stay-cation doesn’t have to be void of adventure. We are being very intentional about embracing all that this beautiful country has to offer, our plan is to … Continue reading Family Stay-cation // Roe Park Resort (gifted stay)
We arrived home at 10.30pm, Storm Gareth was raging and the house was in darkness. Part of me was gutted that we were home without either of our girls, it just wasn’t at all how I imagined it would be when I left that morning but I was also just so relieved to be home. … Continue reading And Then There Were Four // Connie’s Birth Story
If you had asked me what my “perfect birth” would have been as we eagerly awaited the arrival of our baby girl it would have went something like this; waters pop at home, arrive at hospital around 8cm dilated, hop (yeah right) into the birthing pool, breathe that baby out to the sound of a … Continue reading 10 Days and Counting {inducing our second baby}
So as I write this I am sat on the sofa with the laptop precariously perched on what is left of my lap, my bump has well and truly taken over. I am two days away from my due date and feeling a whole mixture of emotions; mainly excitement of course. This pregnancy has gone … Continue reading A Quick Tour of the Third Trimester
