delayed reaction, I know but...
I cannot believe that it was 374 days ago that I gave birth to this girl
On the day of her birth (Tuesday 9th) tea-time we planted Maggie's placenta, along with Elanor's first hair-cuttings (the hospital THREW HER PLACENTA AWAY... don't even get me started) underneath an orange tree - a navel orange at that...fitting! Family came, beautiful words were spoken, gifts were given and vanilla and passion fruit sponge cake was eaten. A wonderful way to celebrate this one making her entrance into the world methinks!
For the littlest little's first birthday I decided on a teddy bears' picnic as we are pretty much a house overrun by stuffed animals. Family and so many awesome friends from near and far came to share the special celebearation (see what I did there?) with us...it was heartwarming and totally fun for all!
And so we have a one year old...and are 7 months off a 4 year old too. WHERE DOES IT ALL GO?! When I start thinking of how quickly time passes it makes me want to savour all the drawing, clothes-choosing-fights, rolling around on the floor, laughing at boogers and so on and so on... It is all too easy to rush through the day in order to "get things done" and of course things need to be done but we also can't forget in our sleep deprived grumpiness that these people are only little once and although they may not remember specific things about this time they will remember the feeling of being loved.
For the littlest little's first birthday I decided on a teddy bears' picnic as we are pretty much a house overrun by stuffed animals. Family and so many awesome friends from near and far came to share the special celebearation (see what I did there?) with us...it was heartwarming and totally fun for all!
And so we have a one year old...and are 7 months off a 4 year old too. WHERE DOES IT ALL GO?! When I start thinking of how quickly time passes it makes me want to savour all the drawing, clothes-choosing-fights, rolling around on the floor, laughing at boogers and so on and so on... It is all too easy to rush through the day in order to "get things done" and of course things need to be done but we also can't forget in our sleep deprived grumpiness that these people are only little once and although they may not remember specific things about this time they will remember the feeling of being loved.
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