up to now….

going to the girl's nativity…..

making things….

had a very 'grown' up tea with some friends of ours, followed by carols around the piano…

Maisie fell over on the way home from school and gave herself a very fat lip….

Yesterday was my last shift at work and as usual there were too few nurses on the shift so it was a bit chaotic. But nothing much changes there. I had a conversation with a registrar about babies and he mentioned that he would like to have four but his wife is currently expecting their second baby and he wonders if when they have that one it might change his mind….

I said i think its a question of attitude really, if you expect it to be the worst thing imaginable then it probably will be, if you focus on the negative and the lack of sleep and the tantrums then you wont see any of the gold, shining moments. You have to expect your life to change and never be the same, but this can be a good thing!! I have lost count of the amount of people who have grown up kids who say that they felt they never appreciated enough the times when their children really needed them. That it goes by in a flash and you are left trying to remember what it felt like to have that unconditional love and affection that small children can offer you. 

It made me realise how lucky i am, even if at the moment the kids are so highly strung due to the not so far off arrival of a certain portly character in a red suit!!!

So now I am really excited to meet this new member in our family, we have to get through christmas and new year and Poppy's birthday first and then the road is clear. But for now im trying to take the moments to enjoy the baby moving and kicking as this will be the last time i will carry any of my children this close and i dont want to wish these last few weeks away…although i wouldnt be to unhappy about a farewell to this indigestion!!!!

happy last sunday before the big day 🙂