but….firstly a thought to my american friends that come by here. 9-11, engraved on our minds forever. My thoughts and prayers are with you today.

This image, i saw today on a news site. Just seems to say so much.

Peace x

so only two posts this week but i am running on a constant ‘catch my tail’ mode at the moment. My life has been all thrown in the air and in the next couple of weeks i am planning to have all those bits and pieces that make up my life back in order…..its just that with work and nursery school being new added dimensions, i need to figure out what that will look like……

so….the thing i was going to talk about tonight was a lovely little thing that happened at work on wednesday. I had quite an interesting day back at work. It felt easy going and I did feel like i hadnt been away that long.

So, i was working in one of our intensive care rooms and looking after a little boy who i will call Ryan. He was born at 30 weeks and weighs about 3lbs. Sweet little thing, doing really well. I met his lovely mum and dad in the morning. Later on they came back and we discovered that the little thing had managed to wee all over the bed so we undressed him and changed the bed.

I asked mum if she would like to try some skin to skin with Ryan. She looked nervously at me and said ‘maybe tomorrow’ Her husband nudged her and said ‘go on’

So she did. She needed encouragement, i told her to stop worrying about the wires and enjoy her baby. He was quite fussy while he was in the incubator and then settled as soon as he was in her arms. ‘Ther you go’ i said. ‘he knows his mummy’

And for the first time in 7 days a mum got to hold her baby to her chest and breathe in that new baby smell. (that is exactly what she told me).

For me, these lovely, touching moments make my job worthwhile.

have a great weekend. loadsa blessings

of my lovely lovely maternity leave. Tomorrow i return to the world of neonatal nursing and i feel sad. Not because of actually returning to work. Heck, i’ve done that three times in the past 3 and half years. But just it being the end of my maternity leave……i have really enjoyed it. I mean how could you not….this kid, she rocks my world…

and its not just her, i have some fairly groovy, slightly bigger kids too…..but hey, you already know that.

I am okay about going back to work, I work one day a week, all day, 14 hours start to finish. Its one of those, ‘once your there its okay’ kind of days. The thought of it at 7am in the morning is a bit of a downer but once you are there, its all done in the day. So back into the world of work. I guess i really think of my main ‘job’ being that of a mum but funnily enough, im my nursing, that fact alone helps me a great deal. Its a lot easier to deal with parents when you are one yourself.

Its a funny time of year too. All change. Isaac starts nursery, my little boy off into the world of moderately structured education. He is going 5 mornings a week and I feel like this is a new season. I feel the need to re-organise, re-structure and settle down to some routines. I have to juggle my schedules and plan when and where we do things.

Got to get some scrapping done, I have so lost my motivation at the moment. I think once school starts and i get back to some structure. I will be able to get my head down and get on. Got Ali’s and Elsie’s book in Canada….so much inspiration 🙂

Anyways…got to get to bed. early start tomorrow. Cant believe i have neglected my blog so much. I do love it here. Service will return to normal…i promise…just upsie, downie at the moment.

blessings guys x

who sings that song?

But i tell you what, this does….

my favourite bunch of people all together on the same continent…perfect.

slightly more ‘stuff’ allowed on the plane ride back than the one out. Didn’t need Poppy toys though as she slept ALL the way back. You know, if i didn’t already LOVE that baby to complete heart stoppingness…i sure would after that flight. 🙂

We are heading back to Liverpool and getting back into the swing of things and have some big decisions to make…..

But, in the meantime and especially for Janna(thanks for stopping by). Some more pics of the very beautiful british columbia…

finally, our last moments in vancouver airport. feeling pretty happy with the trip, sad to leave but sure we will be back 😉

oh my, this is so why we came….

There is something about mountains that just lifts my spirits. Had the most amazing day, didn’t want to leave whistler. the mountains, they are a’ callin’

big love.