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Archive for January, 2009

On the other hand

One handed typing is not very conducive to blogging. We have a week left before we go away & I have SO much to do, including hiring a car, which I must do now.

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With joy

Today we visited with the little girl and the little boy who are here. Both a joy to behold.

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With sadness

A little boy & a little girl are 2 today but they are not here today

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2 weeks & counting

My baggage is laid out, my lists are made, my shopping has begun & we are counting down.  Passports are in, DoHS prespproval is applied for, new driving licence is sorted.  I am starting to feel a little organised but I am sure that feeling will pass quickly.

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Infant bondage

If J is not wrapped up, preferably in a sling, he cannot sleep without startling himself.  As a result he rarely sleeps in the car but can sleep for hours, like now, tied to my chest.
D is a new child, and the house is a happy one, since we started setting realistic limits and pointing [...]

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Something made me remember

For some reason I thought about this post this evening.  Her daughter & my son were born on the same day.  Congratulations to another baby born after miscarriage.

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The Story, Ongoing

It has now been just over a week since I started to regain control in this house and the change is unreal.  I don’t know where to begin.
In the time before, D would randomly hit me, crossing the room to do so on many occasions.  In July I tried, with some success, to get rid [...]

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Let’s Pretend

It has been a long time since I played “I won the Lotto”.  Now that there is no IVF to pay for, the expenditure changes.
I would clear the mortgage on the shop, buy the farm (literally not figuratively) & apply for planning permission for 3000sq ft with geothermal underfloor heating.  I would have LOTS of [...]

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An admission of guilt

18 months ago, in the middle of the black time after my second miscarraige, I started to let D walk all over me for an easy life and so as not to agitate M.  Then I did 3 cycles back to back and was pregnant at the end of the 3rd.  Pregnancy brought with it [...]

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