Day 47 - Church magazine archives

One of my roles at church is editor of the church magazine which comes out on the first Sunday of the month.  This means that the end of the month is always very busy as I always seem to leave things to the last minute and then have to frantically put the magazine together ready to send to the office for printing.  One of the regular features which I write is ‘From the Archives’.  I love looking back at the old issues of the magazine, reading the church family news from years ago (my husband’s birth was one item mentioned!)

Day 46 - Mother's Day

Have had a lovely first Mother’s Day as a mummy of two.  Got very emotional at church this morning towards the end of the service when Jessica came in with the other children and helped hand out flowers.  It was one of those moments when it just hits me how very lucky I am to be able to see this little girl grow and develop and how blessed I am with my two beautiful daughters.  I love them both so very much and am so proud of them both.  Thank you God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

Day 45 - Coffee morning

Spent most of the day yesterday baking cakes and scones for today’s coffee morning at our church which was a fundraiser for the wonderful Little Hearts Matter.  Little Hearts Matter is a fabulous charity which helps provide information and support to children with single ventricle heart conditions and their families and they are celebrating their 20^th anniversary this year having grown from a local support group to a national charity.  It’s great to be able to support the work they do and we managed to raise £52 through the coffee morning which was quite good considering it wasn’t particularly busy.

Day 44 - A very special book

I was very excited to receive my copy of ‘Weird Wild’ – my writing buddy Geri’s first book – in the post today.  Geri and I briefly worked together as temps in the planning department when we were both in our teens and have stayed in touch mostly via social media over the years, discovering a shared love of writing.  We have been writing buddies for NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo and Geri has had a few short stories published in the last few years.  Her first book is a collection of her short stories and I’m really looking forward to reading it.

Day 43 - The baby in the mirror

Sophie loves mirrors.  Actually both my babies love mirrors but Jessica knows that it is her reflection she sees whereas I think Sophie just sees another baby and is fascinated by the baby in the mirror.  She had a lovely time looking at and chatting to the baby in the mirror when I stopped to change her nappy (and her entire outfit!) whilst out shopping this afternoon.  Changing her nappy has become a lot more difficult since she started being able to roll and with her constantly trying to roll towards the ‘other’ baby, changing her was quite a challenge!

Day 42 - A good hair day

Popped in to see Grandma this afternoon and discovered that her hairdresser was visiting which was very handy as Jessica was in need of a haircut.  She was very good and sat nice and still whilst Jackie trimmed her hair – nice to be able to see her eyes below her fringe again!  Her hair really is getting quite long now and I have to tie it back most days otherwise it gets quite matter.  She tends to object to having her hair done though although since I managed to find various character ribbons on eBay, she is much more amenable.