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A new baby and a pandemic | 2020 – Our year in review

  • Posted on December 31, 2020December 31, 2020
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January / February I rang in the new year 13 weeks pregnant with our fourth baby, relieved to be at the end of a long first trimester with a lot…
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Why you should never ask me if I’m going to “try for a girl”

  • Posted on September 19, 2019September 25, 2019
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“Are you going to try for a girl?”   Jeez. That’s an interesting question to come out with oh so casually. Do you assume I’ve never thought about it? That’s…
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Living with Trichotillomania – Compulsive hair pulling

  • Posted on March 19, 2019April 8, 2019
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Trichotillomania. A condition I’ve always thought could benefit from a catchier name. It’s a pretty difficult name to remember, let alone pronounce, when you read it in the agony aunt…
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Everything I’ve learnt about planning a wedding

  • Posted on February 19, 2019October 7, 2019
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Sam and I got married last summer, in a wedding that we had been planning for almost two years. Throughout the wedding planning process, and afterwards, with the benefit of…
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Our 2018 – My favourite memories

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Every year I think, ‘Oh, I won’t bother doing a round up of the year, it feels a little “Me me me”. And then every year I can’t resist. Because…
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The perfect summer?

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Summer is without a doubt my favourite time of year. Even more so since I’ve had children. Warm weather (some of the time!), long days, a lax routine, and all…
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When one of you wants more children and the other doesn’t

  • Posted on May 17, 2018September 24, 2018
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I knew as soon as Otto was born that I wasn’t done having babies. I was so emotional over his newborn days, every last first. And I knew that it…
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Rory’s First Snow – Snapshots and Scenes #7

  • Posted on January 1, 2018February 2, 2021
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Looking back on a wonderful 2017, and what’s in store for 2018?

  • Posted on December 31, 2017February 2, 2021
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I have actually been counting down the days until it was time to do this end of year review. We have had the most amazing year ever. Just thinking about…
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