she's off

So after about of month of being "mobile" but through various ingenious moves, Rebecca has finally worked out how to crawl.  Up to now, if I left her she would often have moved place by the time I returned, but it wasn't too far and was achieved by going backwards, sideways, sitting up, and impressive yoga moves. But last night she finally realised that her knees needed to be involved in the process, so I fear my peace is about to be shattered.  She was wide away at 5.20am this morning, feeling very pleased with herself and sitting up playing with her doll.  I could have done with some more sleep but hey ho.....

fun in the sun

What a lovely weekend of weather and no real plans.  We spent most of it in the garden.  Paul was weeding for England.  Ben was pottering, "painting" the driveway with water, pretending his sledge was a boat, and occasionally disappearing into the garage to discover some dangerous equipment.  We also managed to sneak down to the Royal pub 3 times....   My birthday was a lovely day and we managed to make it to a Thai restaurant on satruday night, followed by a drink at the Royal, having spent a few hours there with Sax and Charlie in the afternoon.  We managed to plant some fruit/vedge in the raised beds but they will no doubt be eaten within the week, like my sunflowers :-(

on the downhill slope to 40...

Well that's it, I am 39 and the next birthday is he big one.  I can hardly believe it really, I still feel as though I am in my 20's - that is apart from the fact that I have 2 kids and that my body is starting to ache first thing in the morning.....

Cars 'n' things....

So I sold my MX-5 yesterday, after a lovely 8 years. Am a little sad but less than I expected to be as I think I was more sad when it was sat on the driveway being unused on a sunny day. I definitely couldn't work in sales as it wasn't much fun selling it and I felt quite stressed. I guess it didn't help that I know nothing about cars so would have struggled if questioned intensely. Luckily the guy was quite chilled and handed over his cash and went...

a window back to my old life...

Today's excitement was a meeting so doing some project HR work, much more successful than the one a few weeks ago which I had to abandon due to a horrendous migraine. I was great to actually be able to sit down (in a pub, which always helps, and talk technical HR stuff instead of potty training, sleep patterns and calpol.  don't get me wrong, I really do love my life, but I am also eternally grateful for the fact that I will be able to dip my toe gently back into the world of work and keep those brain cells working.  now I just have to work out how I find the time to do it, and who will look after my kids....!

Interesting article about recording your baby by photograph each day/week as they grow older.  I love the idea but doubt I could keep it going, given the lack of Completer-Finisher in me (as my husband regularly reminds me, as he takes over cooking the dinner when I have become absorbed in Facebook).  The slightly more disturbing bit of the article was the reference to "a recent poll of Facebook users, which puts baby photos as the second most irritating picture annoyance on the website".  Ooops - that'll be me as a culprit then.  Still, people can always block me if it gets that dull.

I'm currently trying to sell my MX-5 on Autotrader as it is unfortunately incompatible with 2 kids and has pretty much sat on the driveway unused for the past 2 years. I will be sad to say goodbye but will appreciate the room on the drive and not having to squeeze out of the passenger door.... anyway, I haven,t had much interest yet apart from a bloke in Ireland who wrote an email only in capitals, who wanted to pay me over the odds and would also pay more money than It was worth into my account which I was then to wire onto his "trader" who would collect it... dodgy? Oh I think so....

Quick post at lunchtime today as I probably won't post this evening due to playing about on my new IPAD!!!!! woohoo - a veritable luxury and unnecessary purchase but one that was paid for by "extra" money, from premium bond wins, a tax rebate and the profits from having to sell my Snow Patrol tickets in February due to a rubbish clingy daughter. It's here, in the box, staring at me. but I am waiting till after the kids are in bad so Paul and I can open it and enjoy the smell of new technology.... mmm.....

testing testing...

123 – just seeing if this works from email/mobile....

Blimey, has it really been that long. 2 years can go in a flash can't they, or a sleep-deprived blur could be a more appropriate description. So I have renewed vigour on the blog front, which may only last a week but I will try. I had a re-read of some of my posts last night and, whilst I love to post regular comments and status updates on Facebook, they don't really allow me to go into the depth that this blog did, and I miss that. Especially when reading it back. And lets face it, this is the period of my life that I will most want to read back over, those precious parental moments that mean so much to me - though probably not to anyone else! So I will attempt to reinstate my ramblings, which will involve lots of discussion about sleep, poo and teething and lots less about travelling, partying and working. More Gina Ford than Judith Chalmers, if you will.... So to get the ball rolling - what did the 14th May 2012 bring? Well it brought a little girl who has discovered the veritable delights of teeth grinding that having top and bottom teeth provide. The kind of stuff that sets my own teeth on edge, especially at a sleep-deprived 3am. And as for Ben, well a milestone day in that he had his first formal haircut. I'd made a fairly decent go of it myself a few times - as I tell my husband regularly, I've worked in a hairdressers you know (IN HR!!! is his regular response, when I use this phrase to offer to cut his....). - Having siad that, it was getting a little beyond my capaibilies so i muscled in on my mum;s hairdresser's appointment who cuts it at her house, and Libby did a great job. He was very bemused and a little concerned but sat still and did me proud. He looks a little more grown up, but not radically different so I am chuffed. Will try and post a photo when I've worked out how to from my phone. So that was today, Let's see how the rest of this week goes, but for now, my glass of wine, plus fishcakes and chips are waiting....