Snoozing....

Silas turned three (way back in April)!

Forgive me for still trying to catch up with some of the events that have passed us by while I haven't been blogging. I'm getting there slowly but surely. 

Back in April my wee ginger love turned three! Three years gone in flash since this crazy ginger character made his grand entrance into my life. His arrival was beautiful, horrendous and dramatic all at once, my only completely natural and drug free birth had me feeling all the feelings! Calmness, control, love, pain, panic, relief and so much more love!  He cried so much after he was born that the doctors checked him over again just to make sure there wasn't a problem! He started how he meant to go on and still to this day is known to cry for up to an hour over more or less nothing! But man is he AMAZING! Funny beyond belief and such a snuggler! There no place I'd rather be than in the middle of one of his cuddles! 

Neil was away on April 18th so we decided that as Silas would be none the wiser we'd just tell him his birthday was a couple of days later so that Neil didn't have to miss out on the celebrations. Simple. When the big day came around I found it harder than expected not to let the cat out of the bag. I had to literally stifle Isobel's enthusiastic birthday wishes and mute the skype voice message from Nana, Kaka, Molly and Violet singing Happy Birthday. I kept thinking about what a horrible Mum I was not to acknowledge this special day! By about three O'clock just as my guilt was easing slightly Silas bluntly asked "Mama? Is it my Burfday?" 

I replied with a week "er...nooo." 

"It is. It is my Burfday." He shot back bluntly before walking away, disgruntled. 

Eugh! He knew it was his birthday all along! I don't know how but he definitely knew! And now he knew that his own Mum didn't even care! 

I made sure to make up for things a few days later, we even had an impromptu party at our new Ukee neighbors house with half the town there to sing Happy Birthday and I'm pretty sure our crazy Ginger loved being the centre of attention!

Love you so much Sisi! Happy burfday!

x

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Me and all my children!

Silas is one!

I'm a bit late posting this but such is the way of my life at the moment. On April 18th our little Silas turned one! This year has flown by like some kind of messy whirlwind. Silas has thrown all our lives into chaos and yet made them seem so much more fulfilled at the same time. He's a character this one! Our fiery little redhead, if he's not smiling he's crying, loudly! It's one extreme or the other with very little middle ground. He's demanding and time consuming more so than either one of my other babies but also completely and utterly charming. He has me wrapped around his cute and chubby little fingers and he know it! I love him more than it is possible to express in words and am so grateful that he has given me this wonderful year of baby magic that I wasn't quite expecting. Now as we head into the wobbly world of toddlerhood with yet more challenges and undoubtedly a whole lot more chaos up ahead I constantly remind myself that every tiny move I make, every word, every action has the power to change the atmosphere of our days, the feelings in my children's hearts and therefore their lives.  Seven and a half years in and everyday I learn so much more. This motherhood thing is wild ride!