Happy Mother's Day

As it is Mothers Day in Britain today I wanted to say a quick Happy Mothers Day to my Mum and to thank her for all the amazing things she does for my family. She adores Daniel and Abigael and loves spending time with them. She has a kind heart and is willing to help people however she can.

Thank You Mum for all you do for us.

Well, I had a lovely Mothers Day myself. I was able to lie-in while Luke got up with the kids, then Luke made me breakfast in bed and while I enjoyed that, Luke cleaned the house. It was a lovely day spent with my family.

Thank You Luke for a lovely day and thank you to my kids for behaving and making me laugh today (they do that everyday).

Photo Friday

One of the blogs that I follow does a photo themed post each Friday and this week it is Happy. We have to choose one picture that makes us happy.

Well the photo above makes me extremely happy because it shows my two beautiful children and their personalities down to a tee. Daniel is laid back and easy going whereas Abigael is more feisty. As you can see, they both has loads of hair which I am thankful for. But most importantly - they love each other and will protect each other in the future.

Avon Calling

Like the title states - I have started doing Avon this month to bring in a little income. For my American friends maternity leave in Britain lasts a year, we are paid for the first nine months and then the last three months we do not get paid. Well I am now in the three months without getting paid and we really need some extra money. The idea of Avon was good for me as I could do it when Luke came home from work and it would take a few hours a week.

Well the first month was not the best, in fact without my Mum's help taking a book to work with her - I would not have made any money. But I am not giving up - I will continue to work at it and visit more houses this month to see if I can get more business.

Please pray that this will succeed because it will help us with getting through each month.

Abigael is 9 months

Abigael is now 9 months and changing every day. She is currently in the in-between stage between baby and toddler. She is getting more used to other people around and will actually sit with other people for short periods of time.

Abigael is currently around 18 pounds and wearing mostly 3-6 months clothes but also some 6-9 months. She is still little however all of her hair makes her look older. She adores her brother and unless she is having a bad day - she is happy to have him hug and kiss on her. Abigael can now give kisses and loves kissing her daddy more then anyone else. She is clapping and waving. She can also say Dada and Mama.

Abigael loves her food which makes me a little sad as I am only breastfeeding her mainly in the morning and at bedtime. She is a very tidy eater which is completely different from her brother.

Abigael - we are so happy to have you in our lives. Mummy is excited that you are happy to spend time with Daddy as he loves hugging on you. You brighten our days with your little laugh and look forward to you taking your first steps. Good luck to any boy who wants to date you in the future as they will have to get through daddy and your extremely protective brother. We love you very much Abby.

What have you done to my hair Mummy

I just had to cut Abigael's fringe (bangs) as it was getting into her eyes. However before I had the chance to cut to, I had to find a way to keep it out of her eyes as it really annoyed her. I don't think that in the future she will allow me to do it again

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Funny things to remember

I know that as parents we want to remember the big milestones in our babies lives like crawling, first words and walking however there are also the small funny things that I like to remember.

When Daniel was a baby he loved watching adverts (I know, shock, horror I let my children watch TV), it got to the point that no matter what he was doing - if a certain advert come on the TV he would stop dead in his tracks and watch the advert until it was finished. The advert was for an on-line card company and to be fair the theme tune was very catchy. I wanted to keep a record of it as it makes me laugh how funny he was when the advert came on.

Well now that Abigael is here, the same thing is happening again. A few nights ago I was giving her her finally feed and trying to put her to bed. I was carrying a sleeping girl to her room when her advert came one which happens to be an insurance advert and she was wide awake trying to see the TV and catch the advert. I love the funny little things that my kids do doing the day that make me laugh and the adverts they enjoy is just one of them.

Its been a while

It has now been over a month since my last post. I really don't have a reason however it is difficult to sit down and think of things to write about. So I thought that I would give you some little bits of Brewer life along with some pictures.

* Yesterday was Luke's birthday. It is difficult to fully celebrate a birthday when you have to go to work for the day however once Luke got back from work we were able to go for a walk and eat homemade dinner and homemade sticky toffee pudding. We will fully celebrate this weekend with the rest of the family.

*Last Saturday Luke and I managed to go to a movie just the two of us. This is the first time we have been to the movies together in over two years - I know that is sad however if you know my daughter you will understand that it is very difficult to be away from her for that length of time. She did however not cry the entire time we were out which gives me hope for the future.

*Talking about Abigael - she is growing into a real little girl. I honestly think that the reason she is not crawling yet is because she does not believe she should be placed on her tummy. She could spend hours just sitting and playing - mainly trying to take whatever toy Daniel is playing with. She adores her food and would eat all day if you let her - she is willing to try anything and normally at dinner she eats more then Daniel does. She loves her brother and laughs at most things he does (including when he cries). Daniel loves to push her around the house in her chair and she just happily enjoys the ride. Although she is a mummy's girl, one of her favourite times of the day is when Luke comes home from work. When the door opens and he says hello - she starts grinning and tries to see around the door to get a good look at her Daddy.

*Daniel is growing into a great little boy who adores his sister and loves anything to do with cars, trains and trucks. He spends his days playing with cars, trucks and anything else with wheels (in fact, I just went and got him from his nap and the first thing he said was Car) . He does not mind Abigael playing with him however if she messes up his line of cars we do have to move Abigael and sort the problem. He is beginning to learn his numbers which is very funny because he knows 2 and 3 very well and 1 is always forgotten. At the moment he is obsessed with a puzzle. This puzzle contains 45 pieces and we will do it at least 3 times a day. However he is amazing at it - if you complete the outside of the puzzle, he will complete the middle without much help. Although he is a typical boy in that he loves climbing all over Daddy, he understands that he has to be gentle with Abigael and other babies and will therefore spend his time holding her hand, kissing on her and making sure she is OK.

*The first picture shows Daniel and his friend Imogen. Imogen is about 18 months and she talks very well. In fact - when she came over to visit she walked in the house and said 'hello Daniel and Abigael' and my son turned to her and yelled 'see'. This was his way of telling her to come to his room. It makes me laugh at the difference between boys and girls. Imogen will talk in little sentences whereas Daniel states his option with one or two words (one is normally car, truck or train and the other is Mummy). Please don't get me wrong - Daniel can say many words and some sentences however talking is not on the top of his 'to do list' - it comes somewhere behind playing, running, sorting his cars, and looking at books.