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Black & White Photography Project Week 11

This little chap below made his home in my garden last year.  Sadly I haven’t seen any hedgehogs this year, possibly because we’ve cleared a lot of the shrubs away…

Me and you – September

It’s been another month where finding time for us as a couple has very much taken a back seat to the demands of day-to-day life. We had a few days…

Pansy potting

Most people who know me would agree that gardening is not a skill which comes naturally to me. I have never had a lot of success with plants – pot…

Friday Fabulous Five #3

It’s Friday again and time for me to share five of my favourite posts that I’ve read this week. This week’s Friday Fabulous Five are:   Rosey at PNDandme shares…

Word of the Week – Balance

This week has mostly seen me trying to find the right: It’s been quite an exhausting week in many ways especially as hubby has been working crazy hours and has…

Who’s the better parent?

This week’s prompt asks the question: ‘Are women better parents than men?’ Someone (I suspect it was a man) once said that when you’re a child you learn the difference…

Night feeds

Drifting through dreamland, my blissful slumber Is suddenly shattered by cries of hunger The baby’s awake and she wants to be fed I pick her up and stumble back to…

Mini Creations – Masks

Our latest mini creations activity has seen Jessica having fun making masks out of paper plates. It’s been lovely over recent weeks to see Jessica engaging more and more in…

A heart with the text "Heart to Heart" on one side and a picture of hands making a heart over a child's chest with the text "A linky for sharing posts about CHD"

Heart to Heart – September 2014

Heart to heart is a monthly link-up for heart families to share stories about their journeys. My eldest daughter Jessica has hypoplastic left heart syndrome and I started blogging about…

Hubby gazing down at baby Jessica on PICU

Three years on: reflecting on our heart family journey

The two photos below were taken three years ago today. They capture some precious moments with Jessica as we prepared for her to go to theatre for the second time…