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A family Christmas

29/12/201428/12/2014

For me, one of my favourite things about Christmas is spending time with family. With four brothers and four sisters, that’s a lot of family to try and catch up with over the festive period though although I managed to catch up with seven of my siblings – four of them before Christmas and three… Read More

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Christmas chez Cameron

08/12/201408/05/2025

We’ve been to a lot of Christmas parties organised by the various charities that have helped us along our journey as a heart family but the one we were invited to last year topped them all – the annual children’s Christmas party at 10 Downing Street. We were invited through Jessica’s community nurse who worked… Read More

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Walking in a winter wonderland

22/11/201428/11/2014

We had a couple of days earlier this week going to visit Nanny and had an afternoon out visiting Keydell Nurseries near where Nanny lives. Each year, Keydell’s has a Christmas shop and their Christmas displays are very popular with visitors. We decided to take the girls so that they could enjoy a taste of… Read More

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Making a move

13/10/201416/10/2014

This weekend has seen a very big milestone for my baby girl as Sophie took her very first couple of steps on her own and was so proud of herself! It seems only yesterday that she was a tiny baby and now she’s starting to walk and is getting into everything and thoroughly enjoying it!… Read More

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3rd birthday celebrations

07/09/201401/06/2016

My little miracle Jessica celebrated her third birthday at the weekend. It is amazing to look back and remember how bleak her prognosis was and here we are now, blessed with a beautiful 3 year old who is doing so well. Her birthday is also one of her heart days as she had her first… Read More

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A special moment

25/08/201420/11/2015

Today’s BEDAOutmumbered prompt invites us to capture a moment from our day and share it. We had a lovely special moment at the weekend whilst visiting friends with Sophie taking her first few steps  using their daughter’s baby walker I stood her at the walker so I could take a photo of her with the… Read More

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First signing certificate

04/08/201413/02/2015

Last week I had a very proud mummy moment with Sophie when she got her first signing certificate at Tiny Talk for being able to clap her hands (and she also did ‘signing’ hands for the first time at the class too!). Sophie has been coming along to Jessica’s toddler signing classes ever since she… Read More

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I'm Louise, mummy of three - Jessica, forever six, who was born with half a heart and lives on in mine; and heart-healthy Sophie (born 2013) and Thomas (born 2018). I blog about living with grief after child loss, crafts, days out and the little moments of family life.

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