Catch up from the last few months

we have done a few things together as a family since i was last able to post. one of the things we did was to visit legoland Windsor towards the end of the September, just before it started turning cold. we went with Michael mother and his little brother Jacques, it was a pleasant day out Thomas walked most of the time and spent the rest of it on Micheal's shoulders as you can see from the picture.

Ellen slept for almost all of the trip, only waking up to ask for food and the occasional nappy change. we went on a number of rides and it was even warm enough for Thomas to play in the fountains, though he was shivering towards the end of it! we bought Thomas a soft Lego man, and Michael got a really nice keyring that had both Ellen and Thomas' names carved into it. Jacques got to go on the car racing ride he wanted to go on, and i went down the water flumes with him.

We stayed until the park closed, and we did the famous buildings made out of Lego at the end when the kids had crashed out in the buggy. They were most impressive, and the funny thing was they had characters from batman on the roofs, it was so funny they looked like the fathers for justice crowd!

We also had fireworks night. That was nice, we went to my mums and set off a small box of fireworks and had some sparklers. here's a picture of tom and his daddy drawing their names with the sparklers. doesn't he look happy?

of course we had Christmas after that, the pictures i will add when i get time to get them off my phone. i will fill you in all the details tomorrow hopefully, but right now I'm shattered and need to head off to bed.

night all xx

Hello... anyone still there?

Well getting the internet back has been a total farse! i cannot believe my last post was september and TODAY was our reconnection date. thats crazyness!

we moved out litrally overnight and i didnt have time to post anything on here, but we have moved to a nice ground floor flat in woodside. its right next to the school i want Thomas to attend, and not to far from our church. it was magnolia throughout when we moved in, laminate floors throughout except the bedrooms. the kitchen and bathroom are quite new and spacious, and all applicances are working! the only problem is no storage, but thats fixable!
Ellen is now 7 months, nearly crawling and eating three meals a day. Thomas is now 21 months and talking in sentances. his favourite word at the moment is NO, tom would say no to sweets given half the chance.

Michael is at full time university and full time work, meaing we dont hardly see him at the moment, but he is applying for part time jobs so fingers crossed.

and moi.. well im now a size 10, i've had my hair cut and actually have time to put make up on in the mornings. so i look alot better now and feel more like myself.

unfortuatly we have gone through quite a tramatic time recently. Ellen had just turned 5 months when we found out that i was pregnant again. it came as a complete shock as we had been very careful not to take any chances, and we had managed the previous 4 months without any problems.

after a long conversation we decided that it would be best if we didnt continue with the pregnancy. there was just no way we could stretch michaels wages, and it would have meant moving again, not to mention the strain of three children all under school age. 'so anyway that is all over now and although it did put alot of pressure on us at the time, christmas was great at bringing us closer together again and if anything its made us stronger.

now onto a brighter note! we have redectorated the flat, and we will be putting in some storage monday as there is just no where to put anything at the moment lol! The kids room is beautiful, i painted it white and bought a brightly coloured border and stickers for the walls. we have put matching curtains and bedding in the room, its a zoo theme bright yellows oranges and greens. the living room is plum and caramel, two walls of each, and we have an extra sofa now. we will have a fridge freezer on tuesday, and im hoping to buy a dishwasher in the summer.

i turned 22 on the 27th of December my friend Tuesday had her baby on the 28th, thats her on the right. She is beautiful, her name is Brooke and she was nearly 9lb! poor Tuesday lol!

right kids awake from their naps so im off, will update pictures and post again tomorrow.

nats xx