...And baby makes three!

So I became a mum on the 12th of November to little Evelyn last year, hence why I haven't been able to write anything until now. In fact, as I write this my tireless partner Leo is jigging said baby on the sofa in an attempt to get her to sleep whilst she mithers relentlessly. Motherhood is tiresome, a lot more tiring than I had prepared myself for! Despite her being an incredibly chilled baby that has currently taken to sleeping through the night and was in a nice, easy routine of getting up at 12, 4 and 8 every night before that; I have no idea how parents with difficult infants deal with getting up screaming every two hours or those that struggle to breastfeed or even feed at all.



Despite the inevitable rocky road of settling into parenthood, we've hit the ground running and so far are dealing with looking after a squirming, shitting, miserable little retch who is - at times - an absolute joy and I wouldn't trade my new life for the world.

This is how she likes to sleep. Seriously.

I didn't however start this post to preach to people about how great or how difficult it is to be a new mum - there are thousands of articles about that - I did begin writing though to talk about what's been happening in the new year, hopes and aspirations and what I plan to do with the rest of my life.

...Or at least the next few months.

For February, I am overwhelmingly excited about going to Center Parcs to see Leo's enormous family and to show off our spawn to them. As she is the first grandchild on his side (number six on mine), she has been cooed over and passed around more times than I can count between his extended family already, and I'm sure that's set to continue in the coming years. I'm more excited about actually going to Center Parcs to use the facilities and to enjoy being in the company of Leo's family. I'll have to not go mad with the Prosecco this time but I'm very much looking forward to swimming in the sub-tropical paradise and hopefully even taking the little one into the baby pool for her first ever swim.

It'd better bloody fit her.

I've also taken to crocheting again now that Evelyn is getting into a bit of a makeshift routine. I just recently put the finishing touches onto a poncho for when she turns one and I'm pretty darn pleased with it. I'd like to do bigger projects than just hats and booties which is what I've been getting familiar with whilst I practised various stitches and remembering to count stitches so my work doesn't go wonky.

All in all, a good start to the year. :)