exploring purpose and belonging across worlds
One of the big challenges when moving is to find somewhere to live at the other end. Even more so when you're moving abroad, so have to figure out a completely different system. However, we seem to have managed it remarkably easily. We had planned while we were over there to decide on an area... Continue Reading →
As well as a new baby we are also planning to move to Amsterdam in the summer as my husband has got a job there. He was offered the job on my last day at work before Christmas, and he told them he'd take it on the morning I went into hospital to be induced.... Continue Reading →
So, today is my last day at MPOW as I'm off again on maternity leave. I started here 8.5 years ago so it will be bittersweet to go - I have enjoyed that time and got alot out of it (including meeting my husband!) but it is time for challenges new. Somehow the pregnancy has... Continue Reading →
So, my maternity leave is over, a year's worth of annual leave used up and I'm back at work. Which means that my little boy has started nursery. This is a big shock to both of us and a real change to our weekly routine. Now I've only gone back three days a week and... Continue Reading →
However much people tell you that having a baby changes your life it doesn't actually prepare you for the reality of it. Here are some things I've noticed have changed over the last 15 weeks: You'll surprise yourself with how little sleep you can have and still function. Every day is full of precious moments:... Continue Reading →
Time is a funny thing, it can seem to be passing both slow and fast at the same time. Today my little baby boy is three months old - that's a quarter of a year! That seems such a long time, and yet it has passed in a flash. Looking back he has changed so... Continue Reading →
At the beginning of last year I blogged my New Year's resolutions, most of which I managed to keep to a certain extent. Surprisingly the one I did least well at keeping was to eat more dark chocolate! Spending most of the year pregnant limited the others as I was ill/tired/concentrating on other things/preparing for... Continue Reading →
It's amazing to think that we are starting this year as a family and that 2012 will be so different to any that have gone before it. I am so excited to find out what sort of a person my little boy is and to be able to watch him learn about this crazy world... Continue Reading →
Having a baby is odd, as you know that there's this big change going to happen and yet quite how it will all work out is not so certain. You get inundated with advice and information and there's just so much stuff available that claims it will make your life easier. But how much of... Continue Reading →
