Embrace

At the beginning of this year, I read this blog post by 'In Honor of Design'. It made me think what my word of the year should be. As a new mum I could've chosen from hundreds, but I decided that embrace should be my word.

It is nearly July and I've been trying really hard to embrace every day. However, I am in no way perfect. Some days are harder than others. Some Most days I am still in my pyjamas at midday. Other days I only get changed when I know Luke is nearly home. And other days, I actually get dressed and leave the house by 11! My life is far from glamorous and its all down to a little munchkin that entered my life nearly a year ago.

I feel its so important to make every day count when you are raising a child. I know how easily she is influenced and watches every move I make.
Over the past months I've embraced motherhood, you don't get much choice once the baby is born but  you make a choice to be the best person you can be for them.

I have chosen to try and embrace every day. We go to the park, we see friends, we make the most of days at home, we make the most of church and most important we embrace one another as a family.

It is definitely hard having a husband that commutes to London every day. He is gone at 6.30 in the morning and returns home at 7pm. My husband embraces his duty as a father. He baths florence, feeds her before bed and lays her down to sleep. That is his time with her. And I know as a wife and a mother that I need to let him have his time with her.

It is so hard to forget that you need time as a couple as well rather than just being parents 24/7. Its not the easiest to find time but we make sure we always eat together and as we are TV boxset nerds we usually watch an episode of something together before all the other church, work and household commitments take over.

My word of the year is embrace and I am grateful now that I have a renewed desire to do just that.

Does anyone else have a word of the year? Or a mantra they are following? Let me know!

Florence's favourites.

A few things florence loves at the moment

Florence at 8 months. 

-Rolling

(This is making nappy changes near impossible. Its about a 10 minute battle every change.) 

-Crawling, sometimes I just find her doing laps up and down the apartment. 

-Orange utensils from the kitchen, she drags them around with her whilst doing her laps. 

-Sleeping on you, she'll settle for next to you. If she has too. 

-Waking up at 6am. Every morning. 

-Yogurt! She cannot get enough. 

-Bath time with captain duck (pronounced "cap-i-tan, with an accent) and his sidekick.... we haven't thought of a name for him yet. 

 and Eating shoes. That have just been outside. oh the germs!

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In the last 7 months.

I know. You've missed me. It has been what feels like a lifetime since I last blogged.
Well I have been a little preoccupied.
Baby Stilgoe arrived on the 21st July 2013 and my life just went into a whirlwind. I couldn't even tell what day it was during the first few weeks of motherhood.
However, life has settled down now, well actually it settled down a good few months ago but i've just been lazy with the blogging aspect of my life. But I felt like I should really start it back up. It was started so I could document our family life and seeing as our family went from 2 to 3. I think its important to start writing down some moments with our newest little.

Meet Florence Eliza Stilgoe. She is our newest little. This photo was taken when she was a couple of weeks old. She is much bigger now. In the last 7 months, she's looked, cried, smiled, laughed, burped, rolled, crawled, fed, pulled herself up, given kisses, had her first word and made our lives so full of joy every single day.

She is an absolute babe. I don't think we could've asked for a better baby.

I hope to give this blog a new lease of life and hope to share all the adventures we get up to.