Big Sap Alert!!

Big Sap Alert!!

During the (seemingly) endless months of pregnancy I spent a great deal of my time fantasizing.... Now stop it right there, you dirty dirties!
Fantasizing about my BABY thank you very much!! How was he/she going to look, what kind of personality was he/she going to have. And about family things we would do together.
I imagined the three of us in our bed on a lazy morning in the weekend. Having great cuddles and lots of fun together. And this is exactly what we do. We will retrieve Little Miss from her cot and snuggle her in with us. Sometimes she snoozes a bit more and sometimes we are declared "Human Climbing Frames" and "Instruments Of Loads Of Other Kinds Of Fun". Making a tent under the duvet and popping our heads under it elicits great giggles. Also "hiding" under the duvet and exclaiming "Peeeeep!!" when she "finds" you is rewarded with shoulder-shaking belly laughs. Obviously we are great parents who are dead-funny!

Another fantasy came true this weekend. I know it's sappy and people will probably go:" Oh, puhrlease!" but I still have to share. This weekend we walked back to the car from the supermarket with our little girl walking in between us. We each held one of her hands and off we went. I went all mushy inside. Holding my little girl's hand as she is stepping around in the big outside world......

We also took Little Miss for a walk and a go on the swings.
We live on the coast and the playground is right at the sea, it's a lovely place for a stroll.



Caíthlyn was strapped in all nice and snuggly, hat, scarf and gloves in place and there we went.
She is amazed by animals: Birds, Cats, Dogs, they all get greeted with high levels of enthusiasm! The girl has hawk-eyes as well. She will point and say:"Kog" (=Dog) before I even realize there is one of them trotting around!
I ADORE seeing her get such a kick out of these things. Don't know if it's a saying in English as well but we have one that goes:" A child's hand is easily filled" and that is SO true. Making animal sounds and looking at the various specimens darting around gives her a great kick. A go on the swings topped it all off for her. She is fearless! She will hold on to the chains and her eyes light up with the joy of it all.
All good things must come to an end though and so we had to walk back to the car. Negotiating the grass was a bit tough, so we opted for the gravel. I held her left hand and as her Daddy came up on her right, she put her hand up for him to hold without even looking up....... Just trusting that Dad would be there.

You can't buy the kind of happiness that gives...... (All together now:" YOU BIG SOFTIEEEEE!!"