Well it's been an interesting few weeks. Sophs had a really awful cold and didn't sleep properly for the best part of a week, and just when I was feeling smug that I wasn't going to get it I have been knocked sideways for over a week now and it's morphed into flu resplendent with sinusitus, chills, fever, aching, throwing up, insomnia, violent headaches, an ear infection, just been stacking up the symptoms and pretty much feeling like complete cr*p, utterly devoid of energy and lifeless. Still having to dig deep to find energy reserves for night soothing and feeds as Sophs gets over her cold as well. Pre-baby I would have taken to bed with my duvet and slept for ten hours straight; now...4 hours in a row is a pretty special night. Bah Humbug but big kisses for my little girl.

I delight in my daughter daily, hourly. She brings such joy and peace and comfort into my world and I cherish her beyond words. I feel so lucky to have been given the gift of carrying, birthing and raising her. She is slowly but surely emerging as a little person, less baby and more individual with the beginnings of definite opinions on where she should be, who should be with her and what she should be doing! She is a marvel to me.