A whole year.

Anna is turning one next week...

Anna only a week old.

2 weeks old.

Remembering when I was pregnant with her. The total overwhelming excitement. Wondering who this little person is in my belly.
Remembering the first little kick. At 14 weeks. At Dad's house, about 6 in the morning.
Remembering the first time I saw her, a little terrifying, but a euphoric bliss, something only a parent can ever experience.
Remembering her first little smile, and knowing it wasn't just wind.
Remembering seeing Adam cry because she was laughing.
Remembering the first time she crawled. I was the proudest person on earth.
Remembering the first babble, going from 'Agerrrrr' to 'Ca' for Cat, 'Bibibi' for bottle, and 'Dada' and 'Mama'.
A whole year we've shared with our little angel. And what an incredible year it has been. She's the best thing in my whole world.
And now she's turning 1.
Oh my.

Back to work...

No photos today as my laptop has gone on a holiday and I'm not sure when it's coming back.

I started back at work today.

It was really good that Anna started childcare two weeks ago, because I don't think I would have coped very well if today was her first day. She's still rather sick. Over the past few weeks, she's had a nasty cough. Then last week she had a bit of a vomitting episode and a trip to the hospital. Then was told she had an ear infection. Then she got conjunctivitis. Then she's on some antibiotics for the chest and ear infection which seems to be giving her pretty nasty diarrhea. We've had an eventful few days. Anna rolling around in the diarrhea that exploded out the sides of her nappy and all over her cot, on three separate occasions. Her sleeping patters are completely disrupted, she's moody, clingy and just wants to be hugged all day (understandably). So today she was not too enthused about childcare. She's been loving it over the past two weeks, but today, because she's sick, and because she started at 6:30am, she was not impressed with this excursion.

But I had to go to work. Work was ok. As good as a first day can be. The people are lovely, there's a great culture and the environment is pretty lively and comfortable. I'm really actually overwhelmed, not by the work itself, but the fact that I've got myself a pretty desirable position. I don't feel I've worked hard enough to get to where I am. I haven't even finished my degree, and I'm a Marketing Campaign Co-ordinator. How did that happen? I guess I'm a smooth talker.

So, today was long, but good. But I missed Anna so much.This is a whole new element to our already busy life. I suppose I should try and get used to it.

I stare at the photo of Anna on my desk for the majority of the day.