Bigger and better adventures

I was dressed up and waiting for the babysitter to arrive before we went out for dinner to celebrate our wedding anniversary, when I noticed Talia had a big blotchy red mark on the side of her forehead. It looked quite nasty, as if she’d banged her head badly and broken a lot of little blood vessels just below the surface of the skin. I felt sick just looking at it, as I must have had my attention elsewhere and she’d fallen on a toy or something.

Then I reached out gently to touch it - and the lipstick came off on my fingers. Ooops. Guess who doesn’t put on make-up very often? I guess that classifies as “kissing it worse”.

Well the candle has been blown out, the cake has been shared and the balloons are slowly deflating.  It has been an emotional but ultimately very joyful (if slightly fattening) week-long celebration.  I’m in awe of my amazing little daughter who is developing before my eyes, and so thankful for my husband and parents and their support.

On my birthday this week I received a beautiful email from my mother, and I suddenly realised that there is so much more to our relationship than I was aware of before I became a mother myself.

“About this time 38 years ago I was trying not to panic and people were saying’you’re doing well’ but I didn’t know whether to believe them or not. Another half an hour and you would be there all bloody and with a slightly squished head but I loved you on sight and have never stopped.”

Needless to say she is a very doting Nana too.