When Kaylin was just 12 days old, I took this photo and declared her a chip off the old block. Now, four months on, it seems she hasn’t just inherited her daddy’s looks and expressions, she’s also got his adventurous spirit (hopefully) and his strong will (uh oh). Here’s my current favourite photo [...]
The other day, I was out in the garden with Kaylin after a downpour when I noticed how pretty the flowers looked with raindrops on them. That was when I realised how long it had been since I really looked at flowers. So I took a few photographs. Then we saw a snail, [...]
This is probably one of those photos that, if my daughter ever ends up in therapy, will be pinpointed as the source of whatever reason Kaylin is seeing a shrink in the first place. I don’t know why that comes to mind. Must be her slightly… traumatised expression.
For Kaylin’s full moon, we decided to eschew the usual red eggs, yellow rice and curry chicken in favour of these:
They were painstakingly handmade by a good friend of my mother-in-law and the detail on them is amazing. Look!
This is a photo of baby Kaylin in what her daddy calls her “I am a champion” pose. She likes to sleep like this. And she’s just starting to smile although this photo was a total fluke on my part.
Many people ask me what it feels like now that I’m a mum. I [...]
Baby Kaylin at two weeks old and a photo of hubby I quietly took one morning with my mobile phone. She’s looking more and more like her daddy every day.
A photo of my baby bump at 38 weeks, taken eight hours before baby Kaylin was born. Hubby and I used to think we’d really miss my bump and being able to feel baby moving inside me but now that she’s out, I think I like her in the flesh much more. In the [...]
“An ancient species of everlasting plants known as the Resurrection plant that can withstand almost total dehydration for decades (losing 98% of its water content) and return to life unscathed when rehydrated … The Rose of Jericho is also said to have mystical properties and bring peace, harmony and abundance.”
I am so not [...]
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