{one beautiful year} our week and a bit in photos

sunday

 lights of my life

monday

christmas eve treats

he's been

wednesday

christmas jumpers rule

thursday

our snug little bug

friday

the bestest boy in the world

saturday

testing out his christmas presents

sunday

watching football with daddy

monday

we'll never last until midnight but happy new year!

And just like that I've finished my one beautiful year project.

One photo, every single day, for one whole year.

And what a year it's been for us.

And 2013 . . . ?

There will be a little something called {our beautiful story}

Same thing, different name.

Wish us luck . . . 

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fourteen weeks new

Your fourteenth week in the world was so exciting.

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wishing you...

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{one beautiful year} our week in photos

sunday

transfixed by tree lights 

monday

a nanny sandwich

tuesday

i love my christmas tree

wednesday

cutest reindeer around

thursday

 our newest decoration for our newest addition

friday

working up a sweat

saturday

wrap wrap wrapping

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thirteen weeks new

You had hit the three month mark

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{one beautiful year} our week in photos

sunday

helping dress Nanny's mini tree

monday

"pen-gin"

tuesday

mummy makes a comfy chair

wednesday

blowing sleepy bubbles

thursday

bath time with mother ducker

friday

 ready for a bedtime massage

saturday

a little wintery treat

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twelve weeks new

We were really settling into life as a four.

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dream big little ones

All parents have dreams for their children.

I think it's a natural part of raising a child

to think about where they might end up some day.

As much as it sometimes isn't that nice

to think about them all grown up,

flying the nest,

not needing us quite so much,

at the same time that is what we do it for.

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stories {see it snap it love it}

Nothing quite warms my heart

and makes me smile

like seeing my beautiful boy

with his nose in a book.

And he LOVES reading stories.

I honestly think he would happily spend the entire day

bringing me book after book to read aloud to him.

And he will quietly sit and look through books alone,

concentrating on studying and then turning the pages,

for far longer than you would ever expect a toddler to.

He has his favourites.

He has stories he likes to join in with.

He has stories he likes to read all by himself.

He has stories that make him sit still and silent,

engrossed in the story unfolding before him.

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{one beautiful year} our week in photos

sunday

twinkly lights

monday

somebody has nearly found their thumb

tuesday

it's hard work being a baby

wednesday

brother and sister cuddles

thursday

my pretty girl

friday

 a girly shelf to match the boy shelf

saturday

carousel fun with daddy

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your twenty-second month

You were officially a big grown up boy.

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eleven weeks new

You were such a smiley little thing.

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it's always darkest before the dawn

I haven't been telling the whole truth here lately.

I haven't been lying, just keeping quiet about things.

I knew when I was pregnant with the beautiful girl 

that things would be trying at times with two under two,

I knew there would be changes and that we would all need to adapt,

I knew that it would be challenging and exhausting and tough

and that was just on the good days.

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light {see it snap it love it}

Our Christmas tree is up

and looking lovely.

I absolutely adore this time of year

and every single year I suggest to my husband

that we leave the tree up all year round because it's just so pretty.

He always smiles at me in that

"I love you but you're completely mental" type of way.

This year both my babies are a little in love with the tree

so maybe in a few years the three of us can convince him

. . . or not!

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anything you were wondering...

Last year I took a blogging break at Christmas

and I plan on doing the same again this year.

Eating yummy food,

seeing lots of relatives

and enjoying time with my family

is just more important than blogging.

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{one beautiful year} our week in photos

sunday

lovely long lashes

monday 

my cheeky man

tuesday

teddy bear off to her first dancing lesson

wednesday 

"baby cuddles"

thursday

bath time at nanny's

friday

crazy kiddo

saturday

the christmas fairy came . . . 

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ten weeks new

Ten whole weeks had passed and we were in to double figures.

Mummy took you to the doctors for your check up and first set of injections.

The doctor was really pleased with how well you were doing

and you cooed and smiled at him for the whole appointment

so it was hardly surprising that he thought you were great.

You were definitely not a fan of having your injections

and Mummy felt like the biggest bully holding you as you flinched away from the needle.

Fortunately you seemed to get over it pretty quickly

with the help of a cuddle and a toy to look at.

You went along to your first dancing lesson.

Or rather you went along to Mummy's dancing lesson

to meet everybody.

You enjoyed watching the girls doing their ballet

and seemed to find the music and all the cuddles very relaxing.

Mummy couldn't wait until you got to go to dance lessons of your own one day

and it was scary to think that it would be no time at all before you were old enough to.

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