We’ve had a lovely day today, Monster has just loved all his pressies and had the best time playing with them and being surrounded by people who love him. Won’t go into big details about the day but it all went well and he is looking forward to having a few little friends over tomorrow to play pass the parcel and beat the hell out of the (Dora inspired!) pinata!
Just really wanted to post a few pics of the day and have a quiet moment – every one else is asleep in bed now, I’m all alone savouring the last few minutes of my baby’s fourth birthday. I never really thought I would have children, I’m not that keen on them as a concept (!) and was under the impression that I was going to be Career Girl instead of Mummy. But after much discussion and soul searching I decided that we would after all and the results are Monster and Teeny. From the moment I fell pregnant I knew my life was changing forever and it certainly has. In terms of me it has made me more humble, nicer, tolerant, kinder, aware, patient and softer than I was before. Motherhood has also shown me all my weaknesses in a technicolour previously unseen and continues to test, challenge and push me to my limits on a daily, weekly and yearly basis – so maybe I do have that big career after all 🙂
Monster is an adorable little boy, my son, my sunshine and truly the best thing that has ever happened to me (closely followed two years later by Teeny, of course). He makes me laugh, makes me proud and makes me try that little bit harder every day. Aside from the immense love I feel for him as my son he is also a lovely person in his own right; he is caring, kind, sensitive, a wonderful brother, loyal and honest and I know he will grow to be a good man. He is full of dreams, fun, laughter, wonder and imagination, I hope his life follows whatever path will lead him to happiness and love and laughter, he deserves all the wonderful things life has to offer him and more and I consider it a joy, a priviledge and a wonder to travel part of that road with him.
I am off to bed now, a very different person to the one who was sitting in a hospital bed four years ago right now, gazing at my new born first born and making that first amazing eye contact with someone who had been living inside me for all those months and knowing that this was one of the most important meetings I would ever make.