Category: 366 days of novice motherhood

Place: the doctors

Poison: water

Favorite things: max in a hoody!

Today is the day. It’s a day of pain, a day thy has been reckoning. Not one that I have been counting down with happiness, in fact I left this one for Charl.

Last week when I was in hospital with my boys, a little child was next door to us getting an IV drip put in and his reaction to the pain made me cry.

Right now Charl is holding Max as our doctor gives him his first round of immunizations.

I know today is painful, but the pain of a sick child, if we didn’t create some of these immunities would be even greater.

Today was another day of pain I have been putting off. I went back to the gym for the first time since our pregnancy and birth season.

Both of these painful events, prevent future chaos by creating health.

What is it that you have been putting off because of pain?

What immunizations in the form of hard conversations, exercise, cutting of bad habits that need to happen to prevent future pain?

Immune

Ps- Max is as happy as anything, he’s not even crying. What a little champ!!

Place: home

Poison: Pepsi max

Favorite things: iron on transfer paper

My son has so many clothes, they overflow out of his little cupboards.

The only thing is so many of them are ultra baby and ultra boring.

Our little man is already showing his quirky personality. We were the parents who swore our son would not have a dummy, we lasted 3 weeks.

Then the dummy was only to be used at night…now we spent two whole days this week looking for his dummy that we lost, because he refused to have any other type than his specific one.

Our son is a dummy snob. At 8 weeks old he is marking his personality and preference. At which we giggled all day, because it was Anzac day and target wasn’t open to buy his muse. At 3am
I was completely baffled. How did he build up a dislike to the four other types of dummies I could buy at the IGA which was open and not the 12 dollar dummy from target.

Today I have spent the day making our little man some unique onesies and as I created them I was reminded why his personality is beginning to shine through his dummy preference.

He is unique.

Before the earth was formed, God shaped him, formed him in my womb. His little finger prints are unique, his smile is unique, his eyes are unique. He is one of a kind.

He is delightful and quirky and he is no different to you.

You are so delighted in by the Father. You are celebrated for your quirks, your loves, your differences and your DNA.

No one else is even a little bit like you. You are unique. When we celebrate our differences, we all grow in our own personalities and strengths. It is only then that I believe the world can thrive like it was created to.

Celebrate you, celebrate your children, celebrate your unique.

Whether it be your love of chocolate covered licorice like me or a certain type of dummy like my Maximus…

Celebrate your unique.

A

Place: home

Poison: French earl grey tea

Favorite things: my wedding quilt

I have had a sleepy type of day. The 3 hourly feeds and the time difference has definatly caught up on me.

Aside from some Skype sessions and a quick family visit I have been in my pjs all day.

I love pj days but they are always made better by warm cups of tea. I have lots of different types of tea, I have special tea cups and tea making is a ritual.

I think I appreciate the sense of ceremony about it.

It makes me feel like home.

What rituals do you have that create home?

If you don’t have many why don’t you create some.

I think these routines and rituals bring a wholesome beauty to the normal.

Make normal beautiful.

Brew good tea.

A

Place: Home

Poison: cordial

Favourite Things: my new ring from my husband

One is the number that sets precedence for all others that follow it. One is the foundation of celebrations that follow.

Today is the very first of our anniversaries and we have taken this moment to create traditions that will last a lifetime.

We decided that we would buy each other a book for each anniversary and write in the front of it. Instead of presents, instead of extravagant outings. We decided that we would base our marriage on wisdom, base our marriage on truth ad base our marriage on the simple things.

We had dinner at home, we danced to songs from our wedding, our young son slept in his own room for the first time. I cooked a yummy meal and we shared memories from this last year.

I love traditions. Simple things that create memories. They don’t need to cost alot, extravagant gestures can be all in the thought put behind them.

Thoughtful moments, when we take time in the midst of our circumstance can be revolutionary.

It just takes one. One moment to celebrate another, one time to start a new tradition.

Who do you need to start a tradition with?

Your child? Your partner?

How can you create memories that last a lifetime?

Money and time are no excuse.

It just takes risk and thought.

Happy first anniversary Charl, you light up my life.

A