Before I was Mummy.....

I just got to thinking that 10 years ago I would've been pregnant with my 1st baby, Charlie. He was due December 22nd 2002. I went overdue with him and he was born January 1st 2003 at 11.03am after an awful and long induction ending in forceps and ventouse. He weighed 8lb 1oz.

Beautiful baby Charlie Blaise

Before I was a Mummy, life was pretty boring. I had a couple of jobs but nothing I ever really stuck at too long. Graham and I bought a little 2 bedroomed house just before I fell pregnant with Charlie. It was a tiny little house. 2 up, 2 down and not a lot more, but it was home. We made it nice and cosy and we loved it. It was our first proper home and we even had a garden with a little shed at the bottom!

I only seem to remember the weekends before I was a Mum. Friday nights would usually be spent having a few drinks in a local pub. Saturday we would usually go for a mooch round town, spend some of hubbys wages and end the evening with a takeaway. Sunday was spent with a looooooooong lie-in watching the Hollyoaks Omnibus in bed and eating the leftover takeaway from the night before for our brekkie (gross i know!).

It didn't really get more exciting than that.

But the day I became Mummy was the best day of my life! The love I felt for this little human being was amazing! The magic of Christmas when I was a child came back, only with tonnes more magic. Birthdays really were special occassions. Holidays were amazing, just to see babys first time on the beach, babys first paddle of toes in the sea. Suddenly I felt significant, and I knew I was put on this earth to be a Mum!

This is why I have gone on to have 3 more beautiful babies.

I love being a Mummy!

Memory Lane...The Journey Of Frankie...

I was sorting out some pictures on my facebook earlier when I came across some pregnancy ones.

I feel a bit sad that I don't have much pregnancy evidence from my older two children, Charlie & Olivia but we weren't really in the days of digital then.

I do have some good old photographs somewhere and will dig them out.

I also have some on a memory card somewhere from my pregnancy with Louie, I will dig those out too.

But for now, here's the journey of Frankie-Kade.....

The first time I ever saw him! Think I was 7 weeks & 5 days here

This was a private gender scan I had at 16 weeks as I was desperate to find out if I was carrying a pink or blue baby!

I can't find any earlier bump pics as I think I only took them when my bump was significant.

Here's some of the later stages bump pics...

Frankie was born in this pool, in my dining room, bang on his due date, 25th July 2011 at 9am. He weighed 8lb 9oz.

Below are the first pictures I took of him when the midwives had left and we had settled down..

His reaction to his first bath wasn't good to say he was a water baby LOL

We have just celebrated his 1st birthday and he is an amazing little chap. The first year of his life has flown so fast. He has an amazing little personality and is a joy to be around!

My gorgeous little man at one year old!