2006
… was the year of The Baby.
In January I hatched an audacious plan, and in February (Valentine’s day) we realised it had worked and spent the rest of the month obsessing about pee sticks & HCG levels. March brought the first glorious glimpses of a beating heart, lots more drugs and crossed fingers. In April we saw lots of doctors, had more scans and a few scares. May was bittersweet, E’s due date came & went and despite hearing a wonderful heartbeat everyday it was a very scary month for me. June was better, we ‘met’ our son on 6.6.06! A wonderful day for us but a dreadful one for some dear friends. In July we crossed the viability threshold, I worried less about the state of my cervix and more about counting movements but J is very active & Simon feels him moving too. I took the major step of telling Claudia about the baby, she’s delighted but it brings lots more questions about babies dying. August brought more frayed nerves, there’s lots of very bad news from friends but regular scans show J is doing well and I start to feel more secure. Baby stuff starts piling up and we begin to count down the days in September , everyone else is getting excited but I can’t relax, I stop sleeping which is a bummer because it is the only time I worry less. October … the 17th was the most emotional day of my life, I have never been so scared or so happy. Jasper’s birth was simply wonderful. November & December passed in a delicious rush of smiles & cuddles.
Every New Year’s Eve I think about the year to come, what I want to change, what the latest crazy plan is - not this year. If everything were to remain exactly the same I doubt I could be happier.
Easily the most tearjearking roundup I’ve read. Happy New Year guys
xxx
Comment by Nic — 31 December, 2006 @ 4:31 pm
lovely - made me cry too. And I sooo do not cry at these kind of things!! Happy New Year!
Comment by Kirsty — 31 December, 2006 @ 4:39 pm
hope 2007 *does* see you staying this happy
Happy New Year. Photos are gorgeous too 
Comment by Sarah — 31 December, 2006 @ 9:16 pm
Happy New Year.
Comment by Jax — 1 January, 2007 @ 7:51 pm
Fantastic! Hoping your happiness just grows and grows.
Comment by Roslyn — 2 January, 2007 @ 8:14 am