Molly Anne Sunflower

Molly came into my life when she was 3 1/2... we were meeting for the first time in Cambridge and Tony phoned me to say they were running late. I walked to the car park to meet them and saw this tiny little girl emerge from his car... with a large helping of red hair and not a hint of a smile!! She clung to her Daddy. Later on we started to chat and got on very well. She called my 'Y-ucy' (she also called herself Mo-yy-y') which was so cute.
Today Molly is much more confident and outgoing... but still a real Daddy's girl. She's always got her head in a book... or she's listening to music on her iPod... She's a star with Daisy-Kate and Stanley (who ADORE her).
Molly is popular with her friends and has a wonderful, kind nature. A true delight.

Molly loves

Reading
Watching films
Playing with her siblings
Craft
Gymnastics
Football
Sausage and Mash (like father like daughter)
Lemonade
Pop music

Teeth

Today Stanley has cut tooth number 13... Now, when he cut tooth number 11 and 12 we had sleepless nights, children's nurofen and a really runny nose. Today his 13th has just popped up without any fuss or bother... why can't they all be like that??

Also today Daisy ran happily into PreSchool, I didn't even have to walk her into the register room and help her put her name on the board. Again... if only everyday were as easy.

I then went and had a lovely morning having a cuppa with a new friend... Stan was shy and unsure at first but typically just as we were about to go and pick the children up from Pre School he and Matilda started to show an interest in each other!

Tony has been up and down since being made redundant. Things are on the up yesterday and today though, with two job leads looking v.positive. Watch this space...

All in all a good day today... and I didn't have to go into work for anything!! YIPEEE! 

Stanley Keith

Born on 1st November 2007 in QMC Nottingham healthy and contented. A very calm, settled baby who ate well, slept very well (all day in his moses basket and all night in his 'magic' cradle) and gave wonderful cuddles :)
Stan took ill with RSV and haemophilus at 8.5 weeks old and spent a week intubated in PICU, he then got meningitis and encephalitis caused by the RSV and had to fight for his life again. He really is our little miracle!
Stan is a lively boy with lots of energy. A bit of a pickle who likes to do lots of climbing etc. Stan loves playing games and listening to songs, music on the keyboards and Mum/Daisy singing. Stan is just starting to enjoy looking at books without trying to rip the pages!
We have to be very protective of Stan, he cannot mix too much with other children in case he picks up bugs and we avoid situations where he is around other people for too long... but when we do go out we all love showing him off.

Stan loves
Daddy
anything with wheels
spending time with Nanny and Grandad
milk and his bottle (!)
tubby ted
anything he shouldn't have - remote controls, the computers, PS3 controllers, wires, plug sockets etc etc
breadsticks
his sisters
and of course his Mum x

Daisy-Kate Florence Jackson

Born 18th June 2005 in the Rosie Maternity hospital in Cambridge. Daisy is the most delightful little girl... beautifully natured, kind, cheerful and bright. She fills our world with wonder... (and song!). Daisy is naturally shy around unfamiliar people but soon comes out of her shell. She's a bit of a Mummy's girl but no one can make her laugh like Daddy.

Daisy can be a bit 'needy' and still suffers a bit from separation anxiety when going to PreSchool etc. Inevitably she will have been effected by Stan being so poorly... she likes lots of cuddles, snuggles (and 'wuggles').

Daisy loves -

spending lots of time with Nanny and Grandad

going to ballet class

playing with her cousins

soya milk

singing

Molly and Stan

drawing, writing

going on Mummy's computer

going to the park

her bike

chocolate (!)

going to cafes for treats

books and reading

Blog Virgin

Well, having always enjoyed keeping diaries and journals I thought it time to break into the modern era and start a blog. I want this to be something for me... and for the children to enjoy when they're a bit older.

Me

1. 30... but only feel about 24!

2. Married to my 'lobster'

3. Mum to Daisy-Kate and Stan and step-Mum to Molly... Not always the most patient of Mum's but certainly supportive and dedicated... I hope!

4. Over protective and perhaps defensive (!)

5. Bit of a worrier, some would say a pessimist (Tony!). Maybe I'm just so happy with my life that I can't quite believe I'm this lucky and am scared it might be stopped by some external factor out of my control

6. Haunted by Stan having been so poorly... the sounds of the monitors, the guilt, the 'donate your babies organs' posters, and the emptiness inside that cannot be described

7. Part time teacher

8. Wine lover

9. Always saying "I just feel like I'm chasing my tail"

10. So happy with 'my lot'

Tony

1. Wonderful husband and father

2. Totally dedicated to his children

3. Fantastic artist and animator

4. Addicted (!) to energy drinks

5. Newly found enjoyment of herbal tea (hooray!)

6. considerate

7. Optimist

8. Loves sausage and mash

9. Liverpool supporter

10.Wishes he got to the cinema more...

Molly (10 years and 8 months)

1. Book worm

2. Film/tv lover

3. Always sketching, drawing, designing

4. 'Man of the match' winner

5. Great story writer

6. hot water bottle lover

7. Daddy's girl

Daisy-Kate (3 years and 7 months)

1. Loves craft

2. Mummy's girl

3. Books books books

4. Mary Poppins, Sound of Music

5. Singing

6. Cbeebies website - squigglet is favourite

7. Enjoys PreSchool... although usually she's not eaten her dinner because she 'ran out of time'

8. LOVES her family 

9. So kind and loving

Stanley (1 year and two months)

1. Happy Chap!

2. Can clap hands and play peek-a-boo

3. Daddy's boy

4. Loves snuggles

5. Had a rough start health wise but is making great progress

6. Taught his Mum the true meaning of the phrase "Don't sweat the small stuff" at just 8.5 weeks old!

7. Our little miracle