If you're Happy and You Know It ...........

Well it's been a crazy, tiring, sleepless, ill couple of weeks for Joseph and me.

Slight understatment, exclamation mark, Pause, take a second and breathe .......

He's had the cold, I had the flu, he's teething (6 at once - 3 are poking through!) he's learned to crawl, is skooting about the place at speed, can go forward in his babywalker, is trying out finger food and holding his spoon, is mountaineering and falling off things (the bed - resulting in a mad dash to the docs) has had temperatures of 39, can wave, say's mum, dad, up, no, gran, grandad, emma, love you, yellow, more, hiya, hello, puss, baby and now he has the blooming CHICKENPOX!!!!

OMG! Talk about getting dropped into the being a mummy deep end! Now I'd say I was a tough, work hard, throw it at me kinda girl but I'm pooped! The energy levels are at zero and I really don't think I can take any more hard curved balls!

But to look into the cot and see my beautiful little angel who's grown so much in this last 10 months it scares me, is snoozing away so peacefully and happily and so innocent, loving and trusting - it just melts my heart!

I am blessed! xxxxx

(if you listen closely you can hear him breathing! and yes he is sleeping on top of his monkey! and don't worry, the first few seconds are in dark of the video clip)

Flying Solo .....

Well my nest is empty again! It's soo quiet it's like a ghost ship and I don't like it one bit! As Murray is away back to Egypt and mum is in Ireland at a funeral, LeeAnn is in Ireland (Nor'n) for a piss up and I'm left here all alone. Booo! :(

I thought I would be feeling sad, lonely and bored .......... but I'm NOT!!!!! As, my gorgeous Baby Joe decided this morning to learn to crawl, pull himself up on the furniture and stand!!! Wey hey!!!!!!!!! (I'm shattered!)

I am so proud of him, he is so pleased with himself and is trying so hard, that i think i might just burst! He just melts my heart!

I'll put up another post with pictures once i get onto the bigger laptop this notebook thingy hasnt got any on it!

much love xxxxx

WELCOME 2011 ... DO COME ON IN!!!!!

My goodness it's finally here! A brand new shiney sparkling and fresh start ..... 2011 I am hoping will have all my hopes and dreams hidden away - just waiting to be unwrapped and explored!

I don't think anyone could understand the emotional rollercoaster that 2010 was for me to deal with. I really just scraped through it by the skin of my teeth, and I'm still more than a little bruised and battered from it all.

One thing for sure, sitting night after night, here alone, is that it made me realise is the people that I can count on and who matter. I have had my eyes opened up to so many things, that I've decided that this is going to be our year as a family of 3 - starting our own wee traditions, setting our own mark on the world and it's going to be a big break away aswell!

I am both really scared and excited for our move away, Spain is hardly the end of the earth away but it means leaving my lovely mum - who is just a complete angel. I love her so much and I feel like I'll be missing out on precious time with her when we move, as everyone knows that life is all too short and dissappears way to fast, and its scary! I know I'm 31 but I just love being with and spending time with her and with Joseph as he just adores her!

But it's something we've always talked about doing and we've now got a chance to go ..... so once the house eventually sells - then it's bon voyage ...... Gulp!!

So in true Sarah style - I'd better get my ass into gear and stop being an ostrich - deal with all the stupid paperwork left over from the business and get fit, as I don't want to be bogged down by horrible things to do all year as I want to enjoy every second of all the exciting day to day things with my beautiful bambino - now that I can do whenever I want, without having to be appart from him and work anymore - and I need to be bikini ready for Almunecar!!! wooop wooo!!!!

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS (may be ammended as the year progresses!)

1 Get Fit - get off my ass (I need to do more exercise than just the housework!)
2 Go to bed early ....... to get up early!
3 Empty all the attic stuff we have stashed in everybody else's!!! Pack for Spain!
4 Clean my lovely neglected car more often
5 Get back into doing my weekly beauty routine
6 Make an effort to meet new people and go to toddlers stuff with Joe
7 Stop being an emotional doormat - stand up for myself when things are unfair
8 Get out more with the new people I meet as i'm bored
9 Keep all Joe's milestones up to date and recorded in his book ....
10 Actually start writing up Joe's book and print out the pictures!

So fingers crossed this coldy flu thing that I have - or the scary croup thing that jospeh has(resulting in yet another trip to out of hours up at the hospital!) dissappears fast and we are both bouncing, ready and raring to go for daddy coming home in 3 sleeps - yaaaaaay! Where we can spend some time together as a family and also as me and Murray and have ourselves a late merry christmas, using up all the tasty goodies that I got in for visitors that never came and were never used and I might get a night out or two and some fun as i've had more than enough of being on my own, totally alone, which has been a shit end to quite a crappy year.

But this is a brand new year and i'm going to embrace all it holds! I can't believe how big my baby Joseph is getting (he's going to get a whole post to himself for all the goss!) I'm so pleased me and Mur are closer than ever and about to embark on our biggest year yet and I'm jut so excited that i'm going to have some fun again! :-) In a different way, doing different things - but with my beautiful people who live with me and who I love with all my being and all that I am - in my House of Hughes xxxxxxx

Happy New Year to you all and I hope that 2011 is a fabulouso one for you all - I sure as hell plan to enjoy it! xxxxx

Mwah, much love xxxxxxxxx

HANDSOME HUGHES!

Joseph is such a gorgeous perfect wee baby boy that he deserves a post all to himself again! Poor little thing is just fantastic and doesn't moan about all the chaos that happens in his lovley happy life!

I am loving having more time with him, he's just such a cool well natured smiley baby and I love him more than I could ever describe or put into words!

This last week has been a busy one for my wee lad! He's been learning lots of new things and developing and growing at a fast rate! (almost as fast as his daddy is sailing to get home!! lol)

* He now has 2 teeth - one that is peeping through daily and then disappearing again, i've decided that it's because the weather is rubbish and it's too cold for tiny teeth!
*He's Waving!!!!! Yaaay!!! (especially at himself in the mirror)
*Helps you to dress him (pushes his legs/arms into jeans, babygrows, sleeves, it's soo sweet!
*He holds onto his own feet and pulls at his toes when ur changing his nappy!
*Holds things in his hands passing them from hand to hand properly really looking at it or playing with it!
*Holds his cup!
*Drinks outta his cup!
*Tries to hold his spoon at mealtimes!
*Ate mince n tatties, chicken, soup, pasta, bread, cheese - loves all food!
*Helps you brush his teeth / tries to hold the toothbrush!
*Holds his ball and throws it!
*Sits on your hip sideways to be carried about!
*Tries to grab the water flow in front of him if you pour water out of a tub into *the bath when he's in the bath!
*Is now smiling for the camera
*Can roll over and over and over!
*Has had his funrock put up a notch of height to the next adjustment level!
*Sits in his Pushchair and looks around!
*Has been out in St Andrews in his furry winter snow suit! (first trip of many!)
*Tries to give kisses and cuddles!!!! It feels totally amazing!
*He cuddles in for his nighttime feed!
*Goes to sleep perfectly every night again, without any fuss or crying!

I know that to most people with kids, or people who have none, this is not that exciting, but it really is to me as - i adore how he just loves to learn and it is amazing how he is managing to do all this himself, just at his own pace and I love it!! And I really want to use this blog to record all that he gets up to and when it happens - in with our everyday life stuff! So we can look back on it as he grows!

On a sad note, one thing I have noticed is that Joseph hates shopping!!! Typical!!! Just my luck - cos that's now 2 men in my life that'll be moaning at me getting grumpy!! Oh well - I'll survive ...... I'm used to it! ;)

Here's some pictures of my little angel!!

lotsa luv xxxx

Summer Holiday .......

....... Well I have finally managed to gather and scrape together 5 whole days off doing beauty and I have no clients booked in!!! YAAY!! this is the first bit of peace and quiet I am going to have had since that two faced, nasty FAT $*&@ decided to screw me over at the begining of July and I am so looking forward to it!!! It's going to be how maternity should be - spending time with my hunky Murphy husband and beautiful baby Joe and not have everybody else in and out the house bringing him up and looking after him - which i hate!!! (i just wish it was me all the time!)

Anyway's, am so Sorry i've not been on here for a bit, things have been more manic than i could ever have imagined possible! We've closed the shop, set up a beauty room in the house and a tanning area in my summer house! Mur's been to aberdeen for a week and passed his course, baby Joe's not been sleeping, He's been seriously teething and on Friday 1st October at 2.10pm I found is first little white tooth spiking through! It was amazing and he's drooled and chewed worse than normal since, all the way through the weekend!! Poor wee man! He's now also eating breakfast, lunch and tea and we are making sure he gets a good relaxing bathtime and bed routine and hopefully it'll start to work soon!

Mur's out at the sportsmans dinner tonight at the craws and fingers crossed he behaves himself and comes home on time and in one piece and so far he's late!!!!

anyway i'd better go to bed i'm shattered and still have the bottles to do!!! xxxxx nighty, night night!!!

(just thought i'd let you all know that i am feeling much better and more relaxed about things now - i'm just so so so tired and have literally had enough of all the crap that has gone on - i'm not even going to list it all i've decided its all now in the past and can bloody stay there as far as im concerned! Here's looking now to the future and i hope its full of lots of love and happiness, cos i've had my fair share of the down stuff!!! xxx)

I MADE IT!!!!!!!

Well a month has gone and my gorgeous man is back home where he belongs! He's totally shattered and is upstairs tucked into our bed sound asleep! It is so fabby to have him home, i've missed him loads!! But it's rubbish as this is just a pit-stop because he's off up to Aberdeen for a very hard course on Monday so i'll be flying solo again!! but it's just for 5 days as on Friday he's back home for another 3 weeks!!! wooooooo!!!!!

Another high point today is that I am sitting here blogging from the couch - because my beloved gave me a fantastic secret surprise today - my own Samsung Netbook!!! YAAY (so a big huuuge thank you to Mr Stenna Drilling!! who must have been feeling generous as this was a gift to all employees on Murs drillship for not being injured or killed over the last year - lol!!) Murray never told me he had it and i'm just really really thrilled he gave it to me - i seriously love getting presents and have had nothing for ages and this is just totally perfect for me and i'm totally over the moon with it!!!!! (totally!) I've got massive changes coming up in my life with so many different things happening that having this is going to make such a difference as is so easy to take around and is much smaller and lighter than my laptop!!! woop woo!!

Any way i'm actually surprised that i am sitting here in one piece blogging at all - after my crazy horrible time over the last wee while! - i am actually sitting here with a tidy house, a tan on, clean blowdryed hair, (i even got waxed!!!) i have 2 handsome sleeping boys upstairs and i'm so very, very happy!!!! My God, I made it!! - I never thought i'd actually get through it!!!! But I know i couldnt have managed a single second without my lovely special mum! My mum has been completely amazing! She's the kindest most selfless person I have ever met and I love her so much! She's been by my side contstantly and i know i can always rely on her support for everything, I am so grateful for all she does and I know i am so lucky to have a mum like i do as there are not many around! xxxx lOVE YOU SO MUCH MUM XXXX

Big Hugs xxxxxxxxxx

OMG - it's OCD!!!!!!

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm officially going into hyper mode!! I'm cleaning like a demon!! I think it's because it's about the only thing I can control right now, but my house is sparkling like a new pin! And heaven help anyone who dares leave a crumb or a splash anywhere!

Although to be honest it's me that could actually do with a bit of an overhaul before Mur arrives home on Friday night aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!! I don't know where to start, I look horrific!

Anyways am away to attempt to tackle my feet and face first - although not too sure what good it'll do - but it'll probably make me feel better! A bit done each night should definately help!! lol (i feel like the forth rail bridge!!)

must dash - xxxxxx mwah xxxxxx

(ps - here's a wee cheeky pic of my gorgeous boy taken a month ago! xxx)