Day #30 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #30: A photo of you when you were happy.

After finishing this blog challenge, I have come to the conclusion that I should really take more photos because although I have a fair few photos, I don't have that many general ones. I only really have pictures from big occasions and that's mainly because other people take the photos. Anyway, to finish off this challenge, I wanted to pick a picture of me looking nice and happy and just end this blog challenge with a soppy message. I am most happy when I'm with my friends and family and thankfully I'm blessed in both departments. I have the best family a girl could ever ask for. I never feel alone because I know that I always have someone that I can talk to. And I also have the very best friends that I can always have a laugh with and even if I'm having the worst day, they always cheer me up.

I really am one of the luckiest people in the world because I'm so rich with what I have!

And that's a wrap. It's all over!

30 Day Photo Challenge: COMPLETE! 30 days, 30 photos and 30 great memories shared.

I love you all. 

xxx

Happy Birthday Max

Can you believe that it is exactly a year today that my first little baby nephew was born? No? Me either. It really baffles me how that time has flown by because it really does feel like it was yesterday. I can't believe it. This little boy came at just the right time for my family. He has been one of the biggest beacons of light for us and he brings us complete joy every single day- from his cheeky smile to his adorable babbling. I just love him so much.

I hope you have the best birthday ever, little baby! I've just come home from spending a couple of hours with him and the look on his face when I walked through the door was priceless. He was so excited to show me his new toys and started pointing to all his toys and balloons saying 'yes'. It made me so happy and then he took steps towards me by himself and that topped it off.

I love him so much and I know that he's going to have such a good time at his party on Sunday. What a cutie!

xxx

Day #29 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #29: A photo of someone you find attractive.

This man is like a God to me. He is everything that I would like in a man and more. Chris Hemsworth is probably in most girls' dreams because he is an image of perfection. I can't stop looking at him from his sexy hair and stubble, to his piercing blue eyes. I love his films as well. It makes it ever better that he's Australian and has a hot accent.

I just want him... Anyone that is a Chris Hemsworth look-alike, please do let me know in the comments below!

He will be in my dreams tonight...

xxx

Day #28 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #28: A photo of what you ate today.

This is probably the most boring lunch you could ever have. I am yet to eat this but my lunch today is a bog standard cheese roll. Hopefully today I'll actually get to eat it unline yesterday!

I am not one of those food people that get excited about eating. For me, most days it's just something I have to do to keep me going with energy. I really could give or take eating food most days ha!

What are YOU eating today?

Leave me a comment about your lunch please. I wanna know. Must be more exciting than mine!!

IT'S ALMOST FRIDAYYYYY

xxx

Day #27 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #27: A photo of last summer.

The best thing about last summer, apart from me finishing uni and getting a job, was going on holiday with two of my best friends. I absolutely loved spending the time together that we did and I hope that sometime soon we can do it again! Even if it is just for a weekend away. I loved it!

xxx

Day #26 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #26: A photo of your favourite weekend.

IT sounds lame but my favourite weekend ended up being every weekend of my first year at uni. Uni was like one long weekend for me- especially the first year! This year was before everything went pear shaped and everything in my life was fun and exciting. It was before my Nan died and before any of the complications came into my life with my family and I was so happy. Every weekend was like spending it with my best friends going out and getting drunk or just saying in and having a pizza and film night. It truly was one of the best years of my life and I miss it so much!

xxx

Day #25 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #25: A photo of a night that you loved.

This was an unexpected night that I loved! So, this was my first ever Christmas Staff Do and I was very scared about going to it. It's one thing making an impression in your job and doing a good job at your job but there's another thing making an impression in front of senior leaders on a night out. Now for Christmas Staff Dos there is always a stigma of letting loose and getting a little bit tipsy and I was all too aware of this and actually tried my hardest to not let this happen!

Now these ladies in the picture with me made the night so good. It was so much fun and I actually really enjoyed the night after such a stressful first term as a class teacher. It made it worth going and I don't know what I'd do without them!

xxx

Day #24 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #24: A photo of you that your hair looks nice in.

As some of you know, if you have followed my blog for a while, I donated my hair around 2 years ago to a cancer charity and raised over £100 for the cause. This meant that my hair was always really long and then I had 11 inches cut off meaning it went to a very short a-line bob. I have to admit I did really like my bob at the time and when I look back on some of the pictures of me with short hair, I do consider getting it back. But at the same time, I also look back at pictures with my long hair and I end up craving it again. I love how it looks in some pictures but I also know that in others it just looks flat and too long. 

I'm not really a hair and make up kinda girl. I have always kept things really simple but this picture, for me, makes me really love long hair and it's one of the inspirations that has meant I want to grow my hair back again. You never know, once I've grown it again, I may cut it all off and donate it again. That's the thing about me, I'd rather do something for a good cause than get sentimental about something that will grow back.  

That picture was about 2 years ago and so I thought I'd also post a more recent picture of me with my hair that I like in it...

Double whammy!!

xxx

Half Term is Over!

I woke up this morning like I have done for the past week and I have revelled in the fact that I can lay in bed without a care in the world. I only had this feeling for exactly 0.5 seconds before I realised that the day was Sunday and the curse of the Sunday hit me square in the face, right between the eyes. Sunday is not a funday for me on a usual week but just after a week off for half term, Sunday is like facing the devil and knowing that you've already lost before you've even tried.

I have left copious amount of work and planning to this day wishing that for some divine reason the day would not come but unfortunately, it has and now I'm faced with the cold, hard and very sad reality that I have been running from.

Can't anybody save me?!

Also, not only do I have planning to do but I also have the nerves of going back to school. What if I have forgotten how to teach? What if I stand in front of my children and don't know what to say? It's a little bit silly but yes, I am pretty nervous to go back to teaching...

Oh my life!

xxx

Family Love

This is one of the things that I have to constantly remind myself of. My mind has the tendency to think of the worst possible outcome and to take something small and make a mountain out of it, which then gets turned into the worst possible outcome. It's hard for me to see people that I love upset and sad. It's hard for me to see people around me arguing. I am not one of those people that thrives on arguments and drama. In fact, I try and surround myself with people that are least likely to argue. My friends and I have been friends since we were 11 and I can't remember us ever having an argument and I like it that way.

My family is always difficult. My family life is not conventional and it is never easy. It never has been. Sometimes it's really hard to stay positive and see everything from that silver lining. But I really try hard to. I try hard to put on my big girl smile and make a laugh and a joke. In fact, if you were to ask most people, they wouldn't be able to guess that we have dealing with at home because that's the type of people we are.

I just have to sometimes take the time to remember to take care of myself and my family first rather than putting on a front to disguise everything. I am very good at hiding things that I am feeling.

This message is something I wanted to share with people that are reading this blog... Remember you don't choose your family and most of the time you're most harsh on the ones you love but as long as you remember how special they are, you can't ever do anything that would really hurt them.

Day #23 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #23: A photo of your friend as a baby.

Considering this girl is also doing the 30 day challenge and she has all the pictures under the sun of her life on Facebook, I thought I would post a picture of my friend, Hollie as a baby.

As I said, she has also been doing the 30 day challenge so I have linked her blog page below if you want to check out her pictures. They're pretty cool! And I think you'll all really enjoy looking at her pictures- they're probably a lot more exciting than me... Just putting it out there haha! :D

http://hollies-little-treasures.blogspot.co.uk/

xxx

Day #22 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #22: A photo of your town.

This is the High Street where I live. Nothing that exciting I can tell you.

There's not much to say for this picture really. It's a picture of a town just like any other!

xxx

Day #21 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #20: A photo of you standing up.

I rarely have any standing up pictures because I'm not a fan of myself... But when I'm on holiday, I always have to have a snap or two or myself and last year, I was really happy with myself. I liked the way I looked and I really love this dress. Also I was on holiday with Hollie who we know is a trigger happy camera snapping best friend! I think this is a really nice picture of myself and I'm sorry if that makes me feel a little vain but I really do like it.

It's good to like something about yourself. I have to try and tell myself that more often.

xxx

Day #20 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #20: A photo of something you enjoy doing.

I really really really enjoy sunbathing. It is something that I could probably do all day and actually come to think of it, it is something that I do most years for 2 weeks at a time. Last year I was lucky enough to have two holidays and that meant 3 weeks of such lovely sunshine sunbathing!

I really want a holiday now. It's a shame because most of my friends are either saving or not going on holiday and I'm not sure if this year I will be going with my family so it might be the first year that I don't go on holiday... It might make me really sad. I do hope that we have a good summer if I don't go away!!

xxx

Day #19 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #19: A photo of you on a class trip.

For someone who really didn't/doesn't like photos of herself, this challenge was a little bit of a problem. Especially this day. I don't really have any pictures of me when I was in school because I really didn't like myself. I know a lot of people don't like themselves but I REALLY didn't like myself back in the day. I hated taking pictures of myself let alone anyone catching me off guard.

I decided that because I don't have any pictures of me on a class trip (that are easily accessible or that I know about) I thought I would post a picture of me on my very last day of Year 11. I was just 16 and this picture is the only picture I have of that day... It is crazy to realise how much I didn't like myself.

It makes me a little sad to think because I remember feeling so down and upset about how I didn't look like other girls and to me, I felt like a giant because I was taller than most people. I'm just happy that now I feel a little bit better about myself.

Love who you are, even if you don't like yourself that much!

xxx

Day #18 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #18: A photo of one of your classes.

I don't really get this one. I don't know if it means a picture of you at school or a picture of you and your class? But either way, I'm not going to post that. Instead I decided on posting a picture of myself looking a little bit of a loser. This picture was taken by the year 5s that I was teaching during my last placement on my PGCE, It was the second to last week that I would be teaching them and they wanted a funny picture of me. In my semi self conscious state, this is what I came up with... They were quite happy with it anyway!

I do miss that school and the lovely staff that supported me so well in my final placement. My mentor was so good and always gave me such positive comments that I literally felt like the best teacher in the world even though it couldn't have been further than the truth some times!

xxx

Curiosity Killed The Cat

Okay, this is going to be a really quick blog because I just want to confess something that I have been feeling this weekend. Ever since Friday when the premiere happened, I have been eager to watch Fifty Shades of Grey... I am admitting that I have read the books and although I do not want to see the film with a bunch of other people in the cinema, I do want to go and see it... 

I have heard that it is really rubbish from reviews but you know when you're that curious about something, you don't care if it is crap or if it is really great- you just have to see it? I'm there. I'm totally there.

And I know I'm not the only one! There are probably hundreds and thousands of people out there just dying to see how they created it after such a big hype but aren't completely obsessed or insane to go see it in the theatres.

If you're like me, drop me a comment below so that I don't feel alone. I just want to know. I'm a curious little thing and I know that I won't be able to stop myself from watching it when I can!

DON'T JUDGE ME! ;)

xxx

Day #17 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #17: A drunk photo of you.

I'm not proud of it but this part of the challenge is not a matter of if I have a photo of myself drunk but which one I want to choose. It's a uni initiation to get completely smashed for the three years you're there and I wholeheartedly bought into that extremely fun exercise. I chose this picture because although I am drunk, I am not too drunk. It is not that much of an embarrassing picture but still fulfills the requirement. There have bee a few drunk pictures that have straight away been deleted because the memories were far too horrific for photographic evidence!

I do miss these carefree days...

xxx

Day #16 of 30 Day Challenge!

Day #16: A photo of you at the last party you went to.

The last party I went to was my nephew's christening... That may sound a little lame to some people but I have had such a change of lifestyle recently that I love that I can share this picture of the two of us together. Instead of going out clubbing or going to parties, most of the time I spend my days at the cinema, bowling or the pub drinking cocktails! I'm all grown up.

This was one of my favourite parties of all time because I also became this little man's Godmother and so it was quite a special party for me too! I'm a fairy godmother at last ;)

xxx

New Twitter

It's been a very busy day on my blog today! One blog post, another ready for a bit later and now another one?! It's only just past 12 and I've been so busy.

Not only does it mean that today will have 3 blogs, but I also decided to create my very own Twitter especially for this blog... If you are on Twitter, love reading my blogs and want to keep up to date with them all, perhaps you might want to follow my Twitter?

If you do want to follow my Twitter, here is the link to my brand new Twitter for you :)

https://twitter.com/NicolesPearls

I hope you be in contact with you a little bit more!

xxx

Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! :)

I have nothing against Valentine's Day, I think it's a lovely little idea to remind us to tell the people we love that we do love them. In my life, I get so busy and caught up with work and things that need to be done that I don't always remember to tell those that mean something to me that they do. Nor do I have time to spend a lot of time with them which makes me sad. I like the idea that we can dedicate a day to someone that makes us happy in our life and it's a lovely gesture.

The part of Valentine's Day that I don't like is people getting whiny because they don't have someone to share it with because you do! Just because it isn't a girlfriend or a boyfriend, you have people in your life that you can say I love you too just as much as a significant partner. Even if it is just taking the day to realise everything that makes you love yourself.

I know it's corny as hell for both parts but just like Christmas and Easter, modern day life have changed it into a celebration and even if you don't want to celebrate it, don't boycott it. It's just a little bit of fun and I definitely like the reduced prices because of it!

I mean, I got a cocktail that should have been £10 last night for a fiver. What more could you want?!

Have a great day and catch this blog a little later for the new post for my 30 day challenge. Today will be the day that I cross over into the second half of this challenge and I'm excited about it!!

Love you all lots.

You can be my Valentine, if you want! ;) I don't even need chocolates or flowers. Just leave a cute little message in my comments section, that will be good enough for me!

xxx

Day #15 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #15: A photo of you and someone that you love.

There is no caption that could ever give this photo any justice. Let's just say I love him to death!

xxx

Day #14 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #14: A photo of one of your favourite family members.

This is a funny blog because I've shown you my two nephews who are my favourites and I've shown you my parents who I love to pieces and the other day I showed you all a picture of my siblings so today instead of boring you with another picture of them, I thought I'd show you another couple of my family members that I love to pieces.

You may call me the crazy cat/dog lady but I truly do love my pets and my sister's dog! They are some of my favourites of all time!
xxx

Day #13 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #13: A photo of your best friend(s).

This picture was a couple of years ago now but it shows how good our friendship is because we all met in high school and even to this day at 22 and 23, we are all still really great friends, the best of friends. I love these girls (and boy, sorry Tom ;)) and I really couldn't imagine my life without them!

We've had such good times together and I hope that the good times keep on coming way into the future.

I also wanted to put in a little extra photo of another one of my best friends. I have known this girl since I was in primary school probably about 5 years old and I love her to pieces. We've been through quite a bit and we're still the best of friends! I don't always have time to catch up with all my friends but I do love them and am so thankful for them in my life!

One final picture because this blog I am really cheating on- I have another picture of me with my best friends! These are my teacher best friends and I love them to pieces. We all met on our PGCE year and we all got on so well together that I have to include these into my best friend category because I don't know what I would do without them! I love them all!

xxx

Day #12 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #12: A photo of you.

 

More vanity for me! This was a picture of me from my holiday with my friends last year and the reason I like it so much is because I love this dress. I have always been a fan of maxi dresses and when I found this beauty in New Look, I had to have it and I'm so glad I bought it. It looks so summery and floaty that I wear it every single time I go on holiday- holiday staple!

I also love this picture because I look so brown and I miss that. My natural skin colour is so white that it's not even funny. I do tan quite nicely but my tan never lasts long. I've never gone down the whole fake tan route because I feel like I'd look like a right mong but a natural tan would do me nicely for the whole of winter!

I want a holiday so bad! :(

xxx

Day #11 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #10: A photo of your favourite film(s).

These ones are always so hard for me because I don't think I ever really have a favourite film in terms of all time but there are some films that I would happily watch over and over. Now, this one always gets me because I think "shall I say the film I actually love" or "do I love this film because people always say how good it is?" It's hard to have your own opinion on things like films and artists because I think people have such an influence on your opinion and always have something to say about it. Maybe I'm just really influential? I have lots of films that I really love mainly things like: Pretty Woman, Les Miserables, Frozen ;) and Armageddon. But I went for this genre of film because I really do love Disney and I couldn't pick my favourite from them all.

Is that cheating again? I don't think so because it has film(s) suggesting that you can pick more than one... So I did. I picked a whole company! Oopsie

xxx

Day #10 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #10: A photo of you as a baby.

It's me... as a little tiny baby. It's weird for me to think that I was once that young and delicate. How time flies so quickly!

xxx

Day #9 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #9: A photo of your family.

This is by no means a complete family picture but it's the most recent picture I have of the majority of my family together. This is me and my siblings with my first nephew. This picture was taken as a Mother's Day present to my Mum and little baby Jacob was not yet born hence the reason why he is not in this pic! I have a really big family with my Mum, Dad, me, my four sisters, one brother and the most recent additions my two little nephews. It's a lot of people to fit in one picture and even more to organise a time when we are altogether and all want a picture taken.

My parents are in a previous picture and my nephew Jacob is in another so if you take three of these posts, you would get a complete family picture... :)

xxx

Thank Goodness It Is Friday

There is nothing more that I am thankful about than that Friday feeling at the end of a long week settling into a sofa knowing that I don't have to move for the entire night. Not only have I just cracked open a Kopparberg but I also get to look after my little monkey of a nephew for the night. I love him to pieces.

Little round up of this week: 

1. I've really enjoyed the challenge blog this week. I've loved sharing some of my best moments and some of the pictures that I love. A photo is not really as exciting if it isn't shared with people and I've really enjoyed sharing them. I'm looking forward to the rest of the challenge. Yippee, I survived the first week! 3 more weeks to go... Let's do it!

2. This week, for some reason, has been one of the most tiring. I don't know whether it's because after all that happened with my Dad made me emotional drained or if I'm getting a little sick but the days have dragged and I've gotten home and I've been exhausted. But I'm glad this week is over and done with and next week is the last week before half term, which is very much needed!

3. I had one of my formal observations from my headteacher on Thursday and although I was really worried, I got some things I need to work on but I also got some really positive feedback mostly that I am exactly where I need to be (thankfully not below!) and that I have elements of being graded 'Good' as a teacher. Now, that doesn't sound much to non-teachers but for an NQT being graded as 'Requires Improvement' is expected by the end of the year and to have elements of 'Good' is a really positive sign!

What I'm looking forward to next week:

1. Last week before half term! I can not wait. It is a much deserved break and although it is only a week and I will probably still do loads of work but not having to get up at 6AM in the morning will be fab!

2. The last parents evening and although it is the longest, it means that my parents evenings are all finished for my NQT year which is great! I can't wait to have ticked that off my NQT bucket list. Bring it on! I have 16 appointments, which I worked out is 160 minutes of me talking non-stop. Oh deary me!

3. Fatty Friday. Each week, the girls from my key stage always go out for lunch at a cafe in town and it is much needed after a long week but next week, the girls and I have decided that to celebrate us finishing the half term we are going to have a full-on fatty Friday. We are going to the cafe as normal for lunch and then after school, we are going to go to a bar, have some food and some cocktails. I am so excited, it's beyond real!

4. And of course, the next 7 days of my photo challenge. 

The excitement is never ending!

And now, to finish my drink, have some food and probably crash out from exhaustion!

I love you and goodnight

xxx

Day #8 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #8: A photo of your favourite band/musician.

This man's music is phenomenal. I love all of his songs and it's not just because they are great lyrically but because the tone of his voice is so soothing that there isn't anything that he could sing that would sound bad. I absolutely adore him. He is one of those artists that I could literally listen to morning, day and night. His songs are ALWAYS stuck in my head.

One day, after Thinking Out Loud came out, I was running errands with my Dad and the song came on as we were 1 minute from my house and I made my Dad park outside the house and keep the engine running until th song ended because I love it so much.

He's fantastic! I love him!

xxx

Day #7 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #7: A photo of someone you love.

I chose this picture because it's one of the only pictures that I have of me with both of my parents. I love them to pieces but in light of what happened recently, I wanted to share how much I do love my Dad. He has always been the strong one in the family, the one that never lets anything get to him. He is one of the biggest rocks of our family!

Last week (Wednesday) I woke up at 5:30 upon hearing my Mum on the phone to the ambulance. I knew that straight away that life wasn't always going to be as it once was anymore! Cutting a long story short, I watched my Dad have a small heart attack that morning in my living room just before I went to work. He got taken off to hospital in an ambulance where he ended up having another heart attack. I decided that I was going to work because I couldn't stand waiting around thinking about it. My sister rang up my school and they came and got me from teaching to tell me that Dad had had a heart attack and he was rushed into surgery. He got a stent put in to open up the blockage in his artery due to a blood clot from stress.

It was scary as anything and I've never wished for anything more in my life than for him to be okay. The next day he had two more stents in and we were told of how lucky he was to have got to the hospital in time. We were so close to losing my Dad if he had waited any longer. He came home last Friday and has been fine ever since but it has made me realise how fragile life is.

He was close to not being here and I don't know what I would've done if he had died. I can't imagine my life without either of these two people in nor the rest of my family. It makes me want to tell people and children that moan about their parents to appreciate them a bit more because it's cliche but you really don't know how fragile life is or how quickly life can be taken away from you! I'm so glad that my Dad is okay!

I love my family so much and so yeah, that is the story behind this picture today!

Have a lovely day

xxx

Day #6 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #6: A photo that makes you laugh.

Before I even begin to talk about this picture, please ignore my face in this. This is definitely an in action, non-posed picture! This was a picture taken from my second nephew's christening party. Max (my first nephew) is such a little dude and this picture just makes me laugh every single time at how cheeky and funny he is. He was at the stage where he first wanted to hold and have everything. The way he just did it himself was hilarious. It's a funny picture but it was a lot funnier when you were watching it. It makes me smile and laugh!

I love him!

xxx

Day #5 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #5: A photo of you.

This photo needs no description after it. It is a photo that  really like of myself. It's crazy to think that this photo was taken just before I went to work. I must have been having a good day or had a good sleep because I can promise you, I do not look like this at 6:30 most days. I feel sorry for my children having to see my face everyday especially when I am dead tired.

It's me :)

xxx

Day #4 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #4: A photo of the last place you went on holiday.

Last year, I was blessed to be very selfish and I ended up having two spectacular holidays, I had my first holiday with my friends in Turkey, but then a couple weeks after that I had a second holiday to Kos with my family. Considering my last holiday was the holiday I went to Kos, I picked this beautiful picture of the view from our bedroom. It was such a piece of heaven with the blue sea, beautiful golden sand and the temperature never going below 30 degrees. It really was such a lovely holiday.

This holiday I also got to stay in two hotels with such a great atmosphere and beautiful surroundings. I truly felt blessed to have gone on holiday twice last year.

Thankfully both my holidays of 2014 were brilliant. I really want to be able to go on holiday with friends soon and hopefully all of us can make it :) I had such a blast. I definitely need a holiday soon to get away from the stresses of life and also the cold weather.

Happy Monday everyone! :)

Love you

xxx

Pre-Monday

Since I started blogging again, I've become really excited about it and it makes me love the 30 Day Challenge because it means I have purpose for blogging. But at the same time, because I post a picture everyday I miss normal blogging where I'm just having a chat. And so on the days where I fancy blogging beyond my picture challenge, I'm gonna post 2 blogs. If I'm being honest with myself, this will probably only ever happen on a weeknd when I have time.

Here we go anyway... My Sundays are always the same. I look forward to the weekend so much but in reality I look forward to Saturday because that's the only day when I really truly have time off. My Sundays are filled with pre-Monday work, which is why I really should just call Sunday Pre-Monday.

People don't realise how much of teacher's spare time is spent on work and neither did I until I started my NQT year!! But although it is my planning day on Sunday, I always try to minimise how long I actually work... Normally I start at about 12 and finish at about 6 but from last week, I really want more time to myself so I'm being really naughty (probably at my own detriment) and I refuse to start working just yet!! I'll start later and if I don't get it all done, I'll do it next week.

Life is more important! Also, I'm really glad I'm back. I hope you're glad I'm back too :)

Have a lovely Sunday. Love you all

xxx

Day #3 of 30 Day Challenge

Day #3: A photo that makes you happy.

Does it make me a cheater if I have cropped two photos into one? Oops. Anyway, this picture of me with my two nephews makes me so happy. I love them both so much. They have such different characters but are both cheeky monkeys. I can't wait for them to get bigger and be playing together.

Max is almost a year old. 27th of this month will be his first birthday. It's crazy how much time flies.

These boys came into our lives when love, hope and happiness was most needed and they've given us that and more. I couldn't imagine life without them.

This day of the challenge was a no brainer, it's one of my favourite pictures. Love them to pieces.

xxxx