Half the world away....

Helloo there!
So this week has actually been fairly eventful (for once!)  Whilst at Centre Parcs we tried to have some professional photographs taken. Danny was jumping about smiling but Connor was having NONE OF IT!!  Here are some of the photo proofs.

 I spent the whole time chasing and wrestling him and the guy doing it did try his best.. They are lovely but at 25.00 a pop I'll pass. So Craig's parents organised another shoot and after a few days of psyching Connor up he was fab. Lots of 'cheeeses' and looking at the camera, hulk came along too!! Danny was a star aswell, he did a few alone jumping about like iron man, his face beaming! I am so excited to see them soon! She took a few of me and Craig too....I should have had a few shots of whiskey beforehand. (Speaking of whiskey.... I treated myself to this which is really quite lovely and gives you the warm fuzzy feeling!)

Whilst having our photo I felt a total akward goose! It would be lovely to have a nice photo of us together though! There aren't many... Because this happens..

Although heres a very old, 9 years maybe, photo of us that is half decent. Although Craig looks like a member of oasis and I am pulling some weird face!

So, I'm guessing everyone has seen the the John Lewis advert this year.

The man in the moon. Now I look forward to the Christmas adverts every year, especially John Lewis. The bear and the hare is my all time favourite. I watched this one with the haunting version of half the world away playing in the background. Honestly,  afterwards I felt so crap. I've watched it again and again,  damn it's so sad!  I just wanted to fly up and pick the old dude up and put him in my pocket. I did a little research and the statistics of elderly people who have little or no social interaction in the space of a week is heart breaking. I honestly had no idea. I have no living grandparents or great grandparents. I remember how much I admired my Nanny and my great grandparents. How I would listen to their stories. They all died when I was pretty young. I would love to have that again, and for my boys to. I emailed age UK and asked to volunteer to visit an elderly person a few times a week. (I'm sure loads of people have done the same thing after that advert so it has got the message across!) I'm genuinely really excited about it and hope something comes of it!

We had our fireworks on Sunday with the family over. As Danny was at a party on the 5th (not that he managed to stay awake for the whole thing bless him!). I had to carry my little iron man all the way home!  They really enjoyed it, especially the sparklers! It was lovely to have all the family over too. Will be a repeat performance in a few weeks as Danny turns 4!! Ahh!! How has that even happend!!?? We are hoping to surprise him with a trip to see the dinosaurs at the natural history museum!  Very excited!

On Monday we had our appointment at the hospital regarding our consecutive miscarriages. The consultant was lovely and has basically given us every possible test we can have with the mindset that we will find nothing but to test anyways. I came out of the appointment happy and feeling like she is really helping us. So that's a massive weight off my shoulders. Just the first step towards baby number three! I'm really feeling positive about it all now. After all, it's worth the fight!

Today has just been me and the boys at home making 'boats' out of pillows and playing pirates and castles.  Which has been lovely!  I'm also making progress with our very grumpy budgie!!

The boys fell asleep early tonight so I've been indulging in a spot of Christmas shopping this evening leaving them asleep and Daddy to play his playstation (I'm a call of duty widow!) in peace!

Thank you for visiting!  XxxxX