Holden Thomas

Holden Thomas was born 9th December 2010...he entered pretty much the same way as his brother David, quickly.  He had this amazing head of red hair and he still does.  Admittedly when he was a few months old his bright red hair stood straight up, nothing we could do would keep it flat, he looked alot like Sid Vicious, thankfully he grew out of that tho.

Holden is the complete opposite of David, as laid back and relaxed as his big brother is, Holden is just go go go.  He was up walking around the furniture at 4months, walking unassisted by 10 months, and talks almost as well as his brother.  This is the kid that will send me to an early grave...forever climbing things and then just stepping off the edge, gives me a heart attack every time, plus the mess he makes is unbelievable...he is the messiest kid I know.

Unfortunately he is also the "sickest" of any of my children.  In his short life he has been to hospital and specialists more times than I can count and at 6 months had to have surgery for a minor birth defect (later posts will go into more detail) but none of this has slowed him down...he;s my little monkey man, my fiery redhead and my cheeky little monster.



David Sam

David Sam, born 2nd June 2009.  He entered this world as a bungee jumper, born while standing up in a doorway and caught by his Dad.  I have always had fast labours but with him I didn't even have time to get to a bed.  He may have entered this world fast but he is anything but.  David is my little cruiser...just relaxing and doing things at his own time.  He refused to crawl or sit up and didn't start walking till he was about 16 months old.  Even now at nearly 3 yrs old he doesn't talk much...he can, he just chooses not to.  My boy is a thinker.  I could just sit back and watch him all day while he "figures" things out...when he can't he gets frustrated and becomes almost impossible to deal with but on the whole he is a beautiful quiet boy.

We are waiting on a paediatricians appointment for him to check for Autism.  As he is so quiet and sensitive (until he has a meltdown) and one of Iain's other sons has Aspergers we figure better to be safe than sorry.  doesn't matter what the outcome is tho, he is and always will be my quiet thinker, my bundle of joy.  He gives the best cuddles in the world and when he looks at me with his cheeky little grin my heart just melts.

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ok...so here goes my attempt at a blog...I'll start by saying I am who I am and I'm never gonna change.  I used to rush through life at a million miles an hour, everything stressed me out, but one day I realised that there was no point in rushing so I slowed down and guess what, life is a lot more enjoyable in the slow lane.

I have 4 boys, Jonathon is 7, Patrick is 4, David is 2 1/2 and Holden is 14 months.  My eldest 2 live with my ex husband (long story) and I see them for every holiday.  My youngest 2 live with me and their father, the man of my dreams, the love of my life Iain.  Iain has children of his own too, 4 to his ex wife and 2 to another (yes he is a baby making machine)...he often cops alot of crap for having so many kids but you know what, we don't care, he pays his child support and cares for his kids financially so really, its no bodies business...so between us we have 10 kids...his, mine and ours.  And call us crazy but we are trying for another...why you might ask...well I really really really want a girl, plus we love kids so I say why not.

Work wise, Iain is a truck driver and I'm a stay at home mum.  Financially we struggle sometimes but as long as we have each other we are fine (I know...such a cliche).  I love spending the days with my kids, although sometimes it is hard but they grow up so fast and I don't want to miss a thing.  Sure they "cramp" my style, stop me from doing the things I like but there is plenty of time for that later.  The cupboard of half finished craft projects isn't going to go anywhere and maybe one day they will get finished.

My house is organised chaos...lol...I am a clean freak who hates housework but while my house may be messy it is certainly not dirty, but you can tell just by looking in the front door that kids live here and that's the way I like it.

I can be very opinionated on subjects I feel strongly about, and while I may listen to someone else's opinion I,m not gonna change mine.  I am against abortion, circumcision (both male and female) believe that every woman should have the choice of birthing at home and that there is way too much medical intervention during pregnancy and infancy.  So most of the things I feel very strongly about concern women and children.  Guaranteed there will be quite a few posts by me "preaching" my beliefs but you know what, if you don't agree with me then just skip those posts.

I am not a religious person and if I had to pick one religion I would probably lean towards Buddhism.  I grew up in a christian home with christian parents but me and "God" had a falling out in 2007 when he took my mother away from me and I see no chance of reconciliation.

Well guess I've babbled enough for one session...and babble is what I do best...lol