this and that..and thank you

I want to thank you all so very much for your comments and emails on my last post.  Thank you to those of you who shared personal experiences, they were of great comfort and warmed my heart immensely.  A visit from my Mum and Dad did wonders too.  I think I needed to have my freakout to get to where I am today.  I feel happy, blessed and positive.  I've decided not to let statistics dictate this pregnancy and this precious new life, but mother nature and the the love we all feel.

My beautiful parents have just left us and are officially off on their travels around Australia! I'm so excited for them.  This trip has been a long time coming, in fact, I didn't think it ever would!  My mum and dad have worked so hard their whole lives, and like most parents I suppose, life was never about them, it was always about everyone else!  I didn't think they'd ever retire and just enjoy what they've worked so hard to achieve.  This is their time, finally (I hope) it can now be all about them.  Although, if there was even an inch of room in their car or trailer we would have done our best to stow ourselves away and join them, if not just til we found warmer weather!

For someone who typically loves winter, I have to say this year it has well and truly beaten me!  I'm longing for the warmth of sunshine on bare skin, shedding layers of clothing and getting that spring back in my step.  I never thought I'd see the day when I wished for winter to just be over!  Still, Spring is just around the corner, and although there is an icy cold wind blowing out there today, the sun shines, blossoms bloom and I am going to make the most of it while it lasts...