We’ve just returned to Auckland after spending a week with my family and celebrating Hattie and Joe’s first Christmas. We had such a lovely time! As always, my mother did everything she could to make life as easy as possible for us, which included buying two great high chairs for her littlest visitors: We stayed… Continue reading First Christmas

Oh yes: we’re well and truly on the downhill slide to the big first birthday! Here are my two big eleven-month-olds, enjoying some frozen mango with their best monkey friend. We’ve had a fairly tumultuous month, filled with happy and miserable milestones… First steps: Hattie is striding along behind a dolls’ pram or walker, and… Continue reading Eleven months old

These days I find myself remembering my pre-baby life in the manner of somebody vaguely recollecting the plot of a book I once read. When I think about my life, say, three years ago, when I was working in London, it scarcely seems possible that I’m the same person. My dynamic duo started walking yesterday… Continue reading This is my life