Part of life.

The boy visited a graveyard for the first time today, it won't be his last. I'm very very lucky to have the family that I have, but sadly we've had more than our fair share of loss. Today would be my sisters 40th birthday. She died nearly 4 years ago. We went to put down some flowers and I did wonder about his blip for today being this pic, but it's not wrong - this is a part of our lives. This is what will happen every year. I lost my father when I was 7 and so visiting the cemetery has been a big part of my life - it's not a bad thing, it's just part of my life. My sister rests here with my father.

The flowers here were from us, my aunty, a few of Donna's friends and her very best friend, who we happened to bump into at the graveside. Always nice to see that other people remember her fondly. Noah was full of smiles, it helps that he can bring a smile to our faces when we need them most.

This morning a friend of ours came over with her daughter who is a few days older than Noah, we met at midwife appointments and then joined the same NCT class. Noah loves other children and had a little grab of poor Imogen :) This evening daddy went to play football with his work friends so nanny came over for tea.

Today, our big boy has eaten - rice cake with hummus, kiwi, giant pasta shells, philly, salmon, courgette, red pepper, pear custard, banana and oats. Phew!