Thursday, 21 November 2013

Ready...teddy...chaos!

I'm happy to report that during my short break from writing on here Rosie has remained on top form. She's had us in fits of laughter, surprised us with some new achievements and pulled on the old heart strings with acts of ridiculous cuteness.

Recently one of Harry's football team mates, Ben, kindly bought a new teddy for Rosie and it's quickly become her favourite cuddly toy. The moment she received the bear she was smiling, chatting to and hugging it. It's never far from her side and she seems to enjoying mothering him. Just the other day Karen was in the kitchen getting Rosie's lunch ready when she noticed everything had gone quiet in the living room. Rosie usually follows Karen when she's busy, bum shuffling after her in a determined manner, shouting until she has mummy's undivided attention – so the silence was all the more suspicious. Karen went to investigate and discovered Rosie emptying the entire contents of our 'cram everything into' draw all over the living room floor – all to make a special home for her new teddy, which she carefully laid down and 'tucked in' with a (clean!) nappy for a blanket. The pics below show the 'chaos' along with her reaction at being caught in the act. The hanging head in pretend shame being a particular favourite.

This week has also seen the arrival of Bud's new boots. She's finally out grown the previous pair, not that we didn't like them but they are so small and it's taken her an age to out-grow them. The new ones look huge on her but we're hoping the wider base on the sole will offer more stability and encourage her to stand up for longer. She's still very hit and miss with leg strength – one minute she gives us the impression she wants to try and master standing and the next minute she just plonks herself down on her bum showing no interest again for a few days (even with our constant encouragement). We shall keep persevering but we are quickly learning that Rosie does things when Rosie is ready and not a moment before.




Friday, 1 November 2013

A little R&R

I've always promised myself not to write blog posts for the sake of it as I feel it will affect the integrity of what I do, however I am mindful that I haven't written for a while and wanted to explain where I'm at...

Rosie hasn't done a great deal to report of late and truth be told I'm just not feeling motivated enough at the moment for a number of different reasons.

I've done a few bits of media work lately which has been fantastic exposure and a tremendous platform for illustrating to more and more people how life with Rosie really isn't all that different and certainly nothing to fear. However that has also eaten into valuable time for doing what I enjoy the most – being a Dad to my three wonderful children.

I've also read an increasing amount of Blogs, Facebook updates and twitter messages which have left me feeling a bit deflated and in some cases a tad disillusioned.

The next post may come tomorrow, it may not be until next month but I just wanted to keep you updated – I'm not going away just yet! But for now I simply want to enjoy some time with my family and regroup – a little rest and recuperation if you like.

'Friday photo' shall resume as usual for the time being over on The Future's Rosie Facebook page.

Thank you as always for all of your continued support.

Tom & Rosie xx