A pocket of my life

 I have had this in my drafts for a while now as it still feels very raw to me, but I do want to document the journey we took to bring Olivia into the world and tell our story of having a retained placenta. It started about 7 am on the 15th of April when I woke up feeling very uncomfortable, not so much in pain but I just knew something was different. Me and Lils had breakfast together before I decided to run my self a bath and wake Liam to let him know. The bath was amazing and helped, i ended up spending almost two hours in there just topping it up with hot water, I had a t-shirt on so Lils could sit and keep my company too. The pains had started a bit and it felt like a strong period pain, I got dressed and tried to relax but ended up being sick, which seems to be a sign for me being in labour as had this with both Lils and Olivia. This is when I knew that it was imminent and decided to let my Dad know as they were watching Lilly for me. By 1 pm I decided to ring labour ward and...

We have been very luckily to have been asked to review some lovely toys from Jaques of London , I picked a toy for the girls to try out and that I thought would be good to grow with them. I went for the  original compact quoits set  and the  Lets pretend wooden biscuit tin  which I thought would be a great addition to there toy collection. Jaques of London are a family run company who have been making toys since 1795, with the 8th generation currently creating beautiful toys and games for all the family to enjoy. The quoits set is a beautiful wooden set which is perfect for the family to play with, it comes with 4 rope hoops to use. The aim of the game is to get 230 points first. The quality if this set is beautiful and looks very traditional, it's a great size for travel as well as storing at home. This game promotes collaborative play and helps develop precision.  The biscuit tin set comes with a selection of cakes and biscuits which all look very tasty and ar...