Abi's 1st Birthday Extravaganza

WEll I simply cannot believe it! An ENTIRE year has gone already. Abi turned one last Friday. She's now a year and a week old! Abi is one. Its OVER a year since Abi was born! Our little baby is ONE! Whichever way I say it, I still find it hard to comprehend, and to be honest it has not really sunk in that Matt and I are the 'proud owners'[j.bridger] of a one year old daughter!

It was also so much more of an emotional experience that I ever thought it would be. All the memories of the year before came flooding back, and they were so vivid, which to someone with as poor a memory as mine was pretty intense! I was able to recall so clearly the feelings of being in the hospital, knowing we were hours away from meeting our little creation. The wonderful feeling of happiness and peace that we were lucky enough to experience throughout the entire birth, all that came flooding back. And as I sat there looking at my beautiful girl playing and laughing my heart felt as though it would burst with the hugeness of it all!

Surely it can't be like this every year I thought, and then voiced to my sister in law....Wrong she said, after seven years she still feels it. Wrong said my mother in law, after THIRTY SEVEN YEARS she still feels it! You know what though? That thought, that I would always remember and always feel the same surge of emotion THAT many years from now, Thats's THE BEST unbirthday present EVER! ;-)

UK Family....We want more!

Ok, so first let me be totally honest and upfront - I am being paid to write this review, however once I got into the UK Family website (UK Family Beta Version) I can honestly say I think this may well now rival babycentre.co.uk as my point of call for all things baby related!

Other than the afore mentioned Baby Centre until now I’ve not found another website that has given me everything I need all in one place, and lets face it ladies, that IS WHAT WE CRAVE right…lets keep life simple! Trawling through countless sites all offering a bit of this and a bit of that gets tedious right and UK Family certainly does seem to have everything, the only thing I would want for though is MORE!

MORE of the great articles, MORE of the advice (Adviceopedia) and certainly MORE of the great videos! Specifically I would highly recommend the advice on sleeping and bedtime, especially for those of us now thinking about getting the little bundles of loveliness off the old formula and onto cows milk…. there's a few articles that lead you through that process and advise on the choices we have i.e. slowly but surely....OR....(shudder) Cold Turkey - Think we'll be going for the former!

Health A-Z is a great gadget, but again, it just needs MORE! What is there however is great and it's VERY easy to find what you are looking for.

Finally the best bit in my opinion is the List Bank! For community websites this has to be the ultimate gadget, let me explain! Go to 9 things to think about when shopping for a pram....well except it's now 10 things to think about, as I literally JUST went on, added a list item - and its there already, with the title updated - CLEVER or what! You can add items to the lists already created or start a new list yourself! It’s great!