Sweetiepie’s Second Birthday…

Aka: The Terrible Twos are upon us! So, Saturday saw our little Sweetiepie turn two. Hooray! ‘Two’ is a big milestone for a little premmie – by then they should have ‘caught up’ with all the other two-year-olds out there. Sweetie certainly seems to have done that – in fact she’s streets ahead when it [...]

September Round Up – Final Installment: The Signing-Off!

And so to the final chapter in our Sweet September… BIG NEWS IN THE SWEETHOUSE: Sweetiepie was (finally) signed off of all medical care! WOOHOO! It feel like it’s been  long old road to get to this place, but the girl’s done good! Thanks to all of you who’ve prayed for her & followed her [...]

Pearls

Ever since a Jeweller with an empty shop decided to while away his boredom by giving me (browsing customer) a lengthy sermon on the pearl industry, I have been fascinated by the sweet&shiny ones. Not only is each-and-every pearl incredibly beautiful, amazingly unique and super shiny-shiny, but, for me, they have become a reminder that God is [...]

The Week That Is…1

Sweetmumma is excited. Sweetmumma is OVERexcited. Sweetmumma may well even BuRSt because… tomorrow is my BIRTHDAY! I just love my birthday. Partly, I am not ashamed to confess, because of the presents and cake. But mostly because I get to spend treat-time with my sweetfamily. I love it. Also, I like to find a bit of time on my birthday [...]

After Eight

Today is my wedding anniversary! 8 years of being married to the wonderful M&M – the best friend & partner-in-life a Sweetmumma could ask for.  We celebrated in Sweetstyle - hanging out with Sweetfriends, fishing kids out of paddling pools, eating ice-cream and listening to Elvis… How romantic?!?  But it suited us perfectly. We learnt pretty quickly [...]

Stock-taking Dreams

I’ve always been someone who is overflowing with dreams. I’m not so good at the practicalities of life (Rotas. UGH. Forms. AHHH! Budgets. HUH?), but I am blessed with a stupidly over-active imagination. I blame the e-numbers! Recently I’ve found myself swimming in dreams. Old God-dreams have been revisiting my mind, encouraging me to pursue [...]

Swan Song

Today we went to one of my favourite Sweetspots: It’s not very big and no national treasure – really just a short stretch of river bank, a few bobbing boats and a decent pub. But it’s made spectacular by these beautiful big-boys: Aren’t they fabulous? And tame. And greedy. They just love to be fed, [...]

Blessings Jar

I thought I’d show you the newest addition to the Sweethouse decor:    Yep, it’s our ‘Blessings Jar’. A wonderful idea that was, as is so often the case, nabbed from someone far cleverer than me who was generous enough to post it on t’internet (why, thank you Lu Bird Baby – http://lubirdbaby.blogspot.com/2010/02/blessings-jar.html)  The concept [...]

Rubbed Out

This morning I took Sweetiepie to her last ever Physio and Occupational Therapy appointments. I didn’t know they’d be the last, and when Sweetie adopted the ‘fake-shy-foetal-position’ for the first twenty minutes I felt pretty sure we’d be adding a trip to Social Services to our list of engagements! But, after being coaxed into action [...]

Moving on from the Miracle Baby

Today Sweetiepie and I had one of our ever-decreasing visits to the hospital. This was for something called the ‘Ruth Griffiths test’ (try saying that after a glass of pinot) – a baby-development check that involves putting bricks in cups, picking up spoons and proving you know where your nose is (I did VERY well, indeed). [...]