01/01/2026
I don’t particularly buy in to fresh starts in the New Year, I believe it’s a time we want to embrace the slow and quiet days and nurture our energy, but January 1st feels particularly poignant this year.
2025 was wonderful in so many ways. I found out I was pregnant days before the year began, and after loving my pregnancy we welcomed our beautiful daughter on the 30th of August. Her arrival is the best and most monumental moment of my life yet.
But the start of our Bonnie’s life has had some challenges. A difficult delivery ended up with them fracturing her leg and the break not actually being discovered until she was 5 days old after us insisting something wasn’t right. Then only 10 days after her cast was removed she was diagnosed with hip dysplasia and put into the pavlik harness 24/7 for six weeks. After those first six weeks we were able to slowly start weaning her out of the harness, which was both a joy and daily battle when putting it back on.
Now, after thirteen weeks in total, New Year’s Day is the first day our girl gets to be completely harness free. A fresh start, the start we had wanted and didn’t quite get when she was born.
So this year, January 1st feels like a day to celebrate and to look forward to all the joy we’ve got to come with our happy girl.
Although it’s been incredibly hard some days, I know we are only dealt the things we can cope with and that this will make all of us stronger. Bonnie is already such a brave girl and I’ve no doubt she’s going to take on the world ✨
2025 made me a mummy and showed me a love more powerful than I could ever have imagined, but we’re so ready for our next chapter to begin.
Hello 2026 💕