Trying to stand on their own two feet

Sullivan twins

    Even though they are only 13 months old themselves we knew the twins would seem huge in comparison once the new baby had arrived. Only a week ago they were our babies yet this week we have realised just how far from babyhood they have actually come. This realisation is bittersweet.  As well… Read More

The twins are almost a year old…

  Can you believe these two beautiful little girls are almost a year old already?     It was about this time last year that I had just about had enough of the pregnancy.  The end stages of pregnancy are hard at the best of times but with twins… oh my!  I simply wasn’t prepared… Read More

Pregnancy Diary: Baby 12 in 2012 – Week 26

      Having received our caesarean section date at last week’s appointment we are daring to turn our thoughts to what needs doing before baby arrives, namely re-jigging beds and finding baby names we like. The first doesn’t seem to be too problematic.  We need to set up another triple bunk bed and move… Read More

Twins – but so different!

      The twins celebrated turning ten months old yesterday.  A whole ten months already, can you believe? We have often marvelled at how different they are.  We’ve commented many times on how they barely look like sisters, let alone twins. But they are. Anna, on the left in the picture above, was born… Read More

£132,000 to raise a child? I don’t think so!

      HSBC are telling us that it now costs £132,000 to raise one child. One child. How on earth…? I really dislike these articles and I wonder whether people read them and think that they must be correct.  True, children aren’t cheap but they need not be terribly expensive either. Among the figures… Read More