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Hercules

My New Quilt Photography Prop…

…is totally unco-operative, especially when you suddenly realise that the daylight is about to run out and interrupt him mid-feed to snap a photo of your WIP. But when he’s really good… (you might need to prepare yourself for this one, there is some serious squee action ahead) …he is REALLY good.

Categories: Crafty Mama, Hercules, Snapshots | 5 Comments

There’s A Joke Here About Helicopter Parenting, But I Lost Half My Brain Cells When I Delivered The Placenta, So Insert Your Own Witty Title Here

We are home. We are settled. Ronan is such a chilled out little dude, he boobs, he sleeps, he fills his pants a lot. Declan obviously loves him, he’s just far too cool to show it, but he’s the first to call me when his baby brother cries and won’t go to sleep without giving … Continue reading »

Categories: Bedey Boy, Hercules, Motherhood, The Conman | 3 Comments

Home Again, Home Again…

Today we go home. I know this because the midwife on duty poked me until I woke up, at six am this morning and asked what time my husband will be in to pick me up as they need the bed. (when the battle of Dan vs Three Car Seats In A Holden Commodore is … Continue reading »

Categories: Hercules, Mental, Motherhood | 4 Comments

Dear Internet, I Just Had A Baby!

This post is a week late officially, but as I’ve only just gained access to my laptop (oh how I have missed you!) then I’m only just getting a chance to update now. On the 22nd of November we welcomed Ronan Clay Treacy into the world after 3 days in hospital, an ambulance plane flight … Continue reading »

Categories: Hercules, Motherhood | Tags: , , , , | 11 Comments

I Don’t Heart My Body

There. I said it. There’s been a swag of posts over the weekend based around the “I Heart My Body” theme on We Heart Life and it’s one that I just can’t join in with. I have never loved my body, but I haven’t always hated it either. I was a size ten seventeen year … Continue reading »

Categories: Hercules, Me Me Me, Mental, Robyn | Tags: , , | 8 Comments

My Baby Died Yesterday

No, not Robyn, although some days it feels like it. Not the wee one that hung around for just a few weeks, just long enough to ease the pain of Robyn’s first birthday and then left without ever really making a mark. This is the new one, dubbed “Hercules” by its biggest brother. And as … Continue reading »

Categories: Hercules, Me Me Me, Mental | 16 Comments