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In the last part I mentioned that my being made ‘redundant’ (code for; we don’t want some sick person to deal with so we are going to find a get out clause that can’t get us into trouble) was actually a positive turning point in my life.

I reflected on the jobs I’d had, where my real passions lay, and decided to take a 30% wage decrease to work in a nursery. I enjoyed working with the children especially thinking up creative activities for them to do. I worked with the 17 month – 3 year age group which was challenging and rewarding.

Home life was great and Alex and I began to discuss the possibility of starting a family. We were both concerned about my crohns and how it may affect fertility etc.. I was told by doctors that it may take longer to fall pregnant (up to two years) so after six months of intense discussion we decided to go for it. It must have been fate because almost immediately I found out I was pregnant.

The pregnancy went well but I became extremely fatigued toward the end, ten hour days chasing after toddlers took their toll and I decided to finish work early, in December 2005. The last few weeks of pregnancy saw me hospitalized with pre-eclampsia before the doctors decided to deliver my baby via c-section on the first day of the 37th week.

On 4th February 2006, my brother’s 21st birthday, my beautiful daughter Erin was born. Alex and I couldn’t have been happier. I decided at the end of my maternity leave not to return to work preferring to be with Erin as much as possible. I decided to start blogging as an outlet for my creativity, new found knowledge, and as a document of our experiences. I’d never have guessed that blogging would create so many experiences. DisneyWorld, Butlins, Port Aventura, chocolate tasting, Wii reviewer, trip to Inverness, Dyson dancing… It’s certainly been a journey! My blog has documented the highs (see last sentence!) and the lows. In 2009 we also decided to try for another baby, we fell pregnant twice but it wasn’t meant to be, so we bought a puppy instead

In a weird sort of way blogging has helped me to explore who I am and what I like, and what I like (oddly) is marketing and entrepreneurship. In April I’ll complete my HNC in Business Studies and in October I’ll start my marketing management and entrepreneurship degree at a local university.

Life’s very exciting at the moment, and as I said in a recent post I already have everything I need to make me happy so everythingelse is a bonus now, I’m just going to enjoy the journey