Go West

So, here we are. The deed has been done and we are now officially (albeit temporary) citizens of the West and it is lovely. I can't quite get over how idyllic it is. I've missed walking past people who almost all give you a nod, a smile or hello. It's nice to be able to smile at a passer by without them instantly assuming you are going to mug them. I can now say thank you to bus drivers and strike up conversations with strangers without feeling like a complete weirdo. It's good to be back home.

Our walk into town is like something out of a Dickensian novel, cobbled streets lined with beautiful cottages with the scent of freshly baked bread wafting from their windows. Streets filled with the most beautiful little shops where we have so far visited the apothecary, candle makers, cobblers, butchers, bakers and green grocers. It really is like another world. Part of me fears that we could get a little bit too comfortable here, to settle down again and disrupt our best laid plans. We will try our hardest not to, but for now we will bask in the beauty of it all and wait for our own little festive miracle to occur before we start the planning and prepping for the next stage...

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Drawing to a close

The past couple of weeks have been chaos, tears, tantrums, goodbyes and good lucks. But now we are almost done. Bean and I are holed up in the countryside whilst M finishes up his last week of work and packs up the stragglers we left behind at the weekend. I have never in my life felt so blessed to have such a wonderful network of friends around me and am already missing them so very much, but to move forward as a family and to start making our plans and dreams into realities we have had to make some incredibly difficult decisions to say goodbye to our very comfortable way of life as well as good friends and family, but now we are taking the first tentative steps towards a whole new way of life. The reality that we are very close to having a brand new family member joining us has just started to hit us, I think it may now be time to start sorting out supplies and birth plans. This is one of the most exciting and terrifying weeks of our lives, it's as if we are standing on the precipice of a great chasm getting ready to jump. It may not be quite that quick but the forward momentum has started and soon we will be able to share our wider and greater plans with the world. Exciting times.

I am grateful for

Being amazed by just how supportive my family have been in a time of need

Knowing that although we are moving away from people it is in no way goodbye

The opportunity to realise a family dream

Being together 

Realising what is really important to us

The people around us

Possibilities and dreams

I wait with baited breath to see what the future holds for us.

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