time to reflect...

Jacob has been sick for a week or so now, a nasty stomach bug, until this past week i have taken for granted what a fantastically chilled out and calm baby we have, he is always so content and happy, full of smiles and giggles for us. He has always been happy to meet new people and loves to go out and see things, he is like a sponge, soaking up everything around him. What Joy this little boy of only 9 months has created in our lives! Having Jacob has opened our eyes and given us a small +gli7mp87?pppppp/'#@.llllllllllllll. (thats Jacob contribution to the blog) a small glimpse of how much God loves us! It is fantastic! I remember when he was very small (well, he was never small) i used to just look at him and be in awe of Gods creation and plan for us here on earth!

This week has been hard work, he has wanted lots of cuddles and is much more tearful and very shy, even of me and david sometimes. he is eating better now and is on the mend, but watching my poor boy suffer is not much fun!

So many plans ahead of us, its all getting quite exciting now, this time next year david will have a job set ready to start when he graduates which means we will know where we are going to live for the next few years atleast. we LOVE it here in Bristol and if he can get a job at Southmead Hospital (where he has been on placement this year) he would be super duper happy! they are wonderful people to work with and they are great at paying/supporting further study so he would be able to do his masters without question which is exciting! If there are no jobs here we will go wherever we need to for David to be able to work. Its an exciting prospect as who knows where we will be, we are hoping to get on a rent to buy scheme wherever we go so that we can get on the property ladder.

Jacob is becoming more and more mobile, his crawling is getting quicker and now he can pull himself to standing very easily and loves to do so. i wonder how soon he will be walking around the furniture and the without it... its a sc1are`y thought, he is turning into a little boy rather than a baby!!! for his first birthday he is having a party with his 2 cousins at a soft play that my mum owns, so will be lots of fun and free wooooo. i have been making novelty cakes recently for a few friends and i love it so am planning a great cake for the 3 of them!

I have also started a little company, very small and only in my dreams will it become sometthing i can do instead of working but i have started making scrapbooks for people, i just completed my first one for a girl from our church who is about to go on a misson to serve in germany. it was full of pics of her family and friends for her to take with her and look through to remember home.

pictures wont upload so will add them later

jacob wants a cuddle so will write more soon

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