There is nothing like a bit of warm weather and sunshine to lift ones spirits. Being able to go outside without bundling into 15 layers of clothing first.
This winter has been different to others due to the fact that our baby boy was born at the end of September, so we have been trapped inside more often. I think that even he is bored of our walls though, kicking and smiling as soon as the sunlight hits his face, and staring off at the trees moving in the breeze. This is a far cry from the snow storms that we have experienced this year, where our pug would "swim" through the snow, as his little legs could not hit the ground.
I am so excited to get the pushchair out, without being worried about slipping on ice or having to push it through piles of snow on the sidewalk, when people have not shoveled in front of their homes. The trees are still bare, but the grass is starting to green up, bringing that element of hope to each day, knowing that very soon there will be colors to look at again, my son will be in shorts and a t-shirt and not a winter bear outfit!
Life is good right now, this is my favorite time of year, the expectation of color returning and being able to spend time outside with friends and family. This time last year my husband, C, and I were working in the garden and we said "this time next year we will have a little one with us, maybe playing on a rug out here or sleeping upstairs in the nursery" - that was a strange day, that was the first time that I really accepted the fact that I was pregnant and at the end of the pregnancy there was going to be a baby!!
That baby is upstairs in his nursery and I can hear him chatting to himself, he must have just woken up, it is time to go and get him and see that beautiful smile that he gives as you go into his room ... he looks at you as though you are the most fantastic person in the world.
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