Sam's Birthday

Ok, so sorry to be all doom and gloom at the start of a new year, but unfortunately today has not gone well at all. Sam was still not feeling very well and has had tantrums/meltdowns all day long. He's been having really bad meltdowns for the last few days which are not normal for him at all, he's usually a fairly happy boy! I am ever so grateful to Kate, a family friend who has been coming over to help me with him whilst he's been like it and Andy's been at work. She's lovely and has really helped me to cope.

Sam did manage to pull it together for some of his presents which we presented to him unwrapped and also for the chocolate birthday cake strangely enough! :) He loved the sensory ball my mum got him and also the Handy Manny doll with tools (from the playhouse disney channel) that Andy and I got him. Then of course the new moon sand set went down a treat! (I'm sure moon sand has actual magical calming powers!)

Luckily he's gone to bed straight away tonight bless him, hopefully tomorrow will be a better day!

Christmas and New Year

Well, I hope everyone has had a nice Christmas. Ours was ok. We had my dad stay with us for a few days which was nice as we don't normally see family on Christmas day. He was a big help to me with looking after the boys and he even painted our bathroom for us (thanks dad!).

Sam had no interest whatsoever in opening any presents. He didn't even want to look at them when we were opening them for him. He got a bit more interested once the gifts were opened and his favourite one was a slinky that only actually cost me 99p! I think it felt a bit disappointing because we had expectations for having a 'normal' Christmas with frenzied present unwrapping and an excited little boy and the reality was a bit different. Boxing day was much better though without the pressure (or presents) and we had a happier little boy. William was his usual baby self, and is smiling a lot more now and watching his big brother with fascination!

Sam is 3 on the 2nd January and I am contemplating giving his gifts to him unwrapped and seeing what happens. Hopefully it will be less stressful for him. He's battling a heavy cold at the moment so we're not sure yet if we'll be doing anything for his birthday. He LOVES swimming so if he's better we'll probably do that!

Well, I'm really looking forward to 2010 and I'm hoping good things come our way after a not so good 2009. I'm wary of making resolutions but I have a little list of things I will TRY to accomplish:

• Losing my baby weight (will involve a lot of will power as I am a chocoholic!)
• Getting the house finished in terms of decorating/organising.
• Getting Sam potty trained, communicating and settled in at nursery.
• Being more patient!
• Winning the lottery (well I can dream, can't I?!)

Hope you all have a terrific New Year!!!