Forever grateful for beautiful friends :)

Today has been crappy! Not awful, not thrilling, not even happy but crappy!!
My two little boys Ryno & B aged 2 and 10 months respectively have both got colds :( the very first for both of them. They are snotful, coughy and clingy....at the same time! I need another me!
B has even managed to vomit every feed up, such a sad sorry little fella. He is not coping well with this at all.

With two of them sick, I am not either. With a big gap between my big two, they never managed to be sick at the same time. So this is all new to me. If they'd both nap at the same time it would be ace.

I'm not one to ask for help, I always try to do it on my own. Very slowly learning that I cannot!
One of my greatest friends (EVER) Ant called in today on his way to work, armed with baby panadol, chocolate, a magazine and hot chips! He knew the boys had been unwell and just wanted to offer some assistance, he almost reads my mind. Poor bugger even cleaned up some puke!

Ant is one of three friends that i have that has been there with me through thick and thin. I've known him since i was 12, my hubby has known him since he was born. We met because of him. We have made him Godfather to 3 of our boys although he is Uncle to all 5. I don't imagine my life without him!

Shaz is my bestie, has been since we were 15. I love her, and she loves me despite all of my flaws! Shaz was my maid of honour and is Godmother to boy number 1. She is a fantastic listener and always manages to get me to see things from other points of view. She is one of the funniest people i know and I've had some of the best times of my life with her. Thoughtful, caring and goes out of her way for others :)

Then there is Kris who I've known for 8 years but we hit it off from day one. Her partner is a mate of my hubby and although they don't see other except for party's or other special occasions, Kris and I see each other on a weekly basis. I have the best laughs with her. She loves my kids and often tells me she isn't here to see me but to see the kids, to get her kid fix!! Crazy woman has 5 boys of her own but still comes here for a fix LOL!!

So these are my people, my non-blood related family! They are part of who I am :)
Seeing, speaking or thinking about them always makes me remember that this is just one bad day, not a bad week (yet), not a bad month and not a bad year!

Kel :) xx

Not as easy as it looks!

OK, so this blog thing is not as easy to set up as i thought it would be.......but I'm here now!
Almost gave up numerous times thanks to the toddler and baby but persevered :)

Last September we welcomed our fifth baby (boy number four) into our world, and with his arrival I took advantage of a full year's maternity leave. I hadn't had a full year off since our eldest, who is now thirteen, turned two! The longest mat leave I'd ever used was six months. In saying that though I DON'T work full-time, only two or three shifts a week and those were only up to seven hour shifts.

It has been during my time at home that I have discovered the 'blogger world' out there, I love reading what people have to say. I love all the differences of opinions. I love reading about other people's views of the world. I just love it!

So here I am, not knowing if anyone will read this, or whether it even matters. Imma gonna do it anyways!

Kel :) xx