The year in review

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January: I was pregnant, had the gas fires serviced, and went to Sweden for pregnant tobogganning, and the Netherlands to see Lord of the Rings with Dutch subtitles. I also started the sidesplittingly funny Aquanatal classes. And I discovered Ebay.

February: We got Rob a provisional driving license and made a will. One of our cats mysteriously vanished but returned unharmed some days later. Baby gifts and antenatal classes arrived.

March: I went into early labour towards the end. It was Rob's mother's birthday party and the people closest to me had a very racist conversation which they commented was "politically incorrect". Linnea had hiccups - too cute!

April: I spent April in early labour, and Linnea was born on the 30th. My sister stayed with me the first week, and my mother the rest of the month.

May: We all got to know Linnea.

June: It was all about Linnea. I managed a day without codeine.

July: Competitive Parenting got up my nose and I posted a score sheet. Some people took me seriously.

August: A friend died. We went to Ireland and showed Linnea the Atlantic and more new people than she'd ever met before. She ate banana for the first time. We also went to the Discworld Convention where a lot of other people met her, and I heard that an equally 'normous baby had been born to a friend of mine.

September: September was hard. We went to Sweden and Linnea met her Gammel-Mormor, who died a fortnight after our return. I was getting more and more PTSD symptoms and feeling like a burden. But the time in Sweden was great; it was lovely.

October: I got red suede boots, a scheduled repair operation, and a trip to the Baby Show, which was fantastic and we spent a lot of credit. Linnea was 6 months old on the 30th and celebrated by learning to cruise along the furniture. October was great.

November: My birthday, and a month of wallowing.

December: Surgery. And Christmas. Christmas was good. Surgery was cathartic and successful. But Christmas day was unreservedly good.

Comments

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You know, overall, that sounds like a pretty good year. I had a good year, too. :)