The First Time Mum

Time is flying by, and Peggy is now four months old. Crazy!

I had booked a year off work for maternity leave but have now arranged to go back when she is six months, in October. I love her to bits, but my brain needs something else to do. To keep me sane! Although I wasn’t particularly happy about my job changing to part time, now I have Peggy I think I’m quite lucky. God knows what I will be doing when I go back to work, but I will be working two full days and some extra hours to make up my 20 hours a week. This will just be perfect!

Two and a bit days of work each week, will actually be so good for my sanity. I never thought I would be excited about work, but I’m looking forward to having a goal and something to focus on. The rest of the week will obviously be spent with Peggy, watching her very rapidly grow and change.

Hayden and I took Peggy to Kindy last week to meet the people there and have a look around. Everyone was so lovely and there was a nice atmosphere. There is even a teacher there called Peggy! Hopefully Peggy will look forward to her days here and making new friends.

Peggy is still loving to blow raspberries! I think she must have a competition with herself to see how many bibs she can go through in a day. The washing machine continues to be constantly on the go and there is always washing hanging out to dry. Who would have thought such a small person can create such a mess. And I’m sure it will only get worse!

Hayden receives his first flock of chickens since the bird flu outbreak next week. Very exciting! This is the first of eight flocks to come back in, but it’s exciting to slowly get back to some normality on the farm. Larry also arrives back in a couple of weeks, so I am very excited to get back riding him!