My daughter

New born daughter

Again it seems such a long time ago now, 20 years!!!! when we had our daughter. Our lovely little blonde daughter.... well I have to say you couldn't really see the blonde she didn't have tooooo much hair although she has certainly made up for it now! Competing with me to see whose is the longest!!!!

If you read my blog post regarding my eldest you will know that pregnancy and birth was not the best, well with my daughter it was so so different. I think the term is " sailed through" the pregnancy, and whilst it was not my choice I had a very natural ie no pain relief birth!! even though she was back to back with me. I was soon home with no lasting side effects.

I did believe at the time I was going to have a clone of my eldest...the same genes and the same way of behaving with them of course they were going to be the same. How wrong!!!!!
Whereas my son needed carrying all the time when he was born, my daughter was happy to keep herself amused. When held she did not want to see your shoulder she wanted to see the world, so we used to carry her face out. Which on occasions looked odd as she would drop off to sleep facing away looking quite uncomfortable. She did not like to go to her cot asleep she wanted to get herself off......and the list goes on.

She was a very cheeky thing who did indeed love the sound of her voice whether that was talking or singing!!!!! No wonder our eldest was called "Monosyllabic".

Bridemaid

Scottish beach, Culkein

She was always interested in how she looked, obviously, as she had a desire to keep cutting her hair and fringe. The most annoying time was just before a wedding when she was a bridesmaid, her resulting haircut became a short bob which did actually look lovely. Into her teenage years her lovely blonde crowning glory did get abused, each time we had to recover the situation with conditioning treatments and a re-dye.

In Stellenbosch, SA

Our daughter wears her feelings openly which can make for interesting moments, and made for many during her teenage years!! with her eldest brother. However we do all know where she stands on subjects and how she feels!!!! Now maturity kicks in, agghhhhhhhh.


Although she could of gone to Uni she made the choice not to realizing that it was not for her. She could not see herself just focusing on IT for three years!! We had been proud of her years before when she had chosen to look for a  Saturday job and had gone into town personally dropping a CV she had produced into every shop, she got a job almost immediately. Then we were so delighted when she proved herself by getting an apprenticeship, against stiff  competition, and she is now in a career she loves. Well done!!

Daughter with our two BSHs

In the Red Sea, Egypt